Palin + Bush, McCain and the Old Iran-Contra Team

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The Gang's All Here

By PAM MARTENS

The vetting of Sarah Palin for the McCain campaign by an Iran-Contra alumnus brought an epiphany. (See “The Man Who Vetted Palin,” CounterPunch, September 8, 2008.) - http://www.counterpunch.org/martens09082008.html - The American people’s inability to control this crime spree we call the Bush administration is not because we’re lazy, narcissistic or willfully blind to human rights violations, as much of the world now views us. It’s because we’ve been misidentifying this crime spree as “the Bush administration.” What we’re clearly confronting is the Iran-Contra Alumni Association masquerading as the Executive Branch, replete with domestic spying, dark ops, fake journalists, fake news reels, press intimidation, protester arrests, infiltration and torture. Their latest maneuver is the woman with zero foreign policy experience a heart beat from taking that 3 a.m. call. A call which, of course, they’ll answer for her as they have done for Bush II...

Here’s five top questions the Committee can put on its priority list: did the Iran-Contra gang shake down Bush II for keeping the secrets of Bush I; did Bush II just decide on his own to reward the Iran-Contra gang for not writing tell-all books and for demonstrating they value loyalty over lawfulness. Why did Senator McCain call Iran-Contra central casting to round out his campaign? Why are these lawyers that hold the secrets to Iran-Contra vetting Federal candidates and judges?
Here’s a look at the amazing reemergence of the cast of recycled characters from Iran-Contra days:

more... http://www.counterpunch.org/martens09172008.html

[MH1]

1. Is there another source than Counterpuke for this article?

Counterpuke is anti-Democrat almost as much (maybe as much) as they are anti-Bush. They sometimes raise interesting points, but considering they advised voting against Kerry in 2004, they have zero credibility.

[Undercurrent]

2. There are a lot of moving pieces in this twisted tale.

This article, whether from Counterpunch or not, put many of those pieces together. I haven't found other article that put as much together into a cohesive whole. Yet another tangled mass of Repug criminal enterprise.

Here is one article on DU, and another on Firedoglake each with bits and pieces to the puzzle. Google McCain Iran-Contra Bush Reagan.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6413146
http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/16/mccain-lies-away-the-iran-contra-scandal/

Hope this helps. :hi:

[TWiley]

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