23 March 2008
I
am not a fan of John McCain. Not at all. I am less a fan of the MSM
and hate dishonest smears against anyone., even those I disagree with politically.
McCain wrote two letters in late
1999 to the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of Florida-based Paxson
Communications. He urged quick consideration of a proposal to buy a television
station license in Pittsburgh, although he did not ask the FCC commissioners
to approve the proposal. At the time, one FCC commissioner's formal
nomination was pending before McCain's Senate committee, and the FCC chairman
complained that McCain's letters were improper.
Why was it improper? Because the FCC chairman felt pressured to do his
job? I think that's an appropriate use of Senatorial influence.
Telling someone it's time to make a decision is much different than telling
them what the decision will/should be.
So who was this FCC Chairman? According to wiki, it was William E. Kennard, a Democrat from California who is now a member of the Board of
Directors of Sprint Nextel Corporation, The New York Times Company,
Hawaiian Telcom and Insight Communications. Funny how that "reaching
across the aisle" only works one way, isn't it? Democrats are all
about the "bipartisanship" when Republicans do the reaching... the
other way, not so much.
I've got to give McCain a pass on this. The Keating Five
scandal is still his to own however.
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