More controversial McCain campaign hires --

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More controversial McCain campaign hires -- will the media continue to ignore?
As Media Matters for America documented, the media largely overlooked Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) hiring of Republican operative Terry Nelson as a senior adviser to his political action committee, despite Nelson's association with several prominent GOP scandals. In addition to Nelson, other members of McCain's political team have also been touched by controversy and have thus far not gained significant media attention.

Patrick Hynes

Political consultant and blogger Patrick Hynes was reportedly hired by Straight Talk America, McCain's political action committee, in May 2006. However, National Review Online blogger Jim Geraghty first reported on July 26 that Hynes' consulting firm, New Media Strategics, did not announce that it had been hired by Straight Talk America until July 24.

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Hynes wrote him an email acknowledging that he should have disclosed his ties to McCain:

You are right, Jim. I ought to have disclosed my relationship with Straight Talk America earlier. The reason I didn't do so is because I was not being paid 'to blog'. I have been a political consultant for fifteen years. That's what I was doing for Straight Talk America: providing political consulting.

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However, during the 2004 presidential race, Hynes was a strong proponent of the Swift Boat Veterans' campaign tactics. In an August 13, 2004, article for The American Spectator, Hynes declared Unfit for Command, by Swift Boat Vets John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi, the Spectator's "Book-of-the-Month," writing:

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Do I need say what I think of McCain and his true character ?

[JI7]

1. he is such a whore