KO: Georgia Pres. Saakashvilli, McCain, lobbying payments, and conflict of interest

[L. Coyote]

Run time: 08:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfd80qoAqmI   Posted on YouTube: August 14, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 14, 2008 By DU Member: L. Coyote Views on DU: 695

 

[whistle]

1. McCain is an agent for a foreign country, is that an impeachable offense for a US Senator?

[fryguy]

2. was McCain's answer English?

I've listened to his response about politicizing the conflict a few times and can't parse out what he is saying nor what he is trying to say.....and here I thought Bush was ineloquent.

[bjobotts]

3. McCain recommende Georgian president for Nobel PP after Shunerman signed on

That was earnig his lobbying fees fast. Lobbys for Georgian president to McCain and then McCain nominates him for Nobel peace prize. Then Shunerman gets $100,000 fee paid.

[bjobotts]

4. McCain is not a foregin policy adviser or a diplomat nor should he be playing president

His lobbyist Shunerman got McCain to pump up his position against Russia and probably promised the backing of the US Military. That's why Georgia attacked Russia and then acted shocked that we weren't backing them up.

McCain is overstepping his bounds and is trying to incompetently get us involved in a World War. The man needs to STFU and quit playing president. This is what he would do if elected...start "more wars"

Still I wish Obama would say something more. McCain appears in a suit in front of two flags to talk about Georgia and Obama appears outdoors against a rain shower background, without a tie and with sleeves rolled upand talks extremely timidly. The World Issue won't cater to his vacation. He needs to say something...tell McCain to stay with campaigning and quit playing president or foreign policy adviser before he gets America involved in war.

[bjobotts]

5. This is the hotheaded ignorant war McCain whose policy is dictated by a lobbyists

[bjobotts]

6. A lobbyist paid almost $1 mil. to get McCain to threaten Russia.

[bjobotts]

7. McCain should not be allowed anywhere near our weapons. War insanity thinks it makes him tough

[bjobotts]

8. Using very poor judgment, dangerously stupid rhetoric. He gets people killed.

[Waiting For Everyman]

9. On Georgia expecting US backup against Russia...

Gee, I wonder why...

McCain has advocated Georgia's admission into NATO.

Then this statement by McCain 2 days ago:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_lobbyist;_ylt=Au3xg.B4paW0ZIsZgSY5qrbZn414

"On Tuesday, McCain told Fox News that "as you know, through the NATO membership, ... if a member nation is attacked, it is viewed as an attack on all." (Is Johnny going to claim next, that he didn't know that???)


So then about 4:40 into the video you posted Alter says:

"Yeah you got the sense that Saakashvilli thought there should be a "trip wire" there like there was during the Cold War in Western Europe, and that if the Russians crossed that, that we would go to war to defend them." (Like a NATO trip wire. Wonder where he got that impression?)


Can we spell "set up"???

McCain says there will be more wars. I wonder how he knows that? :sarcasm: