It goes well beyond the Keating Five
By Steve Benen Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 7:30amWhen considering John McCain’s history of unethical behavior, the list usually starts (and ends) with the Keating Five scandal in the 1980s, for which McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for having shown, at a minimum, poor judgment. In the aftermath, McCain helped improve his public image, and bury the scandal, by becoming an advocate of campaign-finance reform.
But the notion that McCain cleaned up his act may not be entirely true. Take, for example, Donald Diamond, a wealthy Arizona real estate developer and generous McCain contributor, who wanted some coastal land in California freed up by an Army base closing.
When Mr. Diamond wanted to buy land at the base, Fort Ord, Mr. McCain assigned an aide who set up a meeting at the Pentagon and later stepped in again to help speed up the sale, according to people involved and a deposition Mr. Diamond gave for a related lawsuit. When he appealed to a nearby city for the right to develop other property at the former base, Mr. Diamond submitted Mr. McCain’s endorsement as “a close personal friend.”
Writing to officials in the city, Seaside, Calif., the senator said, “You will find him as honorable and committed as I have.”
Courting local officials and potential partners, Mr. Diamond’s team promised that he could “help get through some of the red tape in dealing with the Department of the Army” because Mr. Diamond “has been very active with Senator McCain,” a partner said in a deposition.
For Mr. McCain, the Arizona Republican who has staked two presidential campaigns on pledges to avoid even the appearance of dispensing an official favor for a donor, Mr. Diamond is the kind of friend who can pose a test.
Ya think? The closer one looks at this, the worse it appears.
In California, the McCain aide’s assistance with the Army helped Mr. Diamond complete a purchase in 1999 that he soon turned over for a $20 million profit. And Mr. McCain’s letter of recommendation reinforced Mr. Diamond’s selling point about his McCain connections as he pursued — and won in 2005 — a potentially much more lucrative deal to develop a resort hotel and luxury housing.
In Arizona, Mr. McCain has helped Mr. Diamond with matters as small as forwarding a complaint in a regulatory skirmish over the endangered pygmy owl, and as large as introducing legislation remapping public lands. In 1991 and 1994, Mr. McCain sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing him millions of dollars and thousands of acres in exchange for adding some of his properties to national parks. The Arizona senator co-sponsored a third similar bill now before the Senate. […]
For the California projects, the campaign said the McCain aide arranged the introduction to an Army official for Mr. Diamond’s team as “a constituent matter.”
Oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days?
McCain helped a wealthy and generous donor buy land from the Army — complete with special water rights — for a quarter of a million dollars, which McCain’s buddy then sold two years later for $20 million. There’s a term for this — it’s called “influence peddling,” and it’s exactly the kind of thing McCain swears he never gets involved with.
If the Rezko story was considered a big deal by campaign reporters, the Donald Diamond issue should be huge. Why the New York Times ran this the day of the Pennsylvania primary, when it’s likely to get lost in the shuffle, is a mystery to me. If this same story ran on Thursday morning, it would have become the talk of the political world in a hurry.
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There needs to be a definate Dem candidate, whether it's Obama or Clinton. They are wasting time by attacking each other and not concentrating on McCain. McCain is just skating along, getting a free pass by the msm who seem enamored of him for some odd reason. Plus, either Dem candidate would crush him in a debate.
Why didn't he say that he is receiving a Disability Pension from the Navy. Thats no ordinary pension, it says that he is in some deficient.
Discussing graft, scandal, under the table money, etc. is pointless. EVERYONE in Washington is dirty.
Stick to the issues. Who is going to do more for the PEOPLE. Who is going to do something about wage imbalance, the war, inflation, gas prices, recession...and will the solutions help PEOPLE.
It's just business as unusual. No mystery required.
Diamonds are a candidate's best friend.
and anyone should expect differently from mcCRIMINAL because?
If your not into rampant materialism at any cost like the cons, the only thing you can do is your individual part to create as much positive energy as possible and do it well.
