The oil industry has paid John McCain more than 1.3 million dollars since he changed his position on offshore drilling. But really, isn’t that to be expected? Some items on McCain’s laundry-list of money scandals are quite a bit more intriguing:
Lawyers for the FEC decided on August 14, that John McCain did not violate finance laws late last year when he received millions in loans secured by agreeing to reapply for public funds if he lost early primary contests and to use that money as collateral. Got it? That’s okay, nobody else does either. Lawyers for the FEC concluded that since McCain did not pledge to use public financing as collateral for those loans he didn’t break the law!
On July 18th, Phil Gramm, author of the “Enron Loophole” and a Vice-Chairman of UBS, officially stepped down as McCain’s senior economics advisor, though the two have been spotted together as recently as last Thursday at the Aspen Institute. Randy Scheunemann, still a top foreign policy advisor, has raked in nearly $800,000 in lobbying fees from the nation of Georgia.
McCain welcomed donations from the Muslim terrorist group KLA when he ran for President back in 2000, and is still accepting their money this time around.
McCain’s mafia connections stretch across the globe, including Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, and as close to home as his father-in-Law, James Hensley. Now, McCain first met Hensley in April, 1979; when he started dating Hensley’s daughter, Cindy Lou; McCain would divorce his wife, Carol, a year later.
And, from the beginning of their friendship till 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in contributions from Charles Keating and his associates. The 1991 Senate Ethics Committee cleared McCain of any criminal wrongdoing but criticized him for “poor judgement”.
To be continued…
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August 22, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Sherry
I suspect Obama will stay about the fray on this one Kurt, but MoveOn.org and others certainly will not. As things get hotter in the next couple of months, I suspect we’ll be hearing a lot about these things you’ve raised. Good job and good post!
August 31, 2008 at 8:41 pm
binx101
McCain is a gambler. No, he may not be found eating the cookies or attending regular Gamblers Anonymous meetings – and certainly he hasn’t gambled away wife Cindy’s fortune – but he’s gambling that Palin creates enough distraction that they forget to ask him the tough questions.
Questions about his campaign, his Keating Five membership, his illogical claim to a morality of which he has no credentials and his continuous bout with critical thinking.
The term hero gets thrown around – and to their credit the Obama campaign lays off – but McCain’s political career is not heroic . Certainly he’s a victim of war, certainly he was imprisoned in awful circumstances – and deserves America’s gratitude. Well he’s gotten it. He’s been receiving 100% disability from the US Military for many years now. He’s been on the US payroll all his life. He has never had to worry about making a living, health care. Any heroism was nullified by his complicity in ripping off hard working Americans with more premeditation than an innocent bystander and less dignity than a pick-pocket.
McCain – the Republican candidate of last resort. Maverick Nah ! Desperado !!