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agentX · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Location: Jeolla province

McCain has had up to 118 lobbyists on his campaign. And he says he's the enemy of "special interests"? I guess he's only the enemy of "special interests" like the civil rights movement, government responsibility, international intelligence, women's rights, and morals.

At any rate, being a lobbyist isn't necessarily a bad thing. Nor is being friends with lobbyists. However, lobbyists do tend to defend the worst of the worst.

Let's see who's been running his campaign, courtesy of McCainSource .

The big 3 were Charlie Black, Tom Loeffler, and Peter Madigan. These guys, especially Black, worked for the some of the worst countries and dictators around. But they're not the only ones feeding at the foreign trough.
http://www.mccainsource.com/corruption?id=0003
Rick Davis had an Argentinian politician make anti-semitic remarks,
which shouldn't be a surprise since McCain also has Nixon's "Jew counter" on his staff raising money.
Frank Donatelli lobbied on behalf of Ethiopia, which has been implicated in various human rights abuses in Somalia.
Kirsten Chadwick lobbied for the Korea-US FTA. Not a bad thing, but she also lobbied for Bahrain which has serious problems with women's rights and abuses.
Vicki Hart was paid to essentially spy for Mexico on the issue of how the US government officials viewed Mexican law enforcement.

And now, the corporations themselves.
Lots of big names here. Some are fairly benign, some are not. I also notice some countries that probably shouldn't have lobbyists, like Kurdistan (Burgeson).
There's a lot of telecoms on here. Gee...what's McCain's position on warrentless wiretapping and telecom immunity?
Oh wait, he's for their immunity. Gee...I wonder why...
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/411/candidates-surveillance.html

So come with me, if you have time, on a trip thru McCain's baggage.

agentX · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Location: Jeolla province

McCain had to shed some of his baggage today.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/mccain-rejects-hagee-endo_n_103143.html

Out goes Pastor Parsley, the guy who went off his rocker about Islam, and Rev. Hagee, a man who's said that God dammed America (for gay people) but McCain thought it was OK. Until today, when the stuff he said about the Jews came out. Basically, he said that God sent Hitler to force the Jews to go to Israel.