PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidenti...
Digging a little deeper into McCain ethical lapses
crooksandliars.comFound 6 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, and 2 seconds agoWhen considering John McCain's history of unethical behavior, the list usually starts (and ends) with the Keating Five scandal in the 1980s, for which McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for having shown, at a minimum, poor judgment. ...
Talking Points Memo
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.comFound 6 days, 17 hours, 16 minutes, and 28 seconds agoToday's Must Read
McCain pushed land swap that benefits backer
msnbc.msn.comFound 6 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes, and 12 seconds agoSen. John McCain championed legislation that will allow a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer
washingtonpost.comFound 6 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes, and 30 seconds agoPRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidenti...
themoderatevoice.com
The Washington Post has further information on an unfolding story regarding several "land swap" deals endorsed by presidential hopeful Senator John McCain, at least one of which seems to be producing a financial windfall for one of the Arizona Senator's largest fundraisers.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen.
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 49 minutes, and 25 seconds ago
thecarpetbaggerreport.com
When considering John McCain's history of unethical behavior, the list usually starts (and ends) with the Keating Five scandal in the 1980s, for which McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for having shown, at a minimum, poor judgment. While McCain took on the role of a "reformer" in the scandal's aftermath, his ethical lapses have hardly disappeared.
The NYT noted a few weeks ago, for example, that McCain went to considerable lengths in 1999 to help one of his top campaign fundraisers buy the land at an Army base that was being closed.
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 49 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
theleftcoaster.com
by Steve Soto
Here's more proof that if you hire the right lobbyists (usually former McCain staffers or Vicki Iseman), and write big checks to his campaigns, you can get anything you want out of Straight Talk.
Sure, many in Congress do things like this all the time. But rarely does the benefactor(s) stand to reap a $250 million benefit, brokered by a man who is running on his integrity while Tim Russert and Chris Matthews help him hide the fact that he is K Street's best friend.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes, and 27 seconds ago
firedoglake.com
Oh, yeah. He's pure as the driven snow on this ethics stuff.
The media narrative on McCain - no doubt concocted over a plate of quality CostCo beef ribs - is that after Johnny boy was part of the Keating Five, he cleaned up his act and became an ethical reformer and the poster boy for clean government.
Ask any lobbyist employed by him as a campaign consultant, the man is awesome!
Funny how, upon inspection, that narrative falls apart.
Found 6 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes, and 46 seconds ago
WWW.samefacts.com
Matthew Mosk of the WashPo has it:
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
Taxpayer ripoff: check.
Found 6 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes, and 24 seconds ago
democrats.org
' You Scratch My Back I'll Scratch Yours ' McCain pushed key land deal for fundraiser:
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican 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 McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Found 6 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
americablog.com
McCain's campaign is rife with D.C. lobbyists . They're running pretty much the whole operation . And, as much as McCain purports to be a guy who isn't influenced by lobbyists, he is. Today's Washington Post has a front page article examining a land deal McCain shepherded through Congress (the "largest" deal of its kind in the history of Arizona, we're told). A lot of former McCain staffers/lobbyist were involved, McCain cut the deal and one of his top fundraisers ended up being a major beneficiary of the whole thing:
Found 6 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes, and 19 seconds ago
airamerica.com
I can't wait for the Saint to get some scrutiny :
Sen. John McCain
championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote
grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable
federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap
that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential
campaign fundraisers.
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican 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 McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
freedemocracy.blogspot.com
PRESCOTT, Ariz. --
Found 6 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
buddydon.blogspot.com
The commons is sold
Found 6 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
politics.propeller.com
( washingtonpost.com )
Found 6 days, 21 hours, 46 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com
Hillary Clinton and the press may be determined to give John McCain a free ride to the White House, but we aren't .
Found 6 days, 20 hours, 36 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
voxverax.blogspot.com
(Continued here.)
Found 6 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes, and 18 seconds ago
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com
When we think about members of the Senate who use their positions to serve their own financial interests and those of their friends we usually think of crooked schemers like Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, Tom DeLay, Denny Hastert, Don Young, Ted Stevens. Today the NY Times exposed another conflict of interest slime bucket , Richard Shelby (R-AL). But this morning's Washington Post brings up a name that hasn't been as connected to the criminal use of his office as it was when he was the star of the Keating Five, taking bribes from his father-in-law's good friend, crooked banker Charles Keating, in return for immense bribes.
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
sporkinthedrawer.typepad.com
Gosh, it's a good thing that St. John hates lobbyists:
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican 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 McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
ignatz.blogspot.com
Crooked Dealings.
