A $35 Billion Contract
Posted by Michael Link on March 11, 2008 at 10:07 AM
We know McCain's campaign is filled with lobbyists. We know at least one of those lobbyists does his lobbying work from inside of the so-called "Straight Talk Express." And we also know those same lobbyists have had a lot of business "before the Senate and the Commerce Committee, of which McCain is a member."
Today there's a story about McCain's role in a bidding battle for a $35 billion contract.
Top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, taking sides in a bidding fight that McCain has tried to referee for more than five years.
Two of the advisers gave up their lobbying work when they joined McCain's campaign. A third, former Texas Rep. Tom Loeffler, lobbied for the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. while serving as McCain's national finance chairman.
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[...] Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., said the field was "tilted to Airbus" because the Pentagon did not weigh European subsidies for Airbus in its deliberations - a decision he blamed on McCain. [...]
In December 2006, just weeks before the Air Force was set to release its formal request for proposals, McCain wrote a letter to the incoming defense secretary, Robert Gates, warning that he was "troubled" by the Air Force's draft request for bids.
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So when can we expect these facts to be featured in the "mainstream media"? Why is it that the dirt never becomes visible?
Posted by micktick on March 11, 2008 at 12:50 PM
So when can we expect these facts to be featured in the "mainstream media"?
micktick,
Never. They will only talk about it in response to the ads we will air in the general election.
I say let's save this along with a lot more examples of McCain's distain for the American Dream and our national interests. When we do tell the voters, hopefully they will become so angry they'll throw out eacj and every unAmerican Republican Congressional bum, too.
In a way the MSM is doing us a favor by letting us decide when and how this will be presented to the public during the election cycle. Our McCain lobbyist and greed file is becoming pretty thick.
This long primary season is actually working out just fine. We will appear relevent until our convention. While McCain will just look like an impotent old man wandering around looking for attention.
Our dirty laundry will be all aired out and McCain and the GOP's woes will be just beginning in the fall. Stay tuned for the shocks and jolts. We're stocked and loaded with ample ammo and will be ready to let loose on them at the right time.
This time we have the money; they have the Bush Legacy.
Posted by SandyH on March 11, 2008 at 02:59 PM
just testing
can't get on afternoon open string
don't know if it's on my end
Posted by highserenity on March 11, 2008 at 04:25 PM
I agree with SandyH. We must be careful, also, to not give them any ideas.
Posted by newsjunkie on March 14, 2008 at 01:55 AM
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