Comments on: McCain Defends Lobbyists Working For Him

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

[smirk5]

Abrams then followed up: "Do you know were they got the information?"

"No," McCain replied. "But I would add, I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue."

"You were?"

"Yes."

Abrams then asked McCain: "Can you tell us what you said and what he said about it?"

McCain: "That he had applied to purchase this station and that he wanted to purchase it. And that there had been a numerous year delay with the FCC reaching a decision. And he wanted their approval very bad for purposes of his business. I said, ''I would be glad to write a letter asking them to act, but I will not write a letter, I cannot write a letter asking them to approve or deny, because then that would be an interference in their activities. I think everybody is entitled to a decision. But I can''t ask for a favorable disposition for you''."

Abrams a few moments later asked: "Did you speak to the company''s lobbyist about these matters?"

McCain: "I don''t recall if it was Mr. Paxson or the company''s lobbyist or both."

Abrams: "But you did speak to him?"

McCain: "I''m sure I spoke with him, yes."

[sgtrds]

That "Congressman Indicted In Land Deal" is co-chair of McCain''''s Arizona campaign . . . wow, another awkward day for McCain.

Are the right going to complain about the media on this too?

Posted by SamTheTVCat at 03:32 PM : Feb 22, 2008

Naw, they''ll just claim that he''s really a Democratic plant that been deep uncover for years to embarrass McCain in case he ran for president someday. It''s all a big left wing conspiracy you know.

[gce65]

"It''s not true" from a Republican these days is all we need to hear to know IT IS TRUE!

I don''t particularly care about the alleged affair with Vicki Iseman, but Cindy McCain is certainly not the one to come out and defend John. Cindy is the one he cheated with on his first wife, Carol Shepp, after Carol had waited for him all those years he was in a Vietnamese prison. And carol had two sons from a previous marriage and a daughter with McCain at the time!

[crusherking]

Wow.. Still some of you liberals persist in beating this dead horse. No respectable American believes this is evenly remotely true. Most new organizations are distancing themselves from this story already. NYT stock continues to drop.. Wonder why. But yet you liberal mudslingers parade this story like a trophy. I am sure you have much better things to do than make yourselves look even dumber by continuing to flaunt this story as ''true''.. Move on already lmao`!

[smirk5]

Just hours after the Times''s story was posted, the McCain campaign issued a point-by-point response that depicted the letters as routine correspondence handled by his staff%u2014and insisted that McCain had never even spoken with anybody from Paxson or Alcalde & Fay about the matter. "No representative of Paxson or Alcalde & Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC," the campaign said in a statement e-mailed to reporters.

But that flat claim seems to be contradicted by an impeccable source: McCain himself. "I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue," McCain said in the Sept. 25, 2002, deposition obtained by NEWSWEEK. "He wanted their approval very bad for purposes of his business. I believe that Mr. Paxson had a legitimate complaint."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/114505

[smirk5]

He''s no maverick. He''s no straight-talker. He sold his honor years ago. He represents a 3rd term for Bush Jr.
He''s John McCain.

[crater7]

THEY ARE HONORABLE PEOPLE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOBBYIST, RIGHT?

THE WORD HONORABLE AND THE GOP, JUST SEEMS TO GO TOGETHER.

THE HONORABLE GWB. THE HONORABLE CHEENEY, LIDDY, LOT, CRAIG, DELAY,RENZEE,FOLEY,FRIST,GONZO,RICE,RUMMY,ROVE,
BREMMER,WOLFOWITZ,CUNNINGHAM, AND MY FAVORITE, JOHNNY SUTTON.

NOW THAT''S AN HONORABLE WHO''S, WHO LIST.

[samthetvcat]

That "Congressman Indicted In Land Deal" is co-chair of McCain''s Arizona campaign . . . wow, another awkward day for McCain.

Are the right going to complain about the media on this too?

[walt1944-2009]

"Bagdad" John McCain, the "Great Pretender", has stated that all lobbyists are honorable and he sees nothing wrong with having them work on his campaign.

This is the same McCain, who has been saying that "special interests" would not influence him (right!!!!), and the court of the Great Emperor Bush II has come out in his defense. There are many, however, who feel that such a defense is proof enough that "Bagdad" John has also added "The Great Pretender" to his list of titles.

McCain, however, still insists there was nothing going on between himself and a female lobbyist who just happened to look like a 20 year younger version of his wife.

"Bagdad" John just couldn''t get enough of her, that''s all!!! That said, the Great Pretender now wants to move on and "pretend" it all never happened!!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!
sig heil, McCain????

[boatdocster]

Of lobbyists are honorable - as long as they are working for me.

John McCain

[briannorwood]

I am beginning to smell the end of John McCain''s campaign. The is starting to be a drip, drip, drip of information contradicting McCain''s involvment with Paxton.

Trust me, there is a THERE, there!

[ne_patriot7]

LOL... and another useless establishment hypocrite basks in the spotlight of denial...

[briannorwood]

I DID NOT HAVE *** WITH THAT LOBBYIST, Ms. ISEMAN!

[samthetvcat]

pt 2

And what''s he going to do in the general campaign about money? Either he relies heavily on lobbyists again and looks compromised, or he takes public financing and has a hard time claiming he''s about cutting back on government spending.

And everybody''s savvy about how candidates with cash crunches are now trying to use 527''s to get around campaign finance laws . . . how''s it going to look if he tries this and gets fined by the FEC for ignoring the law?

[samthetvcat]

McCain''s making the exact same mistake as Hillary in thinking his experience is his trump card over Barack, but he''s in even worse of a position to make this argument than Hillary.

With McCain''s experience comes this heavy use of lobbyists, his resistence to Barack''s ethics reform bill (which ultimately ended up banning Senators from flying on corporate jets), McCain writing letters on a corporation''s behalf after getting free flights on their jet), etc