BREAKING: Newsweek Catches McCain In Lie

BREAKING: Newsweek Catches McCain In Lie

Newsweek is reporting that McCain testified in a deposition five years ago that he personally spoke with the CEO of Paxson Communications regarding Paxson's business before the FCC. This flatly contradicts McCain's denial yesterday that he'd had any contact with Paxson or his representatives regarding the matter. Here's the Newsweek link: http://www.newsweek.com/...

McCain flatly denied yesterday that he'd been asked to write a letter to the FCC either by Paxson or his representatives. McCain's campaign continues today to insist that McCain never spoke personally with Paxson or his lobbyists regarding this matter. But here's McCain's own testimony in a deposition in 2002:

Q: "Do you know were they got the information?"

McCain: "No. But I would add, I was contacted by Mr. Paxson on this issue."

Q: "You were?"

McCain: "Yes."

Q: "Can you tell us what you said and what he said about it?"

McCain: "That he had applied to purchase this station and that he wanted to purchase it. And that there had been a numerous year delay with the FCC reaching a decision. And he wanted their approval very bad for purposes of his business.I said I would be glad to write a letter asking them to act. But I will not write a letter, I cannot write a letter asking them to approve or deny, because then that would be an interference in their activities. I think everybody is entitled to a decision. But I can't ask for a favorable disposition for you."

Q: "Did you speak to the company's lobbyist about these matters?"

McCain: "I don't recall if it was Mr. Paxson or the company's lobbyist or both."

Q: "But you did speak to him?"

McCain: "I'm sure I spoke with him, yes."

The deposition was given in connection with a lawsuit by Mitch McConnell that challenged the McCain-Feingold legislation. McConnell's lawyer, Floyd Abrams, was questioning McCain about his efforts on behalf of Paxson in an effort to demonstrate that McCain himself engaged in the kind of lobbyist driven efforts that he purported to abhor.

McCain is in a very tight spot here. Let's see how it develops.

UPDATE: This was a secondary story in the left hand column at MSNBC's website 20 minutes ago. It is now the lead story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://www.newsweek.com/id/114505

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/22/121913/672/785/461944

Drip...
Drip...

say it ain't so!

It is about the corruption. Now he has been caught in a lie.

it's all good.

... because it looks like Nader is going to announce he's running Sunday on Meet the Press, the fucking bastard. I don't care what anyone says, it is ALL about his ego, if he cared about the good of the country, he'd realize he can only do it harm by running. Right now, I am hoping McCain gets the nomination, and then this shit all blows up big in his face.

That's what's causing the left side of the party to leave.

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Do you know what it means?

You wouldn't know radical solidarity if it bit you in the ass.

Texas. Been there, did that.

edit to add: No offense to the 15 real people who live there.

Molly died.

It's been 13 days, 17 hours, and 36 minutes since I met someone else without two fucking brain cells to rub together! You just broke that streak!

Piss off, eh?

Sincerely,
the far left

do you know anything about the 'far left'?

nadar is not the far left, he's just a narcissistic whacko who craves media attention

the far left fought for unions and workers' rights in this country, to name just one accomplishment

be careful with your nasty remarks

the fucking Communist Party! Guess how large it is? Do a little research before yu start calling folks on here "Far Left". It's a right wing meme, BTW.

Only dumbasses vote for that guy.

But there is no place to go

... was a large reason we got Bush.

It's a democracy, so we're all free to do what we want, for now. Feel free to fling feces for freedom.

I wondered if it might have been a red herring to draw readers away from what matters - McCain's hypocrisy and possible corruption.

was rumored to have sex with a grown woman.

NEXT.......

(he's Dan's father) talking about the McCain story.

I don't think this is a one-day story.

I believe F. Abrams was Franken's lawyer in Fox v. Franken.

Just an aside but, your monniker and who may have been THE best character on television, needed note.

And it's not the sex, it's that John McCain had taken up residence in a lobbyist's pants FIGURATIVELY (let alone literally).

The president eats squirrels...the vice president has a rat's nest hairdo!!

:rofl:

Squirrels.

McCain now understands that it's a noun AND a verb.

:evilgrin:

Well, I guess it is how one defines a conversation! :rofl:

Boy, do the Repukes have this one coming after all the bullshit over Clinton's lie about a BJ. At least it was NOT influence peddling!

Edit for typo on date.

On sooo many levels... :rofl:

He'll have to hold boooshie style rodeo shows with screened audiences to keep him from having to answer questions.

