crooksandliars.com - 9/19/2008
—
I want to thank the the people from Progressive Accountability who have produced the new movie, “ Third-Term ,” which revisits John McCain’s role in the Keating 5 scandal of the ’80s and see a direct connection to his approach and the people that surround him in ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
McCain May Not Have Helped Invent The Blackberry, But He Was Part Of The Team That Invented Banking Scandals And Bailouts
DownWithTyranny! —
... Is there a relationship to John McCain's Keating 5 Scandal, which led to the taxpayers losing $3.4 billion, and the current Wall Street meltdown? You bet there is! Crooks & Liars has the story. Both scandals are direct results of Greed, special interest's/political corruption and the arrogance of Power. And McCain was at the heart of both. Although his disgraceful role in the Keating 5 scandal was largely whitewashed and he got away with an admonishment, his role as the head of the Senate Banking Committee where he came down firmly against federal regulatory agencies on behalf ...
Without John McCain, they would’ve called them “The Keating Four“
HorsesAss.Org —
(Hat tip Crooks & Liars.)
And of course, it’s more than just the economy on which John McCain mimics George W. Bush; you can learn more at Third Term: The Movie.
Voters should keep McCain’s role in the savings and loan debacle in mind as they’re asked to once again to pick up the pieces from yet another financial crisis largely created by the free trade/deregulatory policies McCain has ideologically championed throughout his entire career. Sure, the markets ...
The McCain’s camp use of deception and the ‘balanced’ news problem
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... # of stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about the last major financial regulatory crisis, resulting in a huge bailout, and which John McCain was centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating: 0 ...
Related Content
Take It Down, Barack
time-blog.com 9/19/2008 — The New York Times editorial board--once again calling a lie a lie-- slams both McCain and Obama for their Spanish-language ads about immigration policy. I've given up any hope of McCain running an honest campaign, but if Obama really wants to present ...
Obama's Fannie Mae 'Connection'
voices.washingtonpost.com 9/19/2008 — "Obama has no background in economics. Who advises him? The Post says it's Franklin Raines, for "advice on mortgage and housing policy." Shocking. Under Raines, Fannie Mae committed "extensive financial fraud." Raines made millions. Fannie Mae ...
Gallup Daily: Obama Now Leads McCain by 5 Points
gallup.com 9/19/2008 — PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Tuesday through Thursday finds Barack Obama with a five percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential preferences of registered voters, 49% to 44%. This is the fourth consecutive day that ...
McCain on banking and health
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 9/19/2008 — OK, a correspondent directs me to John McCain's article, Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American, in the Sept./Oct. issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries. You might want to be seated before reading ...
McCain-Palin 2008
johnmccain.com 9/19/2008 — Reforming Our Financial Markets -- The Mortgage And Financial Institutions Trust Today, In Wisconsin, John McCain Outlined His Plan To Reform Our Financial Markets. To ensure that people are able to stay in their homes and safeguard the life savings ...
Economy takes center stage in bruising ads —
CNN.com - Politics 9/19/2008
As the nation's financial crisis tops headlines and dominates campaign trail discussion, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama released a flurry of television ads within a few hours that play off a rising sense of economic anxiety.
...
McCain hits Wall Street "reckless behavior" —
Reuters: Politics 9/19/2008
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain, seeking to boost his standing in the U.S. presidential race, proposed stricter regulation of Wall Street on Friday and promised to end "reckless behavior" that led to a U.S. ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
