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Originally Posted by chaotic_resolve
“It is a shame that The New York Times has lowered its standards to engage in a hit-and-run smear campaign. John McCain has a 24-year record of serving our country with honor and integrity. He has never violated the public trust, never done favors for special interests or lobbyists, and he will not allow a smear campaign to distract from the issues at stake in this election.
“Americans are sick and tired of this kind of gutter politics, and there is nothing in this story to suggest that John McCain has ever violated the principles that have guided his career.”
Does the Keating 5 ring a bell? John McCain himself has admitted he messed up back then.
I'll try to find his name, but one of McCain's top campaign guy's is the head of a big-time lobbyist firm that rakes in millions from the very thing McCain so ardently speaks against. So it's not hard to think McCain may have set himself up for trouble. If nothing else, he doesn't think very well - having the head of a big lobbyist firm on staff and being close and giving too much personal access to a female lobbyist.
I don't think McCain had an affair ... good grief, not even the little blue pill could help that guy ... however, I think there may have been favors done for this lobbyist. If nothing else, his close association with her shows that he's a hypocrite about his major political career messages.
As for the story ... the NYT's knew all of this back when they endorsed McCain. It's political, pure and simple. If they can find any evidence of favors being done, McCain's finished. He'll be proven a liar. And with the conservatives already uneasy about him, it will only drive more away.
I doubt, though, the NYT's could find any evidence.
McCain will weather this ... in fact, this is a god-send for his campaign. He should be thanking the NYT's for the story; because now he's got conservative talk radio on his side.
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Bob Beckel (D) was the speical procecutor on the Keating 5 deal. he recomended that Senator McCain be released from all charges related to that case.
NYT released this story to beat another outlet to the punch. the other outlet (National Review or some such) was going to report that NYT has been trying to nail the story down and failing miserably.
The only legs this story has are the ones the hypocrit democrats try to nail to it.
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