McCain Campaign Manager Still An Officer With Lobbying Firm

Newsweek:

Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager, has remained the treasurer and a corporate director of his lobbying firm this year, despite repeated statements by campaign officials that he had ended his relationship with the firm in 2006, according to corporate records.

The McCain campaign this week criticized news stories disclosing that, since 2006, Davis's firm has been paid a $15,000-a-month consulting fee from Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage giant recently put under federal conservatorship. The stories, published Tuesday by NEWSWEEK, The New York Times and Roll Call, reported that the consulting fees continued until last month even though, according to two sources familiar with the arrangement, neither Davis nor anybody else at his firm did any substantial work for the payments.

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Comments

[darker]

Oh yeah, McCAIN is in the pockets of LOBBYIST PALS 24/7. So what's new?
It's all money grabbing, all the time, for these guys.
I can't vote for corrupt Republican LIARS.

I CAN'T AFFORD REPUBLICANS ANY MORE! NO MORE YEARS!
REPUBLICANS PROVED they cannot govern and don't want to learn how to.

My vote's going for common sense management: Obama-Biden.

[sg096]

according to two sources familiar with the arrangement, neither Davis nor anybody else at his firm did any substantial work for the payments.

so they did nothing and got paid for it
Isn't that special

[jazz2]

Simply a little "protection money" .

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[globality]

He collected dividends and health insurance from this firm

[gabbinjane]

So - does that put him on par with Bidens' son?

[Strywever]

You mean the son who has a job at a MBNA? NOT A LOBBYING JOB? Just a job?

You're ridiculous.

[LMT]

No. Because Davis was a lobbyist and, apparently, still is a lobbyist since he still is VERY connected to the firm that Mc.Bush virtually swore Davis had NO ties to. Davis is the Mc.Bush campaign manager. Biden's son is, well, his son and nobody had denied who his employer is. Now, I know all of this is very confusing to your tiny mind...but try.

[lvdragonlady]

Open mouth insert foot......­.....got to luv da maverick(n­ot).......­rofl lmao

[PROUDLIBERAL2]

I think Rick has shown the tough fiscal responsibility that the Palin/McCain ticket can bring to the White House. He was taking $3000 / month and he has cut back to $1500 / month. He is selflessly reducing his own income (for doing nothing but provide "access" to McCain) in order to save the taxpayers money! What a patriot!

[RStone]

O.K. Here is the math.

At http://www.boppoll.com, 1 person can bop at a rate of about 60 bops per minute. 1000 people can do 60,000 bops per minute. 100,000 can add 6,000,000 bops per minute.

Rick Davis, I hope he stays. McSame is Toast on this one!

Why can't I ever find anyone to pay me $1500 a month to do nothing.

Obama '08

[Strywever]

People, it's $15 THOUSAND a month . . . not $15 hundred. That buys a lot of influence, don't you think?

[mrsmdressup]

It is $15,000 NOT $1,500.

[CTmom13]

McCain has nothing but LIES and SMEARS

He is NOT fit to be POTUS and has proven it over and over again

He and his buddies are the ones RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WHOLE MESS

[MourningDude]

LOL, Rick Davis still has non-financial ties to his old firm, and the media is aghast.

Meanwhile there's no criticism of the fact that Obama's close financial adviser, Warren Buffet, just made over $783 million in one day by putting money into a sweetheart deal in Goldman Sachs, and has an enormous personal financial stake in this bailout getting passed.

Gee, no conflict of interests there...

[IowaKid]

Davis, Keating 5, I guess the whole gang is okay. I hope the FBI does there job and gets to the bottom of all of this.

[LMT]

The point, MorningDud (not a typo), and I know this is going to be hard for you to wrap your tiny mind around, is that Mc.Bush himself said Davis had NO (ZERO, NADA, ZIP) ties to his old company--a LOBBYing company. When, in simple fact, he DOES still have ties. Warren Buffett is not my cup of tea but he IS a private citizen who, by the way, MC.BUSH said the other day, he wants in his fantasy administration!

[Maloysius]

I can't get that image out of my mind of Davis leading McCain onto Anne Hathaway's mafia boyfriend's yacht. Their whole posture and attitude spoke of business as usual. Taking care of business.

[StillAmused]

"Damned newspapers­... they're starting to REPORT stuff. How the hell are we supposed to run a friggin' campaign under those oppressive conditions?" — Schmidt

[roshni]

And they haven't even gotten to Keating Five yet.

[SMP]

Rachel Maddow last night..Sep­t 24th...did a really great piece on McCain and the Keating 5 ..........­.......

[1differentdrummer]

Say it ain't so, John. You lied again? Oh no. Heaven forbid.

[saron123]

HuffPost,

This story should be, or better yet ....MUST BE... the 2nd top new story. Of course, the 1st being the time-out by McSame/PaLiar.

Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!

Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!

Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!
Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!

Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!
Please let the American people know what Davis has been going on behind the scene !!!!!

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[rajoro]

OH COME ON!!!

"I've taken no compensation from my firm for 18 months." (A campaign spokesman said that Davis receives no partnership distribution under his arrangement).

THE OPERATIVE WORDS ARE "MY FIRM"!!!

The guy "OWNS" the firm "Davis Manafort". Geez, HIS FRICKIN NAME IS FIRST!!!

Davis himself approached Freddie Mac in 2006 and asked for a new consulting arrangement that would allow his firm to continue to be paid. The arrangement was approved by Hollis McLoughlin, Freddie Mac's senior vice president for external relations, because "he [Davis] was John McCain's campaign manager and it was felt you couldn't say no,"

Are you kidding me! After McCain put Obama together with another black man Franklin Raines, former Fannie Mae CEO and LIED and said he was an Obama advisor, a man Obama had a five minute phone conversation with ?