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A Hole in McCain’s Defense?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/114505

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An apparent contradiction in his response to lobbyist story.

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02/22/2008
02/23/2008
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McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting (2/23/2008)
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BuzzFlash - Daily Headlines and Breaking News | Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude: ... DEFAULT McCain Response to NYT Ethical Impropriety Allegations Disputed by an "Impeccable Source": Himself Visit the BUZZFLASH Family of Political News Websites: ...
Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... by lobbyists," as "Democracy Now!" spotlights the Paxson case. For a surprisingly un-volcano-like McCain, the Times story is the opportunity for ...
MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics (#): ... Will the Coverup Catch McCain? by Jonathan Singer, Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 01:20:53 PM EST Michael Isikoff is on the case, catching John McCain in an apparent lie. ...
TAPPED | The American Prospect: ... As the John McCain/lobbyist story plays out the focus is shifting from self-righteous denunciations of the New York Times to consideration of the issues involved and, especially, McCain's response. For instance, it turns out that he lied about one aspect of the story and he broke his usual habit of frequent press availabilities. ...
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall (#): ... It seems that one of McCain's sweeping denials from that presser yesterday morning is contradicted by a very good source: a deposition McCain gave back in 2002. Isikoff's got the details . --Josh Marshall ...
Crooks and Liars (#): ... No representative of Paxson or Alcalde and Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC regarding this proceeding. But Newsweek’s Mike Isikoff today obtained (or was given) the transcripts of deposition testimony which McCain himself gave under oath several years ago in litigation over the constitutionality of McCain-Feingold. ...
The Washington Monthly (#): innuendo aside, Michael Isikoff points out that there's a problem with McCain's claim yesterday that he never did any favors for Paxson Communications: But that flat claim seems to be contradicted by an impeccable source: McCain himself. "I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue," McCain said in the Sept. 25, 2002, deposition obtained by Newsweek. " ...
The Left Coaster: ... that he was too close to a particular lobbyist, had done favors for her and her clients, and that this threatened to undermine his entire public persona since his Keating Five Rehab effort decades earlier. After Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff rolled out the first counterpunch to the campaign’s “he did no favors” pushback effort, we now know that the NYT indeed had more ammo, making the ...
Think Progress (#): ... But, as Newsweek reveals today, McCain admitted in a 2002 sworn deposition that he “was contacted” by the company’s head , Lowell Paxson. Here’s McCain in 2002: ABRAMS: Do you know were they got the information? ...
Oliver Willis (#): ... TrackBacks A Hole in McCain’s Defense? "A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story about his ties to a ...
No More Mister Nice Blog: ... We'll see. **** UPDATE: This appears to be my third stupid prediction of the week -- the press doesn't seem to be backing down. posted by Steve M. 10:06 AM ...
Angry Bear (#): So says Michael Isikoff : Just hours after the Times's story was posted, the McCain campaign issued a point-by-point response that depicted the letters as routine correspondence handled by his staff - and insisted that McCain had never even spoken ...
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... It! From Newsweek : Just hours after the Times's story was posted, the McCain campaign issued a point-by-point response that depicted the letters as routine correspondence handled by his staff—and insisted that McCain had never even spoken with anybody ...
MF Blog (#): ... However, the FCC's letters in response to McCain's letters say McCain's actions were "highly unusual" --something McCain's staff should have known because of McCain being the head of the Committee that often deals with the FCC. ...
The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen (#): ... Iseman’s client keeps piling up. On Wednesday, the McCain campaign said, in writing, that “no representative of Paxson or Alcalde & Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter” to the FCC on its behalf. Yesterday, Newsweek reported that McCain gave a deposition in 2002 in which he contradicted his own claim. Today, the WaPo makes matters worse for McCain. ...
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs: ... Stevens Files for Re-Election ... McCain Caught in FCC Falsehood ... ...
Eschaton (#): Saint McCain cannot lie, so obviously there's some sort of rift in the space-time continuum causing some slippage between parallel universes. On Wednesday night, the Times published a story suggesting that McCain might have done legislative favors for the clients of the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, who worked for the firm of Alcalde & Fay. ...
Cursor.org - Table of Contents page: ... by lobbyists," as "Democracy Now!" spotlights the Paxson case. For a surprisingly un-volcano-like McCain, the Times story is the opportunity for ...
Easter Lemming Liberal News (#): ... Howard Dean hammers it home. He can deny the sex part, which he did poorly considering he had two months to prepare, but everything else about the supposed "straight-shooter" is going down the tubes. Newsweek headlines the lie. He has even accepted public financing he no longer wants for his campaign and has no way right now to ...
Make Them Accountable (#): ... the New York Times by making an immediate contribution today,” [an email to supporters] said in text that links to an online contribution form on the McCain campaign’s website. A Hole in McCain’s Defense? (by Michael Isikoff, Newsweek) A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his ...
Middle Earth Journal (#): ... When the show was over I went over Memeorandum and what did I find? A Hole in McCain’s Defense? An apparent contradiction in his response to lobbyist story. ...
Moon of Alabama (#): ... two days ago: No representative of Paxson or Alcalde and Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC regarding this proceeding. He had declared something different in 2002: "I was contacted by Mr. [Lowell] Paxson on this issue" Mr Paxon ...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... ON THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS Honest John McCain, caught in a lie http://www.newsweek.com/... A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story about his ties to a Washington ...
TPM Cafe | Talking Points Memo |: ... If they had worked the lobbying story (which has since been advanced by Michael Isikoff in Newsweek, they could have produced something revelatory about how intimately powerful senators collaborate with lobbyists. ...
The Democratic Party (#): Goodbye, credibility. Breaking news from Michael Isikoff at Newsweek : A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story about his ties to a ...
Matthew Yglesias (#): 22 Feb 2008 01:02 pm It appears that John McCain is a liar : Just hours after the Times' story was posted, the McCain campaign issued a point-by-point response that depicted the letters as routine correspondence handled by his staff--and insisted that McCain had never even spoken with ...

