The Demise of John McCain

John McCain has more problems then just running a smear campaign filled with lies and innuendos. His ugly smear campaign has only turned the left and center into busy little bees digging up some of his questionable activities over his past 24 years of public service. Those busy bees have unearthed quite a nest of vipers: donation irregularities and lobbyist activities. It's one thing that McCain's ads are being viewed as detrimental to his character as the "Straight Talk Maverick" but it's totally a different beast when you are being called out for your (or your campaign member's) actions. Yes, I know they should have been called out for his lying campaign ads; but, this is America and one thing we know for sure, ignorance is bliss.

It has been brought to light that certain organizations (MoveOn and good government group) plan to press legal action in regards to how McCain's contribution bundler's have been gathering contributions for his general election:

"...A good government group is set to ask the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into the two big McCain stories of recent days -- the bundled contributions from Hess executives, and the bundling by Harry Sargeant, the guy who raised cash for McCain from a host of unlikely donors."

It has also been brought to light that there will be a deeper investigation into McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, participation in the demise of over 8,000 jobs for Americans in Ohio"

"Barack Obama's presidential campaign claimed that the general election had reached a critical turning point this past week after it was revealed that John McCain and his campaign manager had helped facilitate a merger that could result in the loss of thousands of jobs in Ohio."

On a conference call with reporters, Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe said news of McCain and Rick Davis' involvement in the DHL deal was "the most important development of the entire campaign this week" and would convince voters in the critical swing state that the Arizona Republican was far from his maverick image."

Obama put out, today, a radio ad exposing this issue which can only underscore the underhanded tactics of the Republican party.

Although I am excited by some of the truth coming out about McCain and his shady dealings it is already being tempered by the fact that the "Barbecue Media" (expression stolen from Bob Cesca who totally rule on the topic of the media and their slacker reporting) has not put any time in discussing any of this with the public at large. No the big topic tonight is: JOHN EDWARDS ADMITS AFFAIR IN ABC INTERVIEW.

John Edwards' affair is morally wrong but it is not the most important thing going on right now. Yes, the topic deserves some time for discussion but all night? No mention of any of McCain's possible illegal activities (with the exception of Keith Olbermann and others)? Why would Edwards situation supersede important issues going on with the republican campaign? The list of republicans problems is long and as John Amato has listed you would think some of it should had been food for fodder for the media to push out to the public. After all if any of this involved Obama it would be front page news:

• McClellan said that FOX News got talking points from the White House
• Bush authorized rendition.
• Bush authorized torture. Yes, that means waterboarding.
• Bush authorized a war based on lies resulting in millions of innocent Iraqi and Afghani civilian deaths as well as an ethnic cleansing.
• Thousands of our troops have been killed or seriously injured.
• The US dollar is in the tank.
• The housing/mortgage crisis has almost caused a depression.
• How about the trampling of our Constitution with warrantless wiretapping?
• Laptops are being confiscated at airports and the border.
• Under Bush, oil companies are raking in record profits while Americans suffer.
• The US attorney scandal.

Alas it seems the only thing that moves the "Barbecue Media" is looking for or fabricating dirt about Obama. You could almost ask the question, who is McCain? Such insignificant reporting is done about his countless gaffes, flip flops, confusions and lies that the only thing people know about McCain is that he is OLD.

Update: And the hits just keeps coming, it was reported today that another one of McCain's campaign workers was involved in lobbying for that nation of Georgia:

WASHINGTON — John McCain's top foreign policy adviser, Randall Scheunemann, lobbied for the nation of Georgia for four years, including for about a year after he joined the Republican senator's presidential campaign staff in early 2007.

"Georgia has paid Scheunemann's firm, Orion Strategies, LLC, nearly $900,000 since 2004, including $200,000 for an eight-month contract that began on May 1, two weeks after McCain issued a strong statement criticizing Russia and supporting Georgia.

Scheunemann took a leave from lobbying for Orion in March, two months before McCain barred active lobbyists from serving on his staff. He's still listed as Orion's president and owner.

Reached by phone, Scheunemann declined comment and referred a reporter to the campaign."

Come on people what's the expectation when you know the candidate has surrounded his self with lobbyist?