Subject: [big campaign] Re: MCCAIN WAS BORN A GAMBLIN' MAN
From: "David Donnelly" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jeff Harris" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:37:41 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

Also, 32 lobbyists helping his campaign have received $14.5 million in
lobbying fees from the gambling industry since 1998. We'll have our full
analysis to add to PA's below.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM, David Donnelly <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> McCain has raised $951,000 from the gambling industry over his career,
> according to a Campaign Money Watch analysis of data provided by the Center
> for Responsive Politics.
>
> DD
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Jeff Harris <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>>  *MCCAIN: "I AM A BETTING MAN" – LOBBYIST TIES AND NEWS STORIES MAP OUT
>> MCCAIN'S LOVE TO ROLL THE DICE*
>>
>> *For McCain, a history of ties to the gambling industry highlights his
>> risky and rash management style.  McCain has shown a willingness to
>> gamble with American families in order to benefit his lobbyist friends.*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *"I am a betting man." – John McCain during interview on NBC with Brian
>> Williams [NBC, 9/25/08]*
>>
>> *To View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz-IWCRB5JE*
>>
>>
>>
>> *McCain Has Used Committee To Work For Gambling Industry Lobbyists For
>> Years*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> ·         *McCain Gambled With Indian Casino Lobbyists While He Was A
>> Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee "*Mr. McCain was betting at a
>> casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he
>> was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino, according to
>> three associates of Mr. McCain." [NY Times, 9/28/08<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/us/politics/28gambling-web.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1222695127-BKlx7ZywvuxwBZ7m/71TXw>
>> ]
>>
>>
>>
>> ·         *Numerous McCain Aides to Lobby, Received Thousands of Dollars
>> from Gambling Industry* "To grease its path, Gtech has hired a slew of
>> McCain's closest aides and advisors. Since 1999, the firm has paid hundreds
>> of thousands of dollars to BKSH & Associates, whose chairman until earlier
>> this year was senior McCain advisor Charlie Black, Jr. Black, who left BKSH
>> after it was reported that he was lobbying for clients from the McCain bus,
>> worked on the Gtech account until last year." [Harpers 9/28/08<http://harpers.org/archive/2008/09/hbc-90003629>
>> ]
>>
>>
>>
>> ·         *McCain Used Position on Indian Affairs Subcommittee to Benefit
>> Lobbyist Friends *"What we didn't know about was his extensive ties to
>> the lobbyists who work the Indian gambling issue, his willingness to do
>> their bidding, take their money and advice… But *his behavior as Chairman
>> of the Indian Affairs Subcommittee is certainly disappointing--and about as
>> far from being a maverick, or a reformer, as you can get*."  [Time,
>> 9/28/08 <http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/craps.html>]
>>
>>
>>
>> *McCain's Decision Making Characterized by "Wild, Peremptory Gambles"
>> Actions like "Shooting Craps"*
>>
>>
>>
>> *McCain's Private Love of Craps Mimics His Gambling Nature in Public Life
>> *"Finally, the notion that McCain loves craps--as opposed to skill games
>> like blackjack or poker--is just too perfect. As a sometime novelist, I can
>> assure you that you couldn't create a character whose *public behavior is
>> marked by wild, peremptory gambles* and whose *private avocation was
>> shooting craps*." [Time, 9/28/08<http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/craps.html>
>> ]
>>
>>
>>
>> *Media Reports Highlight McCain's Gambling Nature in Decision Making*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> ·         McCain *Gambling* That Sarah Palin Will Pull Hillary Clinton
>> Votes [Casino Gambling Web, 8/30/08<http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gambling-news/gambling-law/mccain_gambling_that_sarah_palin_will_pull_hillary_clinton_votes_49125.html>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         McCain's *gamble* on the unknown chief executive of a sparsely
>> populated and remote state was wise. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/03/08<http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/politics/Gambling_on_Sarah_Palin.html>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         Republican McCain *gambles* on Palin pick [Reuters, 9/01/08<http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSN2945269120080901>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         Analysis: McCain *gambles* with surprise pick [USA Today,
>> 8/29/08<http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-29-palin-analysis_N.htm>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         With Palin revelations, McCain's *gamble* is clearer [LA Times,
>> 9/02/08<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-palinassess2-2008sep02,0,3826591.story>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         McCain *Gamble* Leaves Bailout, Debate in Limbo [ABC News,
>> 9/26/08<http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/the-note-mcca-4.html>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         Alan Silverleib, CNN's senior political researcher, said only
>> time will tell how McCain's political *gamble* will play out. [CNN,
>> 9/25/08<http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/25/political.risk/index.html>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         By the end of the day, McCain's move looked very much like the
>> hastily conceived gamble it was. [NY Observer, 9/25/08<http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/mccain-gambles-suspension-loses>
>> ]
>>
>> ·         So he is facing a huge choice, a huge gamble also for McCain.
>> [ABC News, 9/24/08]
>>
>> To View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP4-CQm3MUQ
>>
>> >>
>>
>

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