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Discussion: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
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1. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:32 PM EDT
Robert (Bud) McFarlaneMcCains Adviser, Major player in Iran Contra. Was National Security Director to Ronald Reagan 1983-1985 John and Robert attended to Naval Academy together for three years. In 1988 he pleaded guilty to four counts of withholding information from Congress for his role in the Iran-Contra cover-up. Was pardoned by President George H.W. Bush In May 1986, after his retirement, he acted as a secret envoy for two planeloads of weapons parts one of which was delivered by him to the Iranians in Iran Contra guns for money to provide funds to the Contras in Nicaragua. Do you find this valuable? |
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2. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:33 PM EDT
Randy ScheunemannMcCain’s chief policy advisor on foreign affairs. During the 2002 and early 2003 campaign by the George W. Bush administration to generate public support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Scheunemann had a close association with Iraq exile Ahmad Chalabi. On April 17, 2008, McCain spoke on the phone with Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili about the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two troubled provinces that are considered part of Georgia but have been de facto independent since 1990. That same day, McCain issued a public statement condemning Russia and expressing strong support for the Georgian position. Also on that same day, Georgia signed a new, $200,000 lobbying contract with Scheunemann's firm, Orion Strategies In mid-July 2008, The Sunday Times linked Scheunemann to Stephen Payne, a lobbyist covertly filmed as he discussed a lobbying contract and offered to arrange meetings with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and others, and recommended donations to the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Payne said Scheunemann had been "working with me on my payroll for five of the last eight years”. Do you find this valuable? |
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3. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:34 PM EDT
Cornel Oliver NorthJohn and Oliver are personal friends according to Oliver. North was tried in 1988 in relation to his activities while at the National Security Council. He was indicted on sixteen felony counts and on May 4, 1989, he was initially convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents (by his secretary, Fawn Hall, on his instructions). He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell on July 5, 1989, to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines, and 1,200 hours community service. July 20, 1990 North's convictions reversed by an appeals court because of an issue with his granted limited immunity for his Congressional testimony. During the early and mid 1980s, Lt. Colonel North was alleged to participate in organizing the transportation of cocaine and marijuana from the various sites in Central and South America into the United States as a means of funding the Contra rebels. Do you find this valuable? |
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4. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:34 PM EDT
Alan Greenspan writes a private study for Keating saying that a direct investment was not harmful. It turns out that he was 3 billion US tax payer dollars wrong.One of the key players in the mortgage melt down keeping mortgage rates extremely low and then running rates up rapidly without understanding the banks exposure to a collapse or bubble burst. Do you find this valuable? |
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5. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:35 PM EDT
Phil & Wendy GrammPhil Gramm was in charge of John McCain’s Campaign until the banking news became very loud. Deregulated banking and commodities. Possible the worst people in the banking system collapse & had a key role in the Enron failure & fraud on the State of California. Wendy paid 13 million to the State of California in restitution that totaled over $168,000,000. Do you find this valuable? |
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6. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:36 PM EDT
Fife Symington IIIGovernor of the State of Arizona from 1991-1997. Forced to resign in 1997. He was convicted of bank fraud in 1997. Overturned by a higher court because of technicality on judge instructions and was being retried but pardoned by Bill Clinton in Jan. 2001. Fife saved Bill Clintons life from drowning when they were in college. Grandfather is the founder of US Steel: Henry Clay Frick Was known for his hiring the Pinkerton guards that ambushed strikers that had over taken a mill, 6 killed Do you find this valuable? |
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7. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:36 PM EDT
Charles Keating, Jr.A very close friend to McCain & wife Cindy. Received over $100,000 in campaign contributions and use of his plane and resort home over many years. Sent to Federal Prison on Fraud Lincoln Savings and Loan Keating was convicted of 4 counts of wire and bankruptcy fraud. He was convicted of 17 other counts in federal and state courts of fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy that the higher courts overturned. Keating spent 4 ½ years in prison. Deregulated Banking Investments in the early 1980’s allowed for 23,000 people to be defrauded by Keating and Wurzelbacher and government spent 3 billion dollars on savings and loan bailout. Do you find this valuable? |
