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20080630
John
McCain - Bud
Day - Politics
- 2004
Election - Ads
- Military
- History
- Vietnam
- Belgium
- US
- Massachusetts
- Texas
- Missouri
- 2008
Election
"Price
of Power: McCain accepts ex-Swift Boaters' donations."
... "Republican [2008 Election Presidential Candidate] John McCain, who
four years ago condemned independent ads challenging Democrat[ic Senator
from Massachusetts and 2004 Election Presidential Candidate] John Kerry's
military record, has accepted nearly $70,000 for his presidential campaign
from the top donors of the group behind the attack ads and their relatives,
a USA TODAY analysis shows." ... "In 2004, the Swift Boat Veterans for
Truth (later called SwiftVets and POWS for Truth) bankrolled ads charging
that Kerry had lied about the incidents in Vietnam that led to his military
decorations. The group included former members of the Navy who served in
the same kind of river patrol boats as Kerry. McCain, a former Vietnam
prisoner of war, called the group's advertising "dishonest and dishonorable.""
... "Bob Perry, a Texas builder who gave nearly $4.5 million to Swift Boat
Vets, and his wife, Doylene, each have given $4,400 to McCain's presidential
campaign, some of which went to an account for legal and accounting expenses,
records show." ... "Other donors include Sam Fox, a St. Louis [Missouri]
businessman who was named [United States] U.S. ambassador to Belgium last
year by President Bush." ... "On Monday, Kerry and national Democratic
Party officials sharply criticized McCain for including retired Air Force
colonel Bud Day in a conference call with reporters to defend McCain's
military service. Day had appeared in Swift Boat ads." -By
Fredreka Schouten -USATODAY
John
McCain - Tom
Loeffler - Susan
E Nelson - Gordon
England - EADS
- European
- Military
- Aircraft
- Manufacturing
- Politics
- Government
- Auditors
- US
- 2008
Election
"McCain’s
Boeing Battle Boomerangs." ... "Government auditors
ruled that the Air Force made "significant errors" when it rebid the [aerial
refueling tanker] contract and awarded the $35 billion project to Boeing's
chief rival, partners European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. [Company]
(or EADS) and Northrop Grumman. It's likely the Air Force will have to
redo the bid yet again, which analysts say will delay the replacement of
the fleet's 1950s-era refueling tankers. The auditors' ruling has also
cast light on an overlooked aspect of [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate John] McCain's crusade: five of his campaign's top advisers and
fund-raisers—including Tom Loeffler, who resigned last month as his finance
co-chairman, and Susan Nelson, his finance director—were registered lobbyists
for EADS." ... "Critics, including some at the Pentagon, cite in particular
two tough letters McCain wrote to Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England
in 2006 and another to Robert Gates, just prior to his confirmation as
Defense secretary. In the first letter, dated [September] Sept. 8, 2006,
McCain wrote of hearing from "third parties" that the Air Force was about
to redo the tanker competition by factoring in European government subsidies
to EADS—a condition that could have seriously hurt the EADS bid. McCain
urged that the Pentagon drop the subsidy factor and posed a series of technical
questions about the Air Force's process. "He was trying to jam us and bully
us to make sure there was competition by giving EADS an advantage," said
one senior Pentagon official, who asked for anonymity when discussing a
politically sensitive matter. The assumption within the Pentagon, the official
added, was that McCain's letters were drafted by EADS lobbyists. "There
was no one else that would have had that level of detail," the official
said." -By Michael Isikoff
-Newsweek
20080627
Grover
Norquist
- Jack
Abramoff
- John
McCain - Racial
- Politics
- History
- Military
- People
- Economic
- Illinois
- 2008
Election - Obama
"Norquist
describes Obama as ‘John Kerry with a tan’." ...
"Grover Norquist has quite a history of being unhinged. He’s said the Estate
Tax is morally
equivalent to the Nazi Holocaust; he’s called WWII veterans “anti-American,”
and he’s called bipartisanship “another name for date
rape.”" ... "But this clown isn’t done pushing
the envelope."
"Norquist
dropped by The [Los Angeles] Times’ Washington bureau today and, as part
of his negative critique of Obama’s liberal stances on economic issues
and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee
“John Kerry with a tan.”" ... "Since Norquist isn’t running for anything,
he can get away with such remarks; we doubt McCain will be incorporating
the line into his speeches anytime soon."
"Greg
Sargent responded,
“Guess it could have been worse. He could have termed the Illinois Senator
‘John Kerry in blackface.’ Such admirable restraint on Norquist’s part!"
... "Now, the LAT’s Don Frederick noted that Norquist can “get
away with such remarks,” presumably because he’s not a candidate and
everyone expects lunacy from him anyway. He’ll “get away with” this, just
as Norquist got away with the other instances of insane rhetoric, not to
mention his role in the Abramoff scandal, which somehow seems to have been
largely forgotten." ... "But I’m going to go ahead and argue that this
probably should matter in the context of the presidential campaign, not
just because Norquist is using offensive racial language, but also because
he’s suddenly best buddies with [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate] John McCain." -Steve Benen
-TheCarpetbaggerReport.com
20080624
McCain
- Charles
R Black Jr - Foreign
- Money
- Politics
- Human
Rights - 2008
Election - Arizona
- US
- Pakistan
- Angola
- Philippines
- Zaire
now: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Nigeria
- Somalia
- Kenya
"Terror
Strike Would Help McCain, Top Adviser Says." ...
"A top adviser to [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and
Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain said that a terrorist attack in the United
States would be a political benefit to the presumptive Republican presidential
nominee, a comment that was immediately disputed by the candidate and denounced
by his Democratic rival." ... "Charles R. Black Jr., one of McCain's most
senior political advisers, said in an interview with Fortune magazine that
a fresh terrorist attack "certainly would be a big advantage to him." He
also said that the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister
Benazir Bhutto, while "unfortunate," helped McCain win the Republican primary
by focusing attention on national security." ... "The comment reinjected
the fear of terrorism into the campaign as both candidates had been shifting
their conversation to the economy and $4-per-gallon gasoline." ... "The
comments also returned the political spotlight to McCain's advisers and,
in particular, to Black, who has drawn criticism for his long lobbying
career and his representation of controversial foreign governments. McCain
has been criticized for surrounding himself with top advisers who were
lobbyists." ... "Black and his lobbying partners were at times registered
foreign agents for a collection of U.S.-backed foreign leaders whose human
rights records were sometimes harshly criticized, even as American conservatives
embraced their opposition to communism. They included Angolan guerrilla
leader Jonas Savimbi, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese
Seko of Zaire, Nigerian [General] Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Somali President
Mohamed Siad Barre, and the countries of Kenya and Equatorial Guinea, among
others." (1, 2)
-By Michael D. Shear with contributions by Karl Vick
and Alice Crites -WashingtonPost
Tom
Ridge - John
McCain - Money
- Politics
- Albania
- US
- Pennsylvania
- 2008
Election
"Ridge
lobbies for Albania, but doesn't report it." ...
"[Republican President Bush's] Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
registered with the Department of Justice as a lobbyist for the government
of Albania nearly two years after winning an almost half-million dollar
lobbying contract, Roll
Call reports this morning." ... ""I didn't think it was [necessary]
to register," the Capitol Hill newspaper quotes the former [Republican]
Pennsylvania governor and national co-chair of [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] John McCain's presidential campaign as saying."
-By Brett Lieberman -PennLive.com
20080620
John
McCain - Criminal
- Financing
- Lawyering
- Politics
- Federal
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Breaking the Law in Plain Sight." ... "I mentioned
earlier today that it was quite a thing to see John McCain denouncing Barack
Obama for breaking his word on public financing when McCain himself is
at this moment breaking the law in continuing to spend over the spending
limits he promised to abide by through the primary season in exchange for
public financing. (By the FEC's [Federal Election Commission's] rules,
we're still in the primary phase of the election and will be until the
conventions.)" ... "I want to return to this subject though because this
is not hyperbole or some throw away line. He's really doing it. McCain
opting into public financing, accepted the spending limits and then profited
from that opt-in by securing a campaign saving loan. And then he used some
clever, but not clever enough lawyering, to opt back out. And the person
charged with saying what flies and what doesn't -- the Republican head
of the FEC -- said he's not allowed to do that. He can't opt out unilaterally
unless the FEC says he can." ... "The most generous interpretation of what
happened is that McCain's lawyer came up with an ingenious legal two step
that allowed him to double dip in the campaign finance system, eat his
cake and spend it too. But even if you buy that line, successful gaming
of the system doesn't really count as strict adherence. And the point is
irrelevant since the head of the FEC -- a Republican -- says McCain cannot
do this on his own. " -By Josh Marshall
-TalkingPointsMemo.com
WATCH:
"TPMtv: [McCain] Campaign Finance Deformed"
-By Josh Marshall -Veracifier
20080616
Kevin
Jeffrey Martin - Corporate
- Government
- Politics
- Satellite
- Spectrum
- History
- Communications
- Media
- Minorities
- Women
- Lawmakers
- Md
"Radio
Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers: Caucus, FCC
[Federal Communications Commission] Chair Differ On Setting Aside XM, Sirius
Channels for Minorities." ... "Senior members of the Congressional Black
Caucus yesterday criticized a compromise plan for the proposed merger of
the XM and Sirius satellite radio companies, saying the deal does not provide
enough opportunities for minority-owned programming." ... "[Republican
President Bush's] Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin
said over the weekend that he would support the merger after XM Satellite
Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio voluntarily agreed, among a series
of other concessions, to lease 4 percent of their radio spectrums, or 12
channels, for programming run by minorities and women." ... "Members of
the black caucus on Capitol Hill have been arguing for the merged company
to lease five times that amount of spectrum to companies owned by racial
minorities." ... "[Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah E. Cummings:]
"It's shocking to the conscience in this day and age, where the minority
populations comprise a significant part of the satellite radio audience,
that Mr. Martin would settle for what I deem to be crumbs that have fallen
off the table," Cummings said." ... "If the merger is approved, it would
be a major reversal of FCC rules. The agency distributed licenses to XM
and Sirius in 1997 on the condition the two companies never combine." -By
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum -WashingtonPost
Electricity
- Market
- Law
- Enforcement
- Texas
"Power
firms’ treatment angers Texans." ... "Prices aren’t
the only thing skyrocketing in the state’s deregulated electricity market."
