McCain cash linked to lobbyists

The lessor of two evils gets the pragmatic vote.

The GOP has all but destroyed our nation.

Obama is not a career politician as Mccain is.
Mccain's pockets are coated with lobbyist/corporation money, Obama has run a grassroots campaign.
I understand the idea to vote for a third party- but the nation is not there yet! Get off your butts and vote in November or Mccain might go over the top! You think Bush Jr. was bad! Mccain, Leadership you can believe in- my ass!
OBAMA!

They are all intertwined! We are controlled by their greedbreeding power hungry whims... Vote third party!

Between McCains lobbyists and Comrade Obama eschewing public funds in favor of 527 money sounds like both are driving down the same street. We need to abandon both the Democrat and Republican parties in favor of a Constitutional Party.
Ron Paul for president

In addition to this McCain got $1.1 million from big oil for flip flopping on his position for offshore drilling. There's "change" you can believe in.

Lobbying should be banned or atleast severely limited and replaced with government funding for the political parties. We'd need requirements, of course, like a petition or something with a certain amound of signatures.

That way, all parties can have a chance.

I don't think that lobbying (or even the practice of companies contributing to political campaigns) is necessarily a bad thing. For one it means that my tax dollars aren't going to someone's campaign that I completely disagree with. And two is that it is the company or groups money after all, they should be able to donate, contribute, build or whatever else they want to do for a candidate.

The system that is currently in place though allows for severe (or at least what I perceive to be severe) imbalances in the way that money is allowed to impact the political process. This process is what needs to be focused on, not who what where how the money got into Joe Candidates presidential fund.

the lobbyists run this country.

Lobbyists are funding McCain's campaign? That makes sense, because nobody else wants him in office.

Vote for a third party, not the two big assholes.

But McCain promised!!! Lol. I'm not surprised. Every politician is known to do this.

I no longer consider myself democrat... nor will I ever turn to the Republicans. I'm not voting either. I'm sick and tired of this BS.

What?! A politician who did not tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth? But then again he is super old maybe he just forgot about it

Most lobbyists who give politicians the big bucks don't have the people in mind, though.

Let's be careful. Lobbying does NOT need to stop. Lobbyists giving money to polticians needs to stop. Lobbying for a cause is a good thing. Lobbyists are a form of our voices to the government....some good and some bad.

I am a lifelong member of the NRA and believe that they are my voice in the lobbying department to maintain the gun freedoms and our second amendment rights. I do know that they dump tons of cash into political campaigns and support specific candidates...and I think that is wrong. I want the NRA to be my voice in the politicians ear...not the cash in their pockets.

Agreed. Lobbying, no matter where its going or where its coming from, needs to stop. No corporation or business should have the ability to control or even have a say in politics. This is just one way that the rich keep getting richer, the middle-class gets poor, and the poor are forgotten and die. If a corporation/business wants to influence politics it should have to do it through it's customers by proving to them that they are worth keeping around.

Just another nail in John McCain's campaign Coffin..

Why is it that the media hypes up Lobbyists when the Republicans do it? We don't hear them slamming organizations like Moveon.org or critisizing the Clintons or Al Gore for the amount of money they receive through lobbyists.

I am all for political independence free of lobbyists giving piles of money to politicians. I am a firm believer that lobbyists have their place in our society to push their causes (some good/some bad), but I don't think they should be allowed to dump money into a candidate or party. Allowing anyone to "give" to a campaign basically comes down to indirect bribery.

Campaign reform is long overdue and needed more now than ever. We have the capability to get to know candidates better today than any other time in our history, yet it isn't happening.

Vote for campaign reform.

A presidential candidate taking money from special interests? Shocking. Even Obama rejected 'public' ie taxpayer funding for private funds. Now that is change I can believe in.

the amount of money spent to "buy" a political office is mind-boggling. the more we are exposed to political ads concerning a particular candidate, the more the public become influenced, whether we realize it or not.

maybe the solution would be to put a cap on spending -- regardless of where the money comes from.

This system is so corrupted with payola it is pathetic. These people call payola special intrest and that makes paying into someone's account for favors legal. Wow what a system, in the music or entertainment business they would be jailed but congress gives themselves a special name and it all becomes legal. Until thi corruption is stopped there won't be any honesty in government. This government needs change, big time, they have taken all the illegal activities and turned them legal, the lottery or the numbers racket, booze or moonshine, gambling or bookmaking and payola or special intrests or pac's. The people need to start putting people in prison. How much more corrupted can it get? Ane then there is Bush and Co. just plain murderer's and greedy crooks that no one is willing to prosecute. All anyone has to do is look at thier approval rating's Putin has better approval ratings. I can't believe this system is this corrupted and still functioning as a government. It really makes a person wonder what one of these politicians needs to do to be inprisoned. I think they are also jailproof. A good percentage should be in prison instead they are the ones heading up the running of America as a democracy that tourtes, kills and spies on people in the name of freedom and democracy. I hope the world court does step in and jail these people.

Things will only change in this country when we stop picking democrats or republicans, its like people are playing einee menee minee mo when they pick a canidate. I for one will not be apart of this charade anymore,
my choices are between nader, barr, and mckinney
yes i know none of them have a chance

and the show begins.....bring it on!!!

Cherish