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Palin adviser worked for foreign governments
Toronto Sun ^
| 10/4/10
| Mark Hosenball
Posted on 10/04/2010 6:24:19 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin, seen as a possible Republican presidential candidate, has paid tens of thousands of dollars for foreign policy advice to a U.S. firm that represents three overseas governments, campaign finance documents show.
While legal, the advisers work as an agent for other countries raises questions about whether Palin is receiving impartial information about foreign relations and could be become a subject of debate if she runs for president or another elected office.
Financial reports filed by the former Alaska governors fundraising committee known as SarahPAC, show that between December 2009 and the end of May 2010, it made seven payments to Orion Strategies.
The firm is a Washington consulting firm founded and led by Randy Scheunemann, a lobbyist who served as a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain in his 2008 U.S. presidential bid and to Palin when she became McCains Republican running mate.
Controversy over campaign advisers who work as lobbyists for foreign or domestic interests can often blight national political campaigns. At least five of McCains aides quit his presidential campaign because of their lobbying activities.
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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: advisers; foreignpolicy; johnmccain; nationalgreatness; neocons; orionstrategies; palin; palinisproamnesty; randyscheunemann; sarahpalin; scheunemann
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To: pissant
101
posted on
10/04/2010 8:05:16 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: pissant
WTF did you think McCain-Kennedy was? So it was McCain-Kennedy and not Palin-Kennedy.....am I understanding you right?
To: gov_bean_ counter
Was McCain-Kennedy amnesty or not?
103
posted on
10/04/2010 8:07:48 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: The Cajun
Look at the ad that McCain-Palin released in spanish only. Lamenting its demise.
104
posted on
10/04/2010 8:08:49 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
The one that has amnesty nowhere it it??
105
posted on
10/04/2010 8:13:57 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: pissant
Did it say amnesty? Nope.
106
posted on
10/04/2010 8:14:48 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: gov_bean_ counter
ayup....crazy lying liar...creepy lying liar (in the style of Lawrence O’Donnell)
107
posted on
10/04/2010 8:14:58 PM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
("Sarah Palin fights, we cannot spare her."--GonzoGOP)
To: gov_bean_ counter
I assume you supported McCain Kennedy. It did not call itself amnesty.
108
posted on
10/04/2010 8:16:19 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
Nope, I never supported anything Kennedy put his name to even if it didn't mention amnesty.
109
posted on
10/04/2010 8:18:38 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: pissant
Look at the ad that McCain-Palin released in spanish only.McClatchy news service and Washington Post, what's not to believe.
Impeccable non-biased news sources as usual!!!
To: gov_bean_ counter; stephenjohnbanker; calcowgirl; AuntB; DoughtyOne; sickoflibs; rabscuttle; ...
That folks, in a nutshell is it. Cultists like Bean Counter here did not think McCain-Kennedy, otherwise known as Comprehensive Immigration Reform, was amnesty.
This is the mental midgetry masquerading as “Sarah doesn’t support amnesty”.
We all wasted our time fighting Bush and Mccain and Kennedy and the GOP leadership on this. We should have let it pass. It really wasn’t amnesty. Who knew?
111
posted on
10/04/2010 8:21:56 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: onyx
The truly funny thing about this thread is that Randy Scheunemann is a close friend of one of pissant’s heroes, Jim DeMint, and has worked closely with Donald Rumsfeld and John Bolton for years (The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, Project for a New American Century, et al).
Add that to the fact that there is, literally, nothing wrong with what Randy has done (and that foreign policy was one of the things McCain was strong on), and you have a real laugher with this thread. LOL
112
posted on
10/04/2010 8:22:11 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("Mike Pence's Amnesty plan is the '86 Amnesty with a trip home tacked on." - The Heritage Foundation)
To: The Cajun
113
posted on
10/04/2010 8:22:28 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: onyx
Uh-oh.......this’ll get repeattive now.
pissant pinged the Legion of Doom.
114
posted on
10/04/2010 8:24:27 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("Mike Pence's Amnesty plan is the '86 Amnesty with a trip home tacked on." - The Heritage Foundation)
To: The Cajun
Malkin covered it as did many on the right. But you should know that.
115
posted on
10/04/2010 8:27:28 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: TitansAFC
pissant pinged the Legion of Doom.
Check again. :)
116
posted on
10/04/2010 8:31:59 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: pissant
They linked to the ad Played the ad, at the end John McCain said he approved the message, didn't hear Sarah Palin say she approved the message.
Did you hear, in your own little head, that Sarah Palin said she supported the message???
To: TitansAFC
Hey, btw, the only player from my college (that I know of) to make it in pro football is a starting corner for the Titans (Finnegan).
118
posted on
10/04/2010 8:34:19 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: The Cajun
Did you hear, in your own little head, that Sarah Palin said she supported the message??? I think he hears all kinds of voices in his little punkin' head.
119
posted on
10/04/2010 8:36:42 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: gov_bean_ counter
She just went on Univision and supported it, as you well know.
120
posted on
10/04/2010 8:38:58 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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