Comments on: McCain Defends Lobbyists Working For Him

Says Advisers Who Are Lobbyists Are "Honorable"; Declines Further Comment On New York Times Article

[twocanpete]

Hey, this whole thing with Vickigate, didn%u2019t it all happen at about the same time that Cyndi McCain was addicted to those drugs that she was stealing from the charity that she ran? Come on kids, do we really want another pill-head in the White House?

[jowand]

Nothing but sleaze, double-talk and apathy coming from the GOP. What''''s new?
Posted by GreatDriveW at 07:34 PM : Feb 23, 2008

Harry Reid has two sons who are lobbyists.

[incog-nito]

Why does McCain think that it''s not OK for lobbyists to work for other politicians, but it''s OK him?

[lorinkundert]

There is no excuse for a lobbyist working for a Senator, it just proves what McCain is all about. GOP thanks for all but finishing this nomination, you have been an enormous help in getting the Socialist Party to the White House

[greatdrivew]

Nothing but sleaze, double-talk and apathy coming from the GOP. What''s new?

[nmsuip]

"...Sen. John McCain said Friday that while lobbyists serve as close advisers to his presidential campaign, they are honorable and he is not influenced by corruption in the system..."

Of course. We aren''t smart enough to understand. All the OTHER lobbyists are evil. Just not his.

What do they say about lawyers & politicians? "If their lips are moving..."

[taotxzen]

Top McCain Adviser Says He Does Much Of His Lobbying From Aboard Straight Talk Express!

By Greg Sargent - February 22, 2008, 5:50PM
This is pretty great. Today''s Washington Post piece all about the fact that John McCain is surrounded by lobbyists on his campaign has gotten lots of attention today. It''s key context for understanding the big Times story yesterday about his allegedly improper relationship with that female lobbyist, as well as his constant railing against lobbyists and "special interests."


But the piece has a lovely and very revealing little nugget buried in it that has passed unnoticed. It turns out that one of McCain''s top advisers, lobbyist Charlie Black, does lots of his lobbying from the Straight Talk Express. From aboard the bus itself...

Of all the lobbyists involved in the McCain campaign, the most prominent is Black...even as Black provides a private voice and a public face for McCain, he also leads his lobbying firm, which offers corporate interests and foreign governments the promise of access to the most powerful lawmakers. Some of those companies have interests before the Senate and, in particular, the Commerce Committee, of which McCain is a member.

Black said he does a lot of his work by telephone from McCain''s Straight Talk Express bus.

[candide777]

McCain use to have some dignity as an independent republican, but he sold his soul to the party so that they''d stop shunning him. He''s a mouse, not a man, and I wouldn''t vote for a mouse, would you?

[jsl45]

Just another hyprocrite conservative, who says one thing and does another. McCain committed adultery when he was married to his first wife amd was having a sexual relationship with his present second wife.....another example of those conservative family values..

[glossypan]

"This is Sen. John McCain. I''m calling to urge you to support my friend Rep. Rick Renzi for Congress. Rick has represented the first district of Arizona with tenacity, honesty and integrity beyond reproach. I work with Rick every day and can report to you his total dedication to the people of Arizona and the United States. Please join me in supporting rural Arizona''s workhorse congressman on Nov. 7. [Paid for and authorized by Rick Renzi for Congress]."
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Text of a robocall to voters in Rick Renzi''s district.
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Mr. Renzi is now under federal indictment for fraud and corruption. Despite making the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington "Most Corrupt Members Of Congress" list for the last three years, Renzi was co-chair of McCains Arizona presidential campaign.