Leader of GOP convention quits after Myanmar ties reported

Source: yahoo news

ST. PAUL, Minn. - 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.

Doug Goodyear resigned as convention coordinator and issued a two sentence statement: "Today I offered the convention my resignation so as not to become a distraction in this campaign. I continue to strongly support John McCain for president, and wish him the best of luck in this campaign."

Goodyear is chief executive of DCI Group, a lobbying firm that Newsweek reported in a story posted online was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Myanmar's junta.

Cyclone Nargis left more than 60,000 people dead or missing, and the U.N. estimates that at least 1.5 million people have been severely affected. Human rights organizations and dissident groups have bitterly accused the junta of neglecting disaster victims and blocking foreign donations of relief supplies.

According to Newsweek, Justice Department lobbying records show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with the regime and led a public relations campaign to improve the junta's image. Newsweek said the firm drafted news releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing claims by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/gop_convention_resignation_1;_ylt=A9G_R22yGSZIYyYBEhqKV9gA

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Geeze. Who knew?

Notice the guy has no shame in claiming he pushes death squad causes.

GOPers, ugh.

a system that allows perps to pay lobbyists big bucks, who, in turn, pay our governmental "representatives"

the biggest hidden tax is corruption

lobbyists have been our biggest tax burden

WANNA CUT TAXES? CUT THE LOBBYISTS !!

meanwhile Sen McCain's nearly dead campaign
was brought back to life by ?? LOBBYISTS!!!

Chances are that there's a Republican willing to do it.

At least this one knew the game was up and didn't have to be publicly mocked and humiliated.

Of course, there's probably better money in his Myanmar involvement than a one-off like this year's Rethug convention.

Off topic, Wonder if they'll pose on the bridge that collapsed and try to blame it on Democrats - the bridge has dropped out of the news for a while now.

It is in the news all the time.

I live in MN, the bridge has not fallen off the news here.

Darth Cheney has yet to find a dictatorial strongman he doesn't fucking adore .... ESPECIALLY if money can be made off the relationship ....

To wit: http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Cheney-Myanmar-Pipeline.htm (Thanks to Edwardlindy for finding this)

Cheney ? .. Militant Dictator ? .... What's the difference ? ....

Clothing, at most ...

Will McCain disavow and repudiate this individual? What do average working-class white Americans think about this?

Enquiring minds want to know.

That's why they scream that the left "loves" dictators so loudly, they need to deflect the attention from their own constant inhumane treason.

Cons don't care at all about Prescott Bush's lawbreaking support of Nazis. In fact, they'd probably praise him for his free market stance. They rewarded his family with two presidencies over the course of the next two generations.

Fucking monsters, all they do is cause harm and commit treason and blame everybody else for their blow back.

and then use our money for it

He's a fine, upstanding citizen. Probably wears a flag lapel pin. He made an honest mistake and was man enough to step down before it became an issue.

Therefore, this will be news for a day, not for weeks as with Rev. Wright.

To be fair to Faux News, they have this as a bullet point on their home page in their top story (which is about Obama passing Hill with superdelegates). No word on McCain disavowing and repudiating Doug.

But they do mention:

"The Newsweek article also reported that some of Goodyear’s allies worry that worry the choice of Goodyear could fuel perceptions that McCain is surrounded by lobbyists. DCI Group earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil, General Motors and other clients, the report said.

Newsweek also reported DCI has been a pioneer in running “independent” expenditure campaigns by so-called 527 groups, the kind of operations that McCain has denounced in his battle for campaign finance reform."

That qualifies as quite crazy, thanks. And that's the generous interpretation. The others are far, far worse.

There's no way to spin this as anything but more evidence of a deep, underlying lack of morals in the GOP. It's just the cancer rising to skin level. It's worse underneath.

lol I wonder if sean hannity will do the american public the great service on this issue he has done on the groundbreaking super important wright issue lol

I dont think this story will ever see the light of day outside of Olberman and Air America...sad sad

eom

"collateral damage".

Just when you think they can't get even more beyond the pale.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

RNC supports a Dictatorship Military Junta who repress and provide little to no relief to the sufferings of their own. Pathetic.

Nothing new here people. Move along now. Go shopping and fly the friendly sky.

Good luck to Minneapolis / St. Paul this fall for the RNC convention.

RNC Rocks!!! :headbang:

over there - after all, it could be based on their own Katrina model.

I swear to the world I hope they all drop fucking dead with a curse of the highest proportions!

..... (fill in the blank)

Couldn't they hold on to the story until just before the convention? Liberal media indeed!

Sadly, the MSM won't report it.

:wow:

Jeez....just when you think it cannot possibly get any worse....

up pops a new version of idiocracy...

:wow:

GOP/NeoCons have reduced me to daily spluttering....

By chance do the RepubliKKKan delegates have to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_%28anatomy%29">Wattle" over the river from the Convention Center to the Excel Center for their GOP orgy using the collapsed I-35W bridge?

I don't know the area. Just wishful thinking (since 40% of every tax dollar collected is going to the Military industrial complex and only 2 tenths of 1% is used for national infrastructure).

Seems like Karma is going to be very difficult for these traitors to escape from this year.

Most of the Republicans will arrive or depart the convention through the same airport where Larry Craig was arrested. Many of them will undoubtedly pass the bathroom that will live forever! With luck, there's a chance that some of them will be photographed entering or leaving said bathroom. It's all too, too good!

:rofl:

Oh yes... most infamous toilet in history!

I'd pay a few cents to see a young, college republican sitting in front of that stall making sure its' purety is enshrined for all time and eternity.

Hell, I'd pay $100 towards the placard placed above the spot where it all happened.

In the meantime, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck and fellow propagandists will simply ignore this story and keep the Rev. Wright tapes rolling.

give the asshole a promotion!

In his mind, he did nothing wrong.

Just "doin' bidness".

would flock to this deja vu encounter with Katrina.