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• BuzzFlash - Daily Headlines and Breaking News | Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude: ... shortly before or after he interceded on their behalf with federal regulators in 1998 and 1999, according to campaign records reviewed yesterday.' Straight talk, my a%$. 2/23 McCain: The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists 2/23 A helicopter carrying Sens. ...
• Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... first line of defense is a lobbyist, and the Washington Post points out that the "anti-lobbyist" is even now " advised by lobbyists ," as "Democracy Now!" ...
• Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community (#): ... PM EST As the right wing extremists continue to try and paint this McCain lobbyist story as about sex when it is clear that even the Washington Post realizes that it is about the "anti-lobbyist's" surrounding himself with lobbyists . Meaning his trustworthyness, his double talk, his lack of character, his lack of, well, credibility. This is the story. ...
• MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics (#): ... Breaks by Jonathan Singer, Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 12:11:06 AM EST On the front page of Friday's issue of The Washington Post, Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey Birnbaum (the latter of whom wrote one of my favorite political books, Showdown at Gucci Gulch) have this: Anti-Lobbyist Candidate Is ...
• Attytood: ... Via TPM Muckraker: " The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists ." 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 ...
• TAPPED | The American Prospect: ... McCain enjoys with the press. McCain's new strategy is to refuse to comment. It's also worth noting that McCain's campaign is almost almost entirely run by current or former male lobbyists. But don't worry, he says that his lobbyists are "honorable." ...
• Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: ... GOP Previews Election Strategy: Terror All the Time Clinton Tells TX Mag: Don't Want to "Disenfranchise" Florida and Michigan Anti-Lobbyist McCain's Campaign is Run by Lobbyists Last-Minute Changes Could Snarl Ohio Vote Count Early Voting in Texas on Track to ...
• Crooks and Liars (#): ... By the group’s current count, McCain had at least 59 federal lobbyists raising money for his campaign, compared with 33 working for Republican Rudolph W. Giuliani and 19 working for Democrat Clinton.. read on That’s a heck of a lot of lobbyist “friends.” And why would he have have so many lobbyist friends? I mean, their job is to make friends in high places that can help them get deals for their clients. ...
• The Left Coaster: ... The wingnuts are closing ranks, but this is being reported the right way . And it's coalescing into a narrative. Sometimes a single story changes public perceptions of a public figure. ...
• Think Progress (#): ... Vicki Iseman has represented Paxson since 1998, longer than any of her other clients. The Washington Post reports that Iseman’s clients have given nearly $85,000 to McCain campaigns since 2000, according to records at the Federal Election Commission. ...
• Oliver Willis (#): ... TrackBacks This November : More of the same old? More of the same? Or a change to something new? ...
• Angry Bear (#): Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum document all the lobbyists – including Charles Black – who are advisors to his campaign. But Team Clinton and Team Obama includes lots of lobbyists. ...
• Shadow of the Hegemon (#): ... And at least according to what other lobbyists have to say about Iseman, her big asset in her lobbying portfolio was her access to John McCain. ...
• Sisyphus Shrugged: ... It's a non-story.*** Me, I think they buried the lede, because McCain wouldn't be talking so much about his principled rejection of influence peddlars and K Street if he thought people would be happy to hear this , from the much more focused story in the Washington Post**** ( but is it ) ...
• AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... McCain's exact words were, "I did not know anything about it." Yet, an article posted at 4:15 pm this afternoon by the Washington Post indicates again that both McCain and Iseman were warned: Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to ...
• Alternate Brain (#): WaPo via Turkana: 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 ...
• MF Blog (#): ... Joe Conason nails it with the real scandal that is John McCain. And here is the Washington Post weighing in with a solid front section story on McCain's ties to various industries and lobbyists. The only question is whether this will ever be discussed with any depth among the corporate media pundits on television and radio. ...
• The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen: ... That, apparently, is especially true of the lobbyists who dominate McCain’s campaign staff, at least one of whom does lobbying work directly from McCain’s bus . Of all the lobbyists involved in the McCain campaign, the most prominent is [Charles] Black, who has made a lucrative career of shuttling back and forth between presidential politics and big-time Washington lobbying…. ...
