McLame attacks with racist ad!

[everything-bolt-up]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/19/itimei-new-mccain-attack_n_127670.html

[southpaw]

1. Looks that way to me

I heard the Raines ad this morning and I was amazed that McSame would have the nads to assert a patently false connection (Raines has never been an Obama advisor, and that fact is verifiable)

[wvbygod]

3. Why does the Washington Post say Obama and Raines are partners

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703021.html

This is not an easy one for the Illinois senator because of the companies' close ties to his party. To be sure, both Republican and Democratic politicos have held well-paid positions in the two firms or have partaken of the tens of millions that they spend on lobbying. But a few Republicans, such as Mr. McCain and Sen. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), who has been chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, have taken them on over the years, warning about their use of an implicit government guarantee to pursue private profits. Meanwhile, Democrats were not only politically but intellectually committed to the companies, seeing them as innovative public-private institutions that have been a boon to homeownership. In the current crisis, their biggest backers have been Democrats such as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (Mass.). Two members of Mr. Obama's political circle, James A. Johnson and Franklin D. Raines, are former chief executives of Fannie Mae.

The WP has a good record with Watergate etc and has been good for Democrats mostly. Why would
they reveal such ties if they don't have too?

[angstlessk]

4. I googled franklin d raines and obama and found this...

In reaction, the Obama campaign is incensed and Raines himself denies giving any advice to Obama or his campaign.

Raines said in the statement through the campaign, “I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters.”

Obama spokesman Bill Burton added an attack:

“This is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign that is increasingly incapable of telling the truth. Frank Raines has never advised Senator Obama about anything — ever. And by the way, someone whose campaign manager and top advisor worked and lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shouldn’t be throwing stones from his seven glass houses.”

here is the link to Political Buzz: http://political-buzz.com/2008/09/18/whats-the-role-of-franklin-raines-in-the-obama-campaign/

[EnviroBat]

2. So McCain is tryint to mitigate his damaging symbiotic relationship

to the Keating fiasco with this shit? McCain, and his entire campaign are a fucking disgrace. I find them offensive, and the whole group should be doing time in a cell somewhere far away.

[yardwork]

5. It's going to get very, very ugly.

[AlCzervik]

6. Time to unleash the Keating 5 ad, like yesterday.