McCain’s First Appointee Already Resigns
May 11, 2008Doug Goodyear was chosen by John McCain to manage the Republican convention in Minnesota this summer. The problem wasn’t just that Goodyear’s company was making millions lobbying for corporations like ExxonMobil and GM, even though that should have been enough of an issue for the supposedly anti-lobbyist McCain. An even bigger problem, as revealed by Newsweek, was Goodyear’s lobbying for the military junta in Burma, a government condemned by our own state department for human rights violations.
Another issue: DCI has been a pioneer in running “independent” expenditure campaigns by so-called 527 groups, precisely the kind of operations that McCain, in his battle for campaign-finance reform, has denounced. In 2004, the DCI Group led a pro-Bush 527 called Progress for America, which was later fined (along with several other 527s on both sides of the political divide) for violating federal election laws. Goodyear, however, says that DCI is “not in the 527 business anymore.”
Now, Goodyear is gone, “setting a new land speed record for shortest time lapsed between the ’story breaks’ and ‘ax falls’ phases of a political scandal.”
Here’s how Goodyear explains his Burmese involvement: “It was our only foreign representation, it was for a short tenure, and it was six years ago.” I guess that makes it okay.
Politicians involved in shady deals only clean up their acts when the public finds out.
Lesson to our youth: it’s okay to be a liar, or to be involved with shady characters, as long as no one finds out.
Dougone it! The was to be a Goodyear for McCain.
Oh well.
Can you imagine a Barak Hussein Obama cabinet!!
Thank GOD he is unelectable !
Rev. Wright would be in charge of unAmerikan activities !
The first [lady] would be in charge of; OMG, WHAT A THOUGHT !
THANK GOD HE IS UNELECTABLE !
This is exactly the kind of shinanigans that have and will go on in politics till somehow we drastically change how campaigns are to be run. I just finished Grishams’ latest book, “The Appeal”…it is a great story about the corruption of politicians by special interest groups. I think everyone here should read it and besides it’s a great story.
Like we don’t already KNOW the story ! LOL.
WHERE you BEEN Budda ?
does anyone remember the name of that website that the guy keeps calling in about? i’m into conspiracy theories…
This is no surprise from a McCain-boy. This would be earth shattering if someone respectable was at issue.
Barack is highly electable, dingus.
You want a show called Coast To Coast AM, Cheryl.
:P
Obama is highly electable within this primary,the general election is totally different. The success he’s enjoyed so far are in states that he’ll never win in November.
It takes more than eloquent speeches that have yet to contain any actual ideas to win the presidency. Can you imagine a mutimillion dollar company taking a two year supervisor at one of it’s facilities and placing them as the CEO of the entire corperation?
Jerry baby, tell me, what’s YOUR story?
Eric~ I listen to Coast 2 Coast almost nightly. I’m talking about the guy who keeps calling about the Nixon Kennedy conspiracy or something. His calls are getting old, but now I’m curious and want to know what the hell he’s talking about.
Ron Paul is still in the race for the Republican nomination getting 25% of the Rep. vote without any help from the likes of Alan Colmes or any other pundit to speak of. This is called a media blackout and it proves their bias against Ron Paul and are the enemy of anyone wishing to have a corruption free election.
i dont think this nation needs another pesident from Tx.
I have a question for everyone, based on some books I’m reading. This question isn’t biased towards Christians or non-Christians.
Do you think that if our nation loses its association with Christianity, and its association with what most people think is our Christian history, that our society will degrade into an out of control state of selfishness? If we lose our so-called Christian principles, what principles and moral code would we use to decide between right and wrong?
Thanks homies.
No, because Christians don’t have a monopoly on morality.
That’s true. But then my question is, how do we judge what is moral? (perhaps I should find a philosophy blog, but these questions just came to mind tonight)
I hope cheryl doesn’t vote.
cuz she’ll probly f’up.?
Jerry~ that is the funniest thing you’ve ever said on this blog. Your comments are typically very hateful and narrow-minded. I’m sure that the above was meant to be as hateful as usual, but I found it funny.
