How much is a flip-flop worth? If you're McCain, $285,000.

[americanstranger]

Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave the maximum of $28,500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days after McCain reversed himself to favor offshore drilling, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

Nine of these contributions, seven from Hess executives and two from members of the Hess family, came on the same day, June 24th, the records show. The total collected in the wake of McCain's reversal for the fund, called McCain Victory 2008, from Hess execs and family is $285,000.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/oil_company_executives.php

This is a campaign ad waiting to be made.

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[Alter Ego]

1. I think we need to mail this en masse to the Obama campaign

If they get 50,000 emails containing the same thing they're sure as hell not going to ignore it.

[americanstranger]

2. I'm sure they're aware of it. The 'pocket' ad was just a hint of what's coming.

McCain got his licks in last week, but this week's gonna be a bad week for him.

This type of thing illustrates what an opportunistic, craven little piece of crap he really is.

- as

[americanstranger]

3. But wait - there's more!!

It turns out that Hess executives aren't the only ones who gave such huge sums to elect McCain -- generosity towards McCain apparently extends down into lower levels of Hess staff. A lower level employee gave the same, too, and so did her husband, even though he works for Amtrak.

The FEC filings show that Alice Rocchio, who's identified as a Hess office manager, and her husband, Pasquale Rocchio, who's described as an Amtrak "track foreman," each separately donated $28,500 to the RNC-McCain fund, which is called McCain Victory 2008. They gave the money on June 24th, the same day that the ten Hess execs and family members each shelled out the same amount.

So the Rocchios, who live in Flushing, Queens, donated a total of $57,000 to McCain's efforts.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/hess_corporation_office_manage.php

This is beginning to really smell. MSM, White Clue Phone.... White Clue Phone for MSM....

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[jakem]

4. k&r. this needs to get out.

[americanstranger]

5. Barely raising an eyebrow here, apparently.

I guess everyone's too busy studying the daily tracking polls. :evilgrin:

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[Zynx]

6. That pisses me off so much. They worry about the polls as if they could will them higher.

If this sort of information is spread, McCain's numbers will tank.

[americanstranger]

8. Meanwhile, what looks like a campaign donations fraud

passes right under their noses.

I know. Infuriating.

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[Zynx]

10. All because they think if they yell at the Rasmussen poll it will change.

[americanstranger]

9. Kick - the stench of campaign fraud gets stronger.

Martin Bernstein, a city assessor at the New York Department of Finance Queens Assessment Office, has just confirmed to us by phone that the Rocchios rent their home.

Holy crap.

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[Coexist]

7. .

[Hutzpa]

11. K&R

:kick: