Obama Ad On McCain’s Economic Advisers
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I’m getting sick of layoff master Mitt Romney and combforwardist Donald Trump lying about Obama’s tax plan
It’s good, but it would be a stronger ad if they played the clip of McCain saying “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”
I like the ad, but I agree hearing McCain say those words is more powerful. But you have to make sure the visuals don’t make him look presidential. People remember what they seem more than what they hear.
I’m not surprised that Obama is so clued-in on how bad parts of the economy are. After all, he sought out the counsel of two former Fannie Mae CEOs who were in charge while the current disaster was set up, and one of them — Raines — retired after raking in over nine figures while overseeing accounting frauds that put Enron to shame.
That’s just a sign of Obama’s integrity, though. In three short years, he racked up more donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator save Dodd, who chaired the committee that regulated them — and those records of their donations go back 20 years. Even with up to a seventeen-year head start, Obama shot right past almost every other senator.
“Barack Obama. He’s an honest politician. Once he’s bought, he stays bought.”
J.
Pardon my squirrelly ignorance, but what are you insinuating, Jay Tea? Is there something that Obama has done that makes these facts relevant? How have these associations affected Obama’s performance as a legislator?
Honest questions here.
Keating Five.
God, I don’t even have to type whole sentences to make Jay look foolish any more.
Obama dumped Raines, btw. It was a mistake to take him in the first place but unlike Republicans, Democrats admit it when they’ve made mistakes and then correct them like normal adults.
But please, keep trying to tell Americans who’ve lost their houses and jobs and haven’t had a significant raise since Bill Clinton was president that seven-mansion Johnathan Sydney McCain III is the guy who’s going to help them out of this mess.
Democrats admit it when they’ve made mistakes and then correct them like normal adults.
Yes, McCain was one of the Keating Five. He was the only Republican, and was found to NOT have acted improperly. He was found to have exerted bad judgment, has admitted that he did just that, and has since been a staunch opponent of corruption.
Hey, it’s kinda like he admitted he made a mistake, and has worked to correct them!
J.
Who do you think will do a better job fixing the country’s financial crisis. The guy who’s been talking about it or the guy who can’t seem to understand that there is one?
Good point, midder. McCain warned about problems with Fannie/Freddie in 2003 and 2005, while Obama supporters like Barney Frank insisted that it was all scare-mongering.
And Fannie/Freddie kept shoveling money to those who denied any real problems.
Glad to have you on my side, midder.
J.
McCain’s economic advisor is Phil Gramm, one of the guys who tirelessly worked to de-regulate Wall Street during the nineties. Gramm has also said the recent meltdown is “all mental” or something to that effect — “too many whiners.” And did I mention that John McCain owns seven mansions and has no clue how average Americans live these days?
Yeah, more about the economy please Barack. You might not win votes, but I think plenty of Reagan Democrats, seeing their 401(k)’s melt down over the past two weeks, ain’t going to pull a lever for JSMIII.
Franklin Raines oversaw a billion-dollar accounting scandal at Fannie Mae, and ended up taking home over a hundred million. Both Raines and his predecessor, James Johnson, got sweetheart cut-rate mortgages from Countrywide as “Friends Of Angelo” — along with Senator Christopher Dodd, the only person to get more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than Barack Obama. Massachusetts governor, Deval Patrick, is an Obama ally, and hired David Axelrod to do just what he’s currently doing for Obama — and Deval Patrick spent several years on the board of Countrywide.
Yes, please. We need even more foxes guarding the henhouse. They’ll do a lot better than the guy who’s been warning us about the foxes for years now.
J.
Too bad I was talking about the financial market as a whole, but it’s nice to see you agree with me Tea.
Yes, please. We need even more foxes guarding the henhouse. They’ll do a lot better than the guy who’s been warning us about the foxes for years now.
Quick question, Jay? How many lobbyists work for the McCain campaign?
Perhaps it’s harder to see foxes guarding the henhouse when they’re all inside of it.
After all, he sought out the counsel of two former Fannie Mae CEOs who were in charge while the current disaster was set up
Franklin Raines? Right?
“I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters,”
PD100: “Franklin Raines? Right?”
“I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters,”
Wait… Jay Tea said something factually wrong. That’s not possible.
Quick question, Jay? How many lobbyists work for the McCain campaign?
False presumption. Lobbyists are hired guns; they don’t work for their own ends. How many people who hired lobbyists for their own gain work for Obama?
Lobbyists don’t worry me. They’re parasites. I’m more interested in those who hire the lobbyists, and what their agenda is.
Oh, and last time I checked, Joe Biden’s son is a lobbyist — and both his father and Senator Obama have been very generous with earmarks for his clients.
As for Raines…
Franklin Raines, this week: “I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters.”
Washington Post, July 16, 2008: “In the four years since he stepped down as Fannie Mae’s chief executive under the shadow of a $6.3 billion accounting scandal, Franklin D. Raines has been quietly constructing a new life for himself. He has shaved eight points off his golf handicap, taken a corner office in Steve Case’s D.C. conglomeration of finance, entertainment and health-care companies and more recently, taken calls from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.”
Bill Clinton, January 26, 1998: “But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you.”
Can’t imagine someone lying. Especially when they have something to gain from it — such as, say, not having one’s own shady past dragged up again. Nope, dunno why Obaama and Raines would both be interested in some distance.
J.
Lobbyists don’t worry me. They’re parasites.
Couldn’t agree more. So how many work for the McCain campaign again?
And we’ve already gone over how Clinton wasn’t lying. Just like Bush never lied. Not one documented time.
Can’t imagine someone lying. Especially when they have something to gain from it —
You betcha..
“McCain was warning about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before they fell apart. Obama was hiring and listening to the advice of two of the guys who ran it into the ground — <a href=”and still is today.”
But, but, but…Clinton!!
Well done, Mr. Tea!
JayTea pretty much has demonstrated that his understanding of the current financial crisis is limited to whatever talking points he is mailed from the McCain campaign.
To try and prove John McCain is somehow up to speed on today’s crisis he points back a few years to the oracle John McCain talking about a completely different topic. John McCain trying to hop on the Accounting scandal bandwagon does not show he knows or understands anything about today’s meltdown.
Jay Tea: Can’t imagine someone lying.
Which explains why you can still look on McCain/Palin favorably.
Good point, midder. McCain warned about problems with Fannie/Freddie in 2003 and 2005. . .
In other words, back when the GOP controlled both houses of Congress and the chimp was well into his 6-year-plus streak of being veto-free. Yes, this is all Obama’s fault.