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| McCain Lawyers Push Back on Obama Keating Five Charges |
| 2008-10-08 |
| PHOENIX -- The McCain campaign pushed back hard against the new Obama attack over the Keating Five, arguing that the Arizona senator was treated unfairly by the Senate ethics investigation and asserting that John McCain had been much more open about his relationship with disgraced thrift executive Charles Keating than Obama has been about his connection with one-time radical William Ayers. In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, John Dowd, the Washington lawyer who represented McCain during the Senate investigation, called the inquiry a "classic political smear job" by the Democrats running the Senate at the time, saying that they only included McCain to make sure that a Republican was among the targets. "John had not done anything wrong," Dowd said. Dowd's point of view was amplified by Robert Bennett, the Washington lawyer and Democrat who served as special counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee during the Keating Five investigation, which focused on whether McCain and other senators exercised improper political influence over the regulation of Keating's failed Lincoln Savings & Loan. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #14 ...since he was elected. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-10-08 22:12 |
| #13 President Bush has not played a single game of golf his he was elected. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-10-08 22:11 |
| #12 TE1948: probably your friends are being laid off because they are slacker losers with an entitlement attitude, no job or life skills, and little ability to get along with others. Pretty much the report card you've been getting since first grade. Get over it, end it for good, or move elsewhere where your skills are appreciated (I'd suggested an uninhabitated isle). |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-08 21:34 |
| #11 I see we've been visited by a Demoncritic troll, and a not-very-bright one at that. His choice of handle speaks much about him - all appetite (to be heard), no brain (to actually come up with something that's not a pre-printed talking point). Barrack Obamaramadingdong is a highly-educated, highly-trained fool with absolutely no personal accomplishments of any merit. I never went to fighter-pilot's school, but 26 years around flying units allowed me to "taste what it's like" several times. It takes a helluva lot more brains than being a lawyer - especially one that has had so VERY little actual legal WORK experience. Sarah Palin has worked in a number of jobs, and has helped run a family business. I HAVE been there, and it's not a picnic, especially when you have to share the receipts with dozens of family members. She's been a mayor and a governor. Those are both jobs where you have to actually DO something, not vote "present". I don't want an Obama presidency, because I don't want to have to put up with another Gimmih Kahtah for four years. I also don't want a communist, anti-American phony elitist bas$$$$ in the White House. It'll take forever to get the sh$$ out of the carpets. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-10-08 20:53 |
| #10 Comrade Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948: Do not lose heart my brother! The republican imperialsts and their Calcutta based lackey's are doomed. The Obamessiah and the Democratic |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-08 20:05 |
| #9 The president can, if he wants to initiate any bill he wants to submit to congress. He never did, he was out playing golf. I'm done for tonight, going back under my bridge. |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 20:03 |
| #8 The. President. Doesn't. Set. The. Regulations. And. Tax. Rates. I can't say it much slower - hopefully it got through the tinfoil this time. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-08 19:55 |
| #7 NO! That's where you are wrong! Bush didn't do anything to protect American jobs, you stupid ignorant tool (back at you). He could have but let it slide so corporations could save on cost. McCain is going to continue doing just that. |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 19:51 |
| #6 The President (or either party) doesn't send jobs to India or anyplace else, idiot. He also doesn't set tax rates. Y'all keep blaming the President for things CONGRESS is responsible for. (And in the case of Congress, I use the word "responsible" very loosely.) And I hate to break it to you, but Bush ain't running again. So you all just keep running against him. Fool. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-08 19:48 |
| #5 Not to mention that my friends are getting laid off and jobs being sent to India! Thanks Bush! |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 19:37 |
| #4 There are far better Heros AND pilots AND leaders than John McCain. |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 19:20 |
| #3 We're broke. Our allies hate us! Our military is weakened. People don't trust their Republicans anymore. McCain says he doesn't know the economy! McCain is an idiot, no matter who much you try to make him look smart, same thing with Bush..people defended him until he just gave up on himself. Good Start.... |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 19:18 |
| #2 OK, troll, let's talk policy. Obambi is a Marxist and will do his damndest to turn America into a Marxist state. McCain, for all his faults, isn't, and won't. If you're looking for a Manchurian Candidate, look harder at Obama. Somebody |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-08 19:09 |
| #1 Charles Keating than Obama has been about his connection with one-time radical William Ayers. That baloney Ayers connections. It's all falling apart the more I read about it and will backfire if they continue. Talk about rumors, McCain is a Manchurian candidate with controllers in Hanoi. Maybe that's why he didn't want to look for more POWs? WHO IS THE REAL JOHN MCCAIN? That rumor is about as low Palin and McCain are stooping too with this Ayes claim. I don't care about Ayers and I don't care about Keating. Enough rumors and talk policy. |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-08 19:02 |