The Herd

From AmericaBlog.com

Clearly, no one has had time to brief Sarah Palin on any issues. She keeps giving the same speech, with the same lies, over and over. Yesterday in Virginia, she reiterated one of the whoppers that's become part of her stump speech, "He doesn't run with the Washington herd." She is, of course, referring to John McCain.Has John McCain introduced his v.p. pick to the lobbyists who are running their campaign? McCain's campaign is controlled by that "Washington herd." McCain is controlled by them. Someone should brief Sarah Palin on these people who manage the McCain operation. After all, she works for them now, too:

* Rick Davis, campaign manager, has lobbied for Airborne Express and DHL on their controversial merger deal, as well as telecom companies Bell South/SBC and Verizon.

* Charlie Black, senior advisor, lobbied for more than 100 clients, including Yukos Oil and Freddie Mac.

* Randy Scheunemann's lobbying clients have included BP Amoco and the NRA.

* Nancy Pfotenhauer, senior policy advisor, is a former Koch Industries lobbyist.

* Frank Donatelli, the McCain campaign's director at the RNC, has had 70 clients including PHARMA, Pfizer and Exxon Mobil.

* John Green, congressional liaison, has lobbied for at least 150 clients, including insurance industry trade groups, predatory lender Ameriquest, Chevron Texaco, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac.

* Wayne Berman, campaign vice-chair, finance co-chair, and advisor has also lobbied for almost 100 clients, including Ameriquest, Fannie Mae, the National Rifle Association and American Health Insurance Plans.

Those people are THE Washington herd.