Details McCain's Ties to 177 Washington Lobbyists, and What That Means to
American Families
DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE: http://www.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/noreformer.pdf
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Democratic National
Committee today released a 65-page report illustrating that after 26 years
in Washington, John McCain and his cozy relationships with his lobbyist
campaign advisors and fundraisers and the backroom deals he's been involved
with have harmed Americans and cost America jobs. McCain is trying to
recast himself as a reformer, but just recently McCain just named long-time
Washington lobbyist William E. Timmons, Sr. as his senior advisor for a
possible McCain Presidential transition team. Time wrote, "By tapping
Timmons, McCain has turned to one of Washington's steadiest and most senior
inside players to guide him in the event of a victory--but also to someone
who would represent the antithesis of the kind of outside-of-Washington
change he has recently been promising." [Time, 9/12/08; Senate Office of
Public Records] The report, entitled "No Reformer: McCain Puts Lobbyists
First While Americans Struggle," outlines what four more years under
McCain's industry-driven policy and insider politics would mean for
Americans (http://www.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/noreformer.pdf). Events will
be held in 16 states this weekend to highlight how even though John McCain
claims he'll take on the special interests and lobbyists, he simply can't
fix a problem he's been part of for three decades.
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DNC Chairman Howard Dean said, "Despite the McCain campaign's claims
that McCain 'doesn't run with the Washington herd,' this analysis makes
clear that McCain has his own herd of more than 170 lobbyists. Just like
George Bush, under John McCain the White House would be run by the same
lobbyists who run his campaign and put what's good for them ahead of what's
good for America. It's more of the same lobbyist-led politics that has
characterized the last eight years of Republican rule. That's not the
change America needs and deserves."
The three-part report begins with an executive summary outlining
McCain's ties to special interests and their disastrous implications for
Americans on everything from the economy to foreign policy. A "By the
Numbers" section quantifies McCain's ties to lobbyists (177 lobbyists
advising him or fundraising for the campaign), McCain's lobbyists' earnings
(more than $930 million), and campaign contributions to McCain from his
lobbyists' clients (nearly $12 million).
The second section, "McCain Lobbyists, Inc." highlights the
dishonorable ties and deeds of McCain's top lobbyist-advisors -- Rick
Davis, Charlie Black, Phil Gramm, Randy Scheunemann, Nancy Pfotenhauer,
Frank Donatelli, John Green, and Wayne Berman. The section also features
key details on these would-be McCain administration members' clients,
ranging from oil and gas industry giants to foreign dictators and despots
guilty of murder and egregious human rights violations.
The final section analyzes the impact of Bush's industry-driven
policies over the past eight years and what four more years of an
administration that puts lobbyists first will mean for Americans. An
appendix lists the lobbyists and clients behind the McCain campaign in full
and by industry to expose who's really driving the "Straight-Talk Express."
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