McCain paints a rosy picture

shorty wrote:

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Have you even read the US Constitution? You can't be serious about these recommendations, and if you are, you have a lot to learn about how this country works!

CIVICS 101 wrote:

Last week, two McCain staffers resigned after it was reported that they had performed extensive lobbying on behalf of the Burmese junta. However, Doug Goodyear and Doug Davenport are the not the only lobbyists on McCain’s campaign staff with ties to unsavory international figures.
Three other lobbyists, Charlie Black, Tom Loeffler, and Peter Madigan, and their firms’ clients, have generated at least $3.5 million in campaign donations to Sen. McCain over his career, according to Campaign Money Watch analysis of campaign finance data provided by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics (hyperlink: www.opensecrets.org ). DCI Group, which employed Davenport and Goodyear, and their clients provided less than a quarter as much campaign money --$817,685 — to McCain’s elections.
Charlie Black, McCain’s senior counsel and spokesman, began his lobbying career by representing numerous dictators and repressive regimes
Black’s firm represented the governor of Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos. According to a 1985 report, the firm Black, Manafort & Stone earned $950,000 plus expenses for its work to provide “advice and assistance on matters relating to the media, public relations and public affairs interests.”1
Black’s firm lobbied on behalf of Mobuto Sese Seko of Zaire, earning $1 million a year for his efforts.2
Black’s firm lobbied on behalf of Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.3
Black’s firm represented Nigerian dictator Ibrahim Babangida, earning at least $1 million for his efforts.4
Black’s firm has represented Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich state “best known for the outlandish brutality of its rulers.”5
Black represented Angolan rebel and “classical terrorist” Jonas Savimbi, a job that earned him $600,000.6 “We have to call him Africa’s classical terrorist,” Makau Mutua, a professor of law and Africa specialist told the New York Times.“In the history of the continent, I think he’s unique because of the degree of suffering he caused without showing any remorse.”7
In recent years his client list has also included the Iraqi National Congress8, Blackwater9, and the China National Off-Shore Oil Corp.10
Since 2005, BKSH has received more than $700,000 in fees from foreign entities.11
Thomas Loeffler, co-chairman of McCain’s campaign, has represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia RESIGNED: Click here
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid the Loeffler Group “a whopping $7.9 million from December 1, 2005, though November 2006 -- the largest fee collected from a foreign government by any lobbying firm in 2006,” according to National Journal.12 The Washington Times reported that “Mr. Loeffler's firm has received more than $10 million since 2006 from the Saudi Embassy and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”13 Much of this work was centered on gaining admission for the Kingdom to the World Trade Organization.14
Since 2005, according to the Washington Times,“the Loeffler Group reported more than $11 million in fees from foreign lobbying clients.”15
Peter Madigan, a leading McCain fundraiser, lobbies on behalf of the king of Dubai
Madigan has earned upwards of $800,000 to improve the United Arab Emirates’ reputation in the face of a class action lawsuit over the enslavement of boy camel jockeys.16
Click here to download the fact sheet (pdf).
But Obamas speaking to speaking to State sponsors of terror is wrong lol.

E Howard Bailey wrote:

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Go to http://www.theobamafile.com/
and learn what the MSM will not tell you.
The author of 'The Obama File' is a respected retired college professor who states on the site, "If you call my Obama File lies, you must state two sources proving they are lies. If you do this, I will change my information. Barack Obama's website is not a reliable source." He has never had to alter his info because noone has proved it a lie.
Snopes is a liberal site and is not reliable.

McSame Stain wrote:

McCain's double talk on supporting the troops
July 28: With John McCain's latest ad accusing Barack Obama of not caring about U.S. troops, radio talk show host Rachel Maddow takes a look a McCain's own record when it comes to supporting the troops.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25892...

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GOOD JUDGMENT wrote:

GOOD JUDGMENT ON DAY ONE!
Retired Generals and Admirals support Barack Obama
General Wesley Clark
General John M. Shalikashvili
General Henry Hugh Shelton
General Johnnie E. Wilson
Admiral William Owens
Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard
Lt. Gen. Robert Gard
Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy
Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick
Lt. Gen. Frederick E. Vollrath
Vice Admiral Joseph A. Sestak
Major General Roger R. Blunt
Major General George A. Buskirk, Jr.
Major General Edward L. Correa, Jr.
Major General Paul D. Eaton
Major General Paul D. Monroe, Jr.
Major General Antonio M. Taguba
Rear Admiral Connie Mariano
Rear Admiral Alan M. Steinman
Rear Admiral David Stone
Brigadier General Michael Dunn
Brigadier General Belisario Flores
Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote
Brigadier General Keith H. Kerr
Brigadier General Virgil A. Richard
Brigadier General Preston Taylor
Brigadier General John M. Watkins, Jr.
Brigadier General Jack Yeager

George N wrote:

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Passed over desk jockeys.

Che wrote:

McCain was not speaking for the campaign when he said tax increases were on the table. No. Really. McCain said tax increases were on the table and his campaign spokesperson said, "Sen. McCain was not speaking for the campaign." Priceless.

Harland Stevens wrote:

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Being the real stand up guy that he is, McCain will throw any member of his campaign staff under the Straight Talk Express bus at the snap of a finger.
The salt of the earth.

Souloski wrote:

McCain for PREZ!