McCain's Phantom Fundraisers

We just put out a press release noting that McCain "may be relying on phantom fundraising events to convince supporters his second quarter fundraising won't be as disappointing as the first." This comes out of Florida, where the Tampa Tribune notes that events appearing on John McCain's website apparently were never even planned:

The schedule on McCain’s web site showed him holding an event in St. Petersburg as well, but with no details on a time or place, and no such event took place. Several St. Pete GOP activists, including Pinellas County party chairman Tony DiMatteo, came to the Tampa event, and DiMatteo said he was never aware of any St. Pete event being planned.

McCain’s web site also showed an unspecified Pensacola event to be held Tuesday, which didn’t occur.

A campaign spokesman said no Pensacola or St. Pete events were ever planned.

Why hasn't he been attending these events? It's not like he's too busy voting. So there must be some other reason why he these events aren't happening. Luckily, I've been able to locate his personal schedule for next week, and the EXCLUSIVE details are below:

MONDAY, JUNE 25
1:00 pm: Immigration proceedings in the Senate. Skip these, for fear of using more expletives directed at fellow Republicans.

4:00 pm: Scooter Libby Fan Club Meeting. The Scooter Libby Fan Club will gather to discuss why the convicted felon is actually a victim. Try to avoid mentioning my promise to consider Patrick Fitzgerald for Attorney General, if elected.

5:00 pm: More votes. Skip for nap.

7:00 pm: Staff meeting. Beg them all to stop leaving campaign.

According to the New York Times, McCain "is jetting to 35 fund-raising events in the 30 days of June, hoping to raise more than $100,000 at each from small groups of big donors." Of those 35, it'd be interesting to see how many of those events are real and how many of those are in Neverland.

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Maybe they were not getting an RSVPs?

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SandyH on June 22, 2007 at 07:52 PM

Why McCain will continue to waste the money to hold on until Sept is perplexing. Unless of course, he hopes Romney and Giuliani and Fred thompson may all have heart attacks or something.

He has looked worn out and old for months now. Who in their right mind would ever consider him for a high pressure job like President of the USA? this is not the same man who ran against Bush back in 2000.

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PamB on June 25, 2007 at 10:33 AM

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