The big media has to WANT to look into this like they would if Obama or Clinton had been involved. Do you really think they are going to? It should be obvious since Al Gore ran that they have this rather strange tendency to go after Democrats more than Republicans. Why you could swear the "liberal" media really wasn't so liberal after all.
McNasty's debouchery and bribe-taking goes well beyond Keating Five.
L.A. Confidential @ 7:
One of the things you can do, not the only thing.
I correct myself being we exist in an infinite universe that doesn't end. And the caffeine hasn't hit my brain yet.
Scott @ 8:
The sycophantic whoring MSM will do nothing of the sort. They are GOP (Fascist) owned and engaging in lies and propaganda rather than factual news. No one is listening to them any more because they are so transparently corrupted.
"My friends, the liberals want to make a big deal out of this, but let me point out that I did not receive any graft in my 6 years at the Hanoi Hilton."
Case in Point: The ABC/Disney "hit job" on Obama wrongly dubbed a "debate". It was far from a debate and the slopper dripping from Charlie Bigson's huge jowels was obvious to anyone watching. Now we've seen what impact the american people had on ABC for this obvious "error in judgment". Not only is there a boycott of Disney and the sponsors of this network but they lost 600,000 viewers immediately following this sick dog & pony show of theirs.
The people have spoken and will continue to speak and sycophantic charlatans like Charlie Gibson and Tweety Bird Matthews will find themselves on the unemployment lines when there's a new sheriff in town.
Litabell @ 1:
Once the Dem nominee is decided...the media will lazily focus on McBain...
I just hope like hell, that the nominee is Obama...I think the GOP has entirely too much dirt on Hillary, and would rip her to pieces...though...I will admit...she's definitely a scrapper...
Obama...I think he's just too damn slick for the GOP to get anything to stick on him...and he's got tons of class too...
McNasty is not only a poor excuse for a sensitive, honest human being; he's a huge liar and fraud. Whatever happened to his little mistress, Vicky Iseman??? This needs immediate investigation. For starters, she was given "bribe money" of $20,000 to take a nice long vacation until after the election. The fact is that she's evidently dropped off the face of the earth. The american people need the full details of this story and the media whores are purposely ignoring it.
Spread the word: Vicky Iseman is missing? Very suspiciously AWOL.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 14:
This is why hoardes of Repukes in Pa. switched their party affiliation one month before the election to hold their noses and vote for Hillary. They're desperate (since many will be going to jail for a very long time) to upset Obama. They know that an Obama presidency means bringing these criminals within to justice. They also know that a Hillary candidacy means that McDouchebag will win.
Unfortunately, very little if anything has been heard about the bizarre death of Vince Foster, Hillary's sniper fire lie, and Whitewater - all of which will be totally exploited by the 501's and will certainly tank Hillary meaning that we will have 4 more years of "more of the same".
This democracy does not have 4 more years of lies and incompetence, debouchery and hypocrisy. I'd venture to say that if McNutcase gets in, this country will descend to the depths of a third world country in 4 short years. .....we're halfway there right now.
Litabell @ 1:
Absolutely agree! Is there any concern that this stuff is coming out so early that it becomes old news later and easy to spin, or that it will give more time for the McSames to arrange cover-ups? Of course, this could be an iceberg tip in McSame's global warming. Bottom line---while the Dems tire out their party and deplete their $$$, the Repubs go smiling onward, and the MSM gets richer with our campaign contributions. Smarten up dumb Dems!
Slaw @ 12:
Or alternatively, "My Friends, the liberals who aren't 9/11 want to make a big deal out of this, but 9/11 let me 9/11 point out that I 9/11 did not receive any 9/11 at the 9/11 9/11 9/11. Furthermore, 9/11 9/11 9/11 will kill your children and mommies and 9/11 9/11 guilt guilt guilt fear fear fear fear fear."
