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	<title><![CDATA[McCain's Cronies:  Busting Media Myths On McCain's Lobbyist Hypocrisy]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christy-hardin-smith/mccains-cronies-busting-m_b_97266.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Today, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/">Media Matters</a>&amp;nbsp;releases&amp;nbsp;<a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/freeride/myths/#8">another report</a>&amp;nbsp;in its series on McCain media myths, documented fully in <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/29/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-david-brock-and-paul-waldman/">Free Ride</a>. It goes to the heart of McCain's phony public persona of "do what I say, and don't look at what I do:" &amp;nbsp;his <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/28/shining-a-light-on-the-mccain-lobbyist-express/">cozy, long-term relationships with some of the biggest lobbyists&amp;nbsp;</a>in town, a lot of whom work directly for&amp;nbsp;<a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/22/mccains-cronies-ya-gotta-have-friends/">McCain's presidential campaign</a>.&amp;nbsp;</p> <p>That's right, "<a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/12/mccains-cronies-all-aboard-the-lobbyist-express/">the straight talking Maverick</a>" is a myth. &amp;nbsp;It's a fabrication meant to be sold by...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-25T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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