Posted on 02/26/2008 8:20:14 AM PST by AuntB
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, has been linked by documents and testimony to another alleged case of what critics are calling influence peddling, this time involving a minority broadcaster in Pittsburgh.
The New York Times last week published a major, controversial expose that insinuated McCain had a romantic relationship with telecommunications lobbyist Vicki Iseman, whose clients had a large stake in decisions made by the Senate Commerce Committeee McCain headed. The report, however, was denied by McCain and widely discredited for lack of evidence.
According to his own testimony, it wasn't until he decided to give $4,000 in personal donations to Sen. John McCain, who at the time was chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, and another $40,000 to a then 30-year-old Iseman, that anything happened.....
McCain has legislated in favor of several other Iseman clients on issues dealing primarily with minority broadcast ownership. Here is the full list of her clients, who have contributed close to $100,000 to his campaigns, gleaned from Senate lobbying disclosure reports she and her firm have filed:
* Hispanic Broadcasting Inc.
* Telemundo Network Group Total Living Network Tulare County, Calif. * Univision Communications[snip]
In addition, Iseman has acquired a number of major Hispanic-owned businesses as clients. McCain sponsored a "comprehensive immigration reform" bill that would grant amnesty to millions of Hispanic immigrants living illegally in the U.S., even though Republicans in his border state of Arizona strenuously opposed the measure.....
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
World Nut Daily living up to it’s reputation?
This is the usual MSM tactic for Republicans. Death by a thousand cuts, regardless of the veracity of any charges or not.
Well, ya know, it’s not the nature of the evidence that counts, it’s the seriousness of the charge. October Surprise, anyone?
McCain was just trying to get the FCC to vote for a license for a Christian television network, but the Clinton controlled FCC blocked the deal.
The whole story is below, but like it will matter to you Bea, since you are blinded by your one issue.
WQEX deal wins at FCC, loses in the end(McCain, NYT brouhaha)
He’s a Senator! That’s what Senators do...all 100 of them!
The number one open border pushing amnesty granting poster on the site says some one is blinded by an issue.
ROFLOL
What are you going to do when they deport your little illegal Dane?
And what are you going to do when you are proven in bearing false witness?
My guess, probably hang yourself.
Nah, this is nickle, dime stuff the MSM will drop every so often leading up to October. Then they, with the assistance of the CIA's documents will publish on the front page of the NY Times the real bomb - the REAL October Surprise, and it's no ordinary crooked politician deal.
>>AMFM Inc. (Clear Channel Communications) Arison Family Trust<<
I just find that interesting.
Real Clear Politics, Nielsen Company, Bain Capital Partners and Politics
You have jumped from one liberal republican to the other trying to find the one that you think will deliver the best amnesty deal for your little illegal. Everyone here know that.
What's the problem you think the demorats will not deliver for you.
I thought John McQueeg was pure as the driven snow.
Go ahead ranting away org.whodat, I don't get in the way of those who dig themselves a deeper hole.
Would that be snow from Global Warming??
:)
McCain is crooked. Research his Reform Institute. A real crap pile, and a liberal one to boot.
No, snow from his snowjobs he’s responsible for on global warming, campaign finance reform, radical environmentalism, amnesty, and ‘human rights’.
Well given your screen name, you proclaim yourself an expert on exceretory functions, altough I thought your expertise was in urine, not crap.
Yeah, I forgot, liberal activism is not unsettling to you.
Tell that to Dane. He thinks we have another Ronald Reagan on our hands. ROFL.
Nothing wrong with that in principle, but if he took money from the station's lobbyist before doing so, then he loses the whole "I'm not your regular politician" thing.
Well of course it is unsettling, especially when you "piss" over threads, kinda of like moveon and code pink.
Here is the full list of her clients, who have contributed close to $100,000 to his campaigns, gleaned from Senate lobbying disclosure reports she and her firm have filed:
* Hispanic Broadcasting Inc.
* Telemundo Network Group Total Living Network Tulare County, Calif. * Univision Communications[snip]
OMG, this election is going to be FUN!
Nah. Examples of those posts represent my loss of interest in FR. Those types of posts use to be far and few. Now they are more the norm.
As Fred said, it’s time to close ranks. /s
So pro-immigrant groups give money to pro-immigrant senator.
Yawn.
Does anybody believe that McCain is pro-amnesty because of who he gets money from? No, it’s because he really thinks they deserve amnesty.
With that being said, I will vote for him over Obama or Hillary, I just need to take enough anti-nausea medication before voting - don't want to throw up all over my voting precinct.
Hell, that is what politicians do! Practically every damned politician who has ever lived has taken money in the form of “campaign contributions” and given a quid pro quo.
