McCain desperately slings mud as indications that he’s finished multiply
October 6th, 2008 at 01:11pm Pat Cunningham
THIS GUY at Time.com analyzes the possibility of a McCain comeback strategy and concludes: “(A)s it currently stands, Obama appears poised to win the election, possibly by large margins.”
A top McCain strategist TELLS the New York Daily News that the low road is the only remaining option: “It’s a dangerous road, but we have no choice. If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we’re going to lose.”
Obama’s highly-touted ground operation GEARS UP to bring millions of new voters to the polls.
THIS GUY, writing for the Wall Street Journal Web site, says “a McCain victory would require a comeback of the sort that has rarely occurred in recent American political history.”
Republican jitters are spreading from OHIO to VIRGINIA to NEVADA.
No, it’s not over yet. We still have two presidential debates coming up, and things can change quickly in this crazy political year.
But it seems doubtful that McCain’s campaign of sleaze is going to make a big difference. His comeback, if it’s going to happen, will have to come from somewhere else.
UPDATE: Two new polls in Virginia SHOW Obama leading by 10 or 12 percentage points.
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1. David Johnson | October 6th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I’ve always wondered why pointing out obvious character flaws is considered “mud slinging”. Shouldn’t the public be made aware of the fact that Obama’s freinds are America hating racists, terrorists, and criminals? Whats so wrong about pointing out the obvious?
2. David Johnson | October 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Oh yeah, I got a kick out of that AP article this weekend that said that there’s no “evidence” that Ayres and Obama are friends! The reality is that there’s no evidence that they aren’t “friends”.
3. echo4charlie | October 6th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
What do Senator Barack Obama and Congressman Barney Frank have in common, besides being Democrats? They both were listed in the top 25 recipients of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That’s what. Senator Obama is number 3 on the the list, and Congressman Frank is 16.
Frank is reported to have collected tens of thousands of dollars from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in campaign contributions. Also, Frank’s former boyfriend, Herb Moses, was an executive at Fannie Mae from 1991 to 1998. The relationship ended around the same time Moses left the company, though Frank continued support of the companies. Frank is also reported to have pushed the agency to loosen regulations on mortgages for two- and three-family homes, though they were defaulting more frequently than single-family home mortgages.
A Democrat House member who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton publicly asked: “How can Obama go out with a straight face and saw it was Republicans who made this mess, when it is his key advisers who ran the agencies that made the big mess what it is? It’s his people who are responsible for what may well be the single largest government bailout in history. And every single one of them made millions off the collapse that are lining Obama’s campaign coffers. If the McCain campaign lets this one go, they deserve to lose.”
It isn’t just Fannie Mae where Senator Obama has a problem, though. Another close political adviser, in fact the one man responsible for rallying support for Senator Obama early on among Congressional Democrats, is Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who served on the Board of Directors for Freddie Mac after leaving the Clinton White House.
According to Freddie Mac insiders, Emanuel during his time on the board opposed every reform proposed by the Bush Administration that would have impacted Freddie and Fannie Mae. Emanuel claimed to be neutral in the primary race between the wife of his old boss and his longtime Chicago acquaintance, Senator Obama. But, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, who would be first in line for the vacated Senate seat of Senator Obama should he win the presidency, quickly dumped Senator Clinton when it was clear Senator Obama had a head of steam for the nomination.
“We ought to be able to — rightly — hang the Fannie and Freddie scandal around the neck of Obama, if they can get out in front,” says one House Republican. “Middle-class folks’ mortgages are probably safe, but the American taxpayer will also be paying for this scandal for years to come.”
4. Ross Calloway | October 6th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Its about time. It is obvious that the media has no interest in bringing up Obama’s past. Beyond talk radio and Sean Hannity, the American people don’t know anything about Obama’s character.
I’m still waiting to hear the subject matter and reference material used when Barack Obama taught or lectured at the Chicago University School of Law. That revelation remains a media black hole.
5. Echo4Charlie | October 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I’m with you, Dave and Ross!
6. Pat Cunningham | October 6th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
All the McCainiacs commenting on this post seem a little jittery in light of the polls showing their guy slipping fast. They’re desperately hoping that the lies spread by Mr. Straight Talk and his running mate, Snowjob Squareglasses, can turn this thing around. Don’t count on it, guys. Barring a miracle, the fat lady will soon be singing. Granted, it ain’t over yet, but it’s getting close. By the way, how’d the market do today? Oh, speaking of markets, I see that Obama is ahead of McCain by more then 2-to-1 on the presidential futures market at intrade.com, where people put real money on the outcome of the election. And intrade’s Realtime Electoral Vote Predictor has Obama ahead 353-185. Ooh, boy, the McCain crowd is going to have work that lame Bill Ayers angle pretty hard to close the gap.
7. Henry | October 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
The Fannie and Freddie mess is entirely the fault of lax enforcement of existing regulations by the Federal agencies charged with oversight of those institutions. Let\’s say, for argument\’s sake, that what you claim is true Charlie, there still was nothing stopping the Feds from doing their job. The Feds knew what was going on, and turned a blind eye to lending practices that were a disaster waiting to happen. You don\’t lend money to people who can\’t afford to make the payments (teaser rates that refinance at much higher payments), 100% mortgages (requiring a down payment forces the buyer to invest in the property), and undocumented income (people lie about what they make). This will take 2 years or more to work itself out. The Bush administration is the culprit here, not lobbying, or what politician got how much money. This could have been entirely prevented by W.\’s administration. By the way, did McCain get any money from Fannie and Freddie. My guess is he did, but you neglected to include those numbers.
8. barryfan | October 6th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Grampy (or is that Grumpy) Mcsame’s talk of cutting Medicare by 1.3 trillion will go over real well in Florida…….stick a fork in the old codger, he is done. oh sure, he will go out lying and screaming and kicking like the old grouch that he is but he is down and out just the same. How do you pronounce KEATING FIVE? Good for Barack..he ain’t taking no swiftboat $shit from Caribou Barbie and her dirty ole uncle John–it is called counterpunch and Barry can throw the roundhouse as effectively as anyone around. Wait until he calls Mcshame out on national TV about being dishonorable…..the old fart might lose it and lunge across the stage to choke him as he has been known to do to others when he couldn’t control them….The country does NOT want 4 more years of Bush/Reaganomics which daddy bush called Voodoo…….and now wall street is proving it is doodoo….he tanked in Mich cuz of the economy and he is spiraling outta control in Ohio and soon his agemates in Florida will reject his deregulating ideas…this should be fun, watching this flip flopper try to lie his way out of this….
9. steelhawk | October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
But you are dead wrong on some of us. I desparately want an Obama victory. He’s helped give us the worst economic mess we’ve ever seen. I want no part of what’s ahead. Dodd, Frank, Reines, Johnson and Obama. Hey, I got an idea. Let’s give money to people who live in slums and poverty so they can get a nice, big house. But did they actually think these people could afford it? What a group of morons. I’m enjoying the comedy show. How’s that bailout going for you so far, Pat? Finally in 4 years after the Libs run the show it will be a cinch for a real conservative to take over and clean up the mess, again… Unless Obamas Defense Secretary Billy Ayers has his way. Should we kill our parents like Bill Ayers says we should. What a foolish bunch of lemmings you people are.
10. Craig Knauss | October 6th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
God, I love seeing the rightwingers wet their pants. Especially halfwits that make statements like, “The reality is that there’s no evidence that they aren’t “friends”.” Ever hear of innocent until proven guilty? It’s the basis of our legal system, jerk. So much for you “rule of law” types. Maybe you’d better start looking for some South American dictatorship to live in. You’ll never survive in a democracy.
11. Ross Calloway | October 6th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
There’s only one poll that counts Pat. The one on Nov. 4.
12. Pat Cunningham | October 7th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Ross: The poll to which you refer already has begun, and one-third of the electorate will have voted before Nov. 4.
13. echo4charlie | October 7th, 2008 at 9:05 am
We’ll see who’s standing when the dust settles, but, I’m certain that it will be Senator McCain. He is simply the better, and more honest (notice, I’m not saying completely honest, as neither candidate is) than his opponent, Senator Obama.
There is a reason the rest of the world wants to see Senator Obama take office. Because the majority of the world are anticipating the long-awaited collapse of the world’s (as President Dmitry Medvedev phrased it) “Megaregulator”. Most of the rest of the world want to see us fall flat on our face, as they protest us and attack us, even as we supply them with billions of dollars in aid. We stop paying out those aid dollars, and let our blue-helmeted friends (the UN) start picking up the tab, and we’ll really see a world crisis.
When is the last time the UN solved any conflict. They are a peacetime force, and not equipped to deal with our current array of global crisis. For pete’s sake, man. What kind of camouflage is a bright blue helmet?
Senator Obama’s withdrawl plans, and want for stronger UNB influence in our decision making process are a recipe for very, very bad things. Look at Darfur. Why aren’t the UNB dealing with that, as they cry out “Why isn’t America here saving us?”
Remember Rwanda? Their cries were the same? “When will the US save us?” Well, we probably won’t get involved because our politicians see no resource that they have that we need or want. But where is the UN?
I’m telling you, Senator Obama, should he become President, will be Play-Doh to be molded and manipulated in these other foreign leader’s hands. He’s going to become an errand boy. A pawn. That’s why they are all pushing so hard to see him in office.
You won’t get that with Senator McCain, and they know that………
14. echo4charlie | October 7th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Senator Obama, should he become president, is destined to become the next Jimmy Carter, and, as admirable as his professed ambitions should he become President are, he\’s not the man we need right now, with respect to our current global crisis.
15. Greg | October 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
What is interesting that Santa Obama still thinks he can push through all of his initiatives. Here we have already spent another trillion dollars within a few weeks. What he doesn’t get, if you raise taxes on corporations more of them will go overseas. We have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world. Take a look what happened in Ireland when they dramatically reduced the corporate tax rate. Obama is pushing class warfare.
http://completetax.com/taxguide/news/08-323corptax.asp
16. Greg | October 7th, 2008 at 10:14 am
What is always gets me when watching it is how George, helps him out like saying. Don’t mess this up for us.
17. Harley Lowrider | October 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am
People,People…. Dont you no by now that Pat and all his Leftie Socialists friends do not care what Obama has done or who he has done it with ? They still even believe in the GRASSY KNOLL THEORY and tha DI VINCI CODE.
18. Craig Knauss | October 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I just watched the debate. Sen. McCain didn’t set the world on fire. And apparently a lot of people agree judging by his swoon in the polls. It’s true the only poll that counts is Nov. 4. But when McCain loses, the rightwingers will be crying like babies.
Oh, and tell Greg that corporations are getting tax credits for exporting American jobs. Maybe his will be next. Still think McCain’s plan is better? Greg won’t when he’s scrapping grease at a fast food restaurant.
19. DingDong | October 8th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Craig: if you knew anything, it is not a tax credit.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/what_kind_of_tax_breaks_does_the.html
If you want to get this money back into the U.S. economy, drastically lower the corporate tax rate. Learn something about how a corporation should work. Their main focus is suppose to be to maximize profits for the benefit of the shareholders. If it benefits the shareholders that the money flows back into the U.S., then that is what will happen.
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