Comments on: Top McCain Aide Has Mixed Money, Politics

Washington Post: Rick Davis's Relationship With Ariz. Senator Has Been A Lucrative Commodity

[faith_in_w]

This man is so good, he is working for free. Thats because he believes God can prevail over the prince of darkness.

[harpoot]

Standard GOP practice. They tell the voters "Whose your daddy" and slip it in to the hilt.

[jb20084]

This is exactly why people are voting for CHANGE!!

[midland666]

Lets Just Accept the facts that,
Everything We Have Been Taught To Believe has been
draped in Truthiness!

This form of Government is not a Democracy, A True Democracy is one person one vote.

[rowdywicca]

Well, I guess it''s ok for McCain to have people on his team that make money from lobbying....

Since Obama has a TON of them also!

[docpeter-2009]

From the article, "As Sen. John McCain''s top presidential campaign adviser, Richard H. "Rick" Davis has worked for almost a year without compensation, telling reporters that the sacrifice shows his dedication to the cash-strapped Arizona Republican. He also took a protracted leave from his Washington lobbying firm to distance himself from ethical questions."

Well we all know that the, "Protracted leave of absence" will only last long enough for McCain to get elected and then Davis will return to "business as usual" lobbying for whatever he is paid to lobby for. Only thing that will change here is that Davis will now have a man at the top.

We need a BIG change in Washington. We need to throw out the lobbyists for banks, prarma, insurance, oil, etc. and get back to a Government by The People and For The People, and not big money interests.

[rowdywicca]

Joyce Brayboy Is A Democrat Super Delegate Supporting Barack Obama. (The Politico Website, here, Accessed 5/2/08)

-- Brayboy Is A Registered Federal Lobbyist With The Glover Park Group, LLC. (U.S. Senate Office Of Public Records Website, here Accessed

[rowdywicca]

Obama Also Has Multiple Super Delegate Endorsements From Current Federal
Lobbyists:

John Melcher Is A Democrat Super Delegate Supporting Barack Obama. (The
Politico Website, here, Accessed 5/2/08)

-- Melcher Is A Registered Federal Lobbyist. (U.S. Senate Office Of
Public

[rowdywicca]

Obama Accepts Campaign Contribution From Lobbyists'' Spouses And Holds Fundraisers At Law Offices That Engage In Lobbying. "Although Obama refuses
direct campaign contributions from ''Washington lobbyists,'' he takes money from lobbyists'' spouses and holds fundraisers at the offices of law firms that
lobby Congress. He won''t touch money from PACs or lobbyists representing big oil and drug companies, but he happily accepts huge amounts of money from
executives at those companies and many others. In fact, he''s relying on two oil company executives to raise $50,000 apiece for his campaign." (Editorial,
"Obama''s Claims On Lobbyist Money Prove Flimsy," USA Today, 4/18/08)

Campaign Finance Institute''s Michael Malbin: "It makes no difference whether the person is a registered lobbyist or the partner of a registered lobbyist, if the person is raising money to get access or curry favor." (Ken Dilanian, "Obama Has Ties To Lobbyists Despite Boasts Of Not Taking Their Money," USA
Today, 4/16/08)

[rowdywicca]

Obama''s Lobbyist Hypocrisy

Former Federal Lobbyists Are On Obama''s Staff, Including Deputy Campaign
Manager Steve Hildebrand, Teal Baker And Emmett Beliveau.

Obama''s Campaign Has Refused To Release A Comprehensive List Of Outside Advisers. "There is no full list of lobbyists advising Sen. Obama, and a campaign spokesman declined to release the campaign''s
list of outside advisers. Some advisers have asked to remain anonymous, citing professional or personal reasons, said Tommy Vietor, an Obama spokesman, who acknowledged that federally registered lobbyists may be among them." (Mary Jacoby, "Obama Campaign Enlists
Lobbyists," The Wall Street Journal, 3/1/08)

SO MUCH FOR HIS TRANSPARENCY BULL *****!

Obama Also Uses Bundlers Who Were Previously Registered As Federal Lobbyists."Obama now has 14 bundlers who are also federally registered lobbyists, (Christopher Beam,"Obama''s Lobbying Ties," Slate''s "Trailhead" Blog,

[terrapin78]

Dirty money for a dirty candidate.

[omaar-101]

navpro: Mccain said that ` If he were President, He`d Veto Any (Beers) I mean Bills with Earmarks`
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Note: Though he`s Against Earmarks, as President, he would Veto Using Earmarks, the very thing he Claims to Abhor !!

The Maximum Age for Any Person running for President should be 58-59 and the Youngest age 45 & Up.

McCain is Not an Elitist, He is an outsider, He`s change, we can Depend on. He does`nt cater to lobbyist & Special Interest Groups...Bull-Spit !!

