@Back in 52′ 181308 wrote:
So why is it that McCain is never under fire for hanging out with the wrong group? Seems to me that McCain is clean while Obama is constantly hanging around with the wrong people. The people you hang out with means you are comfortable being around them and it tells you a little bit about that person.
Even the democratic media can’t find controversy about McCain being with the wrong people. But you hear on and on and on about Obama getting caught sticking his hands in the shit constantly. That’s not someone I’m going to vote for. That’s something you have to think about.
McCain Pals Around With A War Profiteer
http://www.dailykos.com/
The Democratic chairman of a House investigative committee presented documents to the Pentagon on Thursday alleging that a top Republican fund-raiser, Harry Sargeant III, has made tens of millions of dollars in profits over the last four years because his contracting company vastly overcharged for deliveries of fuel to American air bases in Iraq.
Mr. Sargeant, who is the finance chairman of the Florida Republican Party and a major fund-raiser for Senator John McCain, did not immediately return several messages left for him on Thursday, but in the past he has denied any improprieties on the part of the the company, International Oil Trading Company, known as I.O.T.C. […]
Mr. Sargeant is one of several dozen people who are listed on Senator McCain’s web site as raising $500,000 or more for him. He was the host of a fundraiser for Mr. McCain at his mansion in Delray Beach, Fla., this year.
Sargeant, you may remember, is the McCain bundler who managed to get donations for McCain from some very unlikely sources:
The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727, the 30-something owners of the Twilight Hookah Lounge in Fullerton….
Some of the most prolific givers in Sargeant’s network live in modest homes in Southern California’s Inland Empire. Most had never given a political contribution before being contacted by Sargeant or his associates. Most said they have never voiced much interest in politics. And in several instances, they had never registered to vote. And yet, records show, some families have ponied up as much as $18,400 for various candidates between December and March…..
Wow. Making millions off the backs of our soldiers serving in Iraq, screwing over the American taxpayer, and collecting money from “regular Joe’s” with the help of a shadowy Jordanian businessman…John McCain certainly pals around with some interesting characters, doesn’t he? And it also raises a question that was asked but never answered in August:
If there were a group of questionable donations all with the name Abdullah
that were funneled through a guy in Jordan
who is a Jordanian national
who is under investigation for war profiteering
and it were Barack Obama
instead of John McCain
would this be a bigger deal?
I think we all know the answer to that.