Pentagon questions Obama’s soldier story

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23301273

The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: ... ABCNews' Jake Tapper talked to the soldier in question, who confirmed the story he'd told Obama. Now NBC News also appears to have confirmed the story by talking to the Army Captain in question. ...
Angry Bear (#): ... Nothing new here – wingnuts getting something so wrong because they are too lazy to discover the truth. Right? Well this was not the end to this story: The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story. ...
The Mahablog (#): ... Update: See also Balloon Juice and Hubris Sonic. Update 2: NBC News also confirms Obama’s story, but the Pentagon denies it. See also Hilzoy. ...
American Street (#): ... Which begs the question. Does this all really matter? Considering Obama is now the presumptive nominee by most, why didn’t the White House bother to respond to her similar allegations about the nature of the Iraq War? Pentagon Questions Obama’s Soldier Story Why are they taking him on directly and, not her, if they feel as though both candidates have an equal shot? ...
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... Tapper cited ten right wing blogs that were attacking Obama on this issue. But, it's worse. Two pillars of the Republican defense establishment, the Pentagon and Senator John Warner, also weighed in. NBC , also spoke to the soldier, but gave the McCain campaign the headline it wanted "Pentagon questions Obama’s soldier story." ...
The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen: ... The right went nuts, insisting Obama’s story was bogus. ABC and NBC checked it out, talked to the Army captain directly, and as expected, found that Obama’s story checked out. Another misguided conservative attack for the list. So, time to move on? ...
Democratic Underground: ... Obama said he had heard from an Army captain who served in Afghanistan and whose unit did not have enough ammuni Discuss MSNBC ...
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs: ... McCain Met with Me, Iseman ... Pentagon Questions Obama Claim ... ...
Obsidian Wings (#): ... know) actually spoke to the Captain in question, who confirmed the story. Later, NBC did so as well. And Phil Carter adds: "In light of my experience in Iraq, Sen. Obama’s comments last night are eminently believable. ...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/... The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story. . . . ...

McCain's Ties to Lobbyist Worried Aides

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022101131.html

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 launch, according to one of McCain's longest-serving political strategists.

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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." ...

From the Fact Check Desk: Obama's Army Anecdote

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/from-the-fact-3.html

At last night's debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told an anecdote about an Army captain that is causing a lot of chatter in the political world.

