Why does the media give McCain a pass on his chief foreign policy adviser, PNAC'S Randy Scheunemann!

flpoljunkie

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:38 AM
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Why does the media give McCain a pass on his chief foreign policy adviser, PNAC'S Randy Scheunemann!

On morning McCain camp media call, the South Carolina Senator and campaign advisers blast Obama�s NYT op-ed, suggest his positions show a lack of judgement.

Graham says the surges is working, criticizes Obama for putting all the focus on Afghanistan. �It is clear to any objective observer that became a central struggle to a war on terror.�

Adviser Scheunemann: �Senator Obama is not trying to have it both ways, he�s trying to have it every way.�

Obama camp holds its own call on the issue with Sen. Biden and adviser Rice at 12:30 pm ET.

The presumptive Democratic nominee plans major policy address on Iraq and national security in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/14/obama-outlines-iraq-plan-in-nyt/

(There has been one lone media voice, the Washington Post's Peter Slevin--but, only on his blog.)

Cast of Characters

Randy Scheunemann: McCain Adviser Campaigned for War

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) speaks with his director of foriegn policy and national security Randy Scheunemann (L), as they board McCain's chartered plane at Washington's Ronald Reagan Airport, May 16, 2008. (Associated Press)

By Peter Slevin

CHICAGO -- Randy Scheunemann, the foreign policy adviser to Sen. John McCain who today accused Sen. Barack Obama of a "policy of delusion" toward terrorism, was a prominent advocate of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in the lead-up to the war.

In late 2002, Scheunemann helped create The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and became the group's executive director. Its mission, pursued with the Bush administration's blessing, was to build public support for the overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

McCain (R-Ariz.) was on the committee, along with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), former Secretary of State George Shultz, retired Army Gen. Wayne A. Downing and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), who described the project at the time as "a group of people who will talk to Americans about why the liberation of Iraq is something the United States ought to do."

Scheunemann is a longtime GOP foreign policy specialist who has also worked on the staffs of former Senate Republican leaders Bob Dole (Kan.) and Trent Lott (Miss.) He was a board member of the neoconservative think tank, the Project for the New American Century, which often reflected the views of Bush administration hardliners.

In recent years, Scheunemann has registered as a lobbyist for several foreign governments, including Georgia, Macedonia and Taiwan, according to published reports. His firm has also lobbied for the National Rife Association and defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

A Washington Post article in November 2002 reported that The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was being created as the Bush administration was preparing the nation for a likely war that was ultimately launched in March 2003.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/17/randy_scheunemann_mccain_advis.html

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ErinBerin84

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:41 AM
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1. "every which way?"

Oh well, Biden will be on an Obama conference call with Susan Rice at 1:30, Afghanistan having one of its deadlier attacks on US troops in the last couple of years should make his op-ed especially as pertinent.

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flpoljunkie

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:44 AM
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2. Obama's Iraq op-ed today was right on the money. That why McCain camp's gone ballistic.

Edited on Mon Jul-14-08 10:44 AM by flpoljunkie

The truth hurts!

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ErinBerin84

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:45 AM
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3. yep, Mark Halperin is probably PISSED that his

false "Obama is a Iraq flip flopper, and it is the BIGGEST story of the political season!" is not going as planned.

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:47 AM
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4. John Sidney McCain III is definitely a warmonger.

I'm sad that JSM III's campaign to cultivate the media has worked so well and they soft-pedal his many faults.

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jenmito

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:48 AM
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5. For the same reason they gave him a pass on his off-shore drilling flip-flop, his immigration

Edited on Mon Jul-14-08 10:50 AM by jenmito

flip-flop, his withdrawal in Iraq flip-flop (HE changed his position on Iraq way more than Obama), his lie about what team members he named when his captors in Vietnam asked him about his "troop-mates," his "not recalling" his votes against forcing insurance companies to cover birth control, his lying to a veteran about his voting record on veterans' rights, and on and on-they want him to win. They portray him as the "straight-talking maverick" no matter WHAT happens.

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flpoljunkie

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Mon Jul-14-08 12:01 PM
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7. The media is giving the Rethug strategists a platform to try to pin this label on Obama.

They have tremendous power to set the framework for the presidential election, and define the candidates. They are, once again, failing to do their job--speak truth to power.

They'd rather vie for who gets to sit in the 'good' seats with McCain on the 'Lap Dog Express.'

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jenmito

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Mon Jul-14-08 12:15 PM
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8. I know. It's sickening. And why don't they ever ask poll questions like, "Do you think

McCain's flip-flops on issues such as immigration, off-shore drilling, the economy, etc. are done for political reasons or because he truly changed his mind?" (Or something similar. The "flip-flop" charges and questions aren't even MENTIONED by the media.

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AndyTiedye

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Mon Jul-14-08 10:52 AM
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6. The Media Gives McInsane a Pass on EVERYTHING and They Always Will

The corporations that OWN the media want more war, so the media LOVES McInsane!

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flpoljunkie

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Wed Jul-16-08 08:31 AM
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9. The media is ignoring McCain's neocon, PNAC adviser, spokesman Randy Scheunemann. We must not.

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