Comments on: Scheunemann lobbied McCain staff while working for campaign. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:34:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: wooriginal http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4973134 wooriginal Thu, 22 May 2008 01:14:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4973134 The more light shed on McCain the better ... in the meantime, if any one is interested you can PLEDGE to support the Democratic nominee at www.norift.com - if you like it, DIGG it! Thanks ya'll The more light shed on McCain the better … in the meantime, if any one is interested you can PLEDGE to support the Democratic nominee at http://www.norift.com – if you like it, DIGG it!

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]]> By: 5th Estate http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972866 5th Estate Wed, 21 May 2008 22:27:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972866 So immediate-past associations don't count against MCain, but ANY association counts against Obama, no matter how ancient? Interesting...hmmmm... So immediate-past associations don’t count against MCain, but ANY association counts against Obama, no matter how ancient? Interesting…hmmmm…

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972720 DieNowForPeace Wed, 21 May 2008 21:13:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972720 The irony is strong in this one. The irony is strong in this one.

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972696 Shayne Wed, 21 May 2008 21:02:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972696 Well Obama's getting his donations from regular folks at $25 each so McCain can do the same thing. Oh I crack myself up. Well Obama’s getting his donations from regular folks at $25 each so McCain can do the same thing. Oh I crack myself up.

]]> By: StratRat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972678 StratRat Wed, 21 May 2008 20:58:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972678 If all the lobbyists quit the campaign, who is gonna drive the bus? If all the lobbyists quit the campaign, who is gonna drive the bus?

]]> By: upside99 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972674 upside99 Wed, 21 May 2008 20:56:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972674 When is a lobbyist not a lobbyist? Oh, ......... right, it is in their genes, so guess that is a trick question. Johnnie Boy has so many in his camp, they can slough off like dead skin or shark's teeth and he will still have more than enough to get him through the election. No worries. When is a lobbyist not a lobbyist? Oh, ……… right, it is in their genes, so guess that is a trick question.

Johnnie Boy has so many in his camp, they can slough off like dead skin or shark’s teeth and he will still have more than enough to get him through the election. No worries.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972664 Leftside Annie Wed, 21 May 2008 20:52:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972664 Buckie Boy, where are you....??? Buckie Boy, where are you….???

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972656 Badger Wed, 21 May 2008 20:47:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972656 Scheunemann defended Chalabi’s “vision” for Iraq, claiming that Chalabi was opposed for “ideological reasons” by the State Department and the CIA, Those "ideological reasons "were that he was a con man and an Iranian double agent. Rumsfelds so called "plans" for Iraq, after Baghdad fell, was to hand things over to Chalabi, and return home to a victorious welcome. So Chalabi was a Very good con man. Scheunemann defended Chalabi’s “vision” for Iraq, claiming that Chalabi was opposed for “ideological reasons” by the State Department and the CIA,

Those “ideological reasons “were that he was a con man and an Iranian double agent.

Rumsfelds so called “plans” for Iraq, after Baghdad fell, was to hand things over to Chalabi, and return home to a victorious welcome. So Chalabi was a Very good con man.

]]> By: Badmoodman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972632 Badmoodman Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972632 TP, I'm disappointed in you. Maverick has a perpetual <em>get out of jail from the media</em> card. This, of course, applies even if Maverick becomes Top Gun. TP, I’m disappointed in you. Maverick has a perpetual get out of jail from the media card. This, of course, applies even if Maverick becomes Top Gun.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972626 RUCerious Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972626 Go ahead McIIIrd purge your entire staff of lobbyists. Then stand there and look around. Maybe you could fine someone, anyone to talk to. Maybe just start grabbing people off the street. "Hey! I need somebody to run my camping ground! Or run my campaign into the ground, or grind up my campaign so I can have my coffee in the morning. Coffee, ahh, that's so warm and wet, like my pants..." Go ahead McIIIrd purge your entire staff of lobbyists.

Then stand there and look around. Maybe you could fine someone, anyone to talk to. Maybe just start grabbing people off the street. “Hey! I need somebody to run my camping ground!
Or run my campaign into the ground, or grind up my campaign so I can have my coffee in the morning. Coffee, ahh, that’s so warm and wet, like my pants…”

]]> By: leftcoast http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972618 leftcoast Wed, 21 May 2008 20:32:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972618 ...“the ethics policy is not retroactive” ... McCain: "That's correct, my friend. Any staff who may have been unethical prior to my notice to their unethicalness, my friend, shall not be held to my policy of getting rid of unethicals, because they didn't know they had to be ethical." …“the ethics policy is not retroactive” …
McCain: “That’s correct, my friend. Any staff who may have been unethical prior to my notice to their unethicalness, my friend, shall not be held to my policy of getting rid of unethicals, because they didn’t know they had to be ethical.”

]]> By: StratRat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972614 StratRat Wed, 21 May 2008 20:31:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972614 McSame is the kewl kid on the block. The guy all the newspeople want to be. The rally around him just hoping he throws them a crumb or two (He likes me best!). A pathetic and useless MSM - now that's mission accomplished! McSame is the kewl kid on the block. The guy all the newspeople want to be. The rally around him just hoping he throws them a crumb or two (He likes me best!). A pathetic and useless MSM – now that’s mission accomplished!

]]> By: Leporello http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972612 Leporello Wed, 21 May 2008 20:28:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972612 ROTFLMAO!!! However did all the inhabitants of Bizarro-world ever manage to come toghther around McInsane? Is he some kind of strange attractor that gathers more and more malificent madness around him? How is it possible that the party that had Abraham Lincoln as their first elected president comes down to this? What fools these mortals be! Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution! Abu Ben Hussein Leporello. ROTFLMAO!!! However did all the inhabitants of Bizarro-world ever manage to come toghther around McInsane? Is he some kind of strange attractor that gathers more and more malificent madness around him? How is it possible that the party that had Abraham Lincoln as their first elected president comes down to this? What fools these mortals be!
Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.

]]> By: SpoxLogic http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972604 SpoxLogic Wed, 21 May 2008 20:25:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972604 John McCain: <strong>the gift that keeps on giving</strong> John McCain: the gift that keeps on giving

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972600 Shayne Wed, 21 May 2008 20:23:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972600 So this is McCain's "top foreign policy advisor". And what percentage of the American people are unhappy with the war on Iraq? We need billboards to announce this little piece of brilliance. So this is McCain’s “top foreign policy advisor”. And what percentage of the American people are unhappy with the war on Iraq? We need billboards to announce this little piece of brilliance.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972588 shoeless Wed, 21 May 2008 20:19:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972588 <em>McCain announced a new conflict of interest policy to purge the campaign of “...foreign agent[s].”</em> Does that mean no more KGB operatives in the McCain campaign? McCain announced a new conflict of interest policy to purge the campaign of “…foreign agent[s].”

Does that mean no more KGB operatives in the McCain campaign?

]]> By: OneCrankyDem http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972576 OneCrankyDem Wed, 21 May 2008 20:15:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972576 A Neocon Lobbyist ? Imagine my surprise, Not. A Neocon Lobbyist ? Imagine my surprise, Not.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-4972572 Leftside Annie Wed, 21 May 2008 20:15:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/21/scheunemann-lobbied-mccain-staff-while-working-for-campaign/#comment-4972572 I'm shocked, I tell ya: <strong>SHOCKED</strong>!! I’m shocked, I tell ya: SHOCKED!!

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