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All you who make a big deal about McCain's 'experience' should really read this article in the NY Times about his long-time ties to the gambling industry and his selling of political influence to them...
Absolutely nothing about the article shocks me. This is the EXPERIENCE that McCain brings to the table.
If you've been in Washington for 26 years, you are hopelessly corrupted and nothing but a cog in the wheel of influence peddling that so dominates Congress and the White House.
We need new blood in the White House - not someone who has a long track record of selling his political infuence to those who give him the most in kickbacks!!!
Almost his entire senior campaign staff is old-school lobbyists. How will all these old lobbyists buddies of his bring change?
For years, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has railed against lobbyists and the influence of "special interests" in Washington, touting on his campaign Web site his fight against "the 'revolving door' by which lawmakers and other influential officials leave their posts and become lobbyists for the special interests they have aided."
But when McCain huddled with his closest advisers at his rustic Arizona cabin last weekend to map out his presidential campaign, virtually every one was part of the Washington lobbying culture he has long decried. His campaign manager, Rick Davis, co-founded a lobbying firm whose clients have included Verizon and SBC Telecommunications. His chief political adviser, Charles R. Black Jr., is chairman of one of Washington's lobbying powerhouses, BKSH and Associates, which has represented AT&T, Alcoa, JPMorgan and U.S. Airways. The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists
WASHINGTON — John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied the Arizona senator's staff on behalf of the republic of Georgia while he was working for the campaign, public records show.
Randy Scheunemann, founder of Orion Strategies, represented the governments of Macedonia, Georgia and Taiwan between 2003 and March 1, according to the firm's filings with the Justice Department. In its latest semiannual report, the firm disclosed that Scheunemann had a phone conversation in November about Georgia with Richard Fontaine, an aide in McCain's Senate office.
Orion Strategies earned $540,000 from its foreign clients over the year ending on Dec. 1, reports show. Scheunemann also received $56,250 last year from March to July from McCain, according to campaign finance records.
John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime
After John McCain (http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=John+McCain - broken link) nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his "management experience and expertise," according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker. But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group (http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=DCI+Group - broken link), a consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil, General Motors and other clients. McCain's Convention Chair Worked for Burma's Junta | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com
"Wayne Berman, the campaign’s deputy finance chairman, has lobbied for the governments of Cyprus and Trinidad and Tobago, along with many other corporate clients. Christian Ferry, who is a lobbyist for Mr. Davis’s firm, is Mr. McCain’s deputy campaign manager. Susan Nelson, the finance director of the campaign, was as recently as last year a registered lobbyist for the Loeffler Group, for companies, including AT&T that have had business before Mr. McCain on the Commerce Committee. John Green, who has been reported to be coordinating the campaign’s efforts with congressional Republicans, is registered as a lobbyist for Ogilvy Government Relations, Mr. Berman’s firm. Carlos Bonilla, described by the McCain Web site as an economic adviser, is also a registered lobbyist." Obama vs. McCain: The lobbyist war - First Read - msnbc.com
I can feel the logical "liberal media rag" defense coming on - surprised it has not been used already.
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