Monday, May 19, 2008

McCain senior adviser Charlie Black misinformed the country about campaign manager's lobbying today

The lies and the subterfuge never stop with these guys. Today, senior McCain campaign adviser Charlie Black, himself a Typhoid Mary of despicable lobbying clients, claimed that McCain campaign manager, Rick Davies, hasn't lobbied in five years.

Small problem. Davies was listed as a lobbyist fewer than 3 years ago. And Davies' name is still on the letterhead of his "old" lobbying firm. That must be getting them some juicy clients nowadays, what with the lobbyist on the letterhead owning John McCain.

This isn't the first time McCain has raised eyebrows over his troubling ties to lobbyists. Bush criticized McCain during the 2000 presidential campaign for taking campaign money from people who had business before his own Senate committee. McCain likes to talk about ethics, but his career, from the Keating Five on, has been anything but.

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