Politico: Biden aide says McCain aide lied about Biden's son

[scheming daemons]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_aide_Schmidt_lied_or_got_it_wrong.html?showall

McCain aide Steve Schmidt told reporters today, amid a barrage of charges against the Obama campaign and the media, that Joe Biden's son, hunter, had lobbied for the credit card and banking industries.

Those lobbying contracts don't appear in the public records, and Biden spokesman David Wade fired back in an email just now.

"Steve Schmidt lied - or just got it flat wrong," he emailed "Hunter Biden has never -- -never – been a lobbyist for the credit card or banking industry."

UPDATE: The McCain campaign points out that Hunter Biden served as a vice president at the credit card giant MBNA at one time, and later as a "consultant" to it.

Biden's camp has always denied that the senator's son was hired to lobby, though it's hard to imagine that the bank wasn't aware of their employee's connection to the senator.

He was never registered to lobby for the company.

[Debi]

1. Flat out LIARS!!!

If a person isn't registered to lobby then they CANNOT LOBBY!! :grr:

Don't be telling lies about my Hunter!!! :mad:

[Muttocracy]

2. far as I know, he worked for them on online banking issues - not c. cards or bankruptcy

and to the extent he's been a lobbyist, it was for colleges, hospitals, and Amtrak. will ask someone who knows more for details.

[Debi]

7. Thanks JIOOU!

:hi:

Quite obvious that Biden is hurting McCain - otherwise they wouldn't be making up bullshit lies about him and his family!

[Jennicut]

3. McLiar is desperate.

Hunter doesn't even lobby anymore.

[Debi]

6. More important he NEVER lobbied for the CC or banking industries n/t

[Jennicut]

20. Yes, you are right. He never did and its a lie.

[1corona4u]

23. Just hospitals and Universities

according to open secrets.

Client
Oldaker, Biden & Belair


Achaogen
Pulmatrix Corp
Regis University
Sharp & Barnes
St Joseph's University
St Xavier University
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Scranton
Xavier University of Louisiana



Prince George's Community College
Regis University
San Mateo County, CA
St Joseph's University
University of Dubuque
Westminster College
Xavier University of Louisiana
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center
St Xavier University
University of Detroit Mercy

[Debi]

24. He should know better than to try to help people!!

:crazy:

I just can't believe the McCain camp's smoke and mirrors bullshit

... Look into my eyes... deeper ... deeper... Hunter Biden lobbied for credit card companies and the banking industry ... the economic meltdown is HIS fault .... ALL HIS FAULT .... When you wake up you will have a craving for moose burgers and foreign cars ... and telling LIES!!!!

[1corona4u]

25. I know...and now, they have brought out the "big guns"...

if you catch my drift....nothing pisses me off more.

[SuperTrouper]

4. McShithead running the most dishonorable campaign in history!!

[Cosmic Charlie]

5. and guess what, John McCain's son killed an Arizona bank

[tishaLA]

8. I thought the kids were off limits

you know....it's dishonorable to go after a candidate's kids and all that. Did McFlipper flop again?

[Debi]

9. Just the pregnant ones... n/t

[vaberella]

12. Hunter Biden needs to get pregnant now?! My how the bar has risen. n/t

[Debi]

13. Ha ha! Y'know this wasn't just some schlub going after Joe Biden's son

It's the highest guy on the food chain in McCain's campaign.

He lied on purpose b/c we all know the media will run with the lie and not look into it first.

AND since Hunter Biden is a grown man the media won't think twice about the 'kids are off limits' pledge made by the campaigns. Seems that only if the kids are underage and pregnant are they to be protected.

[jillan]

17. In that case, Biden should go after McCain's son who is tied to a failed bank.

[Debi]

21. We both know Biden won't do it - neither will Obama

which is one of a million reasons why we want to see them in the White House!

[AspenRose]

10. Lying sack of crap

:mad:

[Debi]

14. !

:hug:

[gateley]

11. This is a bunch of nothing - it's been looked into.

And, as one Delaware DUer said, most kids got jobs in the industry upon graduation from college - it was the State's major employer.

If they would just delve into this a little further, they'd learn that although they can make the situation sound questionable, it really isn't.

Has the Obama campaign commented on McCain's son's serving on the Board of the Silver State Bank which went under?

[Debi]

15. The Obama camp won't do that. ... kids are off limits ... to those with class n/t

[jillan]

16. What's such bullshit about it is that Hunter worked for the ONLINE banking dept

Ya know - where you can check your balances, pay bills online.

That is a total separate division of banking operations.


The only thing you can do online concerning credit cards is make a payment.

But, then again, how is someone who doesn't even know how to email, know about online banking???

[AspenRose]

18. Excellent point!

I am getting damn fed up with the blatant, constant LYING.

[Muttocracy]

19. thanks pirhana - and as a former evil banker you know of what you speak

;)

[Debi]

22. ha ha ha ha ha ha

:rofl:

[jillan]

27. Haha - I worked for Bank of America - ya know the one that just bailed

out an investment company. Oh boy - I bet my 401k has responded to that as well.
I am too scared to look.

[d.amber]

26. You want to piss off Biden..just attack his sons....

[Debi]

28. That's right - Just like them going after Obama's wife!

At least our candidates have real honor!