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by Arbit 10/21/2008, 7:24pm PDT |
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And after Freddie Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae who made $90 million while running it into the ground, was fired for his incompetence, one presidential candidate's campaign actually consulted him for advice on housing.
If that presidential candidate had been John McCain, you would have called it a major scandal and we would be getting stories in your paper every day about how incompetent and corrupt he was.
But instead, that candidate was Barack Obama, and so you have buried this story, and when the McCain campaign dared to call Raines an "adviser" to the Obama campaign — because that campaign had sought his advice — you actually let Obama's people get away with accusing McCain of lying, merely because Raines wasn't listed as an official adviser to the Obama campaign.
You would never tolerate such weasely nit-picking from a Republican.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/09/obamas_fannie_mae_connection.html
So what evidence does the McCain campaign have for the supposed Obama-Raines connection? It is pretty flimsy, but it is not made up completely out of whole cloth. McCain spokesman Brian Rogers points to three items in the Washington Post in July and August. It turns out that the three items (including an editorial) all rely on the same single conversation, between Raines and a Washington Post business reporter, Anita Huslin, who wrote a profile of the discredited Fannie Mae boss that appeared on July 16. The profile reported that Raines, who retired from Fannie Mae four years ago, had "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters."
Since this has now become a campaign issue, I asked Huslin to provide the exact circumstances of the quote. She explained that she was chatting with Raines during the photo shoot, and asked "if he was engaged at all with the Democrats' quest for the White House. He said that he had gotten a couple of calls from the Obama campaign. I asked him about what, and he said 'oh, general housing, economy issues.' ('Not mortgage/foreclosure meltdown or Fannie-specific,' I asked, and he said 'no.')"
By Raines's own account, he took a couple of calls from someone on the Obama campaign, and they had some general discussions about economic issues. Gosh, Orson Scott Card has lots of credibility with me now! I think I'll toss the rest of his article right in the shitter. |
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The liberal mainstream media is liberal, and mainstream. And media. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/21/2008, 1:46am PDT 
Ender's Media Conspiracy NT by Worm 10/21/2008, 8:30am PDT 
Why would anyone read anything by OSC, ever? by whydirt 10/21/2008, 8:30am PDT 
Re: Why would anyone read anything by OSC, ever? by Mischief Maker 10/21/2008, 12:46pm PDT 
Re: Why would anyone read anything by OSC, ever? by Mischief unMaker 10/21/2008, 4:00pm PDT 
Re: Why would anyone read anything by OSC, ever? by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/21/2008, 7:09pm PDT 
I BROKE THIS FORUM! NT by Mischief Maker 10/21/2008, 12:48pm PDT 
You broke my little ships NT by Entropy Stew 10/21/2008, 5:08pm PDT 
Re: The liberal mainstream media is liberal, and mainstream. And media. by laudablepuss 10/21/2008, 1:40pm PDT 
Anderson Pooper? Lou Gobbs? Soledad O'jaculate? NT by CNN's a big network in some circles 10/21/2008, 3:08pm PDT 
That Pooper guy, yeah. NT by laudablepuss 10/21/2008, 5:46pm PDT 
"people most responsible [for the horseshit]" I mean. :( NT by laudablepuss 10/21/2008, 5:48pm PDT 
CNN is part of it(!!!!!!!!!!). NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/21/2008, 7:08pm PDT 
OUTRAGE. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! by Arbit 10/21/2008, 7:24pm PDT 
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