McCain And Abramoff Linked In New Web Ad (VIDEO)

John McCain helped end the career of Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed with a 2006 Senate investigation of Reed's extensive work with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff helping casinos shut down competition. Now McCain is doing a fundraiser with Reed -- and it's reviving scrutiny of the way McCain handled the Abramoff investigation. In a new web ad, the DNC hits McCain's turnaround: "Desperate to raise campaign cash to run more negative attack ads, John McCain is cozying up to Jack Abramoff's cronies." Watch:

Transcript:

VOICEOVER: "On the campaign trail, John McCain claims that he fought to expose Jack Abramoff and his corrupt cronies..."

MCCAIN: "And I led the investigation."

VOICEOVER: "It was a scandal that rocked the country, linking all the way to the Bush White House and Republicans in Congress, sending two former Republican Congressmen to prison.

"But, now, desperate to raise campaign cash to run more negative attack ads, John McCain is cozying up to Jack Abramoff's cronies.

"Ralph Reed, a key business partner of Jack Abramoff helped the convicted former Republican lobbyist launder 2 million dollars through a front group to finance a gambling campaign.

"Now, Ralph Reed has signed up to raise money for John McCain. Reed has even been appointed to McCain's Victory 2008 Team.

"Ralph Reed's murky connections to Jack Abramoff run so deep, it cost him a race for Lt. Governor in Georgia.

"While most people now see Ralph Reed as a tainted man raising tainted money, John McCain sees him as a source of campaign cash.

"John McCain - more of the same old politics."

Comments

[waynesmyer]

Ex-REPUKE Congressman Bob Ney was recently released from his "Country Club" prison. He was instrumental in Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan's theft of Gus Boulis's Sun-Cruz Casino Ship Lines.
The DOJ refused to file a "RICO" case ,even though a massive conspiracy was involved that included the "Mafia-Type" murder of Gus Boulis! Hundred s of "co-conspirators and persons of interest" were never investigated, even when they received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the proceeds of the theft and the murder! Not one so-called, investigative reporter is pursuing this story.
Where is the Justice at DOJ?, Where in the News Media! Why the "black-out" on the Gus Boulis murder case?
CHECK IT OUT! keywords: Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello, Relph Reed, Tom DeLay, Adam Kidan,

[8yearsoffear]

Wake up people!!! If Mc cain wins we will have another 4 years of the same. An once again the same stupid people that were fooled by Bush will be asking themselves why did they fall for the same bull crap again! Dumb is as Dumb does.

[ROADRUNNER DEM]

RE: PASTOR RICK WARREN'S 'PHONEY PHORUM' TONIGHT, SO FIXED!
MCCAIN HAD THE QUESTIONS & WAS REHEARSED AHEAD OF TIME. AND, HE WAS AWAKE!
THE ORPHAN QUESTION WAS A 'GIFT' TO MCSAME....­THEY COULD ALL LIVE IN HIS 10 HOUSES. YES...10!
HE DIDNT ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS, WAS ALLOWED TO USE HIS CANNED STUMP SPEECHES WHEN OBAMA WAS ASKED NOT TO, AND P.RICK NEVER ASKED A FOLLOW UP, SUCH AS: IF NO TAXES...HO­W DO YOU PAY FOR THE %$#@*&^%$# WAR?

[Wiredwilly]

Forget McCain, the person associated with Abramoff that is of interest is Mohammed Atta.

[BethinIllinois]

Obama might want to be careful channeling Abramoff. He has his own issues. To wit:

[[Last fall, Barack Obama quietly slipped into the Miami headquarters of a major law firm scarred by the scandals of Jack Abramoff, its once-powerful Washington lobbyist who now sits in jail.

Arriving a little after 10 a.m. on Oct. 1 [2007], Obama spent the next three hours schmoozing, speaking in a video conference to branch offices and raising money at Greenberg Traurig, a billion-dollar firm with one of the biggest lobby shops here.

Obama has now raised about $125,000 from Greenberg Traurig employees — nearly half of it at the time of the event — more than from any of the other top law and lobby firms.

Symbolically, it was a starkly contradictory event: an appearance by the candidate who crusades most adamantly against lobbyists at the onetime firm of the poster child for out-of-control influence peddling.

