Team Obama goes there!!! In response to Steve Schmidt's whining, they mention Charles Keating...

[ClarkUSA]

About an hour ago, Steve Schmidt turned this public shaming up a notch by condemning the New York Times, easily the most influential newspaper in America, as a partisan rag in unusually blunt and categorical language.

"Whatever the New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization. It is a pro-Obama advocacy organization," Schmidt announced on a well attended conference call. "This is an organization that is completely, totally, 150 percent in the tank for the Democratic candidate."

The Obama campaign is taking exception to Schmidt's take on the Times:

# of probing stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about Barack Obama, his life, his religion, his childhood, his politics, his time in the state senate, his time in the U.S. Senate, his family, his religion, his friends, his fundraising and all other manner of associations: more than 40 (see below)

# of stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about the last major financial regulatory crisis, resulting in a huge bailout, and which John McCain was centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating: 0

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/john_mccain_via_steve_schmidt.html#more

:applause:

[aquamarina]

1. Oh SNAP

[felinetta]

72. Big smack down!

Democrats can never let them get away with anything!

[1corona4u]

2. Man, the mccrap campaign is really doing some stupid shit....

[Pete2069]

90. Not really!

They are keeping the pressure off of Palin to be given news
questions , they are keeping McCain's lies and BS out of the
news.  
This is also to set the news media up as liberal so his
republican base will unite...
Where and why is Fox news and other corporate news media keep
out of this debate.
If they want to talk bias , you only have to mention the
republican name of FOX...

[Overseas]

3. K&R! Well done ! //nt

[KittyWampus]

4. the blood- it starts flowing

[npincus]

5. now THAT'S a campaign.

[billybob537]

6. wow now were playing HARDBALL!

[rucognizant]

46. 'Bout time.........

I am who I am today because of Neil Bush, Silverado & Mccain, and Keating 5!
( I was better off pre- 1988)

[emulatorloo]

7. Good one -- More lies out of Schmidt -- Recommending n/t

[FrenchieCat]

8. centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating

Oooh....Bust!

[Major Hogwash]

84. The other 4 co-conspirators of the Keating 5 were thrown out of office.

But, not Johnny Mac.

He bought his way into the Senate!!!!!!!

[Major Hogwash]

86. McCain testified against Keating, so you know he ratted out his squad when he was captured

in Vietnam.

There was no one there to help poor ol' spoiled rich kid Johnny Mac, so he ratted out his entire squadron!!!!!

How do you think they found out Johnny Mac's dad was an admiral - HE TOLD THEM!!!!!

[FrenchieCat]

9. Say again?

Oooh....Bust!

[Curtland1015]

10. Ha ha ha! OUCH!

The McCain campaign is crashing and burning!

[dhpgetsit]

69. Blast the media when they print the truth!

Even if it's only 50% of the time.

The truth is gonna bite you in the butt, McCain!

[Windy]

11. keep up the pressure!! n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. 5..... 5..... 5 keating foot long!....... 5...... 5....... 5......keating foot long!

[calmblueocean]

38. hee hee! n/t

[louis-t]

77. Ha, took me a second.

And I just ate lunch there! :9

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

13. Just in time for the debates...

I doubt he'll say Keating 5, but maybe Barack will hearken back to the S&L debacle. Let others connect the dots. I bet it would drive McDouchebagg up the wall.

[Essene]

54. the issue is not allowing it to be seen as an obama attack... but just as an "emerging" question

[Carolina]

74. and that's what really bothers me about

modern politics: pointing out past, pertinent history is not going negative. It's the friggin truth that needs to be exposed! Past is prologue and history has obviously repeated itself on a larger scale.

[Raffi Ella]

14. yeah!

GOBAMA!!! :applause:

[Cha]

15. Fucker will be sorry he opened his

whine hole.

[Motown_Johnny]

16. timing, get this into the news cycle just as they are writting the questions for the first debate..

perfect

[elkston]

17. What an awesome respone! GoBAMA Team! (eom)

[avaistheone1]

18. Woohoo! Finally. Let get to reality and how McCain has a history as economic failure.

McCain was one of the Keating Five.