Alan~ I’m almost done with your book. In one of the many listener emails you include, one of them is supposed to coming from a Fredericksburg ‘MD’. No such place, bro. There’s Frederick, MD and Fredericksburg, VA within about 2 hours of each other. (I guess I just don’t want my wonderful city misrepresented.) :0)
“Do you think that if our nation loses its association with Christianity…that our society will degrade into an out of control state of selfishness?”
Christianity doesn’t keep people from being greedy, so I don’t see how it would make any difference.
And, actually, I don’t see how Christianity has really accomplished much of anything, except that, like most businesses, it makes a great deal of money for a few clever people.
“If we lose our so-called Christian principles, what principles and moral code would we use to decide between right and wrong?”
We’ll go by the same principles we’re using now. The ones we like.
We’ve gotten past polygamy, slavery, child abuse, second class status for women, kill those of other religions; all things the bible condones if not endorses.
We do well by ourselves, the future shouldn’t be different.
Boogie and RC are essentially correct, as we will, and have, corrected ourselves to go onto better paths. But, Boogieman, I am not sure it is fair to cite things which are either rare or which can plausibly exist absent and prior to, the Bible. As far as I know, polygamy has always been rare, yet the Bible’s has always had some influence on society, even if more philosophical, so the fact of its written condonement of polygamy hasn’t effected society as much as might be assumed, which also, of course, furthers your contention that it is unecessary. But it also means there so much of a problem to get past, arguing the Bible in that regard wasn’t a major problem. I tend to blame man above words in books. My issue with Christians is mainly over their intrusiveness.
As for societal stability, which is what interests me a bit more than having absolute standards for morality, I do wonder just what we would have as a stabilizing influential document in a wholly secularist, even atheist, society. The ready answer is the Constitution in whatever form it is in, but the major difference between it and what is purported to be the word of god, is the willingness of believing men to contest it. If man is willing to amend his own ideas, but reticent to challenge the word of a god, than that makes one foundation stronger than the other. The question of which one will lead to a better society is hypothetical, especially since we’ve never been under absolute religious control. But societies founded on man’s reason are inherently unstable. It’s fortunate that enough people can reason and empathize enough that we can self-correct.
I’d rather have the freedom of mind than the will of unprovable gods, whatever the consequence.
This is hilarious.
What # is this? Isn’t this the 3rd or 4th guy he’s had to toss because of shady connections?
At this rate, if elected, he would toss out his entire cabinet by July 4th, 2009!
I’ve got a question for you…
Why do you care about some guy’s religion from 2,000 years ago, and not give a damn about 3,000 peoples deaths from 7 years ago?
Lemmings.
The Twin Towers came down at FREE-FALL speed. This means no resistance at all such as structural re-enforcements like the huge columns running up the middle….and this merits no further investigation?
Lemmings? I’m sorry that you’re unable to see the higher plane of thought that most of us are utilizing here. I care about some guy’s religion from 2000 years ago b/c people today are basing their political policy decisions on that guy’s religion, and by understanding him I can further understand how they think. By doing so, I hope to be able to prevent 3000 more deaths.
WFG~ I think that that was a very good post. I’ve actually started a personal file with the most interesting threads from LL, so that I can easily locate and reread them for future thought. You actually had too many good sentences in there for my brain to process at one time!
I’ll copy and paste an excerpt from Alan’s book that prompted the question in the first place:
Why is it so important for some Americans to insist this is a Christian nation? Are they so insecure in their beliefs that they need government sanction for their faith? They decry the lack of religious imagery around us, as though our country would be better served if there were crosses, pictures of Jesus, and plaques of the Ten Commandments everywhere we turn.
He goes on:
Everyone should believe what they believe, and think like they think, but don’t insist that I believe what you believe or think like you think in order to justify your own beliefs.
from page 218
My sentiments exactly.
Thanks, Cheryl. And I noticed many grammatical errors in my posts, as is the norm for me. Oy, I say.