It's going to be ping-pong back and forth across these two themes because this is the only song these dickheads know anymore.
When McAincient says, "My friends...," he doesn't mean YOU.
i was certainly pulling for obama to close it out last night.
either pennsylvanians were fooled by the corporate stooge, the ice queen, who's power is waning, or it was simply handed over to her by their political apparatus.
obama did win -the ice queen was up by over twenty points a few weeks ago. and just look at this race overall. he's already beat her, he's already come out of nowhere to lay waste to the clinton brand name.
everyone now sees what i and so many others have been saying -this is one cold-blooded woman, and she's more than a little bat$#!+ crazy. and the fact that bill clinton, throughout the course of this thing, has demolished his own legacy, in plain sight, in front of democrats who used to love hium, makes it even sweeter.
let john mccain get even cockier than hillary was. one thing the neocons don't understand (and hillary and mccain are both adherents of this disgusting, 20th century twisted ideology) is the meaning of the words ROPE A DOPE.
they say obama's got a poster of ali in his chicago office -i know he knows what he's dpoing in this fight.
WE. ARE. GOING. TO. DANCE.
and then comes the rain...
Gosh, when a certain Arkansas Governor was supposedly involved in mysterious real estate deals, they howled bloody murder. But he was a Democrat. Just goes to show, IOKIYAR.
osiris @ 16:
liberalHusseinModeration: People are pretty damn sick and tired of scrapping by people who should hold themselves well above that type of behavior and it's showing by the numbers. Hillary is a scrapper; she's also a liar (sniper fire?). You can't win by lying and Obama has created a much loftier self-respecting persona than Hillary. It was obvious in the last debate where she looked like a "cat fighter" taunting for a melee and Obama rose above it. He is more dignified and engenders much greater respect. He's taken the high road throughout the campaign and this is precisely what this country needs right now.
If we continue to choose the "low road", it will take us precisely where we profess we want to go - INTO THE DARK, DANK ABYSS OF IRRELEVANCY AND IMPOTENCY.
osiris @ 16:
If McBain's elected...I may leave the country.
After all: With Bushitco, we've taken about as a low a road as is possible. The only way we can go is "up" if we want to survive as a nation. Hillary reminds us of the old back-stabbing politics and will engage us on that level (bullyism). Obama will walk in on day one and immediately elevate the status of this country internationally. Clinton cannot accomplish that. She will serve as a reminder of all of the horrendous things connected to her husband's administration - lying under oath, Whitewater scandal, Vince Foster death, NAFTA, botched healthcare, and the list goes on. It's unfortunate because it would be great to finally have a female president; unfortunately, Hillary will never be that female.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 23:
Many americans are already preparing for an Expat movement.
Dems can't win in Nov under these circumstances. To much polarization and hatred and mistrust within the whole party. Mostly from Obama supporters.
The Bush Crime Cabal has brought this country to an unprecedented nadir - the likes of which we couldn't have dreamed in our worst of nightmares. It will take an Obama or a Gore to even begin to resurrect this dying and decaying country.
osiris @ 22:
Easy there Osiris...I wasn't cheerleading for Clinton...But be realistic...a politician can damn sure win by lying...Bush sure as hell did!
I agree with your points Osiris...but politicking is a dirty, filthy game.
And again..the GOP are loaded for bear when it comes to Hillary....but their tactics would have little or no efffect on Obama...and that is what keeps them up at night..and puts a smile on my face!
