The DNC is all over Senator John McCain's recent hiring of Tom Loeffler as National Finance Chairman, as reported by ABC News' Teddy Davis at their blog, Political Radar:
On the same day that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is calling dependence on foreign oil and global warming twin threats that the United States must aggressively confront, the Democratic National Committee is going after the Republican presidential hopeful for lobbying work that one of his advisers has done on behalf of Saudi Arabia.
"John McCain will talk about energy independence today," the DNC's Michael Gehrke tells ABC News, "but his new campaign honcho Tom Loeffler lobbied for Saudi Arabia. Seems a little out of step from where" McCain "is on either the Middle East or lobbyists."
Read the whole post at the link above. Naturally, many of the top fundraisers for political campaigns are K Street lobbyists, and normally it wouldn't matter much. Loeffler is insisting he isn't even cutting back his regular workload, though, which means he will be raising money for McCain while he is lobbying for the Saudis.
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Comments (4)
Maybe he'll be paid out of ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Scrapiron | April 24, 2007 5:02 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Maybe he'll be paid out of the same Saudi account as Slick Willie. Did the dhimmi's question a former president working on behalf of the Saudi's? Na, that would make them hypocrites, wait, they are hypocrites of the highest order.
Are the American people really stupid enough to buy into this garbage from the left or is it only the lefties that are that supid? I actually suspect a large % of the American public is really that stupid. The country is fried.
1. Posted by Scrapiron | April 24, 2007 5:02 PM |
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Posted on April 24, 2007 17:02
2. Posted by sean nyc/aa | April 25, 2007 10:46 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
how did you jump from Culture of Corruption XXXVI to CoC XLVII in consecutive posts?
I think you need to review your Roman numerals.
That or you're counting GOP aides pleading guilty and Rep. Renzi (R-Az) stepping down from all his committee posts in between and not posting about them. Either would make sense.
2. Posted by sean nyc/aa | April 25, 2007 10:46 AM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 10:46
3. Posted by sean nyc/aa | April 25, 2007 10:58 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Jim:
After reading the rest of the page, I see you did write about Renzi (and Doolittle), although they were not titled "Culture of Corruption Part ...". Therefore, the misnumbering must have been due to the first explanation. I apologize for the false accusation of you avoiding certain stories, although you could title those posts "Culture of Corruption Part ..." as well and you'd probably be well into the C's by now.
3. Posted by sean nyc/aa | April 25, 2007 10:58 AM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 10:58
4. Posted by Jim Addison | April 25, 2007 1:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks, sean nyc/aa. I don't avoid legitimate corruption stories which involve Republicans. I think ALL corrupt politicians should be hung, drawn, quartered, and their heads placed on large stakes lining the Potomac as a warning to others.
The numbering is a feeble attempt at humor, signaling there are so many instances it's hard to keep track. I'll try to stick to potty jokes from now on.
;-)
Come to think of it, one of those posts earlier this week should have been titled, "The Doolittle Raid," but I doubt most readers would have "got" that, either ('ceptin' those older than me, which can't be many).
4. Posted by Jim Addison | April 25, 2007 1:00 PM |
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Posted on April 25, 2007 13:00