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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2014, 08:19 PM Oct 2014

90 Pounds of Cocaine Found on Cargo Ship Owned by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Father-in

Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.

From the Nation article: Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company

Well this is interesting. Particularly with the Senate Minority Leader (and major Republican establishment crony) fighting for his life in the Kentucky Senate race.

From the Nation:

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/10/30/90-pounds-of-cocaine-found-on-cargo-ship-owned-by-senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnells-father-in-law/

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90 Pounds of Cocaine Found on Cargo Ship Owned by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Father-in (Original Post) pbmus Oct 2014 OP

Sooo, is the national media going to pick this up? napi21 Oct 2014 #1

It's not really much of a story Scootaloo Oct 2014 #2

mcconnels position on drugs is the key to this story ...nt pbmus Oct 2014 #3

Maybe, but think of it this way.... napi21 Oct 2014 #6

if I wanted to be a Republican I would be one n/t Scootaloo Oct 2014 #7

let's use The Nation's link, not the one from "libertyblitzkrieg" which is a scary sounding site! grasswire Oct 2014 #4

the cocaine is the tip of the iceberg grasswire Oct 2014 #5

Why is a man jamzrockz Nov 2014 #8

This story would only get picked up if the ship had been from, docked in, or been named Benghazi. kairos12 Nov 2014 #9

so when will police seize the ship, the campaign donations, the owners home? like they do with Sunlei Nov 2014 #10

napi21

(45,806 posts)

1. Sooo, is the national media going to pick this up?

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 08:29 PM

Oct 2014

Talk about an Oct. surprise! Hey Mitch.....

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

2. It's not really much of a story

Reply to napi21 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 08:32 PM

Oct 2014

90 pounds of coke is pretty piddly, in the scheme of cocaine trafficking. It's not tied to the ship's owner directly. What it probably is, is some small-timer who bought space from a member of the crew to stash the stuff.

Going after mcConnel over something his father-in-law doesn't really have a fingr in is a distraction from all the shit mcConnel himself has done - and also what he hasn't done.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)

3. mcconnels position on drugs is the key to this story ...nt

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 08:35 PM

Oct 2014

napi21

(45,806 posts)

6. Maybe, but think of it this way....

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 09:46 PM

Oct 2014

What would the Pubs do if they found similar info about a Dem? I'm tired of the Dems always being beat because of lies or half truths being told about them, and the Dems always try to take the high road. Well, I think it's about time to dish their own kind of sh*t right back at them. Tell the story and see what the public believes.