Dems hit McCain over Abramoff-tainted fundraiser

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Dems_hit_McCain_over_Abramofftainted_fundraiser_0815.html

Nick Juliano
Published: Friday August 15, 2008


Waxman says McCain 'abandoning his principles'

Despite a healthy fundraising haul last month, presidential candidate John McCain is still being severely outpaced in the money race by his Democratic opponent, and a fundraiser scheduled on the Republican's behalf next week shows just how far he's willing to go to catch up.

Democrats, though, aren't letting McCain forget that the host of Monday's funraiser -- Christian Right leader Ralph Reed -- was a key player in corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff's money laundering and influence peddling schemes.

"Raising money with Ralph Reed shows that the John McCain who ran in 2000 would have a hard time considering voting for the John McCain we see today. Senator McCain has changed," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) during a conference call Friday. "He's taking advice from Karl Rove and Karl Rove's minions - and now he's adopting Karl Rove and Dick Cheney anything goes style of low road politics."

[MasonJar]

1. Good! In the last week or two Bill Moyers reran his expose on Reed and

Abramhoff and Norquist. What a bunch of evil doers. Reed used Christianity to cheat and get rich. He is more despicable than the other two. Although they are also heinous.