Bush begins rasing money for McCain

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - President Bush starts raising money for John McCain's campaign next week, but the three fundraisers are closed, so there will be no news media cameras photographing the outgoing and incoming Republican party leaders together nor reporters observing their joint appearances.
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The White House announced Friday that Bush will be the main attraction at three McCain events next week — in Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. In addition to building up the McCain campaign account, the fundraisers will also benefit the national Republican Party, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.

All are being held in private residences, McCain was expected to attend the one in Phoenix, said another White House spokesman, Scott Stanzel. During the Bush presidency, fundraisers in private homes have almost always been held out of view of the public and the press, and Fratto said it would be no different this time. Former President Clinton sometimes allowed the press into such fundraising settings.

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It has begun! He doesn't want to be seen with him - we should all promise that if they're in our neck of the woods or pavement - that we will join together and protest them and bring attention to their being together and McCain not wanting to be seen with him.

To counter the bush factor

But how could they possibly parody a man who's already a parody?

...out there that Bush is raising money for McSame, the association alone will tarnish him.