California GOP Proves They Have No Heart

Plenty of Republicans in California are compassionate people, but those at the helm of the party in the Golden State are anything but. Shortly before Barack Obama's grandmother tragically passed away from cancer one day before the election, they decided to file suit with the FEC over Obama's trip to see her in Hawaii.

From RawStory:

"Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama's personal use," the release stated. "Senator Obama recently traveled to Hawaii to visit his sick grandmother. This was the right thing for any grandson to do -- at his own expense -- but it was not travel that his campaign may fund."

Federal law prohibits campaigns from using campaign funds for personal travel. Obama's campaign said beforehand that they had reviewed the trips with their lawyers and believed it was allowable. Republicans, meanwhile, contend that because Obama did not campaign in Hawaii, it should not have been budgeted as a campaign expense.

Tasteless? You betcha. Cheap political stunt meant to enrage the inner-campaign finance nut gone horribly wrong? Oh yeah. And it almost always seems never to fail, but what they complain about can be turned around on their own candidate in spectacular hypocritical fashion. Just another anvil thrown onto an already sinking ship named S.S. McPalin.