McCain Says Change, Gives us More of the Corporatocracy Same

Lobbyists, and lobbyists influence has been a rather wide condern, and one in which encompasses every issue anyone would care to raise. So, when John McSame blasts lobbyists, he’s lying through his teeth.

Actions speak louder than words, when he “tapped” lobbyists for his transition.

A prominent Washington lobbyist who has worked for every Republican President since Richard Nixon has been tapped by the McCain campaign to conduct a study in preparation for the presidential transition should John McCain win the election, according to sources familiar with the process.

But, wait, it gets better. As of last week when McSame was blasting the debacle of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we find that this new head of his transition team is a lobbyist for, wait for it…Freddie Mac.

Timmons is the chairman emeritus of Timmons and Company, a small but influential lobbying firm he founded in 1975 shortly after leaving the White House. According to Senate records, he registered to lobby in 2008 for a wide range of companies and trade groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, the American Medical Association, Chrysler, Freddie Mac, Visa USA and Anheuser-Busch.

His registrations include work on a number of issues that have become flashpoints in the presidential campaign. He has registered to work on bills that deal with the regulations of troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, a bill to provide farm subsidies and bills that regulate domestic oil-drilling.

Timmons will fit in just fine with all the other lobbyists on McSame’s team, even the ones that lobby for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

All of which tells us that a McCain presidency will be more of the same — with corporations dictating policy.

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