A look into how our country works.... (and how Rick Davis gets rich)

So it seems Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, has been on a "retainer" since 2005 for $15k a month from Fannie Mae. Some are saying this looks like it was a payment to secure access to a possible President McCain. Of course, John McCain has repeatedly said that Davis has had no ties to Fannie Mae since 2005, so this might put a bit of a nick in his "Straight Talk" armor. Now Davis is responding by ad hominem attacks on the NY Times who has led the investigation rather than trying to absolve himself.

Ain't it great to see how Washington works? Companies pay lobbyists that are tied to politicians (because unless they are dumb, the politicians don't normally take it themselves) to get things swayed in their favor. Guess who suffers? The taxpayers, as evidenced by us coughing up $700 billion dollars (which is more than we've spent on the Iraq Occupation so far).

I'm saying it now... as many other people have.... the fact that John McCain is still competitive with Barack Obama shows that partisanship and racism are alive and well in the good ol' U.S. of A.

McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac

McCain aide: New York Times an 'Obama advocacy organization'