Conf Call Today Tuesday at 4pm Re: McCain Fundraiser

***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Women Leaders To Hold Conference Call on McCain's Refusal To Cut Ties With Fundraiser Clayton Williams

Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte and former Chair of the Texas Democratic Party Molly Beth Malcolm will hold a conference call today, Tuesday, June 17th, at 4 pm EDT/3 pm CDT to discuss John McCain's refusal to denounce offensive and misogynist comments made by McCain campaign fundraiser Clayton Williams or return the $300,000 Williams raised on McCain's behalf. Williams stirred controversy during his run for governor of Texas in 1990 when he compared rape to the weather, saying that "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it…" Van de Putte and Malcom will also discuss why Senator McCain is bad for women and how he doesn't understand the issues American women face. [Washington Post, 6/13/08]

Yesterday Malcom and other Texas Democratic women released a statement saying it is "offensive and outrageous" that McCain would take money raised by Williams and that it shows McCain is "more interested in raising money than he is about the concerns of women in Texas and across the country." [Dallas Morning News Trail Blazers Blog, 6/16/08]

Who: Leticia Van de Putte, State Senator from Texas

Molly Beth Malcolm, former Chair of the Texas Democratic Party

What: Conference Call on McCain's Refusal To Cut Ties With Fundraiser Clayton Williams

When: Today, June 17, 2008 at 4 pm EDT/3 pm CDT

For call-in information, contact Caroline Ciccone at cicconec@dnc.org.