L.A. Confidential @ 26:
.....and you're speaking from what position of authority? Document your statements or STFU. Putrified troll.
osiris @ 27:
No it won't it will take a general populace concerned about things that matter rather then expecting a politician to do everything for them.
don't worry too much about mccain, folks.
most important thing is for obama to not let hillary weasel her way onto the ticket, under any circumstances. put a qualified woman on, if he has to, but keep those rats, the clintons, as far away from the oval office as possible.
don't believe the clintons are scum? ask vince foster -oh wait, you can't.
mccain and hillary are the corporate ponies in this race. remember, citizen x, the goal is to turn the tables on the david rockefellers of the world and have those old buzzards eating from YOUR hand for once.
sound crazy? sure, but after the lunatics are done saving the asylum, it'll all make sense.
see y'all later, i'm done for a while. peace and kumbaya, y'all.
osiris @ 29:
I'm not your daddy. Do your own research.
osiris @ 25:
Costa Rica...Belize...Canada...I think I may go to Germany...I have relatives there.
osiris @ 29:
LAC ain't no troll Osiris.
L.A. Confidential @ 30:
Damn skippy Sparky!
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 28:
I concede your point and I assert that the american people deserve better than a candidate/president who lies to them. Bush was not elected - with the help of Bro Jeb and Katherine Harris (not to mention the biased SCOTUS) he stole the election from Gore; then with the help of Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio, they hacked the voting machines so it's safe to say that the people never really elected Bush. Having said that, these tactics are illustrative of what you are saying about how "dirty" politics has become.
I do think that you underestimate the desire of the american people a bit on this. Two wrongs never made a right and never will. Engaging the GOP on their level (that of pure evil) only intensifies the negativity. At some time, this country will be conscious enough and cognizant that these tactics net the results they perpetuate: a political paradigm of filth and corruption.
If I see a bull thrashing around in the mud, do I jump into the guagmire in order to engage with him or do I attempt to bring him out of the morass first? Chicken or egg? I think it's time to stop playing in the mud with these bullies.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 34:
I don't think Osiris is ready to take on serious self introspection. He's in to much panic and desperation and panic and desperation is not a good platform to be operating from.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 34:
From the posts I've seen including this one, you could have fooled me.
L.A. Confidential @ 37:
At least you stay in the first person singular and are speaking for yourself once again.
Reagan's HUD staff did the same thing in the 80's with Orange County, CA. Sold prime real estate near the CA coast for 10 cents on the dollar to their connected friends. To honor that gift, they buried him there, and not in Santa Barbara.
Besides, "panic and desperation" are two descriptions wholly owned by the Grand Old Perverts.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 35:
And I don't mean the latest ipod, cell phone, or ringtone when I mean things that matter.
osiris @ 38:
Relax. Your to wound up. This is the hand we've been dealt so we have to deal with it.
It's all about preserving the fascism (corporate control) and Hillary and McCain ARE the corporate ponies in the race.
L.A. Confidential @ 43:
that would be "too"?
The spooge at CNN, FAUX, and MSNBC must be a foot deep this morning.
Hill needed a double digit win to stay in the race, and what did she get? 10%.
So now it's INDIANA that will be the next make or break state for Hill.
We haven't been dealt any hand unless you're espousing that winning Pa. is somehow magically going to bring Hillary up nationally which will not occur.
Che's Lounge @ 46:
And Hillary got those "double digits" how? By a well-orchestrated GOP effort to have Repukes change their party affiliation in order to vote democratic and give her that double digit win. Case closed.
osiris @ 47:
I'll spare you a nervous breakdown by not posting Obama's Wall Street and Corporate Contributors.
When the whole truth about McFraud is disclosed, this fall will be a cake walk for OBAMA! Yeah, I know he's unelectable(racist code for "he's black"), but McWar is in for some serious vetting.
FED up?
http://fedupusa.org/
Show up!
osiris @ 48:
you are absolutely correct: republicans are coming over to work against obama because they know he's going to be harder to beat than hillary.
i don't mind -it's inspired a lot of folksy chicanery in me. amazing what a peasant with a 45 dollar slow-speed internet connection can do these days.
i don't know how any of you chicken littles don't find politicking F-U-N.
L.A. Confidential @ 49:
Hell, post them...alongside Hillarys...I'm sure both lists would make anyone cringe...though, from what I understand, Hillary has the same contirbutors as bush did...and please correct me if I'm wrong.