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: ... Airing New Ads in Texas Huckabee and Dobson Meet Up in Colorado Springs Army Captain Backs Up Obama Anecdote Huckabee: My Goal is a Deadlocked Convention Obama ...
The Left Coaster: ... Warner questioned the anecdote, as did the Pentagon and many right wing blogs and media outlets (I won't bother with links- if you care, you can Google). Then, Jake Tapper got confirmation from the source. And this is all great fun and a complete distraction from what really matters: Obama's point wasn't that he talked with an Army captain, it was that Iraq distracted us from actually winning the war in Afghanistan. ...
Angry Bear (#): ... Well, the wingnuts are on a tirade saying Obama lied, but Jack Tapper actually called the captain that Obama referred to and discovers the claim is completely true . Nothing new here – wingnuts getting something so wrong because they are too lazy to discover the truth. Right? ...
The Mahablog (#): ... Today the Right has been on a foaming-at-the-mouth rampage about it, calling Obama a liar. Well, some people did some fact checking, and confirmed Obama’s story. See, for example, Jake Tapper and Phillip Carter. Not that actual facts will sway the wingnuts, of course. ...
JustOneMinute (#): As a proud member of the Right Wing Noise Machine (or are we now the Freak Show?) I can only say "Ouch". IMHO, Jake Tapper gets the goods from the Obama campaign and squelches folks like this at the Weekly Standard. ...
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... This incident is emblematic of the approach to national security undertaken by Bush and enabled by Congressional Republicans -- including McCain. They are failures. So while the right wingers were in a lather over Obama's answer, Jake Tapper found out the story is true: I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question. ...
The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen: ... Barack Obama talked about an Army captain serving in Afghanistan who found that, thanks to the war in Iraq, he or she didn’t have the support, ammunition, or resources necessary. The right went nuts, insisting Obama’s story was bogus. ABC and NBC checked it out, talked to the Army captain directly, and as expected, found that Obama’s story checked out. Another misguided conservative attack for the list. ...
Democratic Underground (#): ... And I think that Senator Clinton was wrong in her judgments on that." He argued the Iraq w Discuss ABC News ...
Perrspectives: Blog: ... They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief." Following up with the Obama campaign, ABC's Jake Tapper spoke with the Army captain in question and confirmed Obama's retelling in most aspects. The West Point graduate said his unit was short of ammunition during training and lacking armored Humvees both before and after deployment to Afghanistan. ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof (#): Some things to scroll through: Just the Facts : Both sides dig into Barack Obama's story about soldiers in Afghanistan. ...
Obsidian Wings (#): ... Debate: Liar, Dupe, Or Enemy Propagandist?" (I'll take 'Enemy Propagandist' for five, Alex...) While this was going on, Jake Tapper (yes, I know) actually spoke to the Captain in question, who confirmed the story. Later, NBC did so as well. ...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... Obama questions the military’s spending priorities – the Right Wing howls in fury. Guess who’s telling the truth? http://blogs.abcnews.com/... "You know, I've heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon -- supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon," he said. "Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq. ...
RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls: ... Obama's Army Anecdote Cpt. Backs Up Story - Tapper ...
SteveAudio (#): ... It is also commanded by a lieutenant and not a captain." ABC's Jake Tapper talked to Obama's source, and after noting the wrongwing sites and their swiftboating, wrote I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question. ...
Balloon Juice (#): ... If you want to read the morons, you can check out the links at Big Media Matt’s, who also directs us to this Jake Tapper piece over at ABC : I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question. ...
The Reality-Based Community (#): ... Isn't that a lieutenant's job? And are the wingnuts going to come after Obama for fibbing and not understanding basic facts about the military? Well, the answer to the wingnuts-attacking question is "Yes." However, Jake Tapper of ABC News managed to get in touch with the actual captain, who verifies the while story . (Phil Carter gets additional confirmation from two other platoon leaders in Afghanistan.) Yes, there are serious shortages of materiel in Afghanistan. ...
D-Day (#): ... The right went NUTS. They claimed it was a scurrilous lie. Trip over your favorite wingnut site and you'll find a denunciation. Fact check , party of one. I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question. ...
Hoffmania! | All That's Left! Liberal News & Free Speech (#): The one he told last night about those platoons getting their weapons from the Taliban conquests? It ain't bullshit. The story checks out . And yet, the wingnuts and freepers are still blasting ABC's Jake Tapper for not fact-checking it to their fine high standards. ...
democracyarsenal.org (#): ... Senator Obama's story from last night's debate regarding an Army Captain who was serving in Afghanistan and described having to capture Taliban weapons. Well, Jake Tapper has got the goods and this story checks out. I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question. ...
Matthew Yglesias (#): ... Basically, as you can see if you check the conservative blogs above, that story can't possibly be true, and the fact that Obama would say it reflects either his dishonesty or else his gross ignorance of military matters. Alternatively, you can read Jake Tapper who got in touch with the Captain in question : "Short answer: He backs up Obama's story." The story itself is, as Tapper says, pretty interesting and worth checking out on its own merits. Obama's conservative critics will, I'm sure, be taking note of this additional reporting. ...
Group News Blog (#): ... They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief. Jake Tapper cut to the chase and actually called the unit in question, and of course found out, that's exactly what is happening. ...
THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs (#): ... Well, ABC's Jake Tapper tracked down the Army captain in question, and Obama's story appears to check out in full (though Kathryn Jean Lopez conveniently neglects to mention that in her link). ...

For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk

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

John McCain’s relationship with a female lobbyist underscores a paradox: Even as he embraces high ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity sometimes seems to blind him to potential conflicts of interest.

