Steve Schmidt is on Twitter telling tales of just how much influence the Kremlin has wielded in GOP circles for over 20 years. Evidently Meghan McCain called him a pedophile again, and he snapped. It started with him relating how he had to handle her child-like outbursts during McCain’s presidential campaign. But he has gone on to describe how McCain’s campaign had two warring factions. As he describes it there was a pro-democracy faction and a pro-Putin faction. It led me to this article from 2008 concerning John McCain. I had no idea at the time. In the case of McCain, he may have been oblivious to how he was being manipulated. I don’t think other Rs are oblivious at all.
However, it also reminded me of a sort of phantom deal McConnell announced during his recent campaign for re-election for a Russian backed aluminum plant in KY. There is no doubt that Russia has wooed Republicans in this country for decades. I think we need to know just how much do some of our current Republican leaders “owe” Putin? How deep is the relationship?
www.thenation.com
“Yet despite McCain’s tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have cultivated deep ties with Russia’s oligarchy—indeed, they have promoted the Kremlin’s geopolitical and economic interests, as well as some of its most unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and geopolitical stupor. The most notable example is the tale of how McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory for the Kremlin: gaining control over the small but strategically important country of Montenegro.”
However, it also reminded me of a sort of phantom deal McConnell announced during his recent campaign for re-election for a Russian backed aluminum plant in KY. There is no doubt that Russia has wooed Republicans in this country for decades. I think we need to know just how much do some of our current Republican leaders “owe” Putin? How deep is the relationship?
McCain’s Kremlin Ties
He may talk tough about Russia, but John McCain’s political advisors have advanced Putin’s imperial ambitions.
www.thenation.com“Yet despite McCain’s tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have cultivated deep ties with Russia’s oligarchy—indeed, they have promoted the Kremlin’s geopolitical and economic interests, as well as some of its most unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and geopolitical stupor. The most notable example is the tale of how McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory for the Kremlin: gaining control over the small but strategically important country of Montenegro.”
