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McCain made Charles Keating part of his campaign team today
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Jed posted an excerpt of John King's paean to John McCain last night. We've heard King really, really likes McCain personally, but he actually dealt with one of McCain's biggest controversies -- The Charles Keating Scandal: Perfect timing because Keating is back big time -- and McCain did it himself through his weak attacks on Obama about Rezko. McCain shouldn't have gone there, but he did. Jonathan Singer reviews the history: The Keating Five is an old story, so many reporters have shied away from saying much about it because it isn't new -- there aren't a whole lot of new ...
McCain and Keating Five Scandal Revisited-- McCain Should Have Gone To Prison
DownWithTyranny! —
When most people talk about the startling similarities between Bush and McCain, they're usually referring to the corporate-friendly policy agenda the two share, domestically and internationally. But there's another aspect that has long bothered me-- the ne'er-do-well lives they've both led. Both have failed upwards, primarily due to family connections. Both live in the lap of luxury though neither ever earned any substantial money at all-- and both have twisted, out-of-touch views of what it means to be middle class in America, a middle class each has diminished with his ideologically-driven policies. Everything that Bush ever touched turned ...
Sherrod Brown Opens Up the Keating Five Lockbox
Firedoglake —
Could there be any more appropriate time to talk about the Keating Five? While financial institutions are failing all around us because of lax oversight, can we please talk about John McCain's involvement in seeking regulatory relief for a friend and political contributor, causing the loss of millions ...
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Two McCain offices evacuated after letter threat —
Reuters: Politics 8/22/2008
DENVER (Reuters) - Two offices of John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign, in Colorado and New Hampshire, were evacuated on Thursday, and several staffers were hospitalized, after threatening or suspicious envelopes arrived in the mail, one with an ...
Obama sharpens attack on McCain —
Reuters: Politics 8/22/2008
CHESTER, Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama attacked Republican John McCain on Thursday for not knowing how many houses he owns and said it proves his presidential rival is out of touch with the economic struggles of most Americans.
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Obama and McCain take their battle to their houses. —
(Obsolete Feed) 8/22/2008
Anyone who has watched rivals needle each other in a pickup basketball game will recognize what is happening right now between Barack Obama and John McCain. It starts with bumps, shoves, maybe a few elbows—and then suddenly it's a windmill of fists, ...
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