McCain's camp response to Keating 5: Obama has Keating 3

[endthewar]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/The_Keating_Three.html?showall

"McCain spokesman Brian Rogers notes that three of McCain's fellow members of the Keating Five have endorsed Obama: Former senators Dennis DeConcini. John Glenn, and Donald W. Riegle. All three are Democrats -- McCain was the only Republican in the group -- and DeConcini and Riegle were among the more deeply implicated officials."

HA! That was an absolutely WEAK response! McCain's camp is flailing in the wind trying to find out a way to respond to the Keating 5 charge. I was expecting something better than this. They are clearly unprepared to talk about this and McCain might look like a deer in the headlights when Obama mentions this tomorrow at the debate. This is golden folks. We MUST keep pushing this issue!

[WeDidIt]

1. Very weak response

and no real turn around with it, either.

Nothing about the economy, which was what Obama tied the Keating 5 scandal to.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Since Obama wasn't even in congress at the time, this is an epic FAIL. nt

[tekisui]

3. That's hilarious!

MCCAIN IS ONE OF THE KEATING FIVE!!!!

[Barack_America]

4. The McCain campaign wants to smear John Glenn AND still win Ohio?

Lol.

Yeah, good luck with that.

And does this mean that John McCain hasn't endorsed himself? Interesting.

[ellie]

8. No kidding.

We love John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum (RIP).

[maddezmom]

5. and McCain has Gramm and Davis

amongst others. :eyes:

[Blondiegrrl]

6. Just proves that those three are serious about not making the same mistakes again.

Nice try, McGramps. Go take a nap.

[Shine]

7. The bottom line is: Team McLame is fucked.

It's about time the Keating5 card has been played.

[Aloha Spirit]

9. What I take away from that is that McCain should endorse Obama too?

[nc4bo]

10. If it squeals when you pinch it, must have hit a tender spot, eh. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. ROFL

McCain was directly involved in corruption, and was rebuked in public for it.

Obama was in law school. :rofl:

Weak ass response!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. Memo to McCain - there's only one Keating 5 member running for President.

And guess who that is?

[vanderBeth]

13. FAIL

[texasleo]

14. Most Reverends endorse McCain. What's the point?

[eshfemme]

15. Yeah, somehow being the only dirty Republican in the Keating 5 is good

Yeah, there's no way to spin this at all. Especially given how he's obviously not learned his lessons-- all he's learned is that he should be more careful about campaign donations and he's already turned his back on that when he broke the very same laws that his own bill sets forth.

[bridgit]

16. And nobody here seen this coming? Yeah-yeah, four of the Keating 5 were dems...

Keep pushing, cause McCain was actually one of them

[DeschutesRiver]

17. It is a non-responsive answer

Yeah, of all the senators who were tagged Keating 5, there are only two party affiliation choices - that'd be democrat or republican and it is irrelevant. All 5 probably donate campaign contributions, and that is irrelevant.

What is relevant is that only one of the reprimanded Keating 5 is taking a run at the White House. Only one will be in charge of our economy, which is the reason why this is seriously relevant.

That'd be John McCain. The Republican who still hangs with the same kind of corrupt people and does the same time of crap that caused the S&L crisis. He wrote the "favor" letters and placed extreme pressure on the regulators on behalf of his good buddy Charles Keating of Lincoln S&L - exactly the behavior that he engages in today with respect to other industries via lobbyists like Vicki Iseman. Except that during the Keating deal, he was right out there in front, transparent as all get out. Arrogant stupid little suck, calling the shots right until the regulators got pissed and blew the whistle on all of them.

I am betting that if someone digs deep enough, he is back at it again with the banking industry specifically, bet he was so obvious that his name is all over whatever he did, and that he could be almost taken out if the Obama camp has found the goods on him.

I am hopeful.

[Chloroplast]

18. Why does his campaign make things more difficult than they need to be?

They could have simply said that McCain made a mistake, was repentant and worked for (and received) redemption. Dragging other Senators into the fray is where they fucked up and showed everyone that they are beyond desperate.

[Alter Ego]

19. Weaksauce.

They endorsed him because they were Democrats. Fucking weaksauce.

[Curtland1015]

20. The KKK endorses John McCain.

You sure you want to go this way Johnny boy?

[Teaser]

21. McCain, you bring that weak ass shit around here again

you will get schooled.

that is some serious weak ass shit.

[rateyes]

22. So, he doesn't deny wrongdoing...he just implicates others.

Tacit admission.

[torbird]

23. McCain: "I am guilty. I am a fraud, hypocrite, and patsy....but so are these other 3 guys!"

None of whom, unfortunately, are running for president. Sucks to be you, John McCain.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. And he has Chimp 1.

Game. Set. Match.

[TankLV]

25. Then can obama mention mcINSANE's SON as a DIRECTOR of SILVER STATE BANK that failed in NV?

you know, ANOTHER BIG FAILED BANK that had a mcINSANE IN-CHARGE that WE - the TAXPAYERS - had to bail out?!?!

aside from the fact that NONE of the other "5" are RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT NOW, are they?!?!