What a gem this is…go to McCainsLobbyists.Com to see how the GOP candidate has no credibility when he declares he’s going to clean up Washington of those special interests. I guess he just means the ones not on his payroll.

• Rick Davis, campaign     manager, has lobbied for Airborne Express and DHL on their controversial     merger deal, as well as telecom companies Bell South/SBC and Verizon.        
• Charlie Black,    senior advisor, lobbied for more than 100 clients, including Yukos Oil and     Freddie Mac.
• Randy Scheunemann’s lobbying     clients have included BP Amoco and the NRA.
• Nancy Pfotenhauer, senior policy advisor, is a     former Koch Industries lobbyist.
• Frank Donatelli,    the McCain campaign’s director at the RNC, has had 70 clients     including PHARMA, Pfizer and Exxon Mobil.
• John Green,    congressional liaison, has lobbied for at least 150 clients, including     insurance industry trade groups, predatory lender Ameriquest, Chevron     Texaco, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac.
• Wayne Berman, campaign     vice-chair, finance co-chair, and advisor has also lobbied for almost 100     clients, including Ameriquest, Fannie Mae, the National Rifle Association     and American Health Insurance Plans.

SOURCE: Lobbying Disclosures, US Senate Office Of Public Records

Hat tip, Paul at Open Left.

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