Top McCain Officials Were Paid Oil Lobbyists

Talking Points Memo:

Okay, here's some more on the ties between the McCain campaign and the Hess Corporation, the company whose senior executives all dumped $28,500 apiece into the RNC-McCain fundraising committee at around the same time as McCain reversed his previous opposition to offshore drilling.

It turns out that two high-ranking McCain campaign officials, one of whom is also one of McCain's more prolific bundlers, were both were paid lobbyists for Hess for roughly three years, according to disclosure forms.

Read the whole story: Talking Points Memo

Comments

[srtjsrtj]

John McCain had the nerve to bring the Public the Voters Phil Gramm his Chief Economic Advisor the Architect of the EnronLoope Hole responsible for these High Gas Prices at the pumb by putting through Deregulation Legislation on behalf of the oil company and Enron. Gramm's wife worked for Enron and made Millions of dollars while the hardworking employees of Enron lost their jobs, homes, pension, life savings, Healthcare and everything but the shirt on their backs while Gramm enjoyed the fruits of his labot.

John McCain brought the VOters Steve Black described by many newspapers as the Lobbyists with "Unsavory Clients" dictators, murderers, rapists etc. the worst of the worst.

How can we now be surprised that John Mccain once Again threw the Voters Top Leaders in his Campaign that are Paid Lobbyists for Big Oil

John McCain wears $500 shoes, has SIX Houses, and comes from one of the RIchests Families in the State," Schumer said. "It's Barack Obama who climbed up the hard way, and that's why he wants middle-class tax cuts and better schools for our kids."

"McCain's an unappealing candidate," Schumer said. "McCain's done great things for our country, but he Doesn't particularly Empathize with the Plight of the Average Person."

[demfriend]

We already know that Mccain started singing the chorus lines for big oil the mminute they agreed on the dollar amount he would be given. He has made it clear he has loved lobbyists his time in the senate shows who influenced him with what bills. The u-turns he has made this past six-nine months also shows how he has been bought and what he is selling for the lobbyists. It was proven already his campaign is stuffed with lobbyists either current or past or they are related to one. Yeah sure I am shocked cough cough, gag gag!

[Diogenis]

Barf, barf!

[LeawoodKansas]

Sadly, this does not surprise me. Where there's greasy, slimy, old, wrinkly, white haired dudes ... there will be oil. I thought it would be castor oil, but Hess oil will work.

[ivegotblisteronmefingers]

I am shocked, shocked I am to find that there is oil money in this campaign.
And that is why MSM will not cover this. It's not news. Not anymore and esp. when their major sponsor are....wait for it! Oil Co.s.
If you have not seen Broadcast News see it now!!
If you have seen it.....see it again! It predicts (for lack of a better term) all that has happened to the MSM since the movie came out @ 25 YEARS AGO!

[nicholasclaxton]

If he's going to donate Stevens contributions to charity - he should do the same with Hess'

And I don't think this is news - we all already know whose pockets big oil has their hands in the most.

McCain/Exxon 08!

[drkazmd65]

Wait,... hang on a second,... you don't mean,... that somebody working for the oil companies was attempting to influence the opinon of one of our Presidential Candidates toward their industry!

No,... say it isn't so John!

*please note the high level of sarcasm implied in this sentence*

[Diogenis]

High level of sarcasm noted! Imagine that?

[Diogenis]

Word Trivia: HESS in Greek means s h i t ! And that about sums it up. "There you have it!"

[gditty]

This will never make headline news in the MSM....they would rather follow Obama on vacation to Hawaii.

BREAKING NEWS: WHAT'S WRONG WITH OBAMA IN HAWAII, POLLS SHOW HE'S LOSING THE SURFER VOTE!!!

[Diogenis]

Does he have a surf board?

[Diogenis]

Sounds suspicious! Is it a FOX Poll?

[LeawoodKansas]

I'd rather follow Obama to Hawaii.

[nicholasclaxton]

if only Tim was still with us.... :(

[Diogenis]

Oh, I hear you Nicholas!! if only!

[layman]

McOil /Hes Mobile 08. Follow the Oily Money.