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huffingtonpost.com - 11/6/2008
Top McCain Aide Secretly Fired Last Week For "Trashing" Staffers
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CNN reports that senior McCain aide, and chief foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann was fired a week before Election Day for "trashing" McCain staffers to the press over their handling of Sarah Palin: Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the ...
Soruces: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/6/2008
Soruces: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Scheunemann bonded with Palin during the Alaska governor's debate prep, above. (CNN) — Randy Scheunemann, a senior... foreign policy adviser to John Mccain, was fired from the Arizona senator's campaign last week for what one aide called ... (more) Soruces: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff

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althouse.blogspot.com - 11/9/2008
How McCain lost me.
— althouse.blogspot.com — As promised , I'm mining my archive -- beginning in late August -- to try to understand... how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ... (more) How McCain lost me.

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McCain First, Second, And Always
tnr.com - 11/2/2008
McCain First, Second, And Always
— tnr.com — One day in early March 1986, John McCain, an Arizona congressman, sat down to write a letter.... McCain had heard that a long-time friend and donor, Charles Keating, was upset for being listed as a member of McCain's campaign finance committee when a ... (more) McCain First, Second, And Always

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Firedoglake:  Birdbrains of a Feather…

Rising Hegemon:  Birdbrains of a Feather

Politics Daily:  Perrier to McCain for Firing Top-Level Leaker

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Birdbrains of a Feather…
Firedoglake — ... And who was he displaying too? Who else but... the advisers said they strongly believed that Mr. Scheunemann was disclosing, as one put it, "a constant stream of poison" to William Kristol, the editor of the conservative ...

Birdbrains of a Feather
Rising Hegemon — ... loved to display their small wares: [C]ampaign manager Rick Davis fired Randy Scheunemann after determining that he had been in direct contact with journalists spreading "disinformation" about campaign aides, including Nicolle Wallace and other officials. "He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," said one of the aides. And who was he displaying too? Who else but... the advisers said they strongly believed that Mr. ...

Perrier to McCain for Firing Top-Level Leaker
Politics Daily — Filed under: Republicans, John McCain, 2008 President, Sarah PalinCaleb Howe invented a segment for our radio show, "Kool-Aid or Perrier," the former meaning you did unfortunate things to the pooch, the latter denoting commendable behavior. While I just got finished awarding McCain a pitcher of Kool-Aid, I must now bestow a 1 litre bottle of Perrier. The Huffington Post is reporting that the McCain campaign secretly fired Randy Scheunemann last week for the best of reasons: One of the aides tells ...

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