When will SOMEBODY FINALLY publicize the FACT that MCCAIN is a member of THE KEATING FIVE?!
PLEASE! HURRY! DO IT NOW! DON'T WAIT! NOW!
(I think I just did)! Seriously, though, I have written to both Dem. campaigns, The Nation
and other progressive groups, including MoveOn and others (even OpEdNews.com). NOBODY has yet replied, nor publicized a, to me, obvious fact: That McCain was instrumental in a scandal which led to the demise of the S&Ls! :)

"If I am the Democratic nominee"...

Is he the official nominee? I like that he won't be pushed into pretending he's already got the nomination.

As long as all the candidates are worried about transparency... when are McCain and Clinton going to release their tax returns? Must be some interesting stuff in those documents since both are dragging their feet on releasing them.

Also, Obama released all his earmarks. Hillary hasn't. Interesting article at that at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aXWIZU3DOyr4&refer=home

McCain Received $100,000 From Firm Of CONVICTED FELON Abramoff

February 12, 2008 02:38 PM
Sen. John McCain has touted his work tackling the excesses of the lobbying industry to bolster his reputation as a "maverick" reformer.

"Ask Jack Abramoff if I'm an insider in Washington," McCain contends.

"You'd have to go during visiting hours in the prison, he'll tell you, his lobbyist cronies of the change I made there."

how much change did McCain actually effect? Is HE removed from Washington's special interests?

A review of campaign finance filings shows McCain has accepted more than $100,000 in donations from employees of Greenberg Traurig, the very firm where Abramoff once reigned.

Those donations include several thousand dollars from registered lobbyists who represent, or have represented, businesses such as NewsCorp, Rupert Murdoch's empire; Spi Spirits, a Cyprus based company that has fought with the Russian government for the rights to the Stolichnaya vodka brand name; El Paso Corp, major energy company; General Motors; the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, group of businesses and trade associations "concerned" about the shortage of lesser skilled and unskilled labor.

All told, McCain has received more than $400,000 from lobbying firms, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
his major fundraisers ("bundlers") 59 have been identified as lobbyists by Public Citizen.

MCCAIN IGNORED A SAM WARNING IN VIETNAM

From a recent copy of Newsweek magazine, I learned an interesting fact about McCain.

When he got shot down over North Vietnam, he had sufficient warning that a SAM was tracking him to jink and avoid the missile.

Instead, in a fit of rage or stupidity or just plain idiotic stubbornness, McCain stayed on course, kept his eye on the target, and got his pretty little airplane blown all to smithereens.

He was shot down, captured, and endured five years in a North Vietnamese prison because he was unwilling to LISTEN TO A SAM WARNING AND TAKE PREVENTIVE ACTION!

This is not the kind of person we need as President. This is the kind of 'leader' that would 'lead' the United States right over the brink of disaster.