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AP, Wash. Post fail to report ties between Swift Boat Vets, ad attacking Obama

Summary: The Associated Press and The Washington Post quoted a spokesman for the American Issues Project, which has produced an ad attacking Sen. Barack Obama, without mentioning that he was employed in 2004 by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that led a smear campaign against Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 election.
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Posted by snoopy

That may be big, but this has got to be the bombshell of the day:

Buchanan accuses 'McCain's neocon warmonger' of treason Stephen C. Webster
Published: Friday August 22, 2008

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According to conservative commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, Sen. John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann is a 'dual loyalist,' 'neocon warmonger' involved in activities that 'none dare call treason.'

Scheunemann's former employer, Orion Strategies, is a lobbying firm with strong ties to Mikheil Saakashvili's administration in Georgia.

Since Georgia attempted to retake South Ossetia by force, triggering a sharp, violent rebuke by Russian forces, Sen. McCain has been by far the most strident advocate of US support for the former Soviet state. And his top adviser, says Buchanan, may well be the next Henry Kissinger or Zbigniew Brzezinski.

"He is a dual loyalist, a foreign agent whose assignment is to get America committed to spilling the blood of her sons for client regimes who have made this moral mercenary a rich man," he wrote.

Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to snoopy

On the occasion I've found myself agreeing with Pat. A bit hyperboloic here, but something that could use some attension.

K. Rove was over there doing what a while ago. Besides evading a congressional supena?

Posted by princeofwheels in reply to snoopy

Now Buchanan will be labeled as a nut....or relabeled. I can't wait for the McCain ad saying that Buchanan is too old to listen to.

Posted by nerzog in reply to snoopy

Snoop, don't expect this angle to get much coverage in the MSM. Remember the Ron Suskind bombshell that dropped last week (crickets)? How much evidence do we need to prove that these bastards lied us into a war, and may be in the process of doing it again?

This Georgia thing stinks like hell.

Posted by Pyrrhonist in reply to nerzog

I agree.  Where was our "Russian expert" Secretary of State when that blew up?

Posted by nerzog in reply to Pyrrhonist

Shoe shopping, no doubt.

Posted by Pyrrhonist in reply to nerzog

Of course.  What was I thinking?

Posted by princeofwheels in reply to Pyrrhonist

But what you don't know is the her shopping mate was Little Dickie Morris...Anyone notice how shoes(Condi), toes (our Little Dick), foot-tapping(some innocent Senator) seem to be a thread of their own in the Con(verse) Party!!!! At least we know that Cheney can't be included because he lacks a soul and Bush, you guessed it, just a heel.

Posted by snoopy in reply to nerzog

No doubt, like we also won't hear about vote dropping in ohio.

Posted by Science101 in reply to snoopy

Electronic voting machine flaws vs. individuals counting the votes vs. dead people voting vs. forced voting vs. "i cant find the hole to punch".  I cannot, for the life of me, think of any election that would produce 100% accurate results.

Posted by snoopy in reply to Science101

I can, and diebold wants to model their machines on it. It's called the saddam hussain perfect voting record election.

Posted by foghornleghorn in reply to Science101

Remember, it's not important who votes, but who counts the votes.  And with Diebold, no one knows if the totals have been manipulated.  Because Scienceguy, there's no PAPER TRAIL.  Welcome to the banana republic you've helped create.  Happy now.

Posted by hogprint in reply to snoopy

Wait, hold the phone...

I thought Pat was El Diablo not just, what, four five days ago.  Now he's held up here because he's turned on McCain?  

Posted by mary59 in reply to hogprint

Fair question.  I think Buchanan is a racist.  However, he's on the right side as far as invading countries and spending taxpayer money on imperialistic ventures.

Posted by magnolialover

Yes, of course. A man who donated $200 to an early Obama campaign must be a super duper good friend and Obama must have taken part in the Weathermen movement/terrorist activities.

Reaching I say that these guys are. Reaching.

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to magnolialover

Not to play WITH patrol, but anybody who even considers Bill Ayers a topic of any substance with regards to Obama is probably confused enough that a connection to the Swifties is a positive on a resume.

Posted by Science101 in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Connections to a proud, domestic terrorist is somehow not considered important?

Posted by foghornleghorn in reply to Science101

Important to you and nobody else.  Any Chappaquiddick secrets you want to reveal for us? 

Posted by Pyrrhonist in reply to magnolialover

Someone just told me that Fox News has refused to run this ad.  Could this be true?

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to Pyrrhonist

Could be. Maybe Sean Hannity thought it was too biased against McCain, and didn't screech "Unrepentant" enough.

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

FOX doesn't need to run anti-Obama attack ads...their political commentary sufficiently does it.

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to IRONY 101

BTW, did you know that John McCain is a former POW? He doesn't like to talk about it...

Posted by princeofwheels

No idea. But being that it is Fox, they may not run it as a paid ad but may run it up to a hundred times to discuss it fully. They may even use it as a promo and ask "Is the a real ad? And should we run it?"

If it is negative towards Obama, it will show up in some form. Billy O' will rant and rave that he is not permitted to run this ad. And then it will run but only because Fox may be questioning something about the ad. And then his guest will want to see it 10 more times, etc. etc. etc.

Posted by Pyrrhonist in reply to princeofwheels

You're right of course.  It'll be like when they run those crazy naked teenage girl videos. "Oh my God, that's just shocking! Run it again so we can see how shocking it is!"   

Posted by albertsenj in reply to princeofwheels

This may be a little off-topic but, how can someone be 'fair & balanced' while engineering the 'Stop Obama Express'?

This another  example of the FAR RIGHT WING SMEAR MACHINE doing its job.We should be used to it by now. I give it the credence it  deserves,  NONE AT ALL.

Posted by truthseeker77

Why is Obama friends with Ayers, who said he and his group didn't do enough by bombing American landmarks?

Posted by mary59 in reply to truthseeker77

You are, I'm sorry to report, not seeking the truth.  How many unrepentent liars are out there besides yourself?