Progressive Patriots

John McCain Paid Off By Corporate Special Interests

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Merrill Lynch and Citigroup lobby for the interests of top investors and gigantic corporations. They lobby against the interests of small Main Street business owners, and John McCain is right there with them.

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Tags: economy · ethics

John McCain Says Corporate Lobbyists Are Honorable People

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

John McCain said of corporate lobbyists that “they’re honorable people, and I’m proud to have them as part of my team”. Sending John McCain to clean up Washington D.C. is like using a dirty diaper to wash the kitchen floor.

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Tags: ethics · republicans

Virginia Foxx Is Against Earmarks, Then For Them, Then Against Them

December 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Virginia Foxx used to be against earmarks, but then she was for them, though she promises to be against them some time in the future. Typical Republican doubletalk.

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Tags: ethics · republicans

When Mike Gravel Lost My Vote

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

You may have noticed there’s not much written here about Mike Gravel. That is, in part, because the Democratic presidential candidate has not had much new to say since he began his campaign (only one blog post in two months, for example). But it’s also because Gravel left such a sour taste in […]

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Tags: democrats · ethics

Open Records From Clinton And All Candidates

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

There’s a scandal brewing for the Hillary Clinton for President campaign, and it has to do with a lot of the problems we’ve been having under George W. Bush. The issue is secrecy of government records. For Bush, that problem has to do with a sitting presidency. For Hillary Clinton, the problem […]

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Tags: democrats · ethics