FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Exposed: McCain's Presidential Transition Chief Aided Saddam Hussein William Timmons aided a lobbying effort on behalf of the former Iraqi dictator. Posted by Murray Waas, Source: Huffington Post At 1:24 PM on October 14, 2008. Courtesy Of AlterNet William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... “Every single one of Obama's friends is a dangerous lunatic.” Later, Colmes asked Coulter about William Timmons, the head of John McCain's transition team who had lobbied for Saddam Hussein. “Why shouldn't that be a problem for John McCain'” Colmes asked. Coulter said, “John McCain was not having dinner with Saddam Hussein.” She added, “With one association after another, that is...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... When it was Colmes' turn, he said, “I don't hear Democrats playing this game. You know, William Timmons, head of the presidential transition team for John McCain was a lobbyist for Saddam Hussein at the very time that Bill Clinton was launching strikes against Iraq. Sarah Palin's husband, member of a party, a secessionist party and she herself did a welcoming video for them and was...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
... is being assisted in identifying players in a new administration by veteran Washington lobbyist William Timmons and William Ball, another former navy secretary.The challenge of stocking an administration may be particularly acute for McCain, who has clashed with many leaders in his party establishment and the Bush administration. He keeps counsel with only a tight group of...
NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... other." Sen. McCain has reportedly handed his campaign's transition responsibilities to lobbyist William Timmons Sr. But McCain has also, according to another report, "instructed his team to not spend time on the transition effort ... both out of a desire to have complete focus on winning the election as well as a superstitious belief that the campaign shouldn't put the cart before...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
"It's not in the nature of John McCain to tempt fate," he said.The Arizona senator's effort is headed by John F. Lehman Jr., a Navy secretary under President Reagan. William Timmons Sr., a prominent Washington lobbyist who helped plan Reagan's and President Bush's transitions, sent material about the mechanics of presidential transitions to the McCain campaign a month ago.In an odd political...
