McCAIN AND THE LOBBYISTS

Honest John did not have sexual relations with
"that woman". Outside of the families involved
and those citizens involved who in hell cares?

After multitudinous attacks on Sen. Mac by
Stinky Limbauger & his mob of cocklebrained
screamers the New York Times gave them a
shot at redemtion. Since it now appears Mac
will be the Repug nominee this fall Stinky does
not want to be left out so he & his ilk broard-
sided the NYT for printing the reporters re-
port.

Criticism by the TV& newspaper punditry
hollered the Sen did nothing wrong with "that
woman" Nary a word about the essential part
of the report: lobbyists. But with America's
pre-occupation with sex it was predictable
the savants of the fourth estate would miss
the essence. Of course we wonder what Mac
did for Ms. Iseman and for Ms. Isaman's
clients including Lowell Paxson & his com-
munications company. Mac said unequiv-
ocally he did nothing untoward with her,
with Paxson, with the company.

This is more than somewhat disputed by
Mike Isikoff and Newsweek who produced
letters from Mac over his sig that he wrote
as chair of the Senate Commerce Comm-
ittee asking for a decision on a Paxson
request.

We know Mac is up to his gonads in lobbyists
in his Senate office and his Committee (Buse,
Black, Davis, etc. etc.). We also know lobby-
ist mogul Jack Abramoff recently tipped us
on how that profession bores in on legislators
and suckers with food, drink, favors and
$100,000 outings. When it becomes necessary
they'll even compose a bill when a zombie-like
legislator can't seem to get it togther.

My bookmaker says the betting indicates the
NYT would not have printed the story if it
could not back it up. Conventional thought is
Mac was wise to button up the subject after
his strident disclaimer. By claiming the fifth
he'll have less to explain when the other shoe
drops. And drop it will.

The Times did not get to be America's paper
of record by letting a bottom of his class mid-
shipman out-maneuver it.

Spoiler John disagrees with conventional
thought on this. Such a firestorm was created
by this relatively harmless report it put the
Times in a position of having to prove it.
They can and they will.