There was a lot of money made by the selling and trading of public broadcast spectrum in the late 90s and throughout most of the boooosh years and McCain (as well as the GOOP) stood to benefit financially and politically by helping their broadcast and telcom friends. This opens some interesting doors into both McCain's credibility and the use of the government as a cash station for wealth repugnican donors.

Corruption shouldn't be undercut as a big issue this year...it dovetails into virtually every big other issue and could be key in various house and senate races. McCain has tried to play the "maverick"...its time to unmask him as an opportunist.

Here's hoping the Times, Post and others are ready to drop some bombs to back up their stories...and it won't be the sex...just the aphrodisiac of power and money...the ultimate GOOP turn on.

Let's sort out who we're putting forward as our nominee.. then get a long old list going against the McCain Train.

The problem is - this only matters to people who already hate the guy.. most repubs don't care.. he's against abortion, against gay rights- and that's good enough for them!

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be interpreted as at least a 'suggestion' to approve? They'd certainly realize he wouldn't be writing to push for
a denial! :shrug:

the time to work on the case they assume you are supporting them.

I'm pretty sure there will be all sorts of stuff coming to the surface that might jog his memory.

LOL...I think his problem may be that he cannot remember to keep his fly zipped!

:rofl:

Usually you try to wait until you are elected to start doing that.

K&R, and WTG Newsweek. Wonder if GE is really going to cut itself loose from this loser of it it is just airing all the dirty linen it can find now, in advance of the general election.

In "Faith of My Fathers" he devotes one chapter to the Keating affair and how "he was so terrbily hurt by it."

He pretty much states that he had no idea that Keating would expect favors from him when Keating flew him on K's private jet to meet with K and the rest of the 5 (an obvious ethical violation for which he again pled stupid). Then he goes on to whine about how awful it made him feel to realize that he'd been had.

The last page of the NYT article explains this a little better.

Dumb as a shoe, he is.

... putting aside "dementia", as suggested by another poster. Another W.

He's a liar and damned proud of it. Dementia need not apply.

what I ate for breakfast this morning. . . . Oh, and by the way, despite that lack of memory thing, can I please have the POTUS job?"

Not remembering things is not good for a president.

He has so much dirty laundry. This is only the beginning.

by hook or by crook.

The desperation shown by those who want to make this story merely about a sexual dalliance, is reflected in the attention now turning to the questioned truthfulness of John McCain's claims of straight-shootin' integrity when it comes to the influence of lobbyists on our government.

McCain is a ringleader in The Gang That Couldn't Keep Their Lies Straight.



John McCain's troubles aren't merely about a possible love affair with this 40-year-old lobbyist.


Direct link to Paxson info:

John McCain: Straight Shooter?, January 9, 2000

Straight talk express, my fat patootie. :rofl:

Sweeeeet.

Did anyone expect it to turn out differently?

So McCain not only said it, but he likely read the transcript of his testimony and signed off on it as an accurate record of his deposition testimony.

So which brave MSM reporter will raise this important inconsistency with McCain?

(I am not holding my breath).

Chickens are coming home to roost now. I, for one, am delighted.

:)

Nobody wants this guy!

nobody wants this guy...:D

If McCain implodes before their Convention the Republicans get to choose someone that won't fall over at the slightest reportorial breeze. Like Huckamoon. Or Mittens. Or Jeb. Or Gingrich. Or Hatch. All of those people have their own baggage, but McCain is so easy...

:rofl:

was cancelled yesterday, or at least part of it.

Betcha this is just the first of several lies he will be revealed to have spoken yesterday.

Thanks for finding this, kpete!

brings back memories of Gonzales and others...not good.

In any caser, I can't see McCain winning the GE anyway...whomever the D candidate is, it will be a tidal wave of a victory. The GOP has killed itself off.

Just remember to get out and vote!!!

Suppose the Repukes sour on McCain and the Huckster can't muster the nomination. A brokered Repuke convention could introduce Colin Powell as their nominee. Then the rabid reichwing bigots would be faced with two blacks as the prime contenders. I'd love to see how they handle that one.

What he said in the deposition is not an issue. He was writing a letter asking a government agency to take expeditious action. No problem with that. But to say yesterday that he hadn't had contact when the record shows that he clearly had - and for a reasonable purpose - that's a problem.

she was driven to the drugs and glad she recovered--but the McCain's used the Maricopa county attorney to destroy the whistleblower before he could testify.