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McCain Denies Aides’ Statements About Lobbyist (2/21/2008)

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The Smirking Chimp | News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy (#): ... tools: email print read more Robert Parry John McCain must hope that Americans won’t read the entire New York Times story about his friendship with a female lobbyist, because if they do, they’ll realize that his statement – that he “has never violated the public trust, never done favors for special interests or lobbyists” – simply ...
Corrente | Boldly shrill ... (#): Submitted by xan on Wed, 2008-02-20 21:28. There’s something very, very weird about this NYT Lusty McCain and His Busty Lobbyist story. ...
All Spin Zone: ... Money is often no object and they will frequently take unwise and unwarranted risks. Hence, when these individuals are in the throes of their latest interlude, their judgment is not only suspect; it may well be incorrigible. As I read the accounts of Senator McCain’s involvement with lobbyist Vicki Iseman , I immediately recalled watching an episode of Headliners and Legends chronicling his life. The pursuit of women was a persistent theme of the biography…a pattern not only confirmed by friends of McCain; but also by McCain himself. ...
Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community (#): by BooMan Wed Feb 20th, 2008 at 11:25:38 PM EST The New York Times has a shameful hit piece out on McCain that accuses him, without definitive evidence, of carrying out an extramarital affair eight years ago with a telecom lobbyist that had business before his committee. ...
She Flies With Her Own Wings (#): ... An increasingly rare Republican who doesn't just talk straight . Mr. Chief Justice, I intend to vote to convict the President of the United States on both articles of impeachment. To say I do so with regret will sound trite to some, but I mean it sincerely. ...
MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics (#): ... Read the whole piece by Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. Thompson, David D. Kirkpatrick and Stephen Labaton here . And, please, a little tact in the comments section, if possible... Update [2008-2-20 20:17:1 by Todd Beeton]:Hilarious that this would break the day after McCain says ...
Attytood: ... official kickoff of the fall campaign We've only just begun : That February, Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman attended a small fund-raising dinner with several clients at the Miami-area home of a cruise-line executive and then flew back to Washington along with a campaign aide on the corporate ...
Pandagon: ... Oh boy, an all-but-certain Republican nominee who allegedly can’t keep it in his pants…my, my, what else can expect in this election year? In a lengthy NYT piece that has been in the works for some time — John McCain’s staffers in 2000 were so concerned about the 71-year-old Arizona senator’s relationship with Vicki Iseman, a 40-year-old lobbyist, that they told him to put the kibosh on ...
TAPPED | The American Prospect (#): ... Plank to plant a post dismissing this morning's New York Times McCain story , which he claims is proof that the Times is “in the tank for Obama.” ...
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall (#): ... 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008 Click here to view the full archive NYT: Advisers Intervened in McCain's Relationship with Female Lobbyist In a long piece on John McCain's post-Keating Five ethical conduct, the Times focuses on the candidate's relationship eight years ago with a much younger female lobbyist named Vicki Iseman. ...
Hullabaloo: ... notices a couple of interesting tid-bits in the NT Times story , like the fact that McCain's lobbyist campaign manager has been working for free for months. I wonder if he expects anything in return? ...
Salon - The Blog Report - Home: ... TOWNHALL What's the Quickest Way to Rally Conservatives 'Round McCain? A sandbagging from the NYT of just this skeezy a nature. This doesn't reflect badly on anyone but the Times, as far as I'm concerned. ...
Crooks and Liars (#): ... Breaking news on Countdown today, The New York Times is reporting that top advisers from Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign allege that they were convinced he was having a romantic relationship with Vicki Iseman, a telecom lobbyist, and that they had to “intervene to protect McCain from ...
The Washington Monthly (#): ... Which is true. And yet, it was all over the place. To ignore it seemed like putting my head in the sand. Then, today, we have the kinda-sorta-maybe-John-McCain-ha... non-story in the New York Times. Should I not blog about that? If I didn't, I think I'd be the only blogger in the galaxy to avoid it. I'm curious: what do y'all think about this? Should I stick to my guns and avoid this kind of stuff? ...
Rising Hegemon (#): ... elections law by using possible public financing as collateral for loans (directly and indirectly). The NYT have at least demonstrated that the focus on ethics is a lie. Of course, in the Bush era - ethics are whatever someone says, not what they do. ...
The Sideshow: ... a combination sex-and-corruption scandal rises up to suggest McCain has been in bed with a lobbyist - literally - threatening to revive all the other dirt he was hoping everyone had forgotten, his campaign is threatened, accusations are thrown at The New York Times , and Mike Huckabee's failing candidacy sees the star of hope rise once again. ...
Think Progress (#): The New York Times reports on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman during his first run for the GOP nomination in 2000, which often led to political favors: A champion of deregulation, Mr. McCain wrote letters in 1998 and 1999 to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to uphold ...
Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... And, as Digby and Lerxst point out, the key paragraph in the New York Times story is this one: “Unless he gives you special treatment or takes legislative action against his own views, I don’t think his personal and social relationships matter,” said Charles Black, a friend and ...
