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Search IRI in wikileaks and you'll find endless discussions on fake polling, training rebels & goverment officials, financing muslim countries, etc.
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Podesta's research on McCain found in wikileaks (see attachments)!
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/58978
LOBBYING & FRAUD:
Lobbying Industry
McCain Accepted $689,704 from the Lobbying Industry.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, McCain accepted $689,704 from the lobbying industry. [Center for Responsive Politics, accessed 1/18/08]
• McCain Voted Against Landmark Ethics Bill. In 2007, McCain voted against the final version of S. 1, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which required disclosure of bundled campaign contributions over $15,000 in a six-month period, institute a two-year waiting period for former senators to become lobbyists, require quarterly lobbying disclosure reports, deny congressional pensions to members who’ve committed certain felonies, require senators and candidates to pay for charter planes, and alter House and Senate rules. McCain was one of only 14 Senators (all Republicans) to oppose the legislation. Senators Obama and Clinton both voted for it. The legislation passed 83-14. [S. 1, Vote #294, 8/2/2007]
• McCain Voted to Weaken New Lobbying Disclosure Rules. In 2007, McCain voted for an amendment to the ethics and lobbying overhaul legislation that eliminated requirements for grassroots lobbying organizations to disclose their fundraising activities. Both Senators Obama and Clinton voted against the amendment. The amendment passed 55-43. [S 1, Vote #17, 1/18/2007]
• McCain Voted Against Expanding Lobbyist Gift and Meal Ban. In 2006, McCain voted to kill an amendment that would have expanded the definition of a lobbyist, as it relates to the gift and meal ban, to include not only an organization or person required to register as a lobbyist, but any employee of a registered lobbyist. Senators Obama and Clinton both voted in favor of the amendment. The motion to kill the amendment passed 68-30. [S 2349, Vote #80, 3/29/2006]
• McCain Led Effort to Maintain Lobbyist Donations. In 2001, McCain made a motion to kill an amendment that would ban members of the House and Senate from accepting contributions from a registered lobbyist, lobbyist employee or lobbyist PAC while Congress is in session. McCain’s motion to kill this amendment passed 74-25. [S 27, Vote #40, 3/20/2001] Defense McCain Accepted $443,869 from Defense Industry. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, McCain has accepted $443,869 from the defense industry. [Center for Responsive Politics, accessed 1/18/08]
• McCain Voted Against Allowing Competition For Defense Contracts. In 2002, McCain voted to kill a Kennedy amendment that would allow private and public agencies to compete for new Defense Department contracts based on current department standards. It also would codify a contracting prohibition on work currently performed in the public sector unless the agency can show a savings of at least 10 percent. Motion to table passed 50-49. [S2514, Vote #162, 6/25/2002]
• McCain Voted Against Stricter Penalties For War Profiteering And Fraud. In 2004, McCain against the Leahy amendment that would make profiteering on contracts in connection with military or rebuilding activities in Iraq, Afghanistan or other countries punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison and $1 million in fines. Amendment rejected 46-52. [S 2400, Vote #120, 6/16/04]
• McCain Voted To Protect Administration War Profiteering. In 2003, McCain voted against prohibiting the use of Iraqi reconstruction funds for any contract or financial agreement with an entity that pays deferred compensation to the president, the vice president, or a Cabinet-level official, or any entity in which the president, vice president, or Cabinet-level official holds options to purchase more than 1,000 shares of stock. It would be effective 90 days after the bill's enactment. Motion to table passed 65-34. [S 1689, Vote #386, 10/16/03]
Oil and Gas
McCain Accepted $447,962 from Oil & Gas Industry. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, McCain has accepted $447,962 from the oil and gas industry. [Center for Responsive Politics, accessed 1/08/08]
• McCain Twice Rejected Windfall Profits Tax for Big Oil in 2005. In November 2005, McCain voted against imposing a temporary 50% tax on oil company profits from the sale of any crude oil above $40 a barrel. Revenues from the tax would be used to provide income tax rebates to consumers. [S 2020, Vote
331, 11/17/05; S 2020, Vote # 341, 11/17/05; Houston Chronicle, 11/17/05; Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/18/05; Environment and Energy Daily¸ 11/18/05]
Nuclear Power Industry
McCain Accepted $72,600 from Nuclear Power Industry. Between 1997 and 2002, McCain received in $72,600 Nuclear Power Industry Contributions to Senators. [Center for Responsive Politics, accessed 2/21/08]
• McCain Voted to Dump Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain. In 2002, McCain voted for a motion to proceed to the resolution which, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, approves of the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Nuclear Energy Institute was “the nuclear power industry’s trade association, representing 260 corporations in 15 countries. NEI is reportedly the mastermind behind the Alliance for Sound Nuclear Policy, a coalition of pro-nuclear groups.” [S.J. Res 34, Vote #167, 7/09/02]
TELECOM
McCain has Taken At Least $1,163,727 from the Telephone Utility and Telecom Services Industries – More than Any Other Senator. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, McCain has taken at least $1,163,727 in campaign contributions from the telephone utility and telecom service industries, more than any other Senator. [Center for Responsive Politics]