Public anger over the Abramoff lobbying scandal led Obama to institute the ban on lobbyist money in the first place, an aide said last year.]]

This was from Hotair.com, BUT -- it was quoting something else and unfortunately I don't know who/what/where. I must, in fairness, point that out!

But -- if that's out there, then certainly the RNC knows it, and Obama will get hammered for it.

[chromodynamics]

You said employees, right? Employees? Not coropations but employees. Employees.­.. employee? Oh, you mean people!

Well, hey, were all employees of someone's boss that we answer to, right? Unless, we are lucky enough to support ourselves with our own business, we need to work for someone.

And I suppose if someone were to pump gas and give some of that hard-earner-money to the Obama campaign, you would say Obama was accepting bribes from the oil lobby, right?

Come off it, man. You’re chasing after windmills.­..

[MouthFountain]

Hopefully, they weren't selling their used cars so that they could send more money than they could possibly have to Obama.

Look a windmill..­.

[cmp]

In one week McCain went from 99 electoral votes to 138 and Obama from 199 to 183. What gives here?

[cordier]

Booooring. I fell asleep half-way through. Short, sweet and between the eyes. That always gets my attention.

[SaltySaltillo]

What good does this ad do on YouTube? I want to see it at 7:15 PM on my local ABC/NBC/Fox/CBS affiliate. Down here in Texas throughout the Olympics we have been flooded with McCain attacks on Obama, but hardly a pro-Dem commercial on the air.

[Lwayno]

The DOJ is blocking the "RICO" case against Ralph Reed, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, and over 200 "persons pf interest:" and co-conspirators in the murder of Gus Boulis! Check it out!
Carl Hiaasen "The Adventures of Jack Abramoff"

[moxieme]

And Phill Gramm is back with the campaign. We all know Tom "The Hammer" Delay is close by as well. These are the boys, the rainmakers, the keepers of the Atwater legacy of hate and corruption whose single, publicly acknowledged mantra of permanent control of the WH. The MSS will not call them on it either. Wonder why that is.PBS recently outed the Abramoff-Reed-Delay operation along with the Ted Stevens-Veco debacle. What is wrong with the MSS that the don't consider this information worthy of public scrutiny?

[SaltySaltillo]

Do you really have to ask?

[cbates]

This was a good ad. Let us not over do it in that the public can get truned off. It would be good to have Barack back with some live shots. I think it would be nice to role one like this out every so often to get peoples attention. I don't think the MSM is going to pick up one of these web ads unless they really move the needle. Keep working and thinking how to go directly at McCain.

[ReelBusy]

More McCain hypocrisy.
I've heard it before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-PqAXRIRU

Let's have some fun now:
The McCain-Nixon-Bush Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvJVy_7LYU

[aztecdiva]

I would love to see the DNC put together ads that remind the country about McCain's involvement in the major financial scandals.

Keating 5
Gramm and Enron
Gramm and Subprime Mortgages
Gramm and UBS
McCain's apathy to working and middle class Americans
McCain's collection of Social Security, but hypocritical to other seniors
McCain's disability collections
McCain on Veterans benefits
McCain for Military but against GI Bills
McCain and the Georgia lobbying and being out of touch with American sentiment
There are so many items that they can run on that are all legitimate ads that call into question his long experience in hurting the American people.

[JulieKay]

aztecdiva - The same think I have been complaining about for a long time.

Each of these issues is extremely serious and the media barely touches.

The Phil Gramm issue alone should be enough to give Obama a win by a landslide, except most people do not understand the depth or seriousness of the issues.

Phil Gramm Returns to McCain Campaign Fold
August 15, 2008

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/phil-gramm-retu.html

It is much easier to talk about fluff, such as should Obama have gone on vacation.

Most voters do not know that McCain plans to cut social security and medicare benefits.

New Subprime Hall of Shamer: McCain's Son
http://washingtonindependent.com/view/new-subprime-hall-of

[kallopolis]

Excellent!

This is the message!

[PurplePhase]

Ralph Reed is dirty and his misdeeds extend beyond Abramoff.

Reed is so dirty Karl Rove admires him.

[Muffy7]

PurplePhase I love your comment about Reed being so dirty, that is a winner, Rove admires him. Great thinking!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!

[Davwbaird]

Rove and Reed are a number.