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Sure it's possible. It's also possible the $894,379 AT&T gave him last year has something to do with it. This was the most AT&T gave to any single individual wh
by jsz0 17y ago
Sure it's possible. It's also possible the $894,379 AT&T gave him last year has something to do with it. This was the most AT&T gave to any single individual while their overall payout to legislators was $9.4M total.
McCain on the 96 Telecom Act:
“It is nothing less than an elaborate influence-peddling scheme in which both parties conspire to stay in office by selling the country to the highest bidder,”
Certainly looks like it.
- tptacek 17y agoAT&T is also a huge contributor in Dem politics, and a client of David Axelrod's former firm. But besides that, what you're implying is also tripped up by post hoc ergo propter hoc: It would make just as much sense for AT&T to donate to McCain because of his position as it would for McCain to take a strong anti-neutrality position because of the donation. Given the political ideas behind net neutrality --- ideas I support, by the way --- I lean towards the former interpretation. Net neutrality is an activist regulatory posture.
- jsz0 17y agoIf it were someone other than Sen. McCain I'd be more willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. He was previously involved in an influence peddling scheme (Keating Five) and I can't quite figure out how his public position on lobbying matches the reality that he does indeed take lobbyist money. Something just doesn't add up for me.