[DeepBlueC]

19. YE$$$$$$$$$$

Schmidt stepped into the briar patch. Bwaaaahaha :rofl:

[AZBlue]

20. ....President Obama: Priceless

[Cha]

21. DARN!

:toast: :patriot: :bounce: :kick: :party:

[DeeDeeNY]

22. Yes!!!

:bounce:

[Hansel]

23. Self delete. nt

[yodermon]

24. Rope. A. Dope.

end transmission.

[MadrasT]

25. Sometimes, one can communicate so very much, with just

a few well written words. Sweet. :applause:

[simmonsj811]

26. Bringing out the

Triple :kick: :kick: :kick: :shrug: :hi:

[Blackhatjack]

27. "Sen McCain you were in fact admonished for your conduct in the S & L Financial Scandal, right?"

Now that would be a good question to demonstrate McCain's lack of control over his temper!

[Patsy Stone]

28. Bee-yoo-ti-ful!

:thumbsup:

[tanyev]

29. Dayum!

:woohoo:

[RedLetterRev]

30. K to the R to the Ouch! n/t

[Eyes_wide_ open]

31. Brilliant once again!

Will the doubters here at DU ever 'get' that OUR GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING!? Timing ... timing is everything

[ClarkUSA]

32. You are so right -- timing is everything.

Boy oh boy. :toast:

[NI4NI]

56. Bullseye!!

Keeping their powder dry, then they'll load up and fire during the last 10 days of the campaign so nothing will get buried and forgotten during that 24/7 news cycle....just my hunch.

[Jennicut]

33. So much for being "just like Kerry" eh?

I love Barack Obama and his staffers. LOVE THEM!

[AtomicKitten]

34. Fabulous response!!!

I've been waiting for them to drop the Keating 5 bomb.

[Quantess]

41. Same here! I remember the Keating Five Scandal.

I was 18 at the time, and I actually paid some attention to the story. It was a pretty big deal back in 1989.

But then, like most people, I forgot about it. All it took was "Keating Five" and "John McCain" in the same paragraph, and it all came back!

Oh yeah, now I remember...John McCain was one of the crooks.

[gblady]

35. great news!

will be fun to watch this unfold...
:popcorn:

[Median Democrat]

36. IGNORE THE ISSUES! IGNORE THE ECONOMY!

Under Republican rule:

1. The U.S. suffered the worst attack on American soil on 9/11.
2. The U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq based on the false charge that it possessed weapons of mass destruction.
3. The U.S. ignored Afganistan and allowed Al Queda and the Taliban to re-establish their presense in Afganistan.
4. The U.S. lowered taxes for the very rich allowing their wealth to skyrocket while the real median household incomes of American families declined.
5. The U.S. suffered through two separate bear markets, one at the beginning of Bush's presidency, and the one we are experiencing now, which marks the first time a U.S. President has suffered through two separate bear markets. Even Hoover only had one big depression.
6. The U.S. suffered through a series of major company collapses with Enron and Worldcom during the accounting scandals of 2003 Rather than impose stricter regulations, the Bush administration just scape goated Ken Lay and Richard Egger without fundamentally changing financial regulations, and ignored the fact that these collapses were attributable to the deregulation master minded by Phil Gramm.
7. The U.S. went from a surplus to large and growing budget deficit and exploding Federal debt.
8. The U.S. ignored abuses in the mortgage industry, as George Bush encouraged Americans to shop with borrowed money.
9. The U.S. experienced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
10. The same GOP that railed against market intervention is presiding over the greatest nationalization of private industry the World has ever seen.

During this time, John McCain vigorously defended and supported the policies and President that led to this mess.

The honorable thing for John McCain to do is to admit the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of Republican policy. However, John McCain has no honor. Thus, because the Republicans can't win on thier record, expect them to do some pretty incredible things to try to distract American people from the truth that is staring them square in the face; that Republican rule has been an epic economic and foreign policy failure.

Also, expect the MSM to largely support the GOP in this effort. The McCain campaign has once again attacked the MSM as liberal, which always signales the large corporate MSM to back-off and cover the topics handchosen by the McCain campaign, as listed in Steve Schmidt's "suggestions" of the things the MSM should be focusing in on, which have nothing to do with current economic crisis. The last time the McCain campaign raised the liberal media charge in earnest was during the RNC convention, and the MSM dutifully covered lipstick, pigs, Palin's personal issues, and Obama's patriotism. Expect the MSM to dutifully comply with McCain's campaign's direction, now that they have the political cover of a "liberal media bias" allegation.

The distraction will have to be very big to distract Americans from the current crisis, but never underestimate the power of the MSM to completely ignore the issues and focus on trivia and character attacks.

[ClarkUSA]

75. That's a nice list you've got going - it'd be great to print out for phonebanking

Thanks for taking the time to compile all those points. Bookmarked for printing & distributing later to my teams.

[stillcool]

37. they could not have timed it better.

[WhiteTara]

39. woohoo!

:woohoo::woohoo:
yes, it is time to go there. Then it is time to prosecute the law breakers. Come on January 19th

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. That's gonna leave a mark...

:rofl:

[eshfemme]

42. Oh, no, they didn't! Oh yes, they did! They went there! Yeah, baby!

I've been waiting for this. People keep jumping right over the Keating 5 and S&L crisis to the Great Depression in comparing this current crisis. I can understand that they're trying to really emphasize the scope of the disaster but seriously, the Keating 5 is basically a microcosm of what is happening now. The fact that America let people of McCain's ilk continue on to compound their mistakes show that we really need to learn from our mistakes.

Obama is doing America a service by bringing this up because not enough Americans remember the lessons that history teaches us.

[meowomon]

47. GObama!

We can't let these thieves back in there!

[louis-t]

78. Jeez, that photo creeps me out.

I had to get a copy. Maybe I can creep out my repug friends and family.

[truthisfreedom]

43. What a phrase... "...his political godfather Charles Keating..."

I got chills.

[McCamy Taylor]

44. Good one!

[Imagevision]

45. Obama needs to mention all the benefits Iraq vets and vets in general McCain voted against!

this is mega important!

[RoccoR5955]

48. BINGO!!! Tell them about it.

Glad to hear that SOMEONE in Obama's camp is FINALLY mentioning the Keating 5.
WE THE PEOPLE need to know about this scam, and that McCain was involved in, and it should be publicized to the nth degree.

[Canuckistanian]

49. This is great, but....

It needs to be repeated - over and over and over again.

Force the media to mention it.

[ClarkUSA]

58. True.

I hope this press release is just the beginning.

Who knows what soundbite Obama is practicing for the debate on Friday; although
the topic is foreign policy, ya never know. Steve Schmidt must be sweating bullets
wondering whether and when Obama will drop the boom on Charles Keating's
political godson.

:evilgrin:

[Suprk]

50. Love It, Finally a fast ball across the chin

[WillyT]

51. Priceless...

:bounce::applause::bounce:

:evilgrin:

[sellitman]

52. Take that you misrable MF's!

Dirty rotten GOP bastards!

[tekisui]

53. Maybe they are laying the groundwork for a debate "Keating Smackdown"!!!

[GinaMaria]

55. I would add one line

# of probing stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about Barack Obama, his life, his religion, his childhood, his politics, his time in the state senate, his time in the U.S. Senate, his family, his religion, his friends, his fundraising and all other manner of associations: more than 40

# of stories the NY Times has written over the course of the campaign about the last major financial regulatory crisis, resulting in a huge bailout, and which John McCain was centrally involved in with his political godfather Charles Keating: 0

# seeing the look on McCain's face when he reads this... PRICELESS

[Johnnyheadstone]

57. The Debates

I am waiting for Obama to bring this up during the debates....I am sure there will be questions RE: this bailout...and that would be a perfect time for Obama to drop The Keating 5...watch McCain lose it big time....the debates are going to expose McCain....can't wait

[spiritual_gunfighter]

59. Finally

Finally after all of this they mention Charles Keating! Keep hitting him on this!

[Hope And Change]

60. K & R!

[redqueen]

61. I love how just pointing out a simple, obvious fact is considered such a major blow.

Oh, the state of our media. *sigh*

[NotThisTime]

62. McCain is a WHINER & Obama is brilliant... there ya go!

[butterfly77]

63. Recommended...

[FailureToCommunicate]

64. It was the largest bailout till now...

The Keating Five scandal in 1989 and resulting Government bailout of hundreds of failed banks cost around $ 293 BILLION (Billion!) dollars with more than half that being paid directly by the US taxpayer. That huge bailout
led directly to the recession of 1990-91, and dwarfed other large bailouts like Chrysler in the eighties and the Airline industries after September 11.

Now I suppose John McCain will say -if he is EVER forced to respond about the Savings and Loan bailout: "Gee, my friends, that was small potatoes compared to THIS prize winning pumpkin..."

