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McCain INVITED Abramoff business partner to be part of his team
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McCain isn't just holding a fundraiser with Jack Abramoff's discredit business partner, according to the business partner, Ralph Reed, Reed was invited to be part of the McCain 2008 team. That adds a whole new level to this story. McCain sought Reed out, knowing full well of Reed's involvement with the Abramoff scandal. That's scummy. And it's all the more evidence that McCain at best has no idea what's going on in his own campaign, and at worst, McCain is complicit in becoming the evil that he has so often railed against in the past. Jed ties it all together: ...
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Ooooh, That Smell. Can’t You Smell That Smell?
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Rick Warren Takes On His Critics: "I'm a Big Target" | Main Ooooh, That Smell. Can’t You Smell That Smell? August 15, 2008 10:03 AM Democrats are pounding Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on the August 18 Georgia fundraiser for his campaign where he will hang with Ralph Reed , the former head of the Christian Coalition and a figure in the Jack Abramoff sleaze-a-thon. Indeed, the Dems even released this web video . Reed earlier this month emailed friends and colleagues, saying he’d joined the "McCain Victory 2008" team, a joint fundraising effort between the McCain campaign and Republican National Committee, and writing, as ...
