9/13/08 11:50 AM
from Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13416.htmlSen. Barack Obama, in a new bid to strip his opponent of maverick credentials, on Saturday launched an ad, website and road show designed to highlight ties between Sen. John McCain and Washington lobbyists.
The website,
McLobbyist.com, highlights seven former lobbyists who are now top McCain officials, including campaign manager Rick Davis.
The website brands the officials “The McCain Seven” and charges: “John McCain has had at least 159 lobbyists running his campaign and raising money for him. The McCain Seven—all lobbyists—control the campaign filling roles from senior foreign policy advisor and finance co-chair all the way up to head of command, campaign manager. The McCain Seven make sure special interests come first.”
The campaign also announced lobbyist-themed events in 20 states over the next three days — Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state and Wisconsin.
As part of what they call an “integrated campaign” on the lobbying issue,” Obama aides also posted a Web video promoting the website, “The McCain Gamble,” features noisy casino machinery, with a roulette wheel and the assertion, “This Is John McCain’s Washington.” (video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHazb4FAREE)
The 30-second ad, titled “It’s Over,” opens with a clip of McCain saying: “It’s over. It’s over for the special interests.”
"Wait a second," the announcer says. "John McCain’s chief adviser lobbies for oil companies even from Russia and China. His campaign manager lobbies for corporations outsourcing American jobs. The campaign chairman he picked last year — a bank lobbyist. If seven of McCain’s top advisers are lobbyists, who do you think will run his White House? John McCain. We just can’t afford more of the same."
ad script:
http://thepage.time.com/script-for-obama-tv-ad-on-mccains-lobbyist-ties/McCain has close ties to more than 170 lobbyists, at a time when he is vowing to “shake up Washington.”
A 65-page report from the Democratic National Committee, “No Reformer”, tallies up McCain’s lobbying connections and asserts: “McCain has his own herd of more than 170 lobbyists that are managing his campaign, speaking for him, directing his policy or fundraising. McCain’s crew of lobbyists, already ubiquitous as campaign surrogates, would only become more familiar if McCain were elected.”
report:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/apache.3cdn.net/9eed1edb9898c04ed5_5bm6bpi8v.pdf
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