This fucking hurts...
From Move On:
John McCain's chief adviser, lobbyist Charlie Black, worked for some of the world's worst dictators -- mass murderers, terrorists, and tyrants. McCain should fire Charlie Black.
Here are links to Charlie Black's Background
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The ad features haunting black-and-white photos of the consequences of the regimes of Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines and Mobuto Sese Seko of Zaire, both heads of governments that Black's lobbying firm once represented. (Black stepped down from his role at firm BKSH & Associates in March of 2008 to serve McCain's campaign full-time.)
A spokesman for the GOP called the MoveOn ad an "outrageous personal smear job" and blamed the Democratic Party's likely new standard-bearer for failing to control its foot soldiers
I call Bullshit... Jeremiah Wright said a few things that pissed a few blowhards off... Charlie Black lobbied for Murders and Profited from it. Charlie Black is the Campaign Manager of John McCain. Charlie Black is an accomplice to these attrocities.
Obama's camp responds:
Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan responded to that. "John McCain's failure to stop his closest advisors from advocating on behalf of some of the most corrupt governments, dictators and tyrants in the world is evidence of his failed judgment and his inability to change the way Washington works and bring the change we need," he said.
According to Ambinder (h/t) Black May really need to be fired under the New Vetting Procedures.
After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.
It's not clear whether Davis plans to terminate employees who have lobbied for unsavory characters or corporations or governments.
For now, it's an Online Ad Only, so lets get it spread... Link it out, Embed it around... It's a very sharp line of attack that could come into focus this fall. Again, MoveOn shows the way proving it's worth.
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I also want to highlight two other somewhat related Diaries on the list around this one.
Charlie Black is also linked to the Coal/Wind Energy Conflict
John McCain Openly Advocated supporting Direct Syrian Negotiations in 2003 when Syria was widely seen as a Terrorist State.