McCain May Hold Political Keys to Bailout Bill Passage

Rex, you write like bloggers on the KOS or Huffington Post. Twenty years later, still spamming partial truths.

Read Robert Benning who was appointed cousel by the Democrats to investigate the Keating 5. Benning reported to the Senate Ethics Committee PRIOR to the hearings, McCain and Glen should be EXCLUDED, as they were guilty of breaking no law, only the appearance of impropriety. For which apologies were received, and monies returned for vacations with Keating.

But who can resist the temptation to drag a real American's reputation through the mud?

What a disconnect from reality displayed in previous comments here. You have to wear a face mask to protect yourself from the rabid spittle emoted.

Fact is, McCain has long been criticized by his own party for crossing the aisle and cooperating with Democrats to get things done. For being "too liberal". How soon you forget.

I reason McCain indeed "suspended" his campaign to go to Washington to see if he could encourage more support for the bailout bill. Another bill his party opposes.

Unfortunately, he misjudged the Democrats. They were not suspending their campaign to get Obama elected.

He was stonewalled. No way were the Democrats going to acknowledge McCain, all McCain to garner any credit for negotiating more support for the bailout bill. That would have sunk Mr. CallMeIfYouNeedIVotePresent Obama.

In this instant, McCain should have stayed away from DC, away from the bailout bill. You know the old saying, if you wrestle with "D" pigs, you both get muddy.

It's all politics, all the time. Those who vote for Obama, do so voting for more of the same...the party that caused the financial meltdown to begin with.

You deserve what you get.

Obama has absolutely nothing, zero, nada to his credit, past or present, but a laundry list of associations with corrupt organizations (ACORN tops the list), fascist radicals, corrupt Chicago politicians and crooks.

emma
re: 'Give me McCain....a man who says what he thinks and stands behind it.'

where have you been for the last 2 weeks..?
it's astonishing, in light of the many change's in McCain's statements, sometimes contradicting himself within hours that you could seriously say that. have you read any newspapers or watched any news at all?

The thugs think the ace up their sleeve is vote caging, ballot tampering and bigotry. But If they think that the opponent hasn't prepared for all of these they will be waking up to a rude shock on Nov. 5.

Davis,

Bush did his undergrad at Yale,
MBA at Harvard.

They should both be SOOO proud.

The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush never read the homework he turned in, while Obama knew why he was there.

After McCain dies (2009-2010ish), I am sure Palin will have us all "shaped up" into a Evangelical POLICE STATE real quick!

Please No, Not for my kids, Not for my family, Not for my country...

Country First!!!

Obama/Biden '08!!!

George W. Bush graduated from Harvard too just like Barack "Politician" Obama.

Posted by: Roger Miller | Sep 24, 2008 3:32:40 AM

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Bush went to Yale fool. You're just Another Republican liar...

McCain is a "has been" liar and Palin's 15 minutes are up.

So can we just get it over with and elect President Obama now?

George W. Bush graduated from Harvard too just like Barack "Politician" Obama.

I think Harvard is a very over-rated school producing mediocre 'Uh uh ... uh ..." candidates.

Look at the bright side. Obama is the first AA candidate who won a major party nomination.

Of course, he will lose. Only a fool and the MSM will think Obama will win.
I don't care what the poll says, McCain is our future president. Barack Obama will be back in the US Senate.

Keating/Mccain background info:

McCain and Keating had known each other since 1981 and had become fast friends. Of all the "Keating Five," it was McCain who moved into the life of the Lincoln S&L chief. The two men vacationed together multiple times, with the whole McCain clan (babysitter included) heading out for Keating's private Caribbean property on Keating's private jet. McCain didn't think to actually report these trips, or pay for them, until the investigators were breathing down his neck.
McCain took his payment in the form of more than just vacations. Keating and other members of Lincoln's parent company padded McCain's pockets with $112,000 in campaign contributions.

In John McCain's biography, he called his meetings with Keating and regulators "the worst mistake of my life,"
though from the text you'd think this was a spur of the moment decision, not something that McCain did repeatedly over a space of years.

leonard, You got me there, I meant no Senators were convicted.

midwestlady, No I can't name a single one. The point I was trying to make, however, is that Harvard Law Review editors are chosen based on first-year grades and written exercises. Hard to see how a Columbia University wash-out, as you allege, could fake that.

mila sez:

Nobody was "convicted" for Keating 5, it was a Senate Ethics Committee investigation. Both John Glenn(D) and McCain were "cleared of impropriety but criticized for poor judgment".

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Tell that to Mr. Keating.

"How do you know that Obama earned a spot at Harvard based on merit?"
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It's possible that, like Michele, B O's score needed to be nudge up a couple of points by affirmative action in order for him to win entrance......

Else, why is he being so secretive about it?

And what's the scoop in Obama's medical records?

One page? Written by a friend of his who's also a Doctor?

And what's happening with that suit regarding his doctored birth certificate?

Obama is just a a multi-facet mystery, isn't he?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

DEEDEE DUMPLING:

"So it looks like they tried to tie Obama to Freddie and Fannie to keep people from looking into the McCain team's ties."

They didn't T R Y to tie Obama to Freddie and Fannie!

Obama did that all by himself, gathering to his coffers from F and F about $175,000 in shekels during the short time he held office.

He would help associates like Rezko procure loans to buy up properties ostensibly to turn into low cost housing projects...but instead,they would permit the properties to become even more delapidated and then, when they were basically worthless, would default on the loans.

Obama learned sleaze from the best!

He cheated on his way up the political ladder.

He's the new King of Porkbellies.

Emil Jones has acclaimed Obama his super protege in learning and following the road to "turning pork into sirloin".

("One man's pork is another man's steak!", is the way he put it!)

As for Rick Davis, McCain took him at his word.

.... just as Obama selected Biden as his VP in good faith!

(He should have tried for Hillary but, they all make mistakes.)

Mila,
Obama's a run-of-the-mill corrupt Chicago lawyer. There are a ton of those. Some of them, but not enough of them, are in jail. Get some perspective.

Mila,
Right off the top of your head, can you name the person who served as head of the Harvard Law Review before Obama? How about after?
See how much it matters? IT DOESN'T.

Nobody was "convicted" for Keating 5, it was a Senate Ethics Committee investigation. Both John Glenn(D) and McCain were "cleared of impropriety but criticized for poor judgment".

Pretty sure they don't select people for the Harvard Law Review, let alone make them President of the Law Review, based on stupidity. Could be wrong though, just a guess.

Samantha:

republicans fear intelligence..

what we do know, is that McMuffin graduated 5th from the bottom..
why don't you share all the secret Obama educational rumors you found..

I want to see Obama's coloring books, so I can finally see if he did indeed, stay inside the lines,
otherwise how could he have gotten into 1st grade.

Mission Accomplished

meanwhile.. 1/2 way around the world....

"According to people who have been briefed, the NIE will paint a "grim" picture of the situation in Afghanistan, seven years after the US invaded in an effort to dismantle the al Qaeda network and its Taliban protectors. "

Mission Accomplished