He did not always think that way. He has become a liberal over time. He voted AGAINST the 1986 Simpson Mizzoli bill
Prove it or shut up.
Welcome to FR, toots. Try a keyword search here and educate yourself, or do you not know how yet?
And how is this the proper role of a sitting Senator?
Uh read the link about the WQEX brouhaha, that I posted in reply #6 of this thread.
Basically it states that all parties agreed to the deal but the Clinton/democrat controlled FCC decided to put a wrench into the system because, ghast, a Christian broadcasting network was going to acquire channel 16(WQEX) in Pittsburgh.
My God, how awful of McCain, to prod the clinton FCC along in making a decision.
• American Maglev Technology
• AMFM Inc. (Clear Channel Communications)
• Arison Family Trust (founder, Carnival Cruise Lines)
• AstraZeneca
• BearingPoint Inc.
• CACI International Inc.
• CanWest
• Capstar Broadcasting Partners (Clear Channel)
• Carnival Corp.
• City of Miami, Fla.
• City of Palm Springs, Calif.
• Click Radio
• Computer Sciences Corp.
• Future Leaders of America
• Glencairn Broadcasting Properties (Pittsburgh)
• HFF Inc. (Pittsburgh) Hillsborough County, Fla.
• Hispanic Broadcasting Inc.
• Homer-Center School District (Pittsburgh area)
• i2Telecom
• International Indiana
• University of Pennsylvania Foundation (Pittsburgh area)
• Ion Media Networks (formerly Paxson Communications)
• Jovan Broadcasting
• Latona Associates
• Marin County, Calif.
• National Stroke Association
• Operation Warm
• Paxson Communications (now Ion Media)
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• RP International
• Saga Communications Inc.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group (in partnership with Glencairn)
• Telemundo Network Group
• Total Living Network
• Tulare County, Calif.
• Univision Communications
• Walter Industries
Univision = A. Jerrold (Jerry) Perenchio:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960790/posts
McCain’s billionaire national finance co-chair Jerry Perenchio
I ask again: And how is this the proper role of a sitting Senator?
Darn It! How many times do some of you have to be told? there wasnt any influence peddling for christs sakes !
Uh when normally, a FCC decision takes 400 days, but went over 800 days, yes Congressional oversight is warranted.
But it seems you want to believe the NYT, National Enquier like story, given bias against McCain.
But what the hey, you relish your daily two minutes of hate against John McCain.
LOL!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1646477/posts
Help Wanted- Chinese Accountants- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Excerpt:
The big four - www.pricewaterhousecoopers.com, www.deloitte.com, www.kpmg.com, and www.ernstandyoung.com - are all hiring. And they desperately need accountants in China.
The giant state-owned enterprises need international accounting expertise as they prepare to adopt new accouting procedures that will help them gain investor confidence.
Even the smaller domestic companies and the Chinese subsidiaries of foreign companies are hiring.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers plans to add more than 2000 people. Deloitte plans to add 1,500. KPMG plans to add 1,300 and Ernst and Young plan to add 800.
Need an accountant job? Do you know Chinese?
These firms are hiring big time.
When life becomes a bad comedy :P
George Bush didn't think so in 2000.
This is a clip that the rats are now posting on their blogs. The RNC ought to have its collective ass kicked for pushing McCain as the anointed one.
Dane, dane, dane... You are not one to talk about hate! My goodness, that is all I ever see in your posts.
As to the Senate intervening in the FCC decision, or any other agency for that matter, it is NOT “oversight” when a Senator writes letters on behalf of a single company decision, particularly when said Senator has a vote coming up on commission members. This is NOT how the three branches of government are set up to operate.
Go ahead and say “they all do it.” I don’t care. It’s WRONG—and McCain is one of those using his power inappropriately and the money flows in at the same time. It Stinks!
My God, you sound like the lefty liberal, Jerry Parker, who, with the help of the clinton controlled FCC, threw a wrench into the deal approved by all parties, on the sale of the Pittsburgh station, WQEX, and all John McCain asked was the FCC to make a vote.
You really should get over your inner hatred all things McCain.
You are spewing total BS, Dane.
Lefty liberal because I don’t think Senators should stick their nose where it doesn’t belong and use their power unconstitutionally (and/or in return for cash)?
I’ve had Congress stick their nose in some business deals I was involved in. One more time: It is NOT their job!
And a recanting one too.
Some posters don’t pretend to be conservative and the one you’re dealing with is a self admitted democrat who happens to be homophobic, so we get the pleasure of his company instead of the liberals where he should be.
I don’t disagree with a thing you said, but it doesn’t change the fact that McCain is the worst republican pick we could get.
I think we keep him around for entertainment purposes. Like MurrayMom
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