justoneminute.typepad.com - 10/7/2008
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Yuval Levin at The Corner explains the non-comparison between Obama's Bill Ayers problem and John McCains's history with the Keating Five: McCain’s response to that scandal should certainly be compared with Obama’s Ayers explanations. McCain has spoken and written about...
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Ayers and Keating no comparison
Hyscience —
... were all Democrats), McCain's name was left on the list.
... Had Obama done and said something similar regarding the sort of radicalism Ayers represents, he would now have an answer to offer. Instead, he has worked with Ayers, supported his causes, and denied any significance to the links between them. That, too, makes this a legitimate question about a man who would be president. You can read Levin's entire piece here.
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Related: history of keating five" scandal and the current economic crisis.
American History Lesson, Keating Edition
thepage.time.com 10/6/2008 —
McCain camp announces it will hold a 12 pm ET media call with attorney John Dowd “to set the record straight on John McCain and the Keating Five.”
Keating: "Certainly hoped" he Bought Influence with McCain —
Informed Comment
Charles Keating on ABC Nightline, May 14, 1990: certainly hoped that the money he gave Sen. John McCain and other politicians influence them to take up his cause. ' TED KOPPEL: [voice-over] It's been called the biggest financial mess in U.S. history: the savings and loan disaster that's left ...
Brokaw Declares Keating 5 Scandal Ancient History —
TalkLeft
I happen to not care about the Keating 5 scandal myself but who am I to tell voters what to care about? But in a world where William Ayers and the Weather Underground is a topic of discussion, it seems to me that tomorrow's debate moderator, Tom Brokaw (via Atrios ) has compromised himself to ...
Obama Hits McCain on Keating Scandal —
Drudge Retort
The Obama campaign has launched a new web site, KeatingEconomics.Com , that compares the current financial crisis to John McCain's role in the '80s savings-and-loan crisis and his relationship to imprisoned S&L; official Charles Keating. "McCain's Keating history is relevant and voters deserve ...
John McCain and Keating 5 —
Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH
In the middle of the most serious economic crisis in modern times, John McCain’s infamous history in his involvement with the Keating 5 scandal is worth revisiting. The Obama campaign has plenty of research available for those of you who don’t remember it.
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Obama Lowering the Boom? —
Talking Points Memo
For weeks, many of you have been asking me, why haven't the Democrats been bringing up McCain's history as a member of the Keating Five? Especially since it ties so clearly into today's financial crisis, his wife's company's ties to Keating and his history of supporting lax banking and finance ...
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