Left&Left @ 50:
A lot of the "truth" has been exposed and it goes absolutely nowhere. Why? Because democrats don't play by the same rules as neocons. Neocons take a lie and never ever let up on it no matter what. Eventually it's passed around enough that the media starts playing it. Then the dems start playing defense (badly usually).
But when it's a right winger being exposed, dems expect that truth and justice will prevail. The truth is out there and so the media must run with the ball, right? Wrong. So the dems pretty much drop it and it goes away.
Dems lose those battles every time because they try to play, "decent." Decency isn't even in the neocon vocabulary.
osiris @ 48:
Isn't that electioneering? Isn't that ILLEGAL as hell? Why aren't people gettin popped for this un-American BULLSHIT!
People...I came to an unsettling realization a few days ago...most of the people doing this crooked ass shit, don't even realize they're fuckin fascists. Hell, they don't even know what it means!
nony @ 51:
thanks for the link.
you know what we really need? a comprehensive website with names of every globalist scumbag you can think of, their pictures, where they live, their suspected secret society links, a special offer for a deck of playing cards with all of their pictures. then sell ads for pitchforks, torches, garlic, vials of holy water and wooden stakes.
if that wouldn't involuntarily fill up david rockefellers crap sack when he saw it, i don't know what would...
good luck, nony, keep up with the great play-by-play. this color analyst needs some time off starting now
bullfrog @ 52:
chicanery is such a great word...right up there with debauchery....
Ah! The old Keating 5 thing has reared its ugly head again.
Moveon.org needs to do a special skeletons in the closet commercial for nut-job McCain.
the munz @ 2:
In all fairness to McBush, he was seriously injured by the North Vietnamese, his shoulder is all screwed up and some other things. It doesn't mean that he's deficient, except physically disabled. The mental deficiencies came later, and have more to do with sophistry than brain pathology.
osiris @ 25:
Some of us have already seen the handwriting on the wall and are getting out before the "gate is closed!!" This past two months have made it perfectly clear that "The Powers That Be" have no intention to allow a New Wave of political action upset their apple cart!! If there is ANY WAY that WE THE PEOPLE can unite, we had better get started IMMEDIATELY,or it's Lights Out for the American Dream!!!
While we have the never-ending problems of fuel and food impacting the entire world at the present, and the present government seems intent upon spending us into a black hole due to the "perceived War on Terror," we ALL had better get very serious on a personal level, in an attempt to right this country in November, or it's Third World status for us, as well as our children and grandchildren!!
I LOVE my Country, served in the debacle called Vietnam, truly believed that we would NEVER become entangled in another unnecessary sacrifice of blood and treasure, but I was wrong,as were many other good,patriotic Americans. But the unmitigated GREED, and the "microwave mentality," has reduced the love of country to cleverly crafted sound bites, yellow ribbon bumper-stickers, and flag pins, that have NO MEANING, after the expected "event" has passed!! Instead of saying, God Bless America, we should earnestly PRAY, God HELP America, and get up, get out, and MAKE A CHANGE for the good of our beloved nation!!
I was very happy at the beginning of this primary season, but I feel very depressed now. I did think I could vote for either one of these candidates, but now I am trying to figure out how I am supposed to vote for someone who is a bigger warmonger than the Republican candidate. How I am supposed to vote for someone who has trashed the progessives within her own party. How I am supposed to vote for Joe Scarboroughs' girlfriend. He was so giddy this morning. I feel very bad, but cannot do it.
some more words of advice for fellow obama supporters, as i'll be taking off from now until memorial day weekend...
obama himself can't go on the offensive, his paid staff can't really much either, but YOU can. bring up every damn hillary scandal you can think of, and keep hitting her, until her 60-year old head finally shrivels up like a nazi at the end of an indiana jones movie.
then it will be mccain's turn, and that's when the F-U-N really begins.