As Sen. John McCain''''''''s top presidential campaign adviser, Richard H. "Rick" Davis has worked for almost a year without compensation, telling reporters that the sacrifice shows his dedication to the cash-strapped Arizona Republican.

He also has made money from a panoply of McCain-related entities, some of which have operated from the upscale riverfront office space that houses his lobbying shop.

In all, Davis, his firm and a company he helped start have earned at least $2.2 million in part through their close association with McCain, his campaign and his causes, according to a review of federal campaign, tax and lobbyist disclosure records.

Their relationship is typical of the symbiotic ties that have come to define the culture of the nation''''''''s capital.

[vet_sk]

This was the first election in while where the two major insiders decided that experience, aka, Washington Insiders, decided to make that an issue since they knew that was the only way to try to scare people into voting for someone other then Obama.

McCain never distanced himself from lobbyist even after he was one of the Keating 5.

[rowdywicca]

Obama''s fundraising team has ties to lobbyists
38 work for law firms that lobby government

WASHINGTON %u2014 Barack Obama often boasts he is "the only candidate who isn''t taking a dime from Washington lobbyists," yet his fundraising team includes 38 members of law firms that were paid $138 million last year to lobby the federal government, records show.

Those lawyers, including 10 former federal lobbyists, have pledged to raise at least $3.5 million for the Illinois senator''s presidential race. Employees of those firms have given Obama $2.26 million, data show.

Thirty-one of the 38 are law firm partners, who often share in their firm''s lobbying fees. At least six of them have some managerial authority over lobbyists.

"It makes no difference whether the person is a registered lobbyist or the partner of a registered lobbyist," said Michael Malbin, director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a non-partisan think tank.

[omaar-101]

navpro: Mccain said that ` If he were President, He`d Veto Any (Beers) I mean Bills with Earmarks`

Note: Though he`s Against Earmarks, as President, he would Veto Using Earmarks, the very thing he Claims to Abhor !!

The Maximum Age for Any Person running for President should be 59-59 and the Youngest age 45 & Up.

McCain is Not an Elitist, He is an outsider, He`s change, we can Depend on. He does`nt cater to lobbyist & Special Interest Groups...Bull-Spit !!

As Sen. John McCain''''s top presidential campaign adviser, Richard H. "Rick" Davis has worked for almost a year without compensation, telling reporters that the sacrifice shows his dedication to the cash-strapped Arizona Republican.

He also has made money from a panoply of McCain-related entities, some of which have operated from the upscale riverfront office space that houses his lobbying shop.

In all, Davis, his firm and a company he helped start have earned at least $2.2 million in part through their close association with McCain, his campaign and his causes, according to a review of federal campaign, tax and lobbyist disclosure records.

Their relationship is typical of the symbiotic ties that have come to define the culture of the nation''''s capital.

[Gary Kempf]

In all, Davis, his firm and a company he helped start have earned at least $2.2 million in part through their close association with McCain, his campaign and his causes, according to a review of federal campaign, tax and lobbyist disclosure records.

John, You are so against earmarks, but special interest with lobbyist and private contracts are alright??


So where exactly do you differ from the Bush administration?

[omaar-101]

Firms run by Rebecca Donatelli, McCain''s Internet strategist in 2000, have since then done more than $700,000 in work for McCain-related endeavors, though the campaign notes that some of that money has gone to cover credit card transaction fees for money raised online.

Davis declined repeated requests for an interview. In response to detailed questions, the campaign issued a brief statement. "During this campaign, Mr. Davis has not received a single penny from any company doing business with the McCain campaign," it said. Through the campaign, Eudy, Potter and Donatelli declined to comment.

A Navy brat who left the University of Alabama for the campaign trail, Davis once said his father warned him, "You can''t make any money from doing politics." Davis did not listen. After learning the campaign business in Alabama and Mississippi, he became national field director for the College Republican National Committee during Ronald Reagan''s 1980 presidential bid.

He left the Reagan White House to work with longtime lobbyist Paul Manafort, a job that later evolved into a partnership. In their political work, Davis served as Manafort''s deputy in orchestrating the 1996 Republican National Convention. Both joined Dole''s presidential team.

[omaar-101]

McCain is Not an Elitist, He is an outsider, He`s change, we can Depend on. He does`nt cater to lobbyist & Special Interest Groups...Bull-Spit !!

As Sen. John McCain''s top presidential campaign adviser, Richard H. "Rick" Davis has worked for almost a year without compensation, telling reporters that the sacrifice shows his dedication to the cash-strapped Arizona Republican.

He also has made money from a panoply of McCain-related entities, some of which have operated from the upscale riverfront office space that houses his lobbying shop.

In all, Davis, his firm and a company he helped start have earned at least $2.2 million in part through their close association with McCain, his campaign and his causes, according to a review of federal campaign, tax and lobbyist disclosure records.

Their relationship is typical of the symbiotic ties that have come to define the culture of the nation''s capital.

[midland666]

Typical Washington Insider......