New McCain Ad Targets Obama Aide’s Freddie, Fannie Connections
The Page by Mark Halperin — Latest spot skewers the Democratic nominee, goes after Franklin Raines, one of Obama’s economic advisers. “Under Raines, Fannie Mae committed ‘extensive financial fraud.’ Raines made millions. Fannie Mae collapsed.” ...

McCain: 'Advice'
Ben Smith's Blog — McCain comes back at Obama with a shot at his experience and, perhaps more important, an attempt to muddy the waters on the question of who's being advised by lobbyists and insiders, a front on which McCain has been hit hard lately. It cites the report that Obama was taking advice from former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines. Airing "nationally."

McCain Ad: "Advice"
Ace of Spades HQ — Not hard hitting enough, I'm afraid. More please. Show all of Obama's corrupt advisers. Still, at least they're starting....

And McCain does a ranging shot on Obama's ties to the Fannie Mae mess.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Oh, yes, there's more. Much more. Via Ace, who wants the full broadside. As do I, but there's a rhythm to such things. Moe Lane PS: Hey, remember the Countrywide loan payola thing that Senator Dodd was in on? Yup, Franklin Raines was one of those guys. So was James Johnson, who was also tight with Senator Obama's campaign until he got caught out. Small world, huh? Note by Jeff: The Obama campaign sent an email message today (supposedly from the nominee himself) which ...

Dayum! Go, McCain :)
Sister Toldjah — As we’d all hoped, Team McCain is hitting Obama hard today on his Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac connections, and noting McCain’s attempts to resolve these issues before they blew up like they did this week. First, at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Two years ago I warned this Administration and Congress that regulations for our home loan agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, needed to be fixed. But nothing was done. Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets but the facts tell a different story. He took more money from Fannie and Freddie than ...

McCain Ad Hits Obama By Suggesting His Leading Adviser Is (Black) Former Fannie Mae Head
TPMDC — The McCain campaign is up with a new ad that hits Obama on the economy, by attacking Obama for his associations with former Fannie Mae head Franklin Raines (who happens to be black): The ad suggests that Raines is Obama's leading adviser. "Who advises him?" the narrator says. "The Post says it's Franklin Raines, for 'advice on mortgage and housing policy.'" The actual quote from the Post, according to the McCain campaign's release, says merely that Raines has "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage ...

McCain hits Raines in new ad, “Advice”
Hot Air » Top Picks — McCain hits Raines in new ad, “Advice” posted at 6:35 pm on September 18, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly John McCain has decided to attack Barack Obama on his connections to Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines.  With Obama attempting to pass off McCain as a newcomer to the Hope-Change Express, McCain points out Obama’s complete lack of economic experience — and points out that his adviser has a great deal of responsibility for Fannie Mae’s insolvency: Obama has no background in economics. Who advises him? The Post says it’s Franklin Raines, for “advice on mortgage and housing policy.” ...

"Advice"
Hotline On Call Part Deux — New John McCain ad to be televised nationally, notes that former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines advised Barack Obama's campaign on housing and mortgage matters -- and that the Dem nom "has no background in economics." Wait, does McCain? No. None. Zip. Zero. By his own admission.

McCain Comes Off His Heels With Raines Ad
Weekly Standard Blog — I was just about to opine about how Palin's interview with Sean Hannity tonight should include Franklin Raines' and Jim Johnson's names no fewer than 10 times each, perhaps with visual aids depicting their proximity to the Fannie/Freddie mess and relative importance in the Obama campaign. There's no excuse for him getting a pass on those associations while he's out trying to make electoral hay of the mess his buddies had a part in creating. This ad is a follow-up to an aggressive speech from McCain today. For those keeping track ...

New McCain Ad Goes After Raines
The Corner on National Review Online — Thursday, September 18, 2008 [image] New McCain Ad Goes After Raines [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] 09/18 07:23 PM

Obama Gets Help
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McCain Ties Obama To Fannie Mae Collapse as Obama Pretends Franklin Raines Wasn't an Adviser
JammieWearingFool — Smears! Racist! Uh, actually, the truth. Maybe some day the media will get their heads out of their asses and dig a little further into the connection. It's not as if it's too difficult to tie Obama with Franklin Raines. Just Google it! Remarkably, Raines pretends to not have any connection to Obama ...

McCain pops up new ad tying Obama to former Fannie CEO
Jonathan Martin's Blog — This has a news-of-the-day video press release vibe to it, but we'll know just how much Team McCain wants to tie Obama to Fannie Mae and Franklin Raines, their former CEO, if it gets placed in any sort of real rotation over the next few days.

McCain Hits Obama on His Connections to Fannie Mae in New Ad: Advice
Wizbang — The McCain Palin campaign has come out with an ad that mirrors his comment tying Obama to Fannie Mae: It's really important that McCain continue to hammer Obama on this because it's a lie that Obama all about change and reform, especially when it comes to this financial crisis. Obama had his hands out, eagerly accepting campaign funds totaling over $126,000 in just three years ...

Is He or Isn't He?
The Corner on National Review Online — The McCain has released a new ad entitled 'Advice.'  It says: 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 collapsed. Taxpayers? Stuck with the bill. Barack Obama. Bad advice. Bad instincts. Not ready to lead. Just a few moments ago, the Obama campaign released a statement from Raines: I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters. Added Obama spokesman Bill ...

OBAMABUS FEEDS ON FRANKLIN RAINES!
RedState: Conservative News and Community — The ad worked. Hit him again, Johnny: The campaign puts out a statement from former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines, disowning ties to Obama, after a McCain ad attacked him for the ties. The Washington Post reported -- with the kind of blind sourcing that suggests the source was Raines -- that Raines had "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters." [blah blah blah denial denial denial blah blah blah class warfare class warfare class warfare blah blah blah] UPDATE: McCain spokesman ...

New McCain Ad: Obama’s Fannie Mae Financial Advisor
Say Anything — John McCain hits back against the lame ads Obama has been using to try to paint McCain as an extension of Bush’s economic policies by showing the Obama is the one up to his eyebrows in the failed policies and corruption that lead to the current crisis. Hat tip Wizbang Cross Posted at Proof Positive ...

McCain Strikes on the Economy
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McCain Plays the Race Card
Swampland — When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain's new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally: This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me stipulate: Obama's Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn't even mention a far more significant tie--that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama's vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a ...

Absurd, but not unexpected
QandO — Watch this ad: Now this particular post isn’t about whether you agree or disagree with the ad. It’s about Karen Tumulty of TIME and her absurd analysis of the ad. Say Tumulty: When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain’s new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally. This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman.Of course Obama is a black man, as is ...

USS Neverdock — USS Neverdock "America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb

No More Mister Nice Blog — ONE RACIST WORD? Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo suggest that the ad below is racist because it links Obama to former Fannie Mae head Franklin Raines, who's black: "> Maybe, maybe not. On one hand, as Sargent and Kleefeld point out, the ad focuses on Raines and ignores Jim Johnson, a white former Fannie-ite with stronger ties to Obama, and the average-American victim shown at the end of the ad is white. On the other hand, Raines is the typical ad attack-ad villain, a prominent guy who screwed up, and Obama can ...

The 'Elderly White Woman' Time Says McCain Using in 'Race Card' Ad
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — It's come to this . . . Barack Obama became a candidate for president on the wings of his 2004 Dem convention keynote speech in which he famously said "there is not a Black America and a White America a Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America."  But as Rush Limbaugh has described in the Wall Street Journal today, Obama is now relying on deceptive ads for the express purpose of stoking racial antagonism. Obama's appeal to our worst instincts finds its echo in the MSM.  Time's Swampland blog has an item up today by Karen Tumulty entitled "McCain Plays the ...

Playing The "Playing The Race Card" Card
The Atlantic Politics Channel — Time's Karen Tumulty all but calls the McCain campaign's new Frank Raines ad racist:  "Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman." Here's the "ad" -- not sure if it's airing anywhere to allow the scare quotes to drop. I asked an Obama campaign aide last night what he thought.  Wouldn't want to go down that road without evidence, he said. Is the ad racist? Fair game? For one thing, the connection between Raines and the Obama campaign is extremely tenuous. As Tumulty mentions, the ad doesn't refer to an actual ...

So is Franklin Raines an Obama economic advisor or not?
Althouse — The Obama campaign does not like this ad: And it's denying that Raines is an advisor. But then the Washington Post would have to be wrong. You can't bash McCain for basing the ad on the info in the Post and specifically identifying the Post as the source. Here's what the Post has today: The McCain campaign cited a July Washington Post profile of Raines as the source for his connection to Obama. In that profile, it was reported that he had "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and ...

Are All Anti-Obama Ads Racist?
Outside The Beltway | OTB — Are All Anti-Obama Ads Racist? A concern that I’ve expressed since the days of the primary campaign is that, because Barack Obama looks black, virtually any criticism lodged against him can be seen in racial terms.  (The same was true of gender in any attacks against Hillary Clinton.)   The latest example is the bold proclamation from TIME’s Karen Tumulty “ McCain Plays the Race Card .”  His offense?   This ad: Says Tumulty, This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me stipulate: Obama’s Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. ...

Most Racist Ad EVER ... No, THIS Is ... Wait, THIS One ...
Perfunction — Last week, Joshua Micah Ezekiel Boutros-Boutros Marshall declared McCain's "Education" the most racist EVAH: And today McCain comes out with this rancid, race-baiting ad based on another lie. Willie Horton looks mild by comparison. (And remember, President George H.W. Bush never ran the ...

