Isn’t that what McCain kept telling us – that his lobbyists were different? Well now it looks like he is concerned about it: John McCain’s campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar’s military junta. A memo from […]
You end up getting burned: The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar. We will just file this under the GOP chapter of “profit trumping life”.
President Bush said Tuesday that democracies only reach their potential when women are allowed to fully participate in society, singling out Iran, North Korea and Myanmar as nations that are suppressing women’s basic rights. “America will help women stand up for their freedom, no matter where they live,” Bush said at a White House celebration […]