McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug
Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime, famous
for
their military's use of continuous forced labor and *** slaves. Hey, nice
pick, McCain. Apparently there's good money to be made in defending
military
pigmen:
"...After John McCain nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his
campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would
manage
this summer's GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.? The campaign recently
tapped
Doug Goodyear for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen
for
his "management experience and expertise," according to McCain press
secretary
Jill Hazelbaker. But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could
fuel
perceptions that McCain - who has ****trayed himself as a crusader against
special
interests - is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a
consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil,
General
Motors and other clients.
Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to
represent
Burma's military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State
Department
for its human-rights record and remains in power today...."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051108Y.shtml
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