Public Records Show McSame Has 83 Wall Street Lobbyists as Aides, Advisers or Fundraisers
Yet more proof of J. Sid McSame's hypocrisy and lack of qualification for the presidency.
So much has been emerging or "re-discovered," or uncovered about McSame's dishonesty and lack of integrity that it boggles the mind.
While McHypocrite deceptively excoriates Wall Street avarice, he has 83 Wall Street lobbyists working for his campaign. That's right, 83 Wall Street lobbyists.
Kudos to Mother Jones for this article and its list of those lobbyists.
Some highlights: "McCain has been quick with fiery, populist-tinged speeches. But one thing has been missing: any acknowledgment that McCain's own campaign has been loaded with the type of people he's been denouncing. (The McCain campaign did not respond to a request for comment; we will update the post if they do.) As Mother Jones previously reported, former Senator Phil Gramm, McCain's onetime campaign chairman, used a backroom maneuver in late 2000 to slip into law a bill that kept credit default swaps unregulated. These financial instruments greased the way to the subprime meltdown that has led to today's economic crisis. Several of McCain's most senior campaign aides have lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And the Democratic National Committee, using publicly available records, has identified 177 lobbyistsworking for the McCain campaign as either aides, policy advisers, or fundraisers.
"Of those 177 lobbyists, according to a Mother Jones review of Senate and House records, at least 83 have in recent years lobbied for the financial industry McCain now attacks.
"Among these 83 lobbyists are McCain's chief political adviser, Charlie Black (JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers Association of America); McCain's national finance co-chairman, Wayne Berman (AIG, Blackstone, Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac); the campaign's congressional liaison, John Green (Carlyle Group, Citigroup, Icahn Associates, Fannie Mae); McCain's veep vetter, Arthur Culvahouse (Fannie Mae); and McCain's transition planning chief, William Timmons Sr. (Citigroup, Freddie Mac, Vanguard Group)."
"...here's the list of the McCain aides and bundlers who have worked for the high-finance greed-mongers McCain has pledged to take on. So far, it seems, none of them have been cast out of the campaign. If McCain were serious about his outrage, he might throw these money-changers out of his own temple."
Thanks to David Corn, Jonathan Stein and Nick Baumann of Mother Jones.
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