McCain's Camp Head, Rick Davis, Scrambles to Spin the $2mil He Got to Help Fannie/Freddie Duck Regs

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. . .with an attack on the New York Times :rofl:




from TPM: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_campaign_slams_new_york.php

On a conference call with reporters today, Rick Davis said only that he was involved in an effort to promote the cause of home-ownership -- but that he wasn't actually a lobbyist. "I never lobbied a single day," Davis said -- a claim that seems at odds with a Fannie exec's claim to the paper that they were giving Davis huge amounts of money on the chance that McCain might become president.

Then Steve Schmidt, the campaign's chief operating officer, aggressively took on the Times.

"Whatever the New York Times once was, it is not today by any standard a journalistic organization," Schmidt said. "It is a pro-Obama organization that every day attacks Senator McCain, attacks Governor Palin, and excuses Senator Obama."



from Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/09/9835_mccain_new_york_times_targets_schmidt_davis.html

Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager, and Steve Schmidt, a top McCain strategist, were asked about a New York Times article reporting that Davis had been paid nearly $2 million for running a Washington outfit set up by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stop stricter regulation of these two entities. Davis said he had never engaged in any lobbying for that group and downplayed Fannie and Freddie's role in the organization. He joked that he appreciated "all the exposure I get" in The New York Times. He added that the newspaper must have "Davis envy."


from Ben Smith's blog: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080922/pl_politico/21858

The campaign manager, Rick Davis, responded more directly to the charge, saying McCain had opposed Fannie Mae even as he worked for a coalition that included the corporation . . .



Today's story in the NYT on Rick Davis and his Fannie/Freddie advocacy: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?ref=todayspaper

[barbtries]

1. i would definitely believe the NYTimes

before i would believe anything coming out of the mcbush campaign. anything.

[Submariner]

2. Awww...whatsamatta...poor whiny babies can't handle trhe truth?

http://bp1.blogger.com/_Vzq5BEu2Qjo/R7386QYpDHI/AAAAAAAAAA0/isJbTH_tmQU/S220/baby+crying.jpg

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8. Just Yesterday,

McCain Said He’d ‘Be Glad’ To Have Rick Davis’s Record ‘Examined By Anybody’»


from Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/22/mccain-wants-davis-vetted/

The McCain campaign’s response to the article was surprisingly vicious. On a conference call with reporters, McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt called the New York Times a “pro-Obama organization” and said, “it is not today — by any standard — a journalistic organization.” Davis claimed, “I never lobbied a single day.” Listen to a TPM Election Center recording here: (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/22/mccain-wants-davis-vetted/)

But just yesterday, in an interview with McCain, CNBC’s John Harwood said he’d be “glad to have record examined.” In a portion of the interview that does not appear to have been broadcast by CNBC, Harwood asked McCain about his campaign manager’s former lobbying activities:

HARWOOD: You mentioned cronyism and corruption on Wall Street and in Washington. … How do you square that with the fact that your campaign manager, Rick Davis, was involved in some lobbying activities on behalf of Fannie Mae?

MCCAIN: My campaign manager has stopped that, has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it.

[GodlessBiker]

3. A chinless, dickless asshole.

[SuperTrouper]

4. Payback is a bitch! Got caught redhanded. What will McGigolo say?

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5. One of his shills was just on MSNBC still pushing the Franklin Raines lie

that's apparently all they have.

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Remember this about Rick Davis.

He fed at the same trough that brought us Lee Atwater and Karl Rove.

He's not that bright, actually.

As someone who once knew him, I can say for a fact that he hasn't aged well. :rofl:

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7. oh, I agree

McCainiacs betray their ignorance on their mere arrival in his camp

[Spritz57]

9. Aren't Republicans great at. . .

Creating the past and remembering the future!:dilemma: