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.
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.
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.
http://www.reliablepolitics.com/2007/10/romney-un-failure.html
Mitt Romney is not so fond of the organization himself, particularly the Human Rights Council.
“The United Nations has been an extraordinary failure of late,” Romney said in response to a question at a pancake house along the coast of early voting South Carolina. “We should withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.”
A spokesman clarified the statement.
“The governor believes we ought to withdraw completely from the U.N. Human Rights Council, and that means ending our financial support in addition to not seeking a seat on the council,” Fehrnstrom said. “We should not legitimize the council, either with financial or diplomatic support.”