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Sherrod Brown Opens Up the Keating Five Lockbox

Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 18/09/2008

Could there be any more appropriate time to talk about the Keating Five? Now, while banks and other financial institutions are failing all around us because of lax regulation and oversight, can we talk about John McCain's involvement in seeking regulatory relief for a friend and political contributor, causing the loss of millions by stockholders, depositors, and taxpayers? Sherrod Brown says, yes we...

McCain made Charles Keating part of his campaign team today

Sort by AMERICAblog (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

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...

McCain's Strategic Blunder: Opening the Door to Keating Five

Sort by MyDD (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

The McCain campaign thinks that it has an opportunity to turn their candidate's stupendous gaffe -- failing to recall how many houses his family owns -- into a positive by running an advertisement linking Barack Obama to Tony Rezko. Obama, claims the McCain campaign, got help buying his house from Rezko, a Chicagoan who has since gone to jail but received some $14 million in taxpayer money. The problem...

McCain and Keating Five Scandal Revisited-- McCain Should Have Gone To Prison

Sort by DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

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...

"They go Rezko, we go Keating"

Sort by Brains and Eggs (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

Brian Rogers, McCain spokesman : "Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?" Let's git it on , you little bitch. "They go Rezko, we go Keating," said a Democratic strategist, speaking on the condition of anonymity...

Hey, Whiners

Sort by Big Brass Blog (Free subscription) - 27/08/2008

Hey, Whiners: John McCain's 12-Step Plan to Achieving the American Dream! Melody Townsel : Hey, Whiners™! If you're like me, you felt the sting of Former McCain Advisor® Phil Gramm's calling us out for complaining about the current, piss-poor state of the economy. Whiner? Ouch! Color me red. Phil musta been standing the next pump over as I cursed the Shrub's name while paying $59 to fill up my tank...

McCain and the Keating Five

Sort by Burning Cane (Free subscription) - 23/09/2008

Hammering Home the Keating Five Message David Sirota, September 22, 2008, Huffington Post I went on Fox News on Monday to discuss the financial meltdown. After taking a sober look at the bipartisan nature of Wall Street deregulation, I forced the discussion to focus on John McCain's Keating Five past. It was actually a pretty incredible debate. Both the Fox News anchor and the GOP spokesman basically...

Full 13-Minute Video of The Keating-McCain Connection [Released by Obama Campaign]

Sort by NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) - 07/10/2008