Subject: [big campaign] Response to McCain's Dishonest Attacks on Crisis
From: "David Donnelly" <[email-masked]>
To: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:23:55 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

A PRESS RELEASE FROM CAMPAIGN MONEY WATCH
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2008
 
CONTACT
David Miller, Communications Manager
(202) 448-6154
 
McCain's Dishonest Attack Won't Erase His Record or Ties to 84 Wall Street,
Insurance Lobbyists on Campaign
 
Washington, D.C.  Campaign Money Watch, a nonpartisan campaign finance
watchdog group, today issued the following statement from its director,
David Donnelly, in response to remarks by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that
questioned whether Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was on the side of average
Americans amid the week¹s upheaval in the financial sector.
 
³John McCain, who was rebuked for his role in the Keating Five scandal,
dishonestly attacked Barack Obama today, asking what side is he on in this
economic crisis,² Donnelly said. ³He should look in a mirror. There is no
question that John McCain stands with Wall Street and the insurance
interests:
 
³He has raised $24.3 million over his career from Wall Street, banking, and
insurance interests, according to our analysis of data obtained from the
Center for Responsive Politics.
 
³At least 84 lobbyists for the insurance, securities, and banking industries
are working to elect or advise John McCain, and these lobbyists have made
$109 million from their financial sector clients in the past ten years.
 
³Sen. McCain consistently cast deregulation votes, including the one in 1999
to repeal Glass-Steagal that many observers say led to this crisis. No
dishonest attack will hide these facts. How can we trust John McCain to fix
the economy when he¹s relying on the lobbyists that helped cause this
crisis?²
 
Campaign Money Watch is a project of the nonpartisan Public Campaign Action
Fund. Earlier this year, it launched a Web site, McCainsLobbyists.com,
highlighting the connections between McCain and the lobbyists who advise,
staff and raise money for his campaign. The organization works to hold
politicians who are against comprehensive campaign finance reform
accountable for where they get their political donations.
 
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