Is McCain surrounded by NOTHING but crooks?

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-kleiman/is-mccain-surrounded-by-n_b_113963.html


Mark Kleiman
Is McCain surrounded by NOTHING but crooks?
Posted July 21, 2008 | 01:22 AM (EST)


What do you get if you cross an influence-peddler with a war profiteer? According to Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise, you get John McCain's senior foreign policy adviser.

It's about as ugly a story as you can imagine, with Scheunemann's cronies bragging to potential investors that his role in getting us bogged down in Iraq gives him such strong influence with the U.S. government that the various 'Stans will give oil leases on concessional terms in order to have that influence working for them instead of against them. One of his co-perpetrators is Stephen Payne, the Bush fundraiser whom Bush put on the Homeland Security Advisory Council who just got caught selling access to U.S. officials for donations to the Bush library.

In a just world, this would be the end for McCain. He's now had to dump his chief economic adviser and two spiritual advisers in a row, as well as assorted crooked lobbyists and hangers-on. This raises real questions about his judgment.

But since the story is slightly complicated (not that it can't be told straightforwardly, but it has several moving parts), doesn't involve anyone black, wasn't dug up by a mainstream media outlet, and won't be pumped by Matt Drudge or his mini-me Mark Halperin, it's likely to sink without a trace.

Some Congressional hearings on Payne and his buddies, with Scheunemann called as a witness, might change that. But don't hold your breath.

Story here:
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/07/mccains-senior.html

[panzerfaust]

1. Well, he IS a conservative y'ah know.

The modern conservative is someone who never takes responsibility, never apologizes, never even admits doing wrong - not that HE can remember what you are talking about anyhow.

[WinkyDink]

2. Is McCain a Republican? There ya go.

[mwb970]

3. mccain's judgment is terrible - just like bush.

He chooses such horrible people to advise him. Didn't we just go through this with bush taking his marching orders from a Dick?

I like mccain less and less with each passing day. He seems like a completely empty suit surrounded by crooks. Sounds so familiar!

[w13rd0]

4. yes

n/t

[hobbit709]

5. Birds of a feather and all that.

[liberal N proud]

6. He is a republican or should I say republiCON

You can't say CONservative with out the con.

[DrDan]

7. is he surrounded by republicans?

Guess that is rhetorical.

[Historic NY]

8. crumb pickers.