Among the donors to McCain from John B. Hess' company are an office manager and her husband, who pony up $57,000.
August 5, 2008
On June 10, John B. Hess, a top executive at the oil company with his family name, summoned friends to the 21 Club, a former speakeasy in Manhattan, and delivered $285,000 to John McCain and the Republican National Committee.
A week later, McCain traveled to Texas and announced his support for offshore oil drilling.
Hess Corp. is an East Coast gasoline retailer with major refining and exploration operations, some of which happen to be offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hess was one of half a dozen hosts who tapped friends for the maximum $28,500 donation to the GOP. Others included investor Henry Kravis and hedge fund mogul Paul E. Singer.
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said there was no link between the money and McCain's stand. "Mr. Hess was fundraising before Sen. McCain made the announcement," he said.
The information emerged in a Campaign Money Watch report last week (
http://www.campaignmoney.org/files/Its_A_Gusher.pdf), followed by an item Monday on Talking Points Memo(
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/hess_corporation_office_manage.php), which wondered how they could afford to give $57,000 to a political campaign. Alice Rocchio told TPM that McCain was her favorite candidate and the money was the Rocchios' to give.
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