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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: McCorruption? |
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My venal obssession with gutter politics continues.
Disclaimer: The above article may cause indignancy, erosion of trust in elected officials, and campaign fatigue. DO NOT read if you only value civil discourse on the issues. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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This is the third article that the NY Times has gone after McCain with. The other two went no where because there was nothing to them.
the first one alleged that he was having an affair with a lobbyist without any proof at all.
Prediction : They NY Times will not write anything negative about McCains oppenent in the general election especialy if it is Obama.
Anyway look at the first comment:
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I'm certainly in no way a McCain supporter -- principally because of his catastrophically wrongheaded ideas about foreign policy but also because of his bad ideas about domestic policy -- but I'm not sure in what respect the conduct described here is actually wrong.
If I were a major real estate developer and I wanted to buy some land that was owned by the Pentagon, I can't imagine that I wouldn't call my representatives in Congress to point out that (i) I'd like to do a major development in the state that would employ a lot of people and (ii) it would help in getting the deal done if the Pentagon knew that this was important to the state's representatives in Congress.
The fact that the developer made a profit on the deal is sort of obvious: that's why developers develop. The profit margins tend to be high because real estate can be chancy.
The part about submitting McCain's name as a reference is unattractive but it's unclear that McCain had anything to do with that. |
Last edited by Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee on Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh well. Newspapers take sides. If you don't like reading the New York Times, you can head on over to any number of conservative competitors. The first reaction to a corruption story should not be to shoot the messenger. Party politics will fry your mind JR. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| Oh well. Newspapers take sides. If you don't like reading the New York Times, you can head on over to any number of conservative competitors. The first reaction to a corruption story should not be to shoot the messenger. Party politics will fry your mind JR. |
I like the times but this is a third time they have tried this. The other two times went no where. |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: |
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So much for the myth of being a 'maverick'.
He's as much of a sellout as Tom Delay was. |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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This is hilarious. Just off the wire-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/27/mccain-calls-obama-insens_n_98882.html
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McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people
CORAL GABLES, Fla. � Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.
The GOP nominee-in-waiting rapped his Democratic rival for opposing his idea to suspend the tax on fuel during the summer, a proposal that McCain believes will particularly help low-income people who usually have older cars that guzzle more gas.
"I noticed again today that Sen. Obama repeated his opposition to giving low-income Americans a tax break, a little bit of relief so they can travel a little further and a little longer, and maybe have a little bit of money left over to enjoy some other things in their lives," McCain said. "Obviously Sen. Obama does not understand that this would be a nice thing for Americans, and the special interests should not be dictating this policy."
The Arizona senator deflected questions about his record on the Bush administration's tax cuts _ he initially opposed them but now supports extending them _ by again criticizing Obama. |
I wonder from which of McCain's 8 homes did he make this statement. I also wonder whether or not he made this statement from his wife's private jet.
In any case, suspending the gas tax would result in 350,000 Americans out of work. The tax pays for the road repair crews. But hey, those people need a gas tax hike too, right?
The Stray Cock Express continues to veer off the side of the road. |
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