McCain adviser got money from Georgia

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_lobbyist;_ylt=AmHDDzhexu4gpzDB3lukmRas0NUE


By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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The payments raise ethical questions about the intersection of Randy Scheunemann's personal financial interests and his advice to the Republican presidential candidate who is seizing on Russian aggression in Georgia as a campaign issue.

McCain warned Russian leaders Tuesday that their assault in Georgia risks "the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world."

On April 17, a month and a half after Scheunemann stopped working for Georgia, his partner signed a $200,000 agreement with the Georgian government. The deal added to an arrangement that brought in more than $800,000 to the two-man firm from 2004 to mid-2007. For the duration of the campaign, Scheunemann is taking a leave of absence from the firm.

[Avalux]

1. And Rove was vacationing in Crimea.

And McCain is all over the TV acting as if he's already president. WTF is going on and why is our media complicit? I give up. We are completely fucked.

[FrenchieCat]

2. One fucking comment about this story?

Shit....we are in trouble.

We should be outraged!

[ContinentalOp]

3. I think it's just that it was kind of obvious from the start.

But good to see the the media is actually reporting on it!

[FrenchieCat]

4. This needs to be pinned to the top of the forum.......

as nothing is more important than this link in this political ploy.