War and Piece: ... in the NYT yesterday, also is reportedly the lawyer for McCain, hired to push back on these allegations, who managed to at least delay the big NYT story that ran today. Kevin Drum sums up the reasons it came out now). ...
Oliver Willis (#): ... Business just picked up. Breaking in the NY Times now ... Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog: ... I just heard NBC's Chuck Todd on TV saying that the New York Times story hinting at a 2000 affair between McCain and a much younger lobbyist could actually help him by inspiring anger at the Times among his supporters. The problem is, McCain doesn't have supporters like that. ...
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com: ... 21, 2008 Dare to dream On the subject of the New York Times' maybe-bombshell on McCain , I really don't have any intention to get into a rousing, uncompromised defense of the Times' total journalistic integrity. They've screwed up on stories in the past, as has every other credible news source in the country. ...
LiberalOasis (#): listed in Republican Party I was curious last night to see how the conservative movement reacted to the NYT/McCain story : chance to dump McCain before the convention, or chance to use the NYT as a foil to firm up conservative support for the expected nominee. It appears that folks are doing the latter, for now, and waiting to see if more shoes drop. ...
The Mahablog (#): ... Party — maha @ 2:50 pm I’m still trying to piece together the backstory on this morning’s near-allegations that maybe John McCain had an affair with a lobbyist eight years ag o. What I’ve seen of the backstory is a lot more interesting than the story, which does seem a tad thin. ...
ArchPundit: ... You get a big name relatively popular with independents Presidential Candidate to come in for a fundraiser and a story breaks about some odd relationship with a lobbyist who has a strikingly similar look to his wife. Pascoe has one of the oddest records in politics–mostly losing and losing bizarrely. For more fun, think of the puns Iseman and Maverick The Iseman ...
the talking dog (#): The Unseen Editor sends along this Grey Lady hit-piece on Republican Presidential nominee (if we can't say it now... then when?) Sen. John McCain, weaving in vague and unproven allegations of improprieties (including not so vague innuendo of a possible romantic relationship between the now 71 year old ...
Blog for America » Front » Page 1 (#): ... Promoted Thursday, 02/21/08 @ 03:00 pm. Published Thursday, 02/21/08 @ 11:00 am Last night, the NY Times posted an article on its website about John McCain's relationship with a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry: "As his relationship with a female lobbyist underscores, John McCain’s confidence in his own integrity sometimes ...
KnoxViews | News and views of the community by the community (#): Submitted by Bbeanster on Wed, 2008/02/20 - 7:57pm. Looks like Cindy might have been out-of-sorts yesterday and taken it out on Mrs. Obama. Link... Bbeanster's blog ...
Shadow of the Hegemon (#): ... Why is Mike Huckabee doggedly staying in the race, when he has absolutely no hope of victory? He'd need a miracle to win! Well, to paraphrase Hans Gruber: You wanted a miracle, gentlemen? I give you the New...York...Times . Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight ...
WTF Is It Now?!?: ... McCain Fucks Special Interests The blogosphere is burning up over the newly published Times story about straight talking, octagenarian maverick John McStain's "inappropiate behaviour" with a female lobbyist almost half his age while offering her a seat on his staff. ...
Blah3 - I Am The Adversary, And Must Remain The Adversary: ... So, by now everyone has heard about the New York Times story that alleges that John McCain may have had an inappropriate relationship with a telecom lobbyist. ...
JustOneMinute (#): ... Times endorsed Republican front-runner John McCain now has to deal with innuendo from the Times - allegedly he got too cozy with an attractive young telecom lobbyist back in 1999 and may have done her political favors or, well, received ...
skippy the bush kangaroo (#): ... says the nytimes is reporting that mclame has been "tied to" a 40 year old blonde lobbyist: msnbc broke into hardball to announce this news that just appeared on the new york times website: john mccain is tied to a 40 year old female lobbyist 8 years ago. both deny an improper relationship. that's not what others suggest. a female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. convinced the ...
Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post: ... NYT Bombshell: McCain's Aides "Intervened To Protect The Candidate From Himself" Quick Read ...
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth (#): ... Tonight, the New York Times posted a blockbuster article about the relationship between Senator John McCain and a female lobbyist nearly half his age. As you can see from the photo above, this has become the breaking news sensation on cable news. ...
MF Blog (#): ... Keating Five of Congressmen involved in the larger Savings & Loan scandals of the 1980s. And the issue over a sexual relationship with this lobbyist has obscured McCain's cozy relationship with a media contributor, Paxon Communications , for whom the lobbyist had done lobbying work. I continue to despise the corporate media's obsesssion with a politician's personal life. ...
The Rude Pundit: ... Such is life. It had a kick. It was smoky enough, and it fortified us against the coming walk in the cold. Just before we heading outside to check out the darkening moon, the first reports came in: look at the New York Times, they said, John McCain is not who he says he is, and then they showed a picture of Vicki Iseman, whom we all agreed was eminently fuckable. ...
Democratic Underground: ... But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a l Discuss NYT ...
