Posted on 01/17/2008 10:03:28 PM PST by EternalVigilance
Enlighten me. That’s why I posted.
It’s only “something” because of Romney’s blatant hypocrisy on the subject.
What McRomney failed to comprehend in his recent stump here in MI is that I'm downsizing. I have a bunch of qualified employees and all I need is a single excuse to let one go.
He's gone.
Now give me some ammo against HuckaPhoney (similar to this).
The fact of the matter is that all I'll have to deal with is decide whether to vote for Hunter, Thompson or Guiliani. As you can see my troubles will be few.
If you are a flipper..what does it matter to you?
Yawn.
That’s the same lie the Huck fans tell themselves when their lyin’ cr*p gets exposed ...
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/NEWS0206/80117105/-1/RSS05
Perfect.
I have survived Pissant, and Counterpunch and really intelligent ridicule by many FReepers. I don't think I can take you and your strange asperger's like way of thinking. Your obsession with attacking Mitt Romney is unhealthy, sick even. You supposedly support Alan Keyes per a previous post, but you don't post anything about the guy. I can't see that Romney is a threat to Keyes or your VP position on the Keyes/EternalVigilance ticket.
I won't be viewing anymore of your posts. I recommend everyone else do the same. No point in encouraging his delusions. He might hurt himself.
W”ho do you support? give me a few minutes and I will find someone he associates with that is problematic.”
That’s good spin, but it don’t wash my laundry worth a damn.
Romney is doing more than “associating” with Vin Weber. Webber is an active globalist in favor of Big Daddy UN... ROMNEY HAS NAMED VIN WEBBER HIS POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE CAMPAIGN. Now, do you think, if elected, Romney will just tell Mr. Webber “Adios muchacho”? Want to bet that Vin Webber will continue to “advise” a President Romney about what policy decisions he ought make for the country. Oh, I’m certain the UN will not have undue influence... Right.
BTW, whenever I read or hear new-age double-speak, such as “private - public” working groups, major alarm bells go off ... as in FASCISM.
Oh, I followed quite well. Now, the article...not so much. But I think I've got a 20/20 grasp on the thread.
You are publicizing a message the leftists want to share; why do their bidding?
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Alan_Keyes_Foreign_Policy.htm
Alan Keyes
Against paying UN until they reform
Q: Do you think our reasons for withholding payment from the UN are valid?
A: I do think they’re valid. To try to get the United Nations to reform its wasteful practices, reform its opposition to the free enterprise approaches that could actually help countries around the world to develop, we withheld those dollars. And I’d continue to withhold them today because the organization has not responded, it has not reformed. And I think it until it does, we ought to stand firm in our position.
Source: Republican Debate at Dartmouth College Oct 29, 1999
Fostered policy of withholding UN funds; UN wastes US taxes
“I’ll take the blame for [withholding UN funding], because I was one of those people in the Reagan administration who helped foster that policy. We withheld our contributions because it is an organization that takes our money, tosses it down the rathole of UN waste, and puts our money into the pockets of the rich people in developing countries. [Paying the UN gives US taxes] to international bureaucrats who are basically interested in doing nothing but maintaining their own comfort and security.” - Alan Keyes, Source: Republican Debate at Dartmouth College Oct 29, 1999
Thanks so much for helping to highlight the huge difference between Alan Keyes and Romney’s friends and close associates.
Fred Thompson’s donors were tied to a firm accused of overcharging Medicaid.
Fred Thompson accepted at least $13,800 from a Tennessee family that oversaw a pharmaceutical company accused of ripping off federal and state governments.
Vin Weber was a Reaganite conservative Republican Congressman representing Minnesota from 1980 - 1992.
“private - public” working groups are ‘fascism’? Wow. That’s lame.
Flipper..flipper
faster than lightning.
Better watch out..he might flip on you too.
Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is a 14th-term member of Congress, representing California’s 52nd congressional district. Rep. Hunter’s ethics issues stem from his connection to now former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and now indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes. In addition, Rep. Hunter purchased his home in a questionable land deal, escaped paying full property taxes for many years, and gave conflicting reports of the property’s true value. Rep. Hunter also used the power of his office to financially benefit his brother and his presidential campaign has violated federal election law.
Relationship With Randy “Duke” Cunningham
After the conviction of close friend and political ally, Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in 2005, Rep. Hunter agreed to launch an internal investigation into earmarks sponsored by the convicted lawmaker, but nearly five months after the U.S. Attorney pursuing the bribery case requested documents, Rep. Hunter’s committee had still not released the records. The FBI is investigating Rep. Hunter’s connections to Rep. Cunningham as well as other actors in the scandal.
Well, that took me all of two seconds.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is a 14th-term member of Congress, representing California’s 52nd congressional district. Rep. Hunter’s ethics issues stem from his connection to now former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and now indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes. In addition, Rep. Hunter purchased his home in a questionable land deal, escaped paying full property taxes for many years, and gave conflicting reports of the property’s true value. Rep. Hunter also used the power of his office to financially benefit his brother and his presidential campaign has violated federal election law.
Relationship With Randy “Duke” Cunningham
After the conviction of close friend and political ally, Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in 2005, Rep. Hunter agreed to launch an internal investigation into earmarks sponsored by the convicted lawmaker, but nearly five months after the U.S. Attorney pursuing the bribery case requested documents, Rep. Hunter’s committee had still not released the records. The FBI is investigating Rep. Hunter’s connections to Rep. Cunningham as well as other actors in the scandal.
Trading Earmarks for Campaign Contributions
Rep. Hunter has been connected to Brent Wilkes, a co-conspirator in the Cunningham scandal. As of July 18, 2007, Mr. Wilkes faced 30 counts in two separate indictments, including charges that he bribed Rep. Cunningham with $600,000 in gifts and cash in exchange for more than $80 million in defense contracts. Central to the criminal investigation were earmarks for companies associated with Brent Wilkes: Audre, Inc. and ADCS. Rep. Hunter, a “prominent backer” of these systems, teamed with Rep. Cunningham and other lawmakers to allocate $190 million for automated data conversion projects from 1993 to 2001-- programs the Defense Department neither wanted nor requested. Rep. Hunter also sought out tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for Audre and ADCS, and pushed the Pentagon to purchase their products. In return, Mr. Wilkes steered at least $39,200 in campaign contributions to Rep. Hunter.
Similarly, Rep. Hunter has backed legislation for clients of lobbyist Letitia White (who formerly worked for Rep. Jerry Lewis on the Appropriations Committee), for L-3 Titan, Boeing and DuPont Aerospace, all in apparent exchange for campaign contributions.
If, as it appears, Rep. Hunter accepted donations to his campaign and political action committees in direct exchange for earmarking federal funds, he may have violated the bribery statute and committed honest services fraud.
Now, I don't take these accusations all that seriously. It's just funny how if you wanna smear someone, it's pretty easy.
Though he was not convicted of anything, McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating’s airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating’s luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain’s wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a “sweetheart deal.”
Mafia ties:
In 1995, McCain sent birthday regards, and regrets for not attending, to Joseph “Joe Bananas” Bonano, the head of the New York Bonano crime family, who had retired to Arizona. Another politician to send regrets was Governor Fife Symington, who has since been kicked out of office and convicted of 7 felonies relating to fraud and extortion.
Romney became prolife. Is that so wrong?
Are you a proabort who is offended by that, like the proabort protesters that you show pics of?
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