... "Amid continuing company failures — and the resulting forced transfer
of tens of thousands of ratepayers to default electric companies — Texans
in growing numbers are griping about their ill treatment by power companies."
... "According to the Texas Public Utility Commission, complaints related
to the electric market jumped from 704 in January to 1,123 in May. Complaints
against three of the four recently failed electric companies jumped about
2,400 percent, from about 20 at the beginning of the year to 508 in May."
... "E-mails and phone calls also continue streaming into the Star-Telegram.
Frustrated consumers tell stories of poor treatment by their regular electric
competitors, confusing PUC rules, uninformed marketers and the near impossibility
of obtaining reliable information about the financial status of companies
seeking their business." ... "One company has collected payments from customers
but not delivered any electricity, according to some complaints." -By
R.A. Dyer -Star-Telegram.com
20080615
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Women
- Politics
- Texas
- Ariz
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Texas Fundraiser Back On, Sans Oilman." ... "[2008
Elecition Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz [Republican-Arizona]) has decided to hold a fundraiser initially
sponsored by a controversial Texas oilman later in the summer at a different
venue, according to an aide who asked not to be identified." ... "McCain
had planned to hold a joint fundraiser with the Republican National Committee
on Monday at the Midland, Tex., home of Clayton Williams, who ran for governor
of his state in 1990. But after reporters from The Washington Post and
ABC inquired Friday about a remark Williams made comparing rape to bad
weather -- "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and
enjoy it" -- the campaign cancelled the fundraiser. Williams has apologized
for the remarks" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Texas
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Cancels Event Over Texan's 1990 Rape Joke: Clayton
Williams Made Comments While Running Against [then Texas Democratic Candidate
for Governor] Ann Richards." ... "Questions from the media prompted Republican
[2008 Election Presidential Candidate] John McCain to cancel a fundraiser
at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in
while being raped." ... "The Texan, Republican Clayton "Claytie" Williams,
made the joke during his failed 1990 campaign for governor against Democrat
Ann Richards. Williams compared rape to the weather, saying, "As long as
it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it." He also compared
Richards to the cattle on his ranch, saying he would "head her and hoof
her and drag her through the dirt."" ... "Williams told his hometown newspaper,
the Midland Reporter-Telegram, that he had raised more than $300,000 for
McCain." -AP
via -cbs2chicago.com
John
McCain - Hillary
Clinton - Women
- Health
- Abortion
- Money
- Law
"Angry
Clinton Women [HEART] McCain?" ... "Ten years ago
[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain had to apologize
for regaling a Republican audience with a crude
sexual joke about Hillary and Chelsea Clinton and Janet Reno. Last
year he had to explain why he didn’t so much as flinch when a
supporter asked him on camera, “How do we beat the bitch?” But these
days Mr. McCain just loves the women." ... "You’d never guess that Mr.
McCain is a fierce
foe of abortion rights or that he voted to terminate the federal family-planning
program that provides breast-cancer screenings. You’d never know that his
[McCain's] new campaign blogger, recruited from The Weekly Standard, had
shown his genuine affection for Mrs. Clinton earlier this year by portraying
her as a liar and whiner and by piling on with a locker-room jeer after
she’d been called a monster. “Tell us something we don’t know,” he wrote."