Time Magazine: New McCain Ad Is Racist
Say Anything — Here’s the ad: Here’s the reaction Karen Tumulty at Time: When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain’s new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally. This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Is it John McCain’s fault that both Barack Obama and Franklin Raines are black?  I’m thinking McCain probably would have run this ...

To Advise Or Not?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — In yet aother attempt to personalize and demonize the financial crisis (what else does he know how to do?) McCain attacks Obama over Franklin Raines. There's a subtle racial undercurrent here as well: Obama denies the connection. ...

Karen Tumulty charges racism where it isn’t.
Rathergate.com — Over at TIME mag’s The Swampland blog, confused Karen Tumulty puts up the YouTube of the McCain ad Advice and supposes : This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me stipulate: Obama’s Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn’t even mention a far more significant tie–that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama’s vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial. Instead, it relies on a ...

It's the Economy—and Energy
Little Miss Attila — It's the Economy and Energy Over at Hot Air, the new McCain ads for Michigan and Ohio focus in on the dual-headed monster of the energy crisis and underemployment: Michigan specifically mentions drilling (along with "clean vehicles," and a glimpse of a hybrid-car symbol): Ohio's ad is similar, but more of a frontal assault on job-creation through small businesses and renewable energy: It's a good move to mention securing our retirement in these spots, as well. The McCain people seem to be cranking out one or political ads a day, and they know when to take an optimistic tone--as with the economics-minded, forward thinking spots ...

Obama and Dems Abysmal Record on Economics: Is McCain finally Noticing??
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Glenn Reynolds has a round-up of the McCain ads that are going straight for Obama's weak spots on the Economy. Good to see; but McCain needs to cut the crap with attacking Christopher Cox, who does not run these companies, does not sit in on their board meetings, and is not responsible for Fannie and Freddie and Countrywide doling out tens of millions to Democrat candidates and the special interest groups that support them. First to the Instapundit and these three great vids: THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES A NEW AD ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: ...

Obama and Dems Abysmal Record on Economics: Is McCain finally Noticing??
The Discerning Texan — Glenn Reynolds has a round-up of the McCain ads that are going straight for Obama's weak spots on the Economy. Good to see; but McCain needs to cut the crap with attacking Christopher Cox, who does not run these companies, does not sit in on their board meetings, and is not responsible for Fannie and Freddie and Countrywide doling out tens of millions to Democrat candidates and the special interest groups that support them. First to the Instapundit and these three great vids: THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES A NEW AD ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: Meanwhile, Time attacks McCain's Fannie Mae ad as racist -- because it doesn't go far enough: ...

Moore Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Karen Tumulty accuses McCain of playing the race card with this new ad: This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. For once, I agree with Goldfarb. ...

More Racist "Advice" From The McCain Campaign
BAGnewsNotes — Many of you have written about my take on "Advice,"  the latest McCain attack video.  Of course, I agree it's racist.  But what I also find interesting is the McCain camp's political perseveration.  In other words, consider the very close parallel between the smarmy way Obama was portrayed in Schmidt/McCain's Kindergarten/Sex Ed piece ten days ago and the portrayal of Frank Raines in this latest job. In their desperation (Raines having virtually no connection to Obama or his campaign), Team McCain once again works the combination of the found photograph and ...

Selling them short
Pundit Review — Selling them short In the wake of the S.E.C.’s temporary ban on short selling of financial stocks I think it is important to remember that they play a critical role on Wall Street. Most of us want stocks to go up. They bet that they will go down. They play an important role as contrarians, questioners of conventional wisdom. Two of America’s most spectacular bankruptcies were identified by shorts long before the rest of Wall Street had figured it out. Remember Enron ? The all-time most famous incident of gruff-talking CEOs is of course Jeffrey Skilling berating hedge fund manager Richard Grubman back ...

Let's Make a Deal
Weekly Standard Blog — At the McCain Report, McCain campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb says the campaign is willing to make an interesting deal with the Washington Post: The Washington Post's Michael Dobbs fact checks the ad this campaign released yesterday titled "Advice": So what evidence does the McCain campaign have for the supposed Obama-Raines connection? It is pretty flimsy, but it is not made up completely out of whole cloth. Pretty flimsy? As Dobbs goes on to say, that "pretty flimsy" source is his own paper, the Washington Post. The Post ...

Washington Post Reporters: Under the Bus
Ankle Biting Pundits — Has anyone else noticed how partisan these media-driven “Ad Watch” and “Fact Check” things have gotten? The Washington Post has now run two pieces designed to debunk this ad we on the McCain campaign released this week: The first attempt to debunk the ad came from Howard Kurtz who stated the ad “is based on a disputed premise.” Now comes a second attempt from the Post’s Michael Dobbs. Dobbs says the evidence upon which the ad is based is “pretty flimsy.” ...

