(Community Matters) What’s always blown me away is how some politicians think like 2 year olds, if they close their eyes and can’t see something, they think you can’t see it either.
The McCain campaign’s complete dominance by lobbyists, and many shady ones at that. Over 40 gaming industry lobbyists on his campaign as top advisors & fundraisers (including campaign manager, senior adviser and co-chairs of his finance committee).
McCain’s extraordinary influence over gambling regulation and Indian affairs, as a result of his chairing the Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee twice, yet his near monthly juants to Las Vegas for gambling weekends. Millions donated to his campaign by Las Vegas bosses and organized by shady Nevada promoter, Sig Rogich, who proved even too toxic for GWB’s circle.
Investigative reporting shedding light on McCain’s crowning legislative moment in finance and ethics – his investigation of Jack Abramoff and lobbyist corruption – as at least as much about helping lobbyist friends take over Abramoff’s contracts and political retribution toward Abromoff allies, Nordquist and Raph Reed, who engineered his South Carolina primary defeat by George Bush (2000).
Who cares whether or not you request earmarks when you give Las Vegas Casino owners over $300 million in tax breaks? Well, actually I care about both, but the latter even more damnable. Full story
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