... "But while the McCain campaign apparently believes that women are easy
marks for its latent feminist cross-dressing, a reality check suggests
that most women can instantly identify any man who’s hitting on them for
selfish ends. New polls show Mr. Obama opening up a huge lead among female
voters
— beating Mr. McCain by 13 percentage points in the Gallup and Rasmussen
polls and by 19 points in
the latest Wall Street Journal-NBC News survey." ... "... the notion
that all female Clinton supporters became “angry white women” once their
candidate lost — to the hysterical extreme where even lifelong Democrats
would desert their own party en masse — is itself a sexist stereotype.
That’s why some of the same talking heads and Republican operatives who
gleefully insulted Mrs. Clinton are now peddling this fable on such flimsy
anecdotal evidence." -By Frank
Rich -NYTimes
20080614
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Texas
- History
- 2008
Election
"McCain
fundraiser's joke about rape resurfaces: GOP [GOP=Grand
Old Party=Republican] candidate postpones event in Midland [Texas] after
questions emerge." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
John] McCain's campaign late Friday said it had pulled the plug on a fundraising
event scheduled for Monday at Williams' Midland home after reporters contacted
the campaign asking about remarks made by the Texas Republican during his
1990 race against Democrat Ann Richards." ... "But Saturday afternoon,
the McCain campaign told the Houston Chronicle that the Midland event had
been postponed until this summer and would be held in a public venue."
... "Late Saturday afternoon, a McCain aide confirmed to the Chronicle
that the Midland event had been postponed but had not been taken off the
calendar. The compromise allowed McCain to say he had not held a fundraiser
at Williams' house; it gave Williams an opportunity to say that the event
he organized had not been canceled." ... ""Clayton Williams' totally inappropriate
remarks about women are well-known," [daughter of Ann Richards, Cecile]
Richards told the Chronicle. "Planning to host a fundraiser at his house
is just another example of how out of touch John McCain is when it comes
to women's issues. This is a major misstep for the McCain campaign, who
is having a hard time getting support from women."" -By
Richard S. Dunham with contributions by Alan Bernstein and Bennett Roth
-Chron
20080613
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Family
- Abortion
- Law
- Texas
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Cancels Fundraiser with Oilman Who Joked About Rape."
... "Clayton Williams, who ran unsuccessfully against the late Texas [Governor]
Gov. Ann Richards (D [Democratic]), sparked controversy nearly two decades
ago when he joked women should give in while being raped. "As long as it's
inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it," the oilman remarked
at the time." ... "The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which has sharply
criticized [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain
for his opposition to abortion rights and other family planning programs,
first contacted the Post about Williams' remarks. The group's president,
Cecile Richards, is the daughter of the late Texas governor." ... ""It's
shocking that John McCain would choose to fundraise with Clayton Williams,
who made his political career saying completely inappropriate and disrespectful
remarks about women," Richards wrote in an e-mail. "This is a real misstep
for the McCain campaign, who is having a hard time getting support from
women."" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
John
McCain's contributor Clayton Williams "in His Own Words".
John
McCain - Barack
Obama - Economists
- Accounting
- 2008
Election
"Will
the real tax-and-spender please 'fess up? Economists
across political spectrum question [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate John] McCain's portrayal of [2008 Election Democratic Presidential
Candidate Barack] Obama." ... "In a study of the candidates’ plans made
public Wednesday, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that in contrast
to Mr. McCain, “Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and
middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers.”"
... "The study said, “The largest tax cuts, as a share of income, would
go to those at the bottom of the income distribution,” whereas “Senator
McCain’s tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes.”"
... "Other groups that focus on tax and economic policy are preparing similar
analyses, but say they regard the Tax Policy Center’s assessment as highly
reliable, based on its work in the past." ... "According to the group’s
computations, under Mr. Obama’s plan, the middle of the middle class, or
those earning $37,595 to $66,354, would see taxes cut by $1,042 a year.
Under Mr. McCain’s plan, taxes for people in that category would also fall,
but by $319; the largest chunk of the benefits would go to those making
$2.8 million a year or more." -By Larry Rohter
-NYTimes via -MSNBC
Tim
Russert - Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Internet
- EMail
- Media
-
- Politics
- Religion
- Indiana
- Illinois
- US
- Iraq
- Iran
- Military
- Money
- Social
Security - 2008
Election
[NOTE:
On the day MSNBC's Meet
the Press television political journalist Tim Russert died, MSNBC published
this interview with Tim Russert:]
"Vigilance
needed on campaign claims: Big issues, not smears,
need to be the focus." ... "Msnbc: Tim, www.fightthesmears.com
is a web site launched by the [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate]
Barack Obama campaign to combat potentially damaging rumor about the candidate
and his wife, Michelle. Is this necessary? How big of a problem is
this really?" ... "Tim Russert: It’s amazing how much the Internet
has changed our lives. People get emails that make accusations without
foundation and they are circulated around the country within seconds and
suddenly become topics of conversations around water coolers or in lunchrooms."
