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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-08 08:02 PM
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Another McCain co-chair resigns under ethics scrutiny.»
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/14/another-mccain-co-chair-resigns-under-ethics-scrutiny/

Another McCain co-chair resigns under ethics scrutiny.»

In May, national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler stepped down after the press revealed that he had been lobbying on behalf of foreign interests, including collecting nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002. Today, Vanity Fair reports that another finance co-chair, former New Jersey congressman Jim Courter, is also resigning:

McCain finance co-chair and former New Jersey congressman Jim Courter, chief executive of telecom corporation IDT, is resigning from the campaign after the FCC slapped IDT with a $1.3 million fine last week for failing to disclose information about its contracts in Haiti. IDT is being investigated by several federal agencies after a former employee filed a lawsuit alleging that the company engaged in corrupt practices in order to obtain favorable contracts in the country.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-08 08:19 PM
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1. Why isn't this in the MSM? Haven't heard a thing about it.
Damn.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-08 08:21 PM
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2. Maybe it's the teflon coating and/or media adoration?
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Pavlovs DiOgie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-08 08:24 PM
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3. Hmmm, ya think there's a pattern here?
You wouldn't know it by the M$M's account of the McCain campaign.
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