Tumulty: McCain Plays the Race Card
Drudge Retort — Karen Tumulty, Time : When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain's new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally: This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Posted by JimmyWallback ...

Surely this can be turned into an ad.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — And never mind that it's technically not directed against the Obama campaign. At this point: media, Obama campaign, what's the difference? Anyway, the comment is in reaction to The Washington Post's Michael Dobb's exceptionally eye-roll-worthy critique on McCain's Advice ad: McCain's response ("Washington Post Attacks Washington Post") takes especial issue with the "pretty flimsy" bit. Pretty flimsy? As Dobbs goes on to say, that "pretty flimsy" source is his own paper, the Washington Post. The ...

My trip to see the George Washington Inaugural Bible
Pundit Review — My trip to see the George Washington Inaugural Bible I read in the paper that this piece of history would be on display about 20 minutes from home and I couldn’t resist. This bible was printed in 1767 and used at George Washinton’s inauguration on April 30, 1789. It has also been used in some of the most regrettable events in our history, like Lincoln’s funeral and Jimmy Catrer’s inauguration. Here is how the Free Masons of St. John’s Lodge No. 1 , tell the story of the George Washington Inaugural Bible, “On April 30, 1789, an event took place of the greatest importance to the whole world. It was the inauguration ...

Someone You Should Know: Marine Sergeant Jeff Hunter
Pundit Review — Someone You Should Know: Marine Sergeant Jeff Hunter Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us once again for Someone You Should Know , our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce is a veteran of the Vietnam war and spent 28 years in the U.S. Army. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. Dean Barnett and I welcomed Bruce who talked about Marine Sergeant Jeff Hunter , “I honestly don’t believe I did anything all that heroic,” Sgt. Jeff Hunter told Military.com when asked about his Silver Star. That’s a common refrain among American warriors serving in combat zones, ...

The $700 billion weekend
Pundit Review — The $700 billion weekend Dean Barnett from The Weekly Standard was back in to the studio last night. We talked about the Wall Street crisis. Isn't it amazing how they can spend $700 billion in 48 hours on a 3-page deal. Unreal. What is Pundit Review Radio ? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called "groundbreaking" by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston's Talk ...

Dukakis Compares McCain Ad With Infamous 'Willie Horton' Ad
News — Dukakis Compares McCain Ad With Infamous 'Willie Horton' Ad Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said a recent McCain campaign ad featuring former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines is tantamount to the infamous 1988 "Willie Horton" ad used against him. The McCain ad, entitled "Advice," juxtaposes images of Raines and Obama, who are both African-American, with the image of an elderly white woman. The McCain ad alleges that Obama has "bad instincts" for relying on the judgement of Raines as an advisor. The Horton ad, released by the Bush campaign in 1988, displayed a picture of the African-American Horton, a ...

The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Meltdown - Who is Franklin Raines? Who is Jim Johnson?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Team McCain television ad:”Advice” Flap was watching NBC News this morning and noticed the lede of John McCain’s campaign manager of Rick Davis’ consulting income from Freddie Mac but what about Barack Obama’s ties ...

Fannie Mae fatcat/friend of Obama buys $4.9 million penthouse
Michelle Malkin — [image] Franklin Raines, the Clinton-era head of corrupted Fannie Mae, does not feel your pain. While Barack Obama rails about unfettered greed and callous Washington lobbyists, his friend and consultant made off like a bandit…and has just sold and bought multi-millionaire homes. Crisis? What crisis? Sacrifice? What sacrifice? From Washingtonian ...

Obama Pal Franklin Raines Buys $4.9 Million Penthouse
JammieWearingFool — Barack Obama pretends to decry that CEO's of failed companies should b=not be getting golden parachutes. Well, his adviser Franklin Raines walked away with $90 million after running Fannie Mae into the ground. And doesn't seem to be suffering for it ...

David Fiderer: Wagging the Dog With Fannie Mae: Republicans Explain the Financial Crisis With Racist Mythology
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — "Is this video a lie?" wrote someone in response to my last piece on HuffPost. No, "lie" is an inadequate description. I uploaded the video link, seen by two million people before me, and gasped at the artful perversion of history. It was like a post-millennium version of The Birth of a Nation. In that silent film classic, a pivotal scene is prefaced by the title card: "AN HISTORICAL FACSIMILE of the State House of Representatives of South Carolina as it was in 1870." Then we see black legislators in session, drinking whiskey, eating chicken, resting bare feet ...

Elliot Ness, where are thou? Rahm Emanuel's Freddie Mac "Bonus"
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — In many ways, Chicago is still the city that Al Capone built; in today's Chicago, the "mafia" is still raping the taxpayer and still paying off corrupt officials to look the other way, from top to bottom. For at least the last 50+ years, that "mafia" has been the exclusive domain of the Democrat "bosses". ...