... "I remember being in Indianapolis [Indiana's capital] covering the
Indiana primary and a man came up to me and said he wasn’t going to vote
for [Illinois] Senator Obama because he was very concerned about the comments
made by Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor. I said, “That’s interesting.
As a reporter, I’m curious what comments particularly bothered you?”
He said, “Well, I can’t think of any that come to mind, but I also read
on the Internet that he’s a Muslim.” And I said, “Now wait a minute.
You can’t have both. You can’t be offended by his Christian minister
and then say he’s a Muslim. You’ve got to pick one.”" ... "But that
just underscores what we’re dealing with in this modern era." ... "Now
I’m told there’s a counter organization with a very similar name that is
going to be positioned and posted to spread the rumors, so that people
that go to the Internet to get clarification will go to the wrong web site
and get confused." ... "It’s a virus. You have bloggers on both sides,
liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats all trying to utilize
this vehicle without any kind of fact checking and without any kind of
editorial control." ... "Msnbc: Given the way people use the
Internet, do you wonder if there are going to be some things said or done
during the course of this campaign that will be very unsettling?" ... "Russert:
That’s what we have to be conscious of and vigilant against, particularly
at the end of the campaign as things are put out there. We’ve already
had a few fake videos with different words dubbed in and people say, “This
must be true because I saw it on the Internet.”" ... "What we hope to do
in this campaign is recognize there are big differences on big issues between
John McCain and Barack Obama – the war in Iraq, Iran, Social Security,
taxes. You don’t need to get into this other stuff. If it does
surface, then I think the mainstream media has an obligation not to just
instinctively put it out there without vetting it. Or, if it is something
that is manufactured as a virus, report on that – who did it and why.
But sometimes it’s very hard to trace it back to its original source."
-MSNBC
John
McCain - Rick
Davis - Foreign
- Money
- Politician
- Law
- Ukraine
- Russia
- US
- 2008
Election
"Alleged
Russia Ties Entangle McCain Campaign Manager." ...
"[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain's presidential
campaign is blasting a New
York Times report suggesting that the candidate may have known since
2005 that his campaign manager's [lobbying] firm worked for a Kremlin[citadel
in Moscow, Russia's capital]-backed politician." ... "The McCain campaign
is strongly denying the paper's reporting that in 2005, a White House National
Security Council staffer called John McCain's Senate office to complain
that Rick Davis' lobbying firm was "undercutting American policy on Ukraine"
by representing a Kremlin-backed politician [Ukrainian politician Viktor
Yanukovich]." ... "If the account of the NSC [National Security Council]
staffer's call is true, it suggests McCain should have known about the
work by Davis' business -- but installed him as campaign manager anyway."
... "The story also raises the possibility that Davis' firm may have violated
the anti-espionage Foreign Agents Registration Act, by failing to register
work for Yanukovich with the [United States] U.S. government." -By
Justin Rood -ABCNEWS.com
J
Robert Flores
- Crime
- Political
- Juvenile
- Justice
- Science
- Sports
- New
Jersey - Texas
- "Football
Charity Says It Deserved a $500,000 Govt Grant: Despite
Not Even Applying, the Charity Was Awarded a Grant; Some [Department Of
Justice] DOJ Staffers Objected." ... "A group that promotes leadership
through football says it doesn't know how it was awarded a $500,000 federal
grant to help stop juvenile crime, but that it "wasn't political."" ...
"The grant is one of a number for the Department of Justice's Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) that has come under
scrutiny after current and former employees said the official who awarded
the money ignored professional staff recommendations and played favorites
with groups connected to the [Republican] Bush White House. ABC
News conducted an investigation into the OJJDP, which aired earlier this
week on "Nightline"." ... "The National Football Foundation (NFF),
formerly based in New Jersey and now in Texas, says they did not apply
for the grant and have had no contact with J. Robert Flores, the official
who awarded the money." ... "Some OJJDP staffers said this program did
not deserve the funding." ... ""The football program, like the World Golf
Foundation, has lots of private resources and outside funding. They have
wealthy powerful people on the board," one staffer said." ... "The staffer
added that by law the OJJDP's primary focus is to fund programs that intervene
and protect kids who are on the cusp of entering into the juvenile justice
system or who are already in the system, and there is no research that
shows this program targets the most at-risk kids." (1,
2)
-By Anna Schecter -ABCNEWS.com
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