I will believe the media, great pals that they are of Straight-Talkin' Johnny Maverick, actually understand this story when someone says, "It appears that John McCain will say anything to become president." The secret words are "say anything." And I'll bet a five dollar donation to DU that nobody in the big chairs on any of the talk shows* will say those magic words: That John McCain will "say anything" to further his candidacy.

*For example, Tim Russert, George Stephanopolos, Joe Scarborough, Sean Hannity, Anderson Cooper, or Wolf Blitzer. Specifically exempt from this bet are Keith Olbermann and Alan Colmes. Olbermann for obvious reasons, and Colmes because every now and then, in the heat of getting pummeled by Hannity, Colmes will actually bleat out a valid point.

:kick:

= lie. I am so sick of the lies.

lier deserves a K&R.

— and the people will punish it,” John McCain

:headbang:

ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!

:rofl:

And let the Republicans pick somebody else at the Convention?

Is Mike Ditka still available?

He's a perfect opponent for Obama. I love it that the rightwing hates him. The cons might end up allowing him to get slaughtered in the general, just so they can think-tank for four years...genetically engineering a suitable candidate in the lab...

meanwhile we can make a play for a real majority in congress...

Far, far away.

It never ceases to amaze me that people who tell lies put themselves out there for scrutiny! Like we wouldn't find out about this!

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :rofl:

I'm fairly certain McCain has plagiarized that term. His GOP cohort Sen. Larry Craig rightfully owns it, dating back to his exculpatory (emphasize small e) "I am not gay" speech.

Now that's a gotcha.
Not only admitted to talking to him, but emphasized it by saying he was "sure" he did it.

He'll need vaseline to get out of that tight spot.

like worthless Georgie was in 2000. Wonder what the agenda is that we're hearing about this one now?

One of the Best videos I did of McCain was Clueless in Iraq

http://youtube.com/watch?v=McfBxZ85v30

He is such a LIAR

How totally out of character.

:sarcasm:

:woohoo:

Cmon MSM do something damnitall.

Wishful thinking, yeah I know :grr:

The right wing should be relieved

:)

with makane stain for the fbi to handle?!?!?!?!

... with nary a challenge from Stewart. (It's frustrating how enamoured Stewart is with McCain. It's like JS bought the 2000 "straight talk" b-s, and hasn't clued-in since.)

i am shocked ??? he is the man of honor and Viagra , liberal Newsweek is trying to SMEAR HIM !!!!!!

How can we help to do that ?????

believe them?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

This is such a blatant lie that I'm sitting here laughing my ass off. How fucking stupid can McCain be?

country's journalism! ha...

This is awesome news... I love them proving what we all know - he is a total arse, a b*sh fascist, and a proven

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Now I know different. He is bush.

would remember the company's lobbyist.

Q: "But you did speak to him?"

McCain: "I'm sure I spoke with him, yes."

If he said "him", then he would have to mean Paxson, since the lobbyist is a woman.

Or if he was talking about the lobbyist, then he was lying by the use of "him".

My Friend, THE ANSWER is Blowin' In The Wind!!!

My woman's "intuition" is in SUPER HIGH GEAR this AM, don't EVEN know WHY?? Something, something, something... and it may NOT ONLY be McCain and Repukes! Don't Ask, I CAN'T TELL! I don't KNOW what it is, I'm feeling a little bit "weirded" out today!

"Things" have been going on for so long in D.C. for WAAAAAAY too long! Is a BOIL about to BURST wide open?? Will the camel's back get broken??

I WISH, I WISH, I WISH I could see behind those "closed doors!" I KNOW I SOUND off the wall, but PERHAPS something GOOD will come out of WHATEVER "this" is!!

I'm just writing down what I'm feeling.... too many scary movies?? Don't watch any, just have "lived" in this MORASS of deception for much too long, my suspicions are in over-drive maybe.

I have NOTHING to back up what I'm feeling, I'm just one "Boomer" who has seen so much I don't like going on in this country called America that stinks to high heaven!

Oh, I don't know, I think I better go back to bed and take a mid-morning nap, when I get up again the "feeling" may be gone!

you seem to have lots of energy!

I hope something good comes out of whatever this is too!

:hi:

:rofl:

and he forgot borrowing money for his campaign...

and no deleterious articles appear in the top searches on that site for 'mccain'

I haven't broken this out in a long while but
:tinfoilhat:

How dare they touch Pope John McLame.

Sp.