Why doesn't Obama just take Jim Johnson off the vetting team?

[Thrill]

Unnecessary distraction. McCain has already jumped on his connections to Countrywide.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080610/pl_politico/10971

[scheming daemons]

1. Screw McCain... nobody cares about that.....

[babylonsister]

2. Because they're always going to be attacking someone from Obama's

team? Obama camp response:


http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mccain_challenges_obama_on_adv.html#more

An attorney for Johnson has told the newspaper that the terms of his personal home loan from Countrywide were well within industry limits.

"It's the height of hypocrisy for the McCain campaign to try and make this an issue when John Green, one of John McCain's top advisors, lobbied for Ameriquest, which was one of the nation's largest subprime lenders and a key player in the mortgage crisis,'' Tommy Vietor, an Obama campaign spokesman, said today

"As president, Sen. Obama will crack down on fraudulent lenders and bring real relief to Americans struggling in the grip of the housing crisis--the kind of change that works for the American people."

[Mabus]

10. And look at who is reporting

"On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported..." and "...in an interview with Fox News." I think a certain Aussie and his minions are behind the spate of stories. They are trying to create news rather than reporting it.

[Teaser]

3. Because he's a great defensive coach

and the Eagles wouldn't have achieved half of what they did over the last 8 years without them...oh wait...sorry...

[4themind]

5. Haha!

Thanks for the laughs, lol

[Window]

4. Hell, McWar had better worry about all those sorry folks he has in his own camp.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. As soon as McCain takes Phil Gramm off of his team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Gramm#Post-Senate_career

And that's as an ECONOMIC adviser.

[panAmerican]

7. The people vetting VP choices should be held to a high standard as well.

If McCain's corrupt advisers will be the yardstick to measure integrity, then why is Obama running at all? I know nobody is perfect, but Jim Johnson received preferential deals to the tune of $7 million dollars from one of the architects of one of the most far-reaching financial disasters in our history.

[ecstatic]

8. So since McCain wants to go back in time..

I'm sure he'll appreciate when we go back into his past as well.

[Mabus]

9. Can you say "News Corp"?

I knew that you could.

The article cites two sources that are complaining. One is the Wall Street Journal and the other is Fox News. Both are owned by News Corp which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. 'Nuff said.

[Marie26]

11. ... who endorsed Obama. nt

[Mabus]

12. What he says doesn't always jive with what his news operations do

And by endorsing Obama he takes the heat away from himself and makes his media conglomerate look like they are defying him. Like they'd say in "The Wire", "It's all part of the game, yo."

[Marie26]

13. IMO, because he owes the hedge funds big-time

NY Times: "Hedge Funds Focus Their Largesse on Obama" - http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/hedge-funds-focus-their-largesse-on-obama/

International Tribune: "Many top hedge fund managers back Obama" -
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/22/business/sorkin.php

Open Secrets: "Hedge Fund Managers Invest in Obama" -
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/04/hedge-fund-managers-invest-in-1.html


NY Times: "Obama Donations Show Strong Wall St. Support"

"With $32.8 million in campaign contributions last quarter, Barack Obama, the Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate, easily surpassed his rivals in both parties. And it seems Wall Street money had something to do with it.

Employees of three big investment banks and one major hedge fund were among the leading sources of cash for Mr. Obama, according to data filed Sunday with the Federal Elections Commission. His contributors during the three-month period ended June 30 included Richard S. Fuld Jr., the chief executive of Lehman Brothers, and Kenneth C. Griffin, president of the Citadel Investment Group.

Citadel, a hedge-fund firm based in Chicago, was a wellspring of cash for Mr. Obama. In addition to the $4,600 he collected from Mr. Griffin — the maximum donation allowed from an individual — other Citadel employees donated a combined $147,550 to Mr. Obama’s campaign, according to the Associated Press."

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/obama-donations-show-strong-wall-st-support/