also, you always have to look for silver lining. they bring up jeremiah wright? GOOD. let's tell more ordinary americans about the tuskegee siphilis study. let's talk about mccain's lunatic armageddon pastor who wants to launch nukes at iran.
they bring up ayers? GOOD. let's remind everyone how tight the bushes are with the bin ladens.
see how it works? use your opponent's blustery aggression (which is all mccain and hillary, both corporate neocons, have going for them) AGAINST them. it's very zen-like, it's like aikido. destroy your opponent with his or her own emotional rage.
ok, i'm outta here -much to the delight of bubba, i'm sure -and don't kid yourself, he reads these damn bliggety bloggetys every day just like you and i do.
Uh, all of them do things like this all the time.
If Dems don't start playing "their" game, we lose again.
We are in a battle, on the Pug's territory and the Kerry/Carter-style, "I'm not going to lower myself to THEIR standards" is not going to work, anymore.
Hillary needs to dredge up Bush Rove's slanders against McCain from the '00 election, but carefully as to NOT gather a sympathy vote for McMuffin.
Hillary Commercial - Announcer's Voice over - "If the republicans didn't want McCain in 2000, why would America want McCain in 2008?"
Cut to tape of Bush slamming McCain. Then the picture of McCain hugging Bush.
You want America back to 'normal'? Time to get nasty.
1) Question "Songbird's" role in North Vietnam, including the radio broadcasts.
2) $33,000 a year VA Disability while voting against other Vets.
3) Keating 5 connections and the FACTS this time.
4) Public knowledge of collusion with Pat Robertson and Reverends Hagee and Parsley.
5) Complete testimony from Vickie Iseman, under oath in front of Congress.
...and alot more. This guy McCain stinks of Nixon's rotting corpse.
That's not just nice California Oceanside property either! That property can turn 100 of millions from development. And rest assured after it is completed, it will disappear meaning, you and I won't ever be able to afford to even see it!
SassySandy @ 61:
I agree, I was also happy at the begining, but being a member of Moveon and anti-war
I hit the wrong key. To finish, there is no way I can or will vote for Hillary. I'll write in Edwrds or Obama.
diamondmc @ 67:
I'm done too. I could never in good conscience vote for a person who purposely fans the false flame of racism just to win an election. I don't care if anyone else doesn't like Obama as long as it isn't because of his race. The bloggers who think that black folk will vote for Hillary if she steals this election need to be drug tested. I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR HILLARY.
What drives me nuts is the Ayn Rand Cultists who say that there is nothing wrong with this. The idiots should read their books closer because Rand hated government corruption and government meddling. It's exactly what Atlas Shrugged is about. If that Diamond fellow was a true Rand Capitalist he would have gotten the land fairly at an open-market sale, not a tenth of the price from his buddy John McCain.
It's f**kwads like him that give capitalism a bad name.
If you have enough money, you too can own a piece of John McCain.
NYT is scared to run anything to directly influence the GOP race - or any race for that matter. True journalists are intimidated from reporting important stories and facts. The hand of powerful interests are at work (and I wouldn't put masked boggymen a la Murdoch far from the scene of the crime).
Honestly.
the munz @ 2:
Tax free pension from the Navy, no less.
harley @ 72:
As much as I dislike McCain...I believe attacking him for being a POW, and receiving a pension from the Navy...well, IMHO, it's low class. There's so much more legitimate issues we can get him on...going after him for this is counterproductive.
Liberal AND Proud @ 3:
The issue here is lying. It seems as time passes lying is an accepted norm. A couple of days ago I pointed out to a fellow democrat here at C&L that Hillary Clinton lied about her and her daughter`s bogus trip to war torn Bosnia. Then I pointed out how Lover Boy Billy lied to the American people about his relationship with Lewinsky. He did this on national TV. And because Hillary`s daughter backed her mom`s fairytale about dodging bullets in Bosnia, I considered all three of these people liars. The Clintons are liars. John McCain is a liar. The American People should not, in my opinion, want any more liars in the White House. Plain and simple.
emphasa @ 69:
And people got all uppity about the Rezco housing deal.
