Suddenly, in September 2007, he's campaigning in South Carolina, the heavily Baptist state where George W. Bush barely managed to stop McCain's presidential campaign 8 years ago. And guess what? McCain tells a reporter who asks, "By the way, I'm not Episcopalian. I'm Baptist." When pressed, he said he's attended the North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona for more than 15 years, though he has never been baptized in that church. Anyway, this is one very clear indication of how McCain has changed his image. Any bets that he's just another chameleon-type politician, happy to pander if it helps him win?
Lie #7
John McCain bills himself as an honest broker and a corruption fighter. However, far from the "straight-talk" maverick he's made out to be, McCain has a long track record of taking both sides of an issue – which is why true-blue conservatives have never trusted him.Additional facts that show he is crooked and certainly not a crime fighter but a crime participant. . Here's some of the reasons:
His campaign is fraught with lobbyists. Phil Gramm a lobbyist for UBS is a powerful leading member of McCain's campaign staff. He has multiple other lobbyists on his campaign, some volunteer and some paid, even though he is now in the process of doing damage control and making sure they aren't paid if they are still lobbying. Nevertheless, he has criticized Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton for using earmarks.
Also, he is a founding member of the Keating 5: i.e., the Keating five congressmen investigated on ethics charges of strenuously helping convicted racketeer Charles Keating after he gave them large campaign contributions and vacation trips.
McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal."
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