McCain Still Using Wife's Corporate Jet For
Presidential Campaign
May 11, 2008
John McCain continues to take advantage
of a loophole in the McCain-Feingold campaign finance
law he wrote. McCain uses a corporate jet owned
by Cindy McCain to fly to around the country but
reimburses his wife's company at only a fraction of
the actual cost. For example, McCain had nearly
exclusive use of the jet for five months during a time
when his campaign was struggling for cash.
McCain reimbursed his wife less $250,000, while
experts say the actual cost of chartering such a jet
would have been more than double that amount.
Either Cindy McCain, or her company, is covering the
difference, which subsidized the McCain presidential
campaign.
Cindy
McCain Vows: I'll Never Disclose Tax Returns
May 8, 2008
The
source of John McCain's elite lifestyle of private
jets and multi-million dollar homes is vowing to keep
the source of her wealth, and that of John McCain's
children, secret. John McCain regularly mixes
political and personal business, using his
presidential campaign to do business with his wife.
In 2007 his campaign paid over $200,000 to a company
owned in part by his wife and children, King Aviation,
for flights on its private jet. Cindy McCain has
helped finance her husband's political campaigns from
the beginning, including a $90,000 loan for his 1982
campaign which was never repaid.
Obama Wins Big In North Carolina, Shows Surprising
Strength In Indiana
May 7, 2008 By Rob @ 7:15 a.m. The
presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton took what is
likely a fatal blow yesterday, losing the North
Carolina primary by double digits to Barack Obama.
North Carolina was considered Clinton's best, last
chance for an upset victory over Obama, who many are
now calling the presumptive Democratic nominee.
In Indiana, Clinton narrowly won a state where she had
been heavily favored while Obama shocked experts by
nearly upsetting Clinton in the Hoosier state.
Clinton had loaned her campaign $6.4 million in the
last week to boost her chances in Indiana and North
Carolina. Clinton is limping into the last few
Democratic contests, ahead in West Virginia and
Kentucky polls, trailing in Oregon, short on cash,
behind in delegates and national polls.
Democrat Wins House Seat Held By GOP For 33 Years May 4, 2008
Democrat Don Cazayoux has won a special election to
replace GOP Rep. Richard Baker, who resigned from
Congress to become a lobbyist. The district has
been represented by a Republican since 1974.
McCain
Says US Went To War Because Of Dependence On Middle
East Oil May 3, 2008 By Rob @ 10:09 a.m. GOP presidential
nominee John McCain said something that confirmed what
many have thought for a long time, that the Iraq War
was launched to protect access to crude oil reserves
in the Arab nation. Speaking to a group of
veterans, McCain promised that his energy proposals
"will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle
East that will prevent us from having ever to send our
young men and women into conflict again in the Middle
East."
South Carolina Pastor Says Obama "May Not Believe In
Jesus Christ"
April 21, 2008
The Jonestown South Carolina church has
placed a sign outside the chapel reading "Obama,
Osama, hmm, are they brothers." When asked if he
believed that Barack Obama is a Muslim, church Pastor
Roger Byrd replied "I don't know. See it asks a
question: Are they brothers? In other words, is he
Muslim ? I don't know. He says he's not. I hope he's
not. But I don't know. And it's just something to try
to stir people's minds. It was never intended to hurt
feelings or to offend anybody."
Gingrich Says Bush Adminsitration "Destroyed" The GOP
April 16, 2008
From a new GQ interview with former GOP
Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich:
Okay, back to the past. What happened to your party
over the last eight years?
They went off the rails. That's it. They took a
majority that
took 16 years to build and they destroyed it.
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