schaeffer has connections to the Bush crime family?

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malloy saying this on AA right now. links, anyone?

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1. Google: AMBASSADOR TOM SCHIEFFER

for starters

Edit to add: on page 2 of google search:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010607-7.html

Here is all is from the WH site:
President Bush to Nominate Schieffer to be the Ambassador of the United States to Australia

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate J. Thomas Schieffer to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia.

"Tom Schieffer is a committed member of his community and a proven business leader. He is an exceptional choice to represent the United States in Australia," said President Bush.

Schieffer is currently the President of J. Thomas Schieffer Management Company and Pablo Operating Company in Dallas, Texas. He served for three terms in the Texas State House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976. From 1989 to 1998, Schieffer served with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club as Partner-in-Charge of Ballpark Development, President of the Club and then general partner. He has been a member of numerous charitable and civic boards including the Penrose Foundation, the Dallas County Community College Foundation, the Dallas 2012 Olympic Committee, the Tarrant County College Foundation and the Executive Committee of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. Schieffer is a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law School.

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2. holy shit. nt

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4. Keep reading. It just gets better or worse, depending on your tolerance

for Crony-ism

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3. More More More How do you like it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Schieffer

<snip>John Thomas "Tom" Schieffer (born October 4, 1947) has been the United States Ambassador to Australia since August 2001. A friend and former business partner of President George W. Bush, Schieffer has been a highly visible defender of the policies of the Bush Administration, and has been accused by some Australian politicians of interference in Australian politics.

<snip> Schieffer was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he received a masters in international relations in 1972. While still in college he worked in the offices of State Senator Don Kennard and Governor John Connally. In 1972 he was elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives, where he served three terms before being defeated in 1978.

<snip> Schieffer was admitted to the bar in 1979 and became a corporate lawyer in Fort Worth, specialising in the oil and gas industry. At this time he belonged to the conseravtive wing of the Texas Democratic Party associated with Connolly and Senator Lloyd Bentsen. He was the Fort Worth area co-ordinator for Democratic Governor Mark White's election campaigns.

<snip> In 1989, however, Schieffer became a partner of George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose in Ballpark Development, the company which bought the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. He invested US$1.4 million in the venture, and was responsible for the operations of the company as well as the building of The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. By the time Bush was elected Republican Governor of Texas in 1994, Schieffer was identified as a political supporter.

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5. A kick for those who weren't aware of the connection

cuz it is good to know these things. Helps understand why the questions were softballs to the right field.

Nada on environment? Zip on energy policy? Gee, those are two big domestic issues which the moderator did not touch on.