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8. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:37 PM EDT
Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Son–in-Law of Keating. He pled guilty to three federal fraud counts. 6 year prison term Richard Wurzelbacher Brother of Robert Wurzelbacher Wife Dorothy Wurzelbacher 62 Marlin Ln., Key Largo Son is “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher Brothers Company. Line of business is “Water / Sewer / Utility Construction Plumbing / Heating / Air Cond Contractor Repair Services” and whose is the listed owner Richard Wurzelbacher “Joe the Plumber” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher Robert Wurzelbacher is an Uncle Did McCain use him as a Stooge. Da, I make over $250,000 when he makes $48,000 sounds like a favor from Keating or Wurzelbacher Friends with cameras running. Do you find this valuable? |
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9. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:41 PM EDT
First Savings and Lone Crisis McCain was part of the Keating FiveAmerican Continental Corporation & Lincoln Savings & Loan President: Charles Keating Jr. Senior Vice President: Robert M. Wurzelbacher Jr. (born 1954) Do you find this valuable? |
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10. RE: McCain's Corrupt Friends and Associates
Oct 29 2008, 5:50 PM EDT
James (Jim) HensleyHensley & Company John was V.P. for Hensley and Company and married Jim Hensley’s daughter Cindy. Cindy and Father Jim invested over $300,000 in a property together with Keating. Do you find this valuable? |
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11. RE: Robert McFarlane McCain contributions
Oct 29 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
MCFARLANE, ROBERT CWASHINGTON,DC 20007 3/31/08 $-2,300 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, ROBERT C MR WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES INC./CONSULTAN 2/4/08 $2,300 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, ROBERT C MR WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES INC./CONSULTAN 3/2/07 $2,300 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, ROBERT C MR WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES INC./CONSULTAN 1/24/08 $2,300 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, ROBERT C MR WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES INC./CONSULTAN 2/4/08 $-2,300 McCain, John (R) Do you find this valuable? |
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12. RE: Jona wife of Robert McFarlane McCain contributions
Oct 29 2008, 7:32 PM EDT
MCFARLANE, JONDAWASHINGTON,DC 20007 3/31/08 $-500 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, JONDA MRS WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES/CONSULTANT 6/19/07 $2,300 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, JONDA MRS WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES/CONSULTANT 9/13/07 $500 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, JONDA MRS WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES/CONSULTANT 9/24/07 $500 McCain, John (R) MCFARLANE, JONDA MRS WASHINGTON,DC 20007 MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES/CONSULTANT 9/24/07 $-500 McCain, John (R) Do you find this valuable? |
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13. RE: Fife Symington III campaign contribution McCain
Oct 29 2008, 7:50 PM EDT
SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE IIIPARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 8/21/07 $-2,100 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 3/31/08 $-2,300 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE MR III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 THE SYMINGTON GROUP/PRESIDENT 6/30/07 $4,600 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE MR III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 THE SYMINGTON GROUP 6/30/08 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE MR III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 THE SYMINGTON GROUP/PRESIDENT 8/29/07 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE MR III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 THE SYMINGTON GROUP/PRESIDENT 1/16/07 $2,100 McCain, John (R) SYMINGTON, JOHN FIFE MR III PARADISE VALLEY,AZ 85253 THE SYMINGTON GROUP/PRESIDENT 8/29/07 $-2,300 McCain, John (R) Do you find this valuable? |
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14. RE:Wendy Gramm contribution McCain
Oct 29 2008, 7:53 PM EDT
GRAMM, WENDY LHELOTES,TX 78023 3/31/08 $-2,300 McCain, John (R) GRAMM, WENDY L MRS HELOTES,TX 78023 SELF-EMPLOYED 6/30/08 $2,300 McCain, John (R) GRAMM, WENDY L MRS HELOTES,TX 78023 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY/CHAIRMAN 6/19/07 $2,300 McCain, John (R) GRAMM, WENDY L MRS HELOTES,TX 78023 REGULATORY STUDIES PROGRAM AT GEORG 12/13/06 $2,100 McCain, John (R) GRAMM, WENDY L MRS HELOTES,TX 78023 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY/CHAIRMAN 6/19/07 $200 McCain, John (R) Do you find this valuable? |
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15. RE: Randy Scheunemann contributions to McCain
Oct 29 2008, 7:55 PM EDT
SCHEUNEMANN, RANDYFAIRFAX STATION,VA 22039 ORION STRATEGIES LLC 10/8/04 $2,000 McCain, John (R) SCHEUNEMANN, RANDY MR FAIRFAX STATION,VA 22039 ORION STRATEGIES/CONSULTANT 3/22/07 $2,300 McCain, John (R) SCHEUNEMANN, RANDY MR BURKE,VA 22015 INFO REQUESTED 9/30/99 $500 McCain, John (R) Do you find this valuable? |
