Flashback: Rick Davis Memo — ‘No Person Working For Campaign May…Receive Compensation’ For Lobbying
Flashback: Rick Davis Memo — ‘No Person Working For Campaign May…Receive Compensation’ For Lobbying
Earlier this week, after a critical New York Times article about McCain campaign manager Rick Davis’s lobbying ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Davis told reporters on a conference call that he “had a severed leave of absence from my firm for 18 months.” This claim came into question last night, however, when Newsweek reported that Davis had “remained the treasurer and a corporate director of his lobbying firm” through at least April 1, 2008:
Filings made by “Davis Manafort Partners” with the Virginia Corporation Commission as recently as April 1, 2008, show that Davis was still listed as one of only two corporate officers and directors of the firm, according to records on the commission’s Web site reviewed by NEWSWEEK. That filing records Davis as the “treas/clerk” of the firm; his business partner, Paul Manafort is listed as the president and chief executive officer.
Another filing by “Davis Manafort, Inc.” (with the same Alexandria, Va. address, and recorded on Oct. 17, 2007) also lists Davis as an officer and director of the firm, reporting his position as “T/Clerk,” a reference to his formal title as corporate treasurer and clerk.
The new revelations about Davis’ ongoing relationship with his old lobbying firm appear to create some cognitive dissonance with the campaign’s policy on lobbying.
In May, after two McCain aides were forced to resign over their controversial lobbying ties, Davis issued a memo laying out a new conflict of interest policy for the campaign. Here’s what the policy said about lobbying:
1.) No person working for the Campaign may be a registered lobbyist or foreign agent, or receive compensation for any such activity.
The McCain campaign maintains that Davis “has not taken a salary or received compensation since 2006.” But, as the Washington Post pointed out yesterday, “as an equity partner in the firm, he continues to have an financial stake in its success.” Additionally, Newsweek notes, Davis “stopped short of the steps another senior McCain campaign official, Charlie Black, took to severe his ties to his own well-connected Washington lobbying firm.”
When Davis issued the conflict of interests policy, he made clear that “employees who lie about their affiliations will be fired.” Do Davis’s now debunked denials of a relationship to his old firm amount to a firing offense under his own policy?
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We now see Johnny McCan’t cut them lobbyist ties after all…
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:05 pm“Do as I say, not as I doo-doo”.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:09 pm.
What’s a McKeating five…
… A music group?
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:09 pmDo Davis’s now debunked denials of a relationship to his old firm amount to a firing offense under his own policy?
Nope.
They qualify him to be McChief-of-staff…
September 25th, 2008 at 11:19 pmThe people responsible for the Bush Crash ride in McCain’s bus.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pmDo I remember someone saying “Anyone in my administration who is found to be involved in the leaking of the name of a CIA Operative will be fired immediately.” Or something along those lines…
Hmmm. McBush much?
PEACE
September 25th, 2008 at 11:25 pmReducto absurdium (and you know something like this is soon coming):
Must my campaign staffers now also renounce their Social Security benefits so that I might speak of Personal Retirement Accounts without fear of their being attacked as ‘Special Interest Advocates?’
September 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pm“Do Davis’s now debunked denials of a relationship to his old firm amount to a firing offense under his own policy?”
Don’t be assinine, he’s a fu(king Rethuglican.
Mom said it nicer in comment #6.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pmThat fool has to be adopted because Great Great Granddaddy Jefferson is a spinnin’ in his grave. And he can’t even claim his Great Granddaddy was a slave.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:37 pm.
Sorry, OT but…
WaMu now PWND by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080926/ts_nm/us_washingtonmutual_jpmorgan_news
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:52 pmGive poor old Richie Rick a break. Just as in McLiar can’t remember how many houses he owns, Ricky can’t remember how many firms he’s treasurer/clerk of. He simply forgot to tell his benefactors to switch his deposits to his Swiss bank account. Nothing to see here. And pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:25 amNot really OT but a must read…
http://www.counterpunch.org/hudson09252008.html
September 26th, 2008 at 12:28 amExcept me!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahahah!!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 1:04 amMax-1 Says:
Sorry, OT but…
WaMu now PWND by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ nm/ 20080926/ ts_nm/ us_washingtonmutual_jpmorgan_news
Oh $hit. I was talking to my boss the other day about how secure I felt that my mortgage and retirement funds were all in our local Credit Union. His reply was, my mortgage is with WaMu and I feel really confident in them. He’s going to be pissed tomorrow. Back to my Credit Union. I asked them, when I got my mortgage a couple of months ago, how many foreclosures they had. The answer was “We have foreclosed on one home in 50 years”. They don’t lend money to people who can’t afford to repay it.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:13 amTP, one severs one’s ties–one does not severe one’s ties. picky, picky, picky.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:34 amAin’t that just like a Republican… Rules of common decency and honor don’t apply to me… I’m exempt… Because I answer to a higher power: myself…
What Old Johnnie was trying to say was that he was planning to keep everybody “in suspense” about his next move/stunt/high-jink/monkeyshine… (He is really a very hip performance artist). He wasn’t actually lying, you know… he just got his words a little jumbled up, well, because what’s left of his mind, is, well, kinda jumbled up…
September 26th, 2008 at 1:37 amI got an email 2 1/2 hours ago saying Obama is going ahead with the debate tomorrow. It was from:
Jon Carson
September 26th, 2008 at 1:42 amNational Field Director
Obama for America
BarackObama.com
IOKIYAR
September 26th, 2008 at 1:50 amEver so slightly O/T: Palin: a vetting too far…
September 26th, 2008 at 1:50 amAll this . . . and there are some STILL actively desiring to VOTE McCAIN . . . the ignorance and level of self destruction of the American public astounds me . . . .
September 26th, 2008 at 4:17 amJess Wonderin Says:
All this…and there are some STILL actively desiring to VOTE McCAIN…the ignorance and level of self destruction of the American public astounds me…
Yeah, discouraging isn’t it? And Grampy McSame is counting on the stupidity of American voters.
September 26th, 2008 at 8:13 amOh Yeah. Davis is going to fire himself.
And McKeatingFiveHousesSevenCarsThirteen is going to start telling the truth.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:09 amKeith @#15 ~ I have some severe ties in my closet. When I wear one, people grimace and look away.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:12 amCongress has said that they’re willing to work with the White House and Henry Paulson on their request for money.
The only problem they’re having
is coming up with 700 billion in unmarked bills.
http://www.wilytrax.com
September 26th, 2008 at 9:19 amLOL RUCerious!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:16 am