Freddie’s Friend

Add the money Freddie Mac sent to McCain advisors and subtrack the money from Freddie and FannieMac set to Obama advisors and send me the difference.

LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES, THIS IS ALL THEY(GOP) DO! TRYING TO TELL LIES LONG ENOUGH SO THAT ONLY THE DUMB FOLKS WILL FALL FOR THIS GARBAGE.
NEXT THEY WILL BLAME BARACK OBAMA, OFR MR.DAVIS GETTING CHECK'S FROM FREDDIE MAC. THE GOP IS FULL OF IT!

I am so angry that this is not being discussed on the morning shows. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! I am so sick of the double standard given to McCain Palin and all of the lies that they are telling. Thanks for printing this Newsweek, but you need to tell you friends on the cable & network news show to get it together. Covering this up is criminal & I don't appreciate having to live in a country with a hot tempered lying POW with his finger on the trigger because the media wanted a horserace. I am so sick with anger and disgust & my hands are shaking as I write this. It's not right.

CO-Pres: Palin Drags McCain down

by kos

Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 12:14:22 PM PDT

McCain (R) 44 (46)

Obama (D) 51 (47)

A precipitous drop in Sarah Palin???s approval may be helping to fuel Obama???s gains. Immediately after the convention 41% of Colorado voters said that her selection made them more likely to vote for John McCain, compared to 38% who said it made them less likely to do so. Since then there???s been a 12 point drop in her net favorability. Now just 38% say that she makes them more likely to vote for the Republican, with 47% saying they???re less likely to do so.

???Barack Obama has greatly increased his lead with independents since we last polled Colorado,??? said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. ???It seems like the more voters have learned about Sarah Palin the less they???ve liked her, and that???s allowed Obama to open up the largest lead he???s shown in a PPP poll of Colorado.???

Those who argued giving Palin a pass when she was wildly popular were wrong. While she's rallied the base and solidified states like North Dakota and Alaska for Palin, she is now toxic to independents and Democrats.

The movement over the last couple weeks has been particularly acute with independent voters. 56% of them say that the Palin choice makes them less likely to support McCain and what was a 49-38 lead for Obama with that group is now a 58-31 advantage.

Voters have "learned [more] about Sarah Palin" because we aggressively investigated her record and encouraged the traditional media to do the same (and they did a pretty darn good job). Giving her a pass because she was "too popular" or because it "took the focus off McCain" would have allowed her positive narrative to stick, allowing her popularity to continue propping up McCain. As I've said before, this is a tactic straight out of Taking on the System.

Instead of being an asset to the McCain effort, they're now forced to hide her, afraid of giving critics more ammunition to use against her (and, by extension, McCain).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092300439.html

By Chris Cillizza

washingtonpost.com Staff Writer

Tuesday, September 23, 2008; 7:17 AM

The presidential race between John McCain and Barack Obama in four key battleground states remains remarkably stable despite a month of politically significant developments, with the Illinois senator running ahead of or even with his Republican rival according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com and the Wall Street Journal.

In Colorado, Obama takes 49 percent to 45 percent for McCain while in Michigan Obama stands at 48 percent as compared to 44 percent for McCain. The contest in Minnesota, once considered a lock for Obama, is also quite close with Obama at 47 percent and McCain 45 percent. Only in Wisconsin does Obama have an edge -- 49 percent to 42 percent -- outside the statistical margin of error for the poll.

Those results are remarkably similar to data from July Quinnipiac polls in each of the four states and suggest that despite the massive media coverage surrounding the two parties' national nominating conventions as well as the vice presidential selections -- especially that of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, which many presumed would alter the campaign's dynamic -- little has changed in the race for the White House.

The upheaval in financial markets has crystallized the importance of the economy in each of the four states where it is, by far, the most important issue for voters. The results are most pronounced in Michigan, whose economy has been badly crippled with the collapse of its manufacturing and auto industries. Nearly six in ten voters in the Wolverine State cited the economy as the most important issue in their vote; the war in Iraq trailed far behind (12 percent) as did energy policy (10 percent). In each of the other three states more than half of voters named the economy as the most critical issue in the election.

All Politicians have Lobbyist Ties, to some Degree ?

But Hypocritical, John Mccain, tends to Allude to this fact, that He, moreso than anyother candidate, is [Lobbyist Laden] an is [Oversaturated with Lobbyist] from the Top Middle and Bottom of the Lobbyist Order !!!

McCain has Much More Ties to [Big Lobbyist] and his Camp is Full to the Gills with [Lobbyist] moreso than anyother Campaign...Period.

John McCain is officially [Senile]

He's All Over Obama regarding Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae, yet acts as if this will not be Applied to him and his [Lobbyist Campaign Manager]

People can't stand a [Hypocrite] and Clearly Senile, Unpredictable Person, who makes Irrational or Unstable Remarks on just about Any Issue !!

