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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: Randy Larsen
Montenegro!!!!
Oh, My Gawd! She works with someone who works with Black man named Monte!
(BTW, He usually lives down to his name)
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:36:57 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We can only hope...
I recall a promise to "bow out gracefully".
22
posted on
10/04/2010 6:37:01 PM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
("Sarah Palin fights, we cannot spare her."--GonzoGOP)
To: pissant
Her lipsHoly Crap!!!!!!!!!!!! again!!!!!!!!!!
This will surely be another determining factor in her run for the presidency!!!!!!!!!
To: pissant
And? Isn’t getting information from all sides a better way to make decisions?
24
posted on
10/04/2010 6:38:33 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: corbe
I thought Megan McCain was Megan McCain in drag...
To: The Cajun
I think he was too busy looking at her lips to listen to what came out of her mouth.
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:38:50 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; pissant
Scheunemann has done work for the Republic of GEORGIA, for crying out loud.
The idiot pissant, is clueless.
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:38:54 PM PDT
by
onyx
(If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
To: KoRn
So put up or shut up!
If not Sarah, then who?
Except for Palin, the GOP field announced so far is a bunch of losers.
28
posted on
10/04/2010 6:39:27 PM PDT
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
To: Solitar
No one, including Palin, has announced anything.
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:41:06 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Solitar
"If not Sarah, then who?"I honestly have no idea at this point. I agree with your assessment of the other talked about candidates as well.
30
posted on
10/04/2010 6:41:07 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: counterpunch
Obama has bowed to every enemy we have.
What foreign advisors does 0bama have in his nest of traitors?
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:41:31 PM PDT
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
To: onyx
Read my first post a bit more carefully
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:41:54 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
.
“Orion directly represents Georgia and Taiwan, and has been retained by Montenegro “
LOL!
So what?
McCain was pretty well informed in foreign affairs.
33
posted on
10/04/2010 6:43:39 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: pissant
I’m gonna vote for Sarah cause she’s hot...
34
posted on
10/04/2010 6:44:28 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
To: ez
To: pissant
Oh, the huge manatee!
36
posted on
10/04/2010 6:45:16 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: pissant
Pissant, obviously you have not been listening.
Have you been out to lunch?
37
posted on
10/04/2010 6:49:48 PM PDT
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
To: pissant
Pissant, obviously you have not been listening.
Have you been out to lunch?
38
posted on
10/04/2010 6:49:51 PM PDT
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
To: KoRn
He won't have to worry about that, because there's no way in hell she will win a presidential election. She's barely more qualified than Hussein was, and she doesn't have the national media/White guilt behind her the way he did. Her candidacy will assure a 2nd term for 0bama. She's probably the only republican that he could beat in a straight up race.
Who do I listen to, KoRn or Rush and Mark Levin, hmmmmm.
This is a real hard one!
To: mrsmith
Well, I haven’t given a nickel to SarahPac. If she feels the need to blow $100K on foreign policy advise from McCain’s buds, more power to her.
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posted on
10/04/2010 6:50:21 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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