• Linkmeister (#): Senator McCain's anti-lobbyist screeds notwithstanding, he sure seems to take their advice . . . .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. ...
• Marginal Utility (#): Gotta say, the Washington Post's version of the McCain-Iseman story has some features that the McCain maybe-not-denial-denials don't begin to address. ...
• MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary (#): ... Black, of course, is a lobbyist. In fact, as the head of the extremely influential lobby shop BKSH and Associates, he's one of Washington's most powerful influence-peddlers. In the Washington Post story today about the lobbyists that populate the upper ranks of McCain's campaign (here's another guy), Black is listed as working for AT, Alcoa, ...
• BlondeSense (#): Or something like that. Spread this around. From the Washington Post The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists we learn that McCain's top adviser, lobbyist Charlie Black, says he does his work by phone from the The Straight Talk Express (McCain's campaign bus.) "...An angry and defiant McCain ...
• Majikthise (#): John McCain's closest advisers allegedly told one telecom lobbyist to get lost in 1999. I suppose that's good start ... But what have they done to follow up on that achievement in the intervening 9 years? ...
• Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... first line of defense is a lobbyist, and the Washington Post points out that the "anti-lobbyist" is even now " advised by lobbyists ," as "Democracy Now!" ...
• Internet Weekly Report - Issue 310 - Week of 02/18/2008: ... As The Blog Turns 02/22/2008 The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists While McCain and his new found friends like Rush Limbaugh cry liberal smear campaign by the paper, that incidentally endorsed McCain's candidacy, the real point about McCain's poor judgment has ...
• PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/..... [WP] The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists Senator McCain! Senator McCain! I have more questions! ...
• Prometheus 6 | All respect and no restraint (#): ... "He has a closer relationship with lobbyists than he lets on," said Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists By Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, February 22, 2008; A01 For years, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has railed against lobbyists and the influence of "special interests" in ...
• RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls: ... The Republicans The Anti-Lobbyist with Lobbyists ...
• UNDERNEWS (#): ... MCCAIN SURROUNDED BY LOBBYISTS WASH POST - 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 offici
• Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip: ... United Technologies, UST Public Affairs, eBay, Goldman Sachs Group, Cablevision, Tenneco, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Dell, Fannie Mae, Southwest Airlines, Toyota and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. [ Washington Post ] 2:15 PM ON FRI FEB 22 2008 ...
• The Reality-Based Community (#): ... I'd missed this choice little detail about John McCain, the lobbyists' friend, until I saw a blast-email from the DNC. Charles Black, the senior campaign official who isn't being paid by the campaign but is still drawing a full-time salary from his lobbying firm — which lobbies for outfits with business before the Senate Commerce Committee — has figured out a way to earn his salary: Black said he does a lot of his work by telephone from McCain's Straight Talk Express ...
• The Democratic Party (#): There isn't any other way to describe it, really, reading the latest Washington Post piece detailing why McCain team is shockingly tied to Washington lobbyists. And should he become the next president of the United States, then we've got something else on our hands... A White House of lobbyists. ...
• D-Day (#): ... I think it's reasonably certain that... well, that no traditional media outlet is going to be booking Howard Dean to talk about this anytime soon. Because he's got McCain nailed. Dead to rights. UPDATE: And the traditional media borrows the Dean narrative . A1 of the WaPo tomorrow. ...
• My Three Cents (#): ... As the right wing extremists continue to try and paint this McCain lobbyist story as about sex when it is clear that even the Washington Post realizes that it is about the “anti-lobbyist’sR... surrounding himself with lobbyists . Meaning his trustworthyness, his double talk, his lack of character, his lack of, well, credibility. This is the story. ...
• Norwegianity (#): ... I know that I for one am glad that these terrible hours of national anguish and uncertainty are behind us now. Video at six and ten. ...
• Truth, Justice & Peace: ... to lobbyists, For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk, including those who are running his campaign, The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists . On top of that, there are the follow up issues with his mendacity being on display, see When parts of McCain’s defense don’t add up and ...
• Muckraker | Talking Points Memo |: ... And The Washington Post, a day after it ran its own Iseman story on page one, goes with that story on today's front page under the concise headline, "The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists." ...