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McCain Denies Aides’ Statements About Lobbyist

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21cnd-mccain.html

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Senator John McCain said on Thursday that an article in The Times about his ties to a lobbyist was untrue.

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Crooks and Liars (#): ... The talkies are all saying McCain is winning the battle with the Grey Lady so far, really? The story just broke.— The spin is in. McCain responds. .. UPDATE: JayRosen and Will Bunch add some ...
Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... McCain, meanwhile, claims he knew nothing about Weaver's encounter with Iseman : Mr. McCain said he knew nothing about an account in The Times from John Weaver, a former top strategist and now an informal campaign adviser, who told the newspaper that he met with Ms. Iseman at Union Station ...
The Rude Pundit: ... Paxson also lent McCain his company's jet at least four times during 1999 for campaign travel." The Rude Pundit may be reading this wrong, but it doesn't seem to square with McCain's assertion today that "At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust or make a decision which in any way would not be in the public interest or would favor anyone or organization." ...
Eschaton (#): Interestingly, McCain isn't simply denying an affair, or denying corruption allegations, he's essentially saying the entire story was fiction from start to finish. -Atrios 12:27 ...
Marginal Utility (#): Arthur Sulzberger Jr. begins and ends the search for its next Op-Ed columnist : “I don’t know anything about it,” Mr. McCain said. “Since it was in The New York Times, I don’t take it at face value.” ...
Newsfare: ... McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk McCain Denies Aides?Statements About Lobbyist ...
Lance Mannion (#): ... And yet we'll still be fed stories about what a stand-up guy he is, what a straight-shooter, what a maverick, and the only evidence that he is any of those things is his own say so. The various denials he and his apologists have issued reek of such sanctimonious bullshit. "How dare you think that John McCain might have done something wrong! Don't you know he's John McCain?" ...
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: ... McCain, meanwhile, claims he knew nothing about Weaver's encounter with Iseman : Read the rest of the post on the flip side » ...
Hoffmania! | All That's Left! Liberal News & Free Speech (#): ... At least now I understand the timing. Since McCain has decided to make this mysterious secret handshake thing with Obama over public funding a singular issue, sure. Let's bring his integrity on ethics into the light. But, ya know...holy shit. McCain was so pissed this morning , he called no one "my friends." On the flu front, this seems to be blessedly moving through our home pretty rapidly. Bullit's on day two (headache passed, fever broke) and she's ready to eat the refrigerator. ...

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