McCain withdraws from campaign to fix the mess he helped make in DC & Wall Street
September 24, 2008
Curiouser and curiouser.
Do we really understand power? pt 1
September 24, 2008
There is a story needing to be told – it’s a story of how legitimate government, that of a constitutional republic, was progressively and deliberately undermined, not only politically – but, most importantly, in the minds of the People.
Home Sweet Home
September 24, 2008
I posted this on my blog a while back but I think it’s worth a second look. I wrote this in response to article about a couple of umemployed sub-prime mortgage broker agents.
McCain revives old GOP trick: fake letters to the Editor
September 24, 2008
Liar, liar, pants on fire. Apparently no one taught JOhn McCain that when you lie, it will eventually catch up to you and the truth always comes out sooner or later.
Nearly one-fifth of voters still undecided
September 24, 2008
With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy in shambles, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it — and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability — could well win the White House.
McCain aide on Freddie Mac’s payroll
September 24, 2008
Almost up until the time it was taken over by the government in the nation’s financial crisis, one of two housing giants paid $15,000 a month to the lobbying firm of John McCain’s campaign manager, a person familiar with the financial arrangement says.
The money from Freddie Mac to the firm of Rick Davis is on top of more than $30,000 a month that went directly to Davis for five years starting in 2000.
When all else fails, try Socialism
September 24, 2008
It was a true September Surprise. A calamitous financial crisis that not only toppled Wall Street’s corporate icons and sent global markets plummeting but may have given Barack Obama’s seemingly mired campaign the one thing he may never have secured on his own: Victory.
Too much urgency, too few specifics
September 24, 2008
The rollout of the proposed $700 billion bailout package was accompanied by all of the least attractive characteristics of the Bush administration in action.
The package was sprung on Congress and the public suddenly and over a weekend and with a bare minimum of details. The initial proposal, vesting immense powers in Treasury secretary Henry Paulson, was only three pages.
Obama’s charade
September 24, 2008
Barack Obama, who has yet to see any nook or cranny in American life that would not benefit from his cramming it full of taxpayer dollars, has an oh-so-ingenious plan to serve the economy — improved governmental efficiency.
McCain fundraising letter raises questions
September 24, 2008
A new pitch for John McCain’s presidential campaign aimed at older Democratic voters is causing complaints by Democrats and concern from Florida elections officials.