In mcjoan's wonderful diary this evening called Just Shut Up, she talks about some pinhead representing himself as a Dem on Scarborough's show tonight, ostensibly to beat up Sen. Webb and demand he apologize to Bush.
In her diary, mcjoan wonders who Rich Masters is, and why we should care what some no-name putz has to say about Jim Webb.
Here's why we should care: Mr. Dem Rich Masters works for Saudi Arabia.
According to qorvisnews.com, Rich Masters is a Managing Director. More specifically, "Rich Masters joined Qorvis in June 2003 after serving more than six years as top policy and communications advisor to U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)."
Master googler that I am, I googled Qorvis and learned this tasty tidbit from http://www.balkanalysis.com/... in an article written by none other than government whistleblower Sibel Edmonds:
"K Street Lobby Quarter
The fact that Saudi Arabia pours large sums into lobbying firms and public relations companies with close ties to congress does not come as a big surprise. The FARA database under the DOJ website lists Qorvis Communications as one of Saudi Arabia’s registered foreign agents. In 2003, for only a six months period, Qorvis received more than $11 million from the Saudi government. Another firm, Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein Rosenthal LLP, another registered foreign agent, received more than $840,000 for the same six-month period, and the list goes on. Just for this six month period the government of Saudi Arabia paid a total of more than $14 million to 13 lobbying and public relations companies; all registered as foreign agents.
Why do the Saudis spend nearly $20 million per year in lobbying activities in the U.S. via their hired agents? What kind of return on investment are they getting out of the United States Congress?"
Check out the link for her answers to these questions. Here's a question of my own:
What the hell is Joe Scarborough doing wrapped up with a Saudi Arabian mouthpiece on his show?