Subject: [big campaign] Oil Platform Owned By Chevron; McCain's National Finance Co-Chairman Lobbies For Chevron
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
To: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:43:23 -0400
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McCain To Visit Oil Platform Owned By Chevron; McCain's National Finance
Co-Chairman Lobbies For Chevron
<http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/mccain-chevron-oil-rig/> 

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is touring an oil rig
<http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/mccain_to_visit_gulf_oil_rig
_a.html>  off the coast of Louisiana in order "to highlight his support
for increased domestic offshore drilling." Although he will not join
McCain today, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) promoted McCain's oil rig
visit in an appearance on Fox and Friends this morning. 

Making sure to note that the drilling platform McCain will visit is
owned and run by Chevron
<http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2008-08-18> , Jindal
oddly suggested that the photo-op will "emphasize that drilling alone is
not enough" to address America's energy needs. Watch it:

It should come as no surprise that the McCain chose to visit
<http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2008-08-18>  a
Chevron-owned drilling platform, considering that lobbyists for Chevron
both fundraise and work for his campaign:

Wayne Berman: Berman, the managing director
<http://www.ogilvygr.com/who/berman.cfm>  of lobbying firm Ogilvy
Government Relations, is McCain's national finance co-chairman
<http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/mccain_invita
tion_050708.pdf>  and has bundled over $500,000 dollars
<http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/fundraisers.htm>  for his campaign.
Berman has lobbied for Chevron
<http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?year=2008&lname=Berman%2C
+Wayne+L>  since 2004.

John Green: Green, who also works for Oglivy
<http://www.ogilvygr.com/news/021507.cfm> , has been the McCain
campaign's chief Congressional liaison
<http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/mccain_advisers
_have_also_doub.php>  since March. Green has lobbied for Chevron
<http://opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?year=2008&lname=Green%2C+John
>  since 2005.

Richard Hohlt: Hohlt, who is the leader of a group of Washington, DC
insiders called the "Off the Record Club
<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Hohlt> " that
includes top McCain strategist Charlie Black, is a fundraiser
<http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/fundraisers.htm>  for the McCain
campaign. Holht has lobbied for Chevron
<http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?year=2008&lname=Richard+F+
Hohlt>  since 2005.

In June, McCain went before oil executives in Texas to reverse his
position
<http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/mccain-flip-flops-on-offshore-drill
ing-moratorium/>  on offshore drilling and lay out a set of policy
proposals that add up to a big fat kiss
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/06/16/mccain-texas-sellout/>  to
Big Oil. Since then, the oil industry has flooded McCain with money
<http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/mccain-oil-donations/>  and McCain
has begun promoting the advice of "the oil executives
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/25/mccain-million-dollar-oil/
> ."

Update: The Chevron oil rig McCain is visiting is a joint venture
<http://www.rigzone.com/data/projects/project_detail.asp?project_id=19>
with Exxon, which owns 38.38 percent of the project. Lobbyists for Exxon
also work and fundraise <http://mccainsource.com/corruption?id=0014>
for McCain's campaign.

Update: McCain's plan to cut the corporate tax rate would result in a
$480 million per-year tax break
<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/pdf/oil_tax.pdf>  for
Chevron and $1.2 billion per-year tax break for Exxon.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/mccain-chevron-oil-rig/

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