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, and 27 seconds ago
intoxination.net
McCain is such a straight and honest guy, really :
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, and 29 seconds ago
bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com
: ( HuffPo ) Longtime Clinton loyalist Rahm Emanuel, "At this point, Barack is the presumptive nominee..... Hillary can't win but something could happen that Barack could lose the nomination."
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, and 26 seconds ago
praxxus.blogspot.com
Claiming to be one thing ( e.g. a "Straight Talker," opposed to lobbyist influence, etc.) while obviously being something else ( e.g. , just another Washington influence peddler) doesn't make you a "Maverick." It makes you a hypocritical asshat.
Found 6 days, 16 hours, 33 minutes, and 52 seconds ago
blog.reidreport.com
Let's see if this gets any traction in the McCain-loving media. A line item -- not a headline -- in today's Washington Post :
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
bloggingstocks.com
Today's Washington Post reports on the latest successful purchase of John McCain's services -- yielding a sweet real estate deal for an Arizona developer in the wake of his $100,000 campaign contribution. But that railer against the role of money in politics appears to have been bought many times before -- and American workers and taxpayers have paid the price.
The Washington Post reports that McCain pushed legislation that let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest there for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
dcatblog.blogspot.com
According to The Washington Post : Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest [in Arizona] for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes, and 57 seconds ago
blogrevolution.com
Crooks and Liars (#) :
Found 6 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, and 44 seconds ago
burnedoverdistrict.blogspot.com
On the face of it it seems a simple land swap that is not uncommon in the still lawless parts of the West. Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers].
Found 6 days, 8 hours, 19 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
radamisto.blogspot.com
St. Straight-talk McWAR has a history of doing favors for developers who just happen to donate to his campaigns and it's not just Donald Diamond . Via Steve Benen at Crooks & Liars , we learn that the Maverick has been doing this for years, according to the WaPo :
Found 5 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
ruthgroup.org
Ethical Grand Canyons
And this is not even to dwell on his rat-packing around on his first wife, hooking up with his not-yet-second for a considerable period before the first became the former and the very very very rich "companion" -with the unmentioned past- became number two. Johnny oh Johnny, we hardly knew you….
Found 5 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
tiodt.blogspot.com
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that John McCain pushed through a Federal land swap which benefitted long time supporter and campaign donor Steven Betts. McCain helped fast track the deal despite concerns raised by environmentalists.
Found 5 days, 5 hours, 35 minutes, and 26 seconds ago
abovethelaw.com
* House passes mortgage bill. [ Washington Post ]
* Marine convicted of "wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts," but not rape. [ CNN ]
* Driver sues for damage to his car after hitting and killing 13-pound dog. [ MSNBC ]
* McCain accused of pushing legislation to benefit one of his top fundraisers. [ Washington Post ]
* Who benefits from filling FEC vacancies? [ New York Times ]
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes, and 33 seconds ago
firstread.msnbc.msn.com
The New York Times reports that Bush's sudden about face on FEC appointments was done at the urging of McCain who needs a functioning FEC in order to get his money for the general election.
The Washington Post has a story about a McCain backer who is benefiting from an Arizona land swap with the federal government.
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 42 minutes, and 3 seconds ago
makethemaccountable.com
West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama
Found 5 days, 7 hours, 26 minutes, and 8 seconds ago
samsedershow.com
I can't wait for the Saint to get some scrutiny :
Sen. John McCain
championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote
grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable
federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap
that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential
campaign fundraisers.
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican 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 McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Found 6 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes, and 42 seconds ago
vaguelylogical.blogspot.com
An interesting study in the Washington Post about how John McCain has helped a friend - and a major campaign donor - by pushing a land swap that would let his friend Steven Betts of SunCor Development trade some remote lots of land for federal property that is ready for development.
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 49 minutes, and 9 seconds ago
thepage.time.com
Paper says McCain was initially reluctant to support the trade that let an Arizona rancher swap remote grassland, forest for valuable federally-owned property ready for development.
After legislation passed ranch owner gave the construction job to a firm run by longtime McCain supporter, donor.
McCain camp calls the story "inaccurate."
Found 6 days, 17 hours, 21 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
bluegirlredmissouri.blogspot.com
Arizona developer Steven A. Betts claims he never discussed a deal with Senator John McCain that turned 35,000 acres into a development project for an estimated 12,000 new homes to be built by his firm.
Found 6 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
illinoisreason.wordpress.com
Oh dear. From WaPo :
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers].
Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican 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 McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks.
Found 6 days, 11 hours, 16 minutes, and 6 seconds ago
idrunk.com
Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back
Found 6 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes, and 21 seconds ago
realclearpolitics.com?feed=hmSRr3W97c8
Heavyweights Head to the Hill - Carpetbagger Report
Found 8 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