People will accept a man with a Few Lobbyist ties, you can't Escape the political System, its Heavily Saturated with [Lobbyist] Unfortunately for John McCain....

People don't like [Assertions of Uprightness, followed by Hypocrisy & Contradictions]

Thats what McCain is a [Hypocrite]

McCain complained last week, that Obama is getting Money from the [Hollywood Elite] and overlooks the facts, that McCain himself, had a [Hollywood Fundraiser] a Week before Obama !!


He says that Obama is an [Elitist] knowing full well, that he's the [Elitist] with all the 8 Houses, 8 Cars, 500 shoes and [Multimillion Dollars] via his [Beer Baroness Wife] with her 300,000 Dollar RNC Convention Wardrobe.

McCain is a Very Misleading Candidate, Moreso than Obama could ever Imagine...Thats why Obama is leading.

McCain's Reckless Choice of [Sarah Palin] as his VP, shows a Dire, Desperate Needs to Win and Not put his Country 1st, his Ambitious Decisions are Self Motivated and not Country 1st....

Its me 1st and I'll get top Country 1st, if it all goes according to my Ulterior Plan...

Garner the White Female Vote, at all cost....


And it is Costing McCain, Alright, its costing him, in more ways, than he could Imagine.

All McCain's Breaking Even & Small Political Gains, has Shifted back to Obama.

The RNC Hatefest, The Economy is Fundamentally Sound, Remarks [22 Total] last week was not the 1st time McCain made that Statement !!

Fire the [SEC Chairman Cox] was a Dunder Blunder, because the president cannot Fire the SEC Chairman and the SEC Chairman will step down this January anyway, becaause Cox will exit with the man who Appointed him [George W. Bush Jr.] plus Cox had nothing to do with what McCain accused him of, anyway.

John McCain is [Senile] and 2nd a Hypocrite of the Lowest Kind...Period !!!

Slimy people, these politicians. You can't trust anything any of them say. Me, I'll vote for Obama because he's well-educated. We've had enough bad students in the White House! I don't want someone from the lowest 1% of his class to have his finger on the button.

From 1991 to 1998, Jim Johnson served as chairman and chief executive officer of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the quasi-public organization that guarantees mortgages for millions of American homeowners. Previously, he was vice chairman of Fannie Mae (1990-1991) and a managing director with Lehman Brothers (1985-1990). An Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) report[1] from September 2004 found that, during Johnson's tenure as CEO, Fannie Mae had improperly deferred $200 million in expenses. This enabled top executives, including Johnson and his successor, Franklin Raines, to receive substantial bonuses in 1998.[2] A 2006 OFHEO report[3] found that Fannie Mae had substantially under-reported Johnson's compensation. Originally reported as $6-7 million, Johnson actually received approximately $21 million.

On May 22, 2008, Democratic Party officials confidentially divulged that Obama had asked Johnson "to lead the process" for selecting Obama's running mate.[4] On June 4, 2008, Obama announced the formation of a three person committee to vet vice presidential candidates, including Johnson.[5] However, Johnson soon became a source of controversy when it was reported that he had received loans directly from Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial, a company implicated in the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.[6] Although he was not accused of any wrongdoing and was initially defended by Obama on the grounds that he was simply an unpaid volunteer, Johnson announced he would step down from the vice-presidential vetting position on June 11, 2008 in order to avoid being a distraction to Obama's campaign. [7]
Johnson is a strong Obama supporter who has personally donated the maximum $4,600 to his 2008 Presidential campaign, as well as $1,000 to Obama's Senate campaign in 2004.[8] In addition to personal donations, Johnson is a bundler for the Obama campaign, raising between $200,000 and $500,000.[9]

Excellent investigative work. Catching the McCain camp lying about a key issue in this campaign is what journalism is for.

But the effort in the last paragraph to grant equal weight to McCain's countercharges is a

Excellent investigative work.

But the effort to grant equal weight to McCain's countercharges goes awry. Obama has denied that Franklin Raines has been an advisor to his campaign. To equate his acquaintance with Raines with McCain's relationship with his campaign manager is absurd.

...........Not to be off topic but, is that thing on the side of mccains head getting bigger or is it just my imagination???
or maybe mccain is a type of "pinnochio" but instead of his nose growing every time he tells a lie, that thing on the side of his head grows. wow, what a situation!!

Playin Possum stole my words. Repiglican.Brilliant. I wish I had thought that one up. Well, once again another lie from McCain. I once thought Palin was the winner of the Liar's Club contest, but it looks like I'll have to take that back. McCain is working overtime to catch up..

Well, what did Obama say about putting lipstick on a pig? McCain, if the shoe fits, wear it.

Why does McCain keep thinking he won't get caught when he lies? Isn't repeating the same action expecting a different outcome a working definition of insanity?