September 15, 2008 06:17 AM UTC

McLobbyi$t and the Sex-For-Oil Scandal

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• by: Go Blue

The Obama campaign launched the new McLOBBYIST.COM website which details McCain’s lobbyist run campaign, calling it the McCain Gamble. The Obama campaign is also running new TV ads on this issue.

The Issues – What does this mean for you?

What does a lobbyist controlled McCain-Palin ticket mean for you? It means lobbyists come first. On jobs, health care, energy, America’s standing in the world – lobbyists pay big bucks to make sure their special interests come first. And time and time again, McCain has given lobbyists what they paid for.

On Jobs

McCain’s top dog, campaign manager Rick Davis, helped pave the way for job losses in Ohio – putting the interests of his former lobbyist client, Deutsche Post World Net, above yours. Read More

On Energy

Senior Campaign Advisor Charlie Black lobbied for Big Oil for eight years. McCain’s tax plan would save Big Oil $4 billion. Lucky coincidence? Or planned convenience? Read More

On Health Care

Employed at the top of the McCain campaign are former lobbyists John Green and Wayne Berman who have put the interests of health insurance and pharmaceutical companies above yours. Read More

On America’s Standing in the World

Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Randy Scheunemann pocketed $2.6 million lobbying McCain on Soviet interests while on McCain’s staff. That’s not country first. Read More

What I found even more interesting is the fact that John McCain still employees two lobbyist on his campaign that lobbied for Companies at the Center of the Sex-For-Oil Scandal.

Here’s something that could complicate the McCain-Palin reform message a bit: It turns out that McCain’s national finance co-chair, Wayne Berman, is a paid lobbyist, and has been one for years, for two of the oil companies that are at the center of the sex, drugs and oil scandal enveloping the Interior Department.

One of McCain’s high-ranking campaign officials also lobbied for the companies for years — during time periods when the scandal has unfolded — up until he joined the McCain campaign in the spring.

That’s not change we can believe in.

John McCain and Sarah Paling – Bought and sold to you by lobbyists