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McCain Adviser's Work As Lobbyist Criticized
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/20a73d4d-c9d0-4dc6-a33f-cbff231a9952/4A8828F0-F3B8-4E28-A4EB-D6D23241D323/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/charlie-blacks-lobbying-c_n_103088.html" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/charlie-blacks-lobbying-c_n_103088.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/charlie-blacks-lobbying-c_n_103088.html"><P>Longtime uber-lobbyist Charles R. Black Jr. is John McCain's man in Washington, a political maestro who is hoping to guide his friend, the senator from Arizona, to the presidency this November.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/charlie-blacks-lobbying-c_n_103088.html"><P>But for half a decade in the 1980s, Black was also Jonas Savimbi's man in the capital city. His lobbying firm received millions from the brutal Angolan guerrilla leader and took advantage of Black's contacts in Congress and the White House.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103006_2.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008052103048" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103006_2.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008052103048" style="font-size: 11px;">www.washingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103006_2.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008052103048">The lobbying shop represented <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Bethlehem+Steel+Corporation?tid=informline">Bethlehem Steel</A>, the Tobacco Institute and the government of the Philippines. The political consulting firm helped elect a slew of lawmakers -- including Sens. <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Phil+Gramm?tid=informline">Phil Gramm</A>, <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Jesse+Helms?tid=informline">Jesse Helms</A>, Charles McC. Mathias Jr., <A target="" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000709/">Arlen Specter</A>, Paula Hawkins and David F. Durenberger -- who worked on legislation that directly impacted the firm's clients.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103006_2.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008052103048">"The bond of going through an election with somebody is like going through a war. That bond is very powerful,"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103006_2.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008052103048">"They are like a family. 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