IF the NY Times can push this out on a busy news cycle and get away with it, we have other things planned.
Don't be surprised if this becomes a debate question for McCain during the General.
Sen McCain is more than likely receiving a retirement check from the Navy, having retired as a Captain (20 or more years), and a VA Compensation Check for his service injuries. Does anyone know if he has reported what injuries he's being compensated for, and what are the percentages of each one?
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 73:
Hey, Hillary is throwing the kitchen sink at a fellow democrat, and we shouldn't do the same to a neocon repug? Hows that work?
osiris @ 25:
I know I am.
diamondmc @ 77:
Think about it diamondmc...this is the most important election in American history IMHO...and to go after a veteran for receiving a military pension seems to me like it could alienate alot of vets who may yet be undecided, and could also give the propagandists more BS to spew...I just don't think its a good idea...
McBain has so many chinks in his armor...and this ain't one of 'em.
But hey...like anyone's gonna take my advice.
Liberal AND Proud @ 78:
Meet ya in Berlin? Prague?
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 73:
McCAIN WON'T SUPPORT SENATOR WEBB'S
NEW G.I. BILL
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, would oppose a bipartisan measure by Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to expand college tuition benefits for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nuff said.
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 79:
Let them eat cake.
McCAIN WON’T SUPPORT SENATOR WEBB’S
NEW G.I. BILL
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, would oppose a bipartisan measure by Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to expand college tuition benefits for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
harley @ 81:
Thanks Harley...this kinda shit is what we should be attacking McBain on!!!
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 79:
Some of John McCain's recent votes for veteran issues:
– Voted AGAINST an amendment providing $20 billion to the VA’s medical facilities. [5/4/06]
– Voted AGAINST providing $430 million to the VA for outpatient care “and treatment for veterans,” one of only 13 senators to do so. [4/26/06]
– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes. [3/14/06]
– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.8 billion by ending “abusive tax loopholes.” [3/10/04]
– Voted AGAINST a $650 million increase in veterans’ medical care funding. [8/1/01]
liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 83:
Some of John McCain’s recent votes for veteran issues:
– Voted AGAINST an amendment providing $20 billion to the VA’s medical facilities. [5/4/06]
– Voted AGAINST providing $430 million to the VA for outpatient care “and treatment for veterans,” one of only 13 senators to do so. [4/26/06]
– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes. [3/14/06]
– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.8 billion by ending “abusive tax loopholes.” [3/10/04]
– Voted AGAINST a $650 million increase in veterans’ medical care funding. [8/1/01]
harley @ 85:
From the gazellionaire that draws a tax free pension from the Navy.
harley @ 86:
hmmm....ok...'twould seem I may have been mistook...you make a damn good point harley...
Sen. McCrook and the Keating 5 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042308F.shtml
You see all them delicious foreclosures and banks getting bailed out by the federal reserve (tax dollars flushed down the toilet), Bill Clinton signed that Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999 which Charles Keating was working to unregulate things back in 1987.
I guess Americans are just to stupid for words when people support mcsame or clinton, though I have my serious doubts about Obama. Perhaps it will take the whole financial enchilida crashing before Americans figure out they have been totally screwed, blued and tattooed....those fortunate few who have pensions unknowingly tied into derivatives will probably be committing suicide when, right at the brink of retirement, they find out they pension was destroyed and the country is too bankrupt to pay social security anymore....just like the master financial planners designed all of it to do.
Mr. Clean, yea right.
Okay, this is bugging me.
Hillary DID NOT win by double digits. She won by 8.6%. That rounds up to 9 if we're generous and last time I checked, 9 is not a double-digit number.
Keep your facts clean, people.
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