McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five

[Zorro]

You're John McCain, a fallen hero who wanted to become president so desperately that you sold yourself to Charlie Keating, the wealthy con man who bears such an incredible resemblance to The Joker. Obviously, Keating thought you could make it to the White House, too.

He poured $112,000 into your political campaigns. He became your friend. He threw fund raisers in your honor. He even made a sweet shopping-center investment deal for your wife, Cindy. Your father-in-law, Jim Hensley, was cut in on the deal, too.

Nothing was too good for you. Why not? Keating saw you as a prime investment that would pay off in the future. So he flew you and your family around the country in his private jets. Time after time, he put you up for serene, private vacations at his vast, palatial spa in the Bahamas. All of this was so grand. You were protected from what Thomas Hardy refers to as "the madding crowd." It was almost as though you were already staying at a presidential retreat.

Like the old song, that now seems "Long ago and far away."

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/

Lest we forget. An article from 24 years ago.

[patrice]

1. John McCain is the embodied essence of arrogance. He's a rich less scrupolous version of Nixon.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. McGrumpy lives in a false universe.

His father covered his ass for his F-up in Nam. His second wife bailed his ass out with Keating. And this guy thinks he is above reproach. Oh,forgot,he is a Maverick,or is that someone the Media made up.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. The last line was a nice summary...

You're John McCain, clearly the guiltiest, most culpable and reprehensible of the Keating Five. But you know the power of television and you realize this is the only way you can possibly save your political career.

This is why Republicans created FOX "News".

[Major Nikon]

4. I'm still waiting for McCain to pay back all the people he and Keating ripped off

White collar theft is still theft. Had he paid reparations I could believe he was truly sorry about what he did.

[Archaic]

5. I pass the former Silverado building in Denver all the time.

I give it the finger just in case Neil Bush's aura's still in there somewhere.

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. K&R Yet another criminal that roams free because he is above the law. n/t

[mulsh]

7. His supporters have never been able to tell me how he managed to get the most goodies from

Keating yet be considered "the least culpable". Over the years its been a point of contention with even some of my more liberal and progressive friends.
I am very proud of the fact that I have never spoken or thought an admiring or approving word about that sorry piece of shit senator.