Dean: Land Deals for Donors Show McCain's Real Priorities, Blatant HypocrisyMay 9, 2008
On the same day John McCain gave a speech aimed at repositioning himself as a "moderate" for the general election by claiming to be a "conservationist," the Washington Post highlights Senator McCain's true priorities. According to the report, Senator McCain reversed himself and backed legislation resulting in a land swap that allowed one of his biggest donors to develop federal park land despite concerns from forestry officials that the deal would short-change taxpayers. Senator McCain "became a key figure in pushing the deal through Congress after the rancher and his partners hired lobbyists that included McCain's 1992 Senate campaign manager, two of his former Senate staff members (one of whom has returned as his chief of staff), and an Arizona insider who was a major Senator McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks."
"Senator McCain can cast himself as a friend of the environment all he wants,
but the only friends he really stands up for are the donors and lobbyists running
his campaign.
Senator McCain thinks he can simply say 'trust me' and the American
people will turn a blind eye to his disturbing pattern of putting his special interest friends
ahead of the public good.
The voters know that Senator McCain's campaign rhetoric
on the environment means nothing when he's willing to give his donors sweetheart deals
and appoint right wing judges bent on gutting environmental regulations.
Senator McCain's hypocrisy on ethics and lobbying reform
is one more reason he is the wrong choice for America's future."
http://democrats.org/a/2008/05/dean_land_deals.php
GO HOWARD!!!
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