Lots of talk today about the Goldman Sachs money mess....
McCain is a BIG Goldman recipient...and citi corp...and on and on.
Oh...and that Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,437 donation...that was JACK ABRAMOFF’s firm!
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle.
John McCain
Merrill Lynch $373,595
Citigroup Inc $322,051
Morgan Stanley $273,452
Goldman Sachs $230,095
JPMorgan Chase & Co $228,107
US Government $208,379
AT&T Inc $201,438
Wachovia Corp $195,063
UBS AG $192,493
Credit Suisse Group $183,353
PricewaterhouseCoopers $167,900
US Army $167,820
Bank of America $166,026
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $159,596
Blank Rome LLP $154,226
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,437
US Dept of Defense $144,105
FedEx Corp $131,974
Bear Stearns $117,498
Lehman Brothers $114,357
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=n00006424
And don’t forget. That was under his rules before the SCOTUS overturned his Campaign Finance Reform legislation. John was gaming the system while telling every else to cool it because of Campaign Finance Reform.
“Eh, there’s just too much money in Washington. We need my Campaign Finance Reform to fix it.”
This guy is a two-faced Maverick lying jack-ass. He’s rolled out of bed on more sides of every issue than anyone else I can think of.
So McCain’s claims to be more squeaky clean than JD are not true? /massive sarc