Senator John McCain has staked his campaign for the presidency in large part on his reputation as a reformer intent on curbing the influence of money in politics.
But an examination by The New York Times of a list of 106 elite fund-raisers who have brought in more than $100,000 each for Mr. McCain found that about a sixth of them were lobbyists. The list of “bundlers” was released on Friday by the McCain campaign.
The sizable number of lobbyists, who are outnumbered on the list only by those working in the financial services industry, offers another example of the balancing act that Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is having to strike as he campaigns for the presidency and seeks to maintain his reputation as a reformer… [emphasis added]
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So the second biggest block of fundraisers McConJob has are lobbyists, the very people he pretends to oppose. And the biggest block is financial services. Interpret that as the same group of multi-millionaires who scammed America, only to be bailed out by the Bush/GOP Reich, a move McMillionaire vociferously supports, but opposes help for home opwners, because Supply-side Jesus (the GOP invention, not to be confused with the real one) forbids that an undeserving borrower slip in.
Next, McConJob does not give a damn about my state.
For the first time in modern Oregon politics, a major presidential campaign has missed the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet deadline. John McCain’s campaign will not be included in the Oregon Voters’ Guide for our May 20 primary.
At a mere $1000 dollars, the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet is one of the most cost-effective voter contact tools available anywhere. Which is why contested and uncontested primary campaigns alike fail to participate at their peril… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <Blue Oregon>
Leave it to McConJob to show such total disrespect for Oregon voters, and by implication, voters everywhere.
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