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May 12, 2008

John McCain Ethics In Question On Burma Lobbyist Ties

Filed under: General — liberalicon @ 7:29 pm
What kind of crazy judgment must John McCain to pick as one one of his top advisors a many who has served as a lobbyist for the military junta of Myanmar? McCain has shown some truly terrible judgment, surrounding himself with corporate lobbyists with their hands in their the dirtiest deals of the day.
clipped from irregulartimes.com
Newsweek broke the news this week (see, that’s why they call it Newsweek) that John McCain’s official Convention Chair, Doug Goodyear, is also a lobbyist. He’s not just any lobbyist, either; he’s CEO of DCI, a lobbying corporation that has promoted the interests of the autocratic military regime in Myanmar (nee Burma). In exchange for loads of cash, Goodyear used DCI to instigate a public relations campaign denying the abuses of the Myanmar junta and arguing for special favors for the brutes.
(Source: Newsweek, May 18 2008 issue)
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1 Comment »

  1. Obama has all those lobbyist working for him and he needs to get rid of them like McCain did!
    http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/06/07/obama-decree-on-funding-limited-to-current-lobbyists/

    Comment by goodtimepolitics — June 7, 2008 @ 10:08 pm


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