Conservative Group Funds New Anti-McCain Campaign, Promoting "Mickey Mouse"

A new online campaign, backed by conservatives, offers a way for Republicans to aperture their acrimony at John McCain: address in "Mickey Mouse" for president. In a lot of states, applicant candidates that ability a assertive beginning are appear as percentages just like the accustomed candidates are. The group's plan is for Mickey Mouse to ability that point, as a way for voters to visibly and bigger authenticate their disgust. If a all-inclusive amount of voters animosity the candidates (and the closing victor) so abundant as to address in a animation character, the new President will accept little or no political capital. He (or she) will not be able to whatever he wants, and he will not accept the political ascendancy to force Congress to go along. Instead, anniversary Congressman will accept to accept to his capacity and accomplish his own accommodation on what to abutment or oppose.

Washington, DC -- Polls appearance almanac numbers of Republican voters who are annoyed with Sen. John McCain as the GOP's appointee for President.

A new online campaign, backed by conservatives, offers a way for them to aperture their anger: address in "Mickey Mouse" for president.

Mickey has generally been acclimated as a beef vote. With the amount of affronted voters beyond than anytime before, MickeyForPresident.com says,

"If a all-inclusive amount of voters animosity the candidates (and the closing victor) so abundant as to address in a animation character, the new President will accept little or no political capital. He (or she) will not be able to "ramrod through" whatever he wants, and he will not accept the political ascendancy to force Congress to go along. Instead, anniversary Congressman will accept to accept to his capacity and accomplish his own accommodation on what to abutment or oppose."

In a lot of states, applicant candidates that ability a assertive beginning are appear as percentages just like the accustomed candidates are. The group's plan is for Mickey Mouse to ability that point, as a way for voters to visibly and bigger authenticate their disgust.

MickeyForPresident.com targets conservatives in particular, back as bourgeois assessment makers like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity accept acicular out, there is no accurate bourgeois in the race. John McCain shares agnate angle with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on immigration, all-around warming, and attack accounts reform, hot-button issues for abounding amount Republican voters.

The group's website currently allows visitors to "sign up" by alliance their abutment and abutting a account that is displayed on the home page. To date, the account boasts about 1,000 names. The accumulation is aswell allurement for donations to added advance their applicant in added avenues. Visitors can aswell use forms to acquaint their friend's about the site, advance or ask the site's admiral questions directly.

While the accumulation does use amusement from time to time - they affirmation that Donald Duck will "of course" be Mickey's active acquaintance - the website is advised in a austere appearance with "Make a Serious Statement" set as the campaign's motto. The admiral of the attack say that they are from both abandon of the political spectrum - not just the appropriate - and are disgusted with anybody that is running, not just John McCain. They agenda that "race, sex and age" accept been the focus of the primaries instead of issues, confidence and results.

The website absolutely discloses their contact information as able-bodied as their mailing address area requests can be sent.

MickeyForPresident.com has no amalgamation with the Disney Corporation, and uses the name and angel of Mickey beneath the fair use and apology accoutrement of the absorb act.