• McCain Voted to Grant Retroactive Legal Immunity to Telecommunications Companies. In 2008, McCain voted for Passage of the bill that would amend the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to authorize warrantless surveillance of foreign targets, even if they are communicating with someone in the United States. It would give the FISA court authority to approve several aspects of how such surveillance is conducted. It also would grant retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies alleged to have participated in the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program. It would sunset in six years. As amended, the bill would allow court reviews of the administration's compliance with "minimization" procedures, which are the steps the government takes to minimize retention of sensitive information about U.S. citizens that it collects incidentally. It also would include prohibitions on the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in FISA. It would clarify FISA's applicability to those suspected of seeking to spread weapons of mass destruction. The bill passed 68-29. [S 2248, Vote #20, 2/12/08]
SOROS TIES:
McCain’s Reform Institute Linked to George Soros. McCain’s think-tank, The Reform Institute, has reportedly
received grants from George Soros’s Open Society Institute. Many conservatives believe, “the OSI funding
implicates the Arizona senator in all the progressive and libertarian causes that the Soros foundation has supported -
- including reproductive rights, drug law and sentencing reform, public financing of elections and abolition of the
death penalty, to give a short list.” [Salon.com, 2/7/08]
CONNECTIONS TO CHILD ENSLAVEMENT IN DUBAI
McCain Fundraiser Hired to Fight Child Enslavement Claims. Peter Madigan, a top McCain
fundraiser, lobbies for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE, “facing a class-action lawsuit
over alleged enslavement of boys as jockeys in camel races, has hired several top Washington lobbyists and
PR firms to present their case to Congress and the public.” The lawsuit alleged “that senior ministers from
Dubai conspired to force thousands of underage boys to race camels.” According to The Hill, “The yearlong
contract with Johnson Madigan could cost the sheikhs’ more than $800,000. Jeffrey Peck, Sen.
Joseph Biden’s (D-Del.) former counsel, and Peter Madigan, once a State Department official under the
first President Bush, signed the subcontract.” [ABC News, 2/1/08; The Hill, 4/4/07]
ENDLESS TALKS OF HIS WARMONGERING WAYS.
Godwillwin ago
I am she is doing well now. I didn't know you could arrange for "kidnapping". Are you being sarcastic? You really sent her off to a rehab or psychological facility, right? Or did y'all really say she was kidnapped?
Bolux ago
He really is a piece of shit ,I heard he cried like a little girl at the Hilton.
Godwillwin ago
I'm confused by your post. Can you clarify or elaborate?
carmencita ago
I have told this to a couple of Veterans and they did not believe me. I printed out the article in Rolling Stone and gave each one a copy. They were angry at me at first for ruining their hero worship but now have started doing their own investigations and are glad I told them.
Ocelot ago
Ron Paul supporters domestic terrorists. Lol. They're probably the most peaceful of supporters honestly.
Orange_Circle ago
Seriously, any new subject that comes up here, I go right to Wikileaks and start searching to see what the real dirt is.
Orange_Circle ago
I've just been reading about it in Wikileaks. Thousands of underage boys trafficked for camel races in the Mideast. of course, knowing that the Muslim male has a proclivity for raping boys, who knows what really happened to the children?
Orange_Circle ago
It just does not inspire confidence that UNICEF is involved in the child camel jockey scandal.
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05MUSCAT616_a.html
Orange_Circle ago
That a nice way of saying what the boy rapists in Dubai were actually doing.
witch_doctor1 ago
I think that pic of him with the founding members of ISIS will end up being his legacy. Arizona is woke for the most part, how is he still in office?
Sen. Cornyn is another one that's got to be crooked AF...that being said, George Webb said in a video recently that he is starting to believe that the "follow the money" that Eric Braverman was referring to was the US Senate.
fogdryer ago
Are you kidding. Arizona is still sleeping They are considering becoming a sanctuary city! I live here
witch_doctor1 ago
I just assumed because of the firearms laws in AZ.
TuckerIsHawt ago
If the millions they've killed and the children they ruined won't do it, what they did to Ron Paul will send them to hell.
EndThePizza ago
Wait, who did what to Ron Paul?
TuckerIsHawt ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWX55SpYmU&
EndThePizza ago
Oh my gosh that's crazy.
I knew the media had a strong bias, but it's usually against republicans in general. I saw them ignore Gary Johnson the libertarian party candidate this year, which i figured was more because he was a third party candidate. But nope, they really hate libertarians even when they're running as Republicans.
TuckerIsHawt ago
The louder the people get, the more guilty they seem.
AnthraxAlex ago
I know a guy who was stationed on an aircraft carrier with McCain in Vietnam. He expressed the personal opinion that he is a worthless piece of shit long before any of this.
Snailracer ago
I don't really care for McCain but it seems like most of this stuff isn't pizza related. It would be good to know who took money from the UAE via Peter Madigan concerning the boys forced into camel racing.
waxdino ago
Even if he's not into pizza, he's all too willing to spread the Russia makes us read Fake News narrative to try to cover his ass, abeting them in the process.
2impendingdoom ago
I always thought this guy was a creepy fucker, let's gofundme him back to N. Vietnam for more beatings.
Nice thread, thank you for the post.
carmencita ago
If anyone wants to know what McCain is really like, read an article in Rolling Stone (this is a few years old but that does not make it untrue). I never liked McCain, but this really was shocking to me. What he got away with because of his Father's Military Career, and what he did to the crewmen on board ship is unbelievable. This really explains what he is capable if you have any doubt about him being involved in any of the pizzagate stuff.