A new name for the GOP's presumptive nominee: McLobbyist.

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It seems Mr. McCain is going to have a lobbyist problem.

Not long ago, he was (wink, wink) denying rumours about an alleged affair he may have had (nudge, nudge) with a blonde, female lobbyist!



The New York Times uncovered some titillating (heh, heh) details about Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman, which were promptly dismissed as sordid.

The GOP-controlled press complied, and promptly gave up the reporting.

Now, it seems, Mr McCain knows a few more lobbyists, and these ones are boys!

The news from California today that The Gheys will be allowed to marry notwithstanding , McCain is 100% republican public male and would never do anything sexual with these gentlemen. Corrupt maybe, but sexual, no.

From a February story in Talking Points Memo, we find Mr. McCain knows many lobbyists:

-- "His campaign manager, Rick Davis, co-founded a lobbying firm whose clients have included Verizon and SBC Telecommunications."

-- "His chief political adviser, Charles R. Black Jr., is chairman of one of Washington's lobbying powerhouses, BKSH and Associates, which has represented AT&T, Alcoa, JPMorgan and U.S. Airways."

-- "Senior advisers Steve Schmidt and Mark McKinnon work for firms that have lobbied for Land O' Lakes, UST Public Affairs, Dell and Fannie Mae."

-- "McCain recently hired Mark Buse to be his Senate chief of staff. Buse led the Commerce Committee staff in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and was until last fall a lobbyist for ML Strategies, representing eBay, Goldman Sachs Group, Cablevision, Tenneco and Novartis Pharmaceuticals."

-- "McCain's top fundraising official is former congressman Tom Loeffler (R-Tex.), who heads a lobbying law firm called the Loeffler Group. He has counseled the Saudis as well as Southwest Airlines, AT&T, Toyota and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America."

--http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022101131_pf.html">Washington Post via http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/todays_must_read_282.php">Talking Points Memo

My, my, my.

It seems Mr. McCain is not such a big straight-talking maverick after all.

How long will it take for this story to bake in the summer sun and how long after that will there be a terror scare to distract from it?

Only your telecom lobbyist knows for sure!

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1. "When it says Lobby, Lobby, Lobby on the label, label, label

McLobby will lick it, lick it, lick it on the table, table, table..."

Sometimes, thoise classic ads are so very useful.

"McLobby." I like it!

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2. I'm hoping it will catch on! n/t

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3. Night bunch kick. n/t