McCain Campaign Continues to Crater
This from Steve Young....
An ABC/Wash Post poll found that, among likely voters, Obama now leads McCain by 52 percent to 43 percent. Two weeks ago, in the days immediately following the Republican National Convention, the race was essentially even, with McCain at 49 percent and Obama at 47 percent. As a point of comparison, neither of the last two Democratic nominees -- John F. Kerry in 2004 or Al Gore in 2000 -- recorded support above 50 percent in a pre-election poll by the Post and ABC News.
And for those of you who enjoy such things, a possible preview of the next McCain corruption scandal. Oh, he's a rebel alright!
Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://www.smirkingchimp.com)
This Is HUGE - and It SHOULD End McCain's Bid for the Presidency
By Maryscott OConnor
Created Sep 24 2008 - 12:18am
Crossposted from MY LEFT WING [1]
John McCain's CAMPAIGN MANAGER, Rick Davis took a leave of absence -- that is, he "stopped taking a salary" -- from his lobbying firm in 2006... but that firm has been accepting FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS a MONTH until...
LAST MONTH. [2] For, apparently, no reason. No work has been done by Davis's firm on behalf of Freddie Mac since Davis "stopped drawing a salary." John McCain and his campaign claimed as recently as TWO DAYS AGO that Rick Davis has NOTHING TO DO with Freddie Mac. Nothing. And that he has NEVER lobbied for Freddie Mac.
Why was Freddie Mac paying Rick Davis's lobbying firm $15 THOUSAND a MONTH until 24 days ago? [3]
THIS IS F***ING HUGE.
No, seriously. If this is not THE NUMBER ONE STORY in the media this week, there is something VERY VERY VERY wrong with the media and with us for not MAKING them cover it as the NUMBER ONE STORY.
Because THIS IS FUCKING HUGE.
Connect the dots: McCain... Rick Davis... Freddie Mac... FINANCIAL APOCALYPSE... Government Bail Out.
John McCain = CORRUPTION
He has two choices (aside from simply throwing his hands in the air and admitting to the American people that his campaign is a disaster and, further, properly reflects what his Administration would look like): Either he throws Davis under the bus and claims total ignorance -- which makes him look... totally ignorant; or they circle the wagons and McCain marches into the Valley of Death with a huge, flashing red sign over his head that says: MOST CORRUPT CANDIDATE EVER. And a tattoo on his forehead that reads: PROPERTY OF FREDDIE MAC.
Naturally, it appears the McCain campaign has opted for the latter approach. And the only thing standing between their SUCCEEDING at this outrageous tack and the whole goddamned country erupting into Watergate-sized horror at this... is the media -- and us.
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Rage, rage against the Lying of the Right [4]
About author
Maryscott O'Connor runs the liberal community blog, MY LEFT WING [5], featured on the , right beneath the Pope on Easter Sunday a year after she created it. She was NOT pleased with the picture and would like you to know that she is not even CLOSE to being that grotesquely unattractive.