[Grinchie]

92. In 2008 dollars, 293 Billion in 1998 is equivalent to 900 Billion or more today.

But don't expect to be able to calculate that with the rigged numbers the Government publishes in regards to Inflation.

It is estimated that without the Jiggering of the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Inflation since 1998 alone (The last decade) is in the range of 155%

Don't look now, but none other than Christopher Cox, the head of the SEC, was head of a commission that suggested that the Government could save a boatload of money by reducing the CPI and thus removing normal Cost of Living Increases to say, SSI, Military, and other workers receiving a fixed income.

Put it this way, my mom, instead of getting a generous $800.00 a month today, would be getting about $2,400 a month if they didn't rig the inflation rate to a bogus level.

Thanks John McCain!

see more at http://www.shadowstats.com/

[pleah]

65. About time. Been saying they should drive this home for quite awile now.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[mod mom]

66. Keating ties McCain to S&L debacle; Lobbyist & son tie McCain to this banking debacle:

Bank Tied To John McCain's Son Goes Under
Andrew McCain Served On Silver State Bank's Board Until July Before Leaving; Bank's Failure Marks 11th Of The Year
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/06/business/main4422652.shtml

[Grinchie]

93. Like Father, Like Son...

[smiley_glad_hands]

67. McLame campaign is floundering. lolz n/t

[bdamomma]

68. yes, go ahead and do it call them out.

yes!!!!!!!!!

[Whisp]

70. beautiful! k&r!

hope McBastard is sweating a bit.

[tblue37]

71. I am reminded of the Japanese Admiral who said

that Pearl Harbor was probably a mistake because it had awakened a sleeping giant.

The McCain camp tends to poke Obama's camp in a way that inevitably earns them a quick giant's slap upside the head, don't they.

[Lucky 13]

73. Thermonuclear meltdown in 3....2....1....

Schmidt and McCain must be FURIOUS!

:rofl:

[ClarkUSA]

91. Yup. But notice that there hasn't been a peep out of Steve Schmidt in response?

They are terrified of drawing any attention to this Inconvenient Truth. }(

[navarth]

76. I have a couple of worries about this....

#1. If memory serves correctly, Bill Maher called this out with John Fund 2 shows ago. Fund IMMEDIATELY shouted "But he was exonerated!!!" Now, we all will say 'exonerated my ass', but what will play in the MSM? Sounds like the exoneration ploy might be their answer to this.

#2. This won't do us any good if it's just mentioned on Time magazine's blog. Shouldn't this be a MAJOR ad?

#3. I'm hearing that it's good strategy to hold this in until the debates? Why not be trumpeting it now???

enthusiastic K & R nonetheless.

[ClarkUSA]

88. Maybe Team Obama is holding back on a devastating ad until the timing is right - like in October

I think a debate soundbite magnified a thousand fold afterwards will be as good as saying something now. After all,
Team Obama would do well to drag it out, if only to drive Steve Schmidt slowly mad.

[Stardust]

79. Can some dear DUer tel me WHY the Keating scandal has been "off-limts?"

I missed the discussion.
Great thanks!

[ClarkUSA]

81. There's been much speculation but Team Obama seems to have been holding their fire until now...

There's hope here that Obama will pull out this card during the debates.

[karynnj]

80. That is tough!

[blossomstar]

82. Hot Damn, the game is on!

Bring it on OBAMA! YES WE CAN!

[Major Hogwash]

83. So, Charles Keating won't vote for McCain now either, huh?

Too fucking bad!!!

[L0oniX]

85. Snap olah

[FirstLight]

87. I, for one, would LOOOOVE to see this little ditty having some big air time

Just bringing it up, will be the more implosion, unraveling, trying to spin the truth, etc.... What I DON'T want, is for the MSM to pick this up and make it look like, "Obama isn't playing nioce now..." THIS is truth, he has every right to bring it up. If ANYONE, cnn, faux, et al, paints this as something bad for Obama, we should be all over their asses


...and I would also like to see McSame have a...
(well, i can't say it, because i'd probably get spanked by the mods...)

but it would be fun to see him get redfaced and keel over at the debates, (sorry, had to!!)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

89. Obama is doing exactly the right thing

Don't let McCain get away with anything!

[rambler_american]

94. WOOT!

:bounce:

[Quantess]

95. K & R