New McCain ad: “Mum”
Posted by Carlos C. on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 am
In crisis, experience matters. McCain and his Congressional allies led. Tough rules on Wall Street. Stop CEO rip-offs. Protect your savings and pensions.
Obama and his liberal allies? Mum on the market crisis. Because no one knows what to do.
More taxes. No leadership. A risk your family can’t afford.
John McCain responded quickly to this mortgage crisis, saying that he will back President Bush’s plan to bailout banks, but also saying that greater regulation and oversight is needed. Banks do not need a blank check. Plus, McCain has said that there needs to be a specified limit on how much a CEO and other top management executives can receive from the federal assistance check. Barack Obama stayed silent on this issue. Obama did not outline a plan to help in this crisis, but went on to chastise President Bush and Republicans for causing it. Obama conveniently forgot his ties to former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson, who both had a large hand in causing this crisis.
This is not the first crisis McCain has shown his true leadership. When Russia invaded Georgia at the start of the Olympics, McCain was out in front condemning Russia and calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory. Before departing for his Hawaiian vacation, Obama made a statement calling for Georgia to end the violence! What? Obama inadvertently accused Georgia of starting the violence against Russia! Obama had to make another statement as soon as he landed in Hawaii to call on Russia to withdrawal from Georgia. Then, Obama went to see his typical white grandmother and boogie-board at the beach.
Hat Tip: Hot Air
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Filed Under: News & Politics
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
When will you stop ignoring that they all took money from the banks, and/or are in cahoots with “advisors” that did?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1222192647-F1oGCkVt7GFArY7×4BMADQ
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Weird… I posted something that isn’t showing up, but the system is saying I’ve posted it already. So here it is again:
When will you stop ignoring that they all took money from the banks, and/or are in cahoots with “advisors” that did?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1222192647-F1oGCkVt7GFArY7×4BMADQ
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
We have a spam program set up. If something gets caught and we find it to be legitimate, we will free it.
Don’t cry.
Anyways, McCain never took money from Fannie Mae, but Obama did. Who gives a crap about an “adviser”?
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I didn’t know about this spam system… interesting.
I’m intrigued enough to try to set it off.
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I also have Edit, Delete, and Ban options.
I am Darth Los.
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Hey, Darth. There’s another comment stuck in the spam system…
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Ok, let’s try to not confused the spam filter…
“Anyways, McCain never took money from Fannie Mae, but Obama did. Who gives a crap about an “adviser”?”
You do:
“Obama conveniently forgot his ties to former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson, who both had a large hand in causing this crisis.”
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
And here’s where McCain did take money from Fannie Mae:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
If you don’t get the second message wherein McCain’s Fannie Mae contributions are outlined, do search for the NY Times: “Loan Titans Paid McCain Adviser Nearly $2 Million”.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Several comments got stuck in the spam filter. Some A-hole website keeps linking to us and sending crap trackbacks.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Rick Davis, McCain’s adviser, has not worked for the Davis Manafort company since 2006, so he, Davis, has not taken any money from Fannie Mae.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
What? It happened 2 years ago, so it didn’t happen?
September 24th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Rick Davis left his own company, Davis / Manafort, to work on McCain’s campaign. Since that time, Davis has not made any money or profit from the Davis / Manafort firm.
The McCain story you posted is a non-story. There is no scandal. The only scandal is Obama taking $105,849 from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as Obama having ties to Johnson and Raines, the executives of both companies.