Reform Watchdog Group to McCain: Fire the Lobbyists
12 May 2008 17:20 Africa/Lagos Reform Watchdog Group to McCain: Fire the Lobbyists National campaign finance reform group calls on McCain to fire Charlie Black, Tom Loeffler and Peter Madigan, three top lobbyists connected to human rights abusers WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Campaign Money Watch called on Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today to fire three Washington lobbyists working on his campaign team whose lobbying clients include brutal foreign interests and big oil companies. The demand comes after a weekend that saw key figures in McCain's campaign resign for lobbying for Myanmar's military junta. The two McCain lobbyists who resigned were just two of at least 10 top McCain aides or fundraisers who have lobbied for foreign governments, including at least 6 regimes or rulers with a history of human rights abuses, and at least one rebel leader with a history of human rights abuses. "John McCain's campaign is overrun by lobbyists and the worst a...