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs: ... 'Dreams Alone Won't Make Anything' ... Claim: McCain Too Close to Female Lobbyist ... ...
Eschaton (#): ... Wednesday, February 20, 2008 I don't know where the Boss is... But HOLY CRAP! McCain alleged to have have a wacky problem familiar to all Clinton fans. -Attaturk ...
Fierce Planet (#): • John McCain is and has been an adulturer. • John McCain at times has behaved unethically. This is just more of the same , and is completely in character for him. UPDATE: A friend reminds me that, of course, McCain Rules will hold here, not Clinton Rules. ...
Interesting Times (#): What I think will be the most fascinating aspect of this story is the extent the right-wing media machine (TV, radio, newsprint, blogs, etc.) will defend McCain. Many of them don't like McCain. But they also don't like the NY Times. Oy what a conflict! ...
King of Zembla (#): ... But sweet baby Jesus! -- it sounds like John McCain is literally in bed with the telecom lobby ! PHOTOS: Telecommunications lobbyist Vicki Iseman (left); presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain (right). ...
Lawyers, Guns and Money (#): ... I can gather, at least from the standpoint of someone who has never thought John McCain had any particularly high level of integrity and could care less even if unsubstantiated implications that he might have had sex with someone not his wife are true, this is about as much a "blockbuster" as The Hottie and the Nottie. ...
Low on the Hog (#): Reacting to the news that straight-talkin' maverick John McCain may have had an affair with a lobbyist to whom he later showered gubmint lucre, righties have two responses: 1. The NYT is corrupt, duh, and 2. ...
Marginal Utility (#): ... After some interrogation, I determined that McCain was getting credit from having spent his time as a POW getting tortured and all. Now, with the latest revelations, we have (among other things): ...
MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary (#): The angriest man in America this morning? It's not John McCain; it's Mitt Romney. McCain stands accused by The New York Times of having too cozy a relationship with Vicki Iseman, a lobbyist for telecom firms with interests before a Senate committee he led. But Romney must be gnashing his white-as-can-be teeth over the timing of this disclosure. ...
Newsfare: ... as a Repast, Not Yet Complete The Long Run: For McCain, Self-Confidenceon Ethics Poses Its Own Risk ...
Oh!pinion (#): ... was Sen. John McCain smitten with an attractive blonde female lobbyist 30-some years his junior, as indicated in a New York Times expos today? Frankly, we don’t know and don’t care; it’s Enquirer-grade personal-life material. ...
Pen-Elayne on the Web: ... We're increasingly discovering that this hope ain't much. On Wednesday he spent half an hour discussing supposed allegations in a New York Times article that weren't even the point of the article, and weren't even allegations as much as a "teaser" to get people to read beyond the first few paragraphs. As those first paragraphs implied "SEX!" ...
Perrspectives: Blog: ... NY Times Endorsed McCain Before Running Scandal Piece The blogosphere is abuzz with the New York Times story about presumptive GOP nominee John McCain and the nature of his relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. It remains unclear why the paper sat on the story since December. ...
Random Thoughts from Reno: ... John McCain screwed around on his first wife upon returning from captivity; he has admitted this. What hasn't been clear was his relationship with a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman . Some rumormongers who knew McCain suspected there was more than a business relationship between the two. This alleged relationship occurred eight years ago, and both Iseman and McCain deny any wrongdoing. ...
The Rhetorica Network: Analysis of Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Spin in Politics and Journalism (#): In regard to today's story about John McCain in The New York Times, Kelly McBride, an ethicist with Poynter, opened her remarks this way: Within minutes of posting a long ...
SW's Energy Gap (#): For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk - New York Times I would screw all the lobbyists. # posted by SW @ ...
The Hotline's Blogometer (#): ... MCCAIN: Smeared! Most conservative bloggers are defending McCain against what they perceive to be a "smear" by the New York Times : RedState's Erick Erickson: "If you ever wanted to know who the New York Times thinks is the enemy, look no further than their hit job on John McCain ...
The Blog - The Huffington Post: ... Is Vicki Iseman The Republican Right is already howling over the bombshell dropped by The New York Times on John McCain, the GOP's all-but-official nominee. It's an outrage, they say. A deliberate torpedo. ...
BlondeSense (#): ... When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s client, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement. Continued How does the television media cover this? By attacking the messengers. Really. Just turn it on and see, if you dare. ...
The Reaction (#): ... post by Swampcracker There is one thread in the recent NYT narrative that is consistent with other accounts of McCain's infamously idiosyncratic personality. ...
BAGnewsNotes: ... crystallized a picture of the GOP as ethically bankrupt, I'm interested to see whether Iseman's photo -- paired with the NYT story, and a little more digging -- comes to hang McCain with a similar symbolism. For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk (NYT) McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried ...
Bark Bark Woof Woof (#): The reaction to the McCain/Iseman story has been a lot more telling than the story itself, and you can see that the pundits and bloggers are putting their own spin or agenda behind the interpretation. It’s this week’s Rorschach test of the campaign. ...
BlueOregon: progressive politics, news, and commentary for Oregon: ... New York Times has dropped a bombshell into the 2008 presidential campaign: Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
