McCain convention chief quits

Politico ^ | 5/10/08 | Jonathan Martin

[LJayne]

PR executive Doug Goodyear voluntarily steps down after past ties to Burma are revealed.

[LJayne]

Here’s the link to the article:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0508/McCain_convention_chief_quits_after_past_ties_to_Burma_revealed.html

[SIDEWALKING]

See also:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014264/posts

[LJayne]

Thanks for the link SIDEWALKING.

[soupcon]

Well. that cancels out the Obama advdivor/Hamas thing. Way to go, McLame.

[Hugin]

‘I’ve already left, Elaine. I’m in Burma.”

“Burma?”

“You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me. Bonne chance, Elaine. You there on the motorbike! Sell me one of your melons!”

[KJC1]

What a typically vague headline and body.

So some guy who used to work with McCain somehow once represented the Burmese government (per some blog most of us have never heard of)?

You’re new around here, but mighty prolific posting-wise.

[KJC1]

The PR executive John McCain just tapped to help run the GOP convention quit today after a report that his firm once represented the Burmese junta that is now doing little to relieve its people from the devastation incurred by this week’s cyclone. Doug Goodyear, CEO of the DCI Group, said in a statement issued by the convention committee that he was resigning “so as not to become a distraction in this campaign.”

In other words, McCain has NOTHING to do with any of this gobbedlygook.

[Liberty Valance]

"Goodyear accepted the post just this past week. "

That didn't take long.

[DoughtyOne]

I would defend McCain’s right to keep this guy on. It might hurt him though.

It bothers me that people can be so easily trashed. The left can deal with any seditious, treasonous or terroristic person on the planet and it’s okay.

Some guy on the right six years ago had a remote connection to a regime where there’s problems today, and now he’s unable to work to put a convention on.

I defend McCain’s right to keep this guy on, and to hell with what the Democrats think.

McCain probably did the right thing here, as much as I don’t like the outcome. It does say the guy withdrew on his own too, so I guess I shouldn’t attribute the proper course of action to McCain out of fairness.

[fhayek]

Well, I guess he has that blimp thing to fall back on.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Asked whether he made the decision to quit or was asked by the campaign, Goodyear said: "My decision."

Quite different than BHO tossing another buddy under the bus.

[KJC1]

The OP and her sockpuppet/buddy have been banned. Just FYI before you take liberal BS and run with it.

[soupcon]

Tough talk. Sorry, I’m not intimidated.

[KJC1]

My comment was meant to be cautionary, not intimidating. Everyone (myself included) needs to be leary of bogus and/or twisted information. There’s going to be loads more of this before the election is over.