More Vile Behavior from McCain's Campaign Manager:

[amborin]

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"Why was Davis paid nearly $2 million to advocate for Fannie and Freddie? According to the Times: "The value that he brought to the relationship was the closeness to Senator McCain and the possibility that Senator McCain was going to run for president again," said Robert McCarson, a former spokesman for Fannie Mae.

Why was Davis paid several million dollars to run a little-noticed independence referendum campaign for the small but strategic country of Montenegro (now a key ally of the Kremlin)? As Ames and I reported:


The top McCain aide was as much a political symbol as a campaign consultant. "I think the Montenegrins hired Rick to have political cover--it was important to show they had support from the United States," said an American democracy expert who's worked in Montenegro.

Nobody in Russia or Montenegro or Ukraine or Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac would've cared about Rick Davis if it wasn't for John McCain.

The real question for McCain is this: how can you promise to clean up Washington when your campaign advisors represent precisely the problem that needs fixing? "

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<http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/371822/mccain_aide_trades_access_for_cash>

contains video of Fox News clip of Axelrod and Davis interview, where Davis alleges dems engage in "character assassination"


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McCain losing North Carolina and....

"The Republican National Committee yesterday released yet another video on the Ayers connection intended not for broadcast but viral emails."

from:

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/14/uselections2008-johnmccain1>