Calitics California Politics Blog. California Progressive Blog. Progressive California. California weblog. (#): ... In 2000, Schnur was Communications Director for John McCain. The New York Times is now reporting that there was a crisis within that "small circle of advisers" about what is now a major scandal: A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client's corporate jet. ...
David Corn: ... Comments Responding to The New York Times' article disclosing an all-too-cozy relationship between John McCain and Vicki Iseman, a lobbyist for telecom firms that had business before a Senate committee McCain chaired, the McCain campaign on Wednesday night zapped out an email to journalists in which ...
Democrats.com | The Aggressive Progressives!: ... Supreme Ayatollah James Dobson? (Call A-FAMILY to find out.) The New York Times and the Washington Post both report that John McCain did lots of favors in 1999 for clients of lobbyist Vicki Iseman (left), a ...
Easter Lemming Liberal News (#): I was going to do a post about past McCain scandals but a new one has broken out . Note that this looks a lot like how he met and married his present wife while his first wife was in the hospital. ...
Internet Weekly Report - Issue 310 - Week of 02/18/2008: ... As The Blog Turns 02/21/2008 McCain's Fundamental Blind Spot - Arrogance It's interesting how CNN featured this story in the NY Times as an accusation that McCain had an affair with a ...
In Search Of Utopia (#): WASHINGTON - Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
Left in the West | Montana Politics (#): ... Feb 20, 2008 at 23:46:03 PM MST Big scandal news today out of the New York Times: John McCain had an uncomfortably close, relationship - according to McCain staffers - with lobbyist Vicki Iseman at the same time he was working on her clients' behalf in the Senate commerce committee, of which he was chair: A champion of deregulation, Mr. McCain wrote letters in 1998 and 1999 to the Federal Communications Commission urging it ...
Make Them Accountable: ... percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama’s lead, a daunting task requiring landslide-sized victories by a struggling presidential candidate. For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk (The New York Times) WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
Middle Earth Journal (#): Commentary By Jazz Oh me oh me oh my. The New York Times has decided to run with a story which will very likely undo some of the damage they did to John McCain among his base by endorsing him. ...
NDN Blog | NDN Blog (#): ... McCain Here's a link to the already famous New York Times story about John McCain, lobbyists and Viicki Iseman. Here's a link to a new poll showing Bush tumbling to 19%. ...
Obsidian Wings (#): by publius Gotta say, I’m underwhelmed by the NYT’s McCain bombshell . The whole thing just seems so odd that I wasn’t sure what to say about it. But anyway, here are some tentative thoughts: First, without more, the NYT story seems extremely reckless. ...
Once Upon a Time... (#): ... We must occasionally make do with what is closer to hand. (Careful now...) Most of Hannity's discussion (with Bob Bennett, among others) was about the outrage of the NY Times' outrageously outrageous smearing of McCain . La di da. When Bennett had departed the scene, Hannity took some calls. One caller announced that he had been a liberal ALL.HIS.LIFE., but that he was just about ready to "turn." ...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... The Iseman cometh. . . http://www.nytimes.com/... Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: ... Left on February 21, 2008 at 6:36 AM. While only a few news outlets have picked up on the story in the New York Times about a close relationship John McCain had with a telecom lobbyist , one of the first out of the gate is actually Fox News. ...
Preemptive Karma: everything that goes around comes around (#): I heard yesterday that some big exposé on John McCain was in the offing, supposedly detailing his unethical relationships with lobbyists. But when I read today's big story in the New York Times all I got from it was a queasy feeling. Not about McCain, but rather about the desperate, shoddy journalism that would produce something like this and try to pass it off as a big story. ...
RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls: ... GOP Turns to General NYT Hits McCain on Ethics ...
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (#): A front page New York Times story about Sen. John McCain possibly having a romantic relationship with a female lobbyist will certainly dominate the presidential campaign headlines for the next several days. ...
The Garlic: ... before the storm clouds could gather sufficiently to ruin Hillary's Great Day, it started raining gifts. For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk Her potential (hark back to The Other Clinton, and the miracle needed) opponent in the general ...
TPM Cafe | Talking Points Memo |: ... By Todd Gitlin - February 22, 2008, 5:07PM No, that wasn't it. The actual Times headline was, of course, "For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk." ...
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines (#): ... Did unwanted attention from a New Republic scribe prod The New York Times into printing its long-awaited story about certain alleged snags in Sen. John McCain’s moral fabric? ...
UNDERNEWS (#): ... NY TIMES STORY ON MCCAIN AND HIS LOBBYIST FRIEND NY TIMES - Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying h
Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip: ... And Innuendo At Last! What, you haven’t read the shocking John McCain story about how Mr. Straight Talk is literally in bed with the lobbyists? Here it is, again. [ New York Times ] And now, my friends, warmonger McCain has trained his sights on the real enemy: the New York Times. [Politico] After months of saying the voters will have to ...
Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics (#): ... that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement. ... .. For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk The story is that the New York Times held the story. Why break it now? The story, if you read it, doesn't close the case. ...
The Reality-Based Community: ... McCain Apparently this has been an open secret for years. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with a senator doing to a lobbyist what the lobbyists do to the rest of us. ...
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES: ... The New York Times has published an odd article about John McCain's past: Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
LiberalOasis (#): listed in Republican Party I was curious last night to see how the conservative movement reacted to the NYT/McCain story : chance to dump McCain before the convention, or chance to use the NYT as a foil to firm up conservative support for the expected nominee. It appears that folks are doing the latter, for now, and waiting to see if more shoes drop. ...
culturekitchen | fresh dissent served daily (#): ... So it's just amazing that they'll come out with a hit job against John McCain. In an allegedly "investigative" report of John McCain's ethics, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk is a thinly vield gossip piece about whether he was lobbied hard, really really hard, by a woman called Vicki Iseman. I am of two minds about this. ...
The Democratic Party: ... Thursday, February 21, 2008 McCain Camp Pushes Back Lobbyist Article with E-Mail Ask from Lobbyist Define irony: Last night, the New York Times published an article chronicling John McCain's unethical run-ins over the years, and alleging that he may have aided a telecommunications lobbyist with regulators while chair of the Senate Commerce Committee. ...
Article 19: ... Wednesday, February 20, 2008 McCain Scandal [UPDATED] The NYTimes is reporting tonight - and MSNBC interrupted into its regular programming to announce it as breaking news - that John McCain had a friendly relationship with a female lobbyist that was troubling enough to his staff that they confronted both the Senator and the ...
The Broad View (#): ... Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (tomorrow night!) that she's been able to avoid the explosions of fresh idiocy in Campaign '08. I am referring, of course, to the NYTimes' McCain story that has been dominating cable news, blog posts, rightwing talk radio and political coverage in print since last night. I first heard about it while watching Hardball. ...
The Private Intellectual: ... Friday, February 22, 2008 Did I Miss Something? So this weird McCain lobbyist story seems to me to be about as thin and unwarranted as a lot of people are saying. ...
10,000 Monkeys and a Camera (#): This is just what Huckabee has been waiting for! McCain has maybe been cuddling with a Washington lobbyist ! Posted by alice at 07:46 PM Comments
Brains and Eggs (#): At his age? With a wife as cute as this? ...
D-Day (#): I'm frankly stunned by this article about John McCain and a female lobbyist. Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
Hoffmania! | All That's Left! Liberal News & Free Speech (#): According to Richard Wolfe on MSNBC tonight, this has apparently been known around Washington's inner circle for ages. The 400-lb gorilla is kinda sittin' there wearing a "Why now?" t-shirt. It really doesn't seem to benefit anyone (except Huckabee - and please. ...
I can't believe it's not a democracy! (#): For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk . Yes, the Keating Five scandal is revisited, but there's more. What more? Oh, like a past (or is it just past) possible sex scandal (yes, I just threw up a little in my mouth). ...
The Liberal Avenger: ... Iseman, and Cindy McCain Everyone’s abuzz about an article in yesterday’s New York Times, which details concerns that McCain’s campaign staff had about a relationship between the senator and a female lobbyist back in 2000 : Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. ...
News Hounds: We watch FOX so you don't have to. (#): ... Of course Bill O'Reilly devoted his Talking Points Memo last night 2/21/08 to the flap over the New York Times article on John McCain that (finally) came out yesterday. He insists that they "implied" and "insinuated" that McCain had had an affair or illicit relationship with a lobbyist and only reported the information, derived from anonymous sources, to smear the Senator. ...
Norwegianity (#): ... But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity. [ Jim Rutenberg et al, New York Times ] The possible sex is really the least of the allegations in this article which is rife with unseemly conduct and way too cozy relations with lobbyists and business interests. But the sex will do for now. ...

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It would appear that we have another case where the Bush Pentagon, particularly the Office of Public Affairs is forcefully inserting itself into the civilian election process. Earlier today I referenced Barack Obama's anecdote from Thursday night's Democratic debate about an Army Captain in Afghanistan who said his unit had had to get from captured Taliban ammunition they weren't able to get quickly enough through standard Army supply channels. ABCNews' Jake Tapper talked to the soldier in question, who confirmed the story he'd told Obama. Now NBC News also appears to have confirmed the story by talking to the Army Captain in question.

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If history is any guide, we should be looking at an extended period of economic weakness, probably extending well into 2010 or beyond.

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McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202634.html

Broadcaster Lowell "Bud" Paxson yesterday contradicted statements from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign that the senator did not meet with Paxson or his lobbyist before sending two controversial letters to the Federal Communications Commission on Paxson's behalf.

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