Putin, er, I mean Palin speaks to the press!

[Ryan Salo]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 897414.ece

Jeff - don't think he was wanting the endorsement but one of his advisers talked with them regularly.

Man, this guy sure can spot the good advisers.

[sharon kinsella]

Oh Ryan - have you checked out McCain's campaign staff and advisers.

Henry Kissinger - Vietnam War.
Phil Gramm - See October 1st Wall Street debacle.
CEO's from Fannie and Freddy
Lobbyists, oil company execs.

I'm certainly not worried about Wright and Ayers. Not with the havoc McCain and company have created.

[Ryan Salo]

I wouldn't expect you to Sharon - you are not mainstream. (Palin wink)

[Jim DeVito]

I wouldn't expect you to Sharon - you are not mainstream. ;) (Palin wink)

HAHAH I am working on the palin wink smilie right now. When you click on it it will just make you computer dump the contents it's volital memory.

[sharon kinsella]

And proud of it, you betcha - give me a six pack and a rifle, I'm bringing my helicopter - we'll partay.

I'm actually mainstream with me peeps.

[Stephen Eisel]

McCain has some questionable ties of his own.

Pot, meet kettle.

But none of them are terrorist...

[Ryan Salo]

another palin wink

[ryan costa]

Mark Buse, long time McCain advisor and lobbyist for Freddie Mac. Now Chief of Staff for McCain's Senate office.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203812.html

Mark Buse, a longtime McCain adviser who had been staff director of the Senate commerce committee, signed on as a Freddie Mac lobbyist, and his firm, ML Strategies, earned $460,000 in lobbying fees in late 2003 and 2004, according to lobbying disclosures. Buse is now chief of staff at McCain's Senate office.

McCain's campaign manager Rick Buse paid more than 2 million dollars lobbying for freddie mac and fannie mae.

McCain's own entanglements include his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who earned more than $2 million as president of an advocacy group that defended Fannie and Freddie against stricter regulation. Davis's lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, also received monthly payments of $15,000 from Freddie Mac as recently as August.

these aren't provincial chicago real estate guys. these are top lobbying guys. these are 700 billion dollar bailout guys.

[Danielle Masters]

Is Palin's successionist hubby free game? I mean how American is it to be pallin' around with a successionist?

[Brian Pedaci]

Secessionist. The word is secessionist.

Unless she thinks that the progression of Catholic bishops can be directly traced back to the apostles, she's a secessionist.

[Stephen Eisel]

Mark Buse, long time McCain advisor and lobbyist for Freddie Mac. Now Chief of Staff for McCain's Senate office.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203812.html

Mark Buse, a longtime McCain adviser who had been staff director of the Senate commerce committee, signed on as a Freddie Mac lobbyist, and his firm, ML Strategies, earned $460,000 in lobbying fees in late 2003 and 2004, according to lobbying disclosures. Buse is now chief of staff at McCain's Senate office.

McCain's campaign manager Rick Buse paid more than 2 million dollars lobbying for freddie mac and fannie mae.

McCain's own entanglements include his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who earned more than $2 million as president of an advocacy group that defended Fannie and Freddie against stricter regulation. Davis's lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, also received monthly payments of $15,000 from Freddie Mac as recently as August.

these aren't provincial chicago real estate guys. these are top lobbying guys. these are 700 billion dollar bailout guys.

Who got the bling from Fannie and Freddie?

1. Dodd, Christopher J
S
D-CT
$133,900

2. Kerry, John
S
D-MA
$111,000

3. Obama, Barack
S
D-IL
$105,849

4. Clinton, Hillary
S
D-NY
$75,550

5. Kanjorski, Paul E
H
D-PA
$65,500

PS Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson are economic advisers to Obama.

[Stephen Eisel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNOJZjio5E

[Danielle Masters]

Secessionist. The word is secessionist.

Unless she thinks that the progression of Catholic bishops can be directly traced back to the apostles, she's a secessionist.

oops, thanks. my darn spell check didn't catch that.

[ryan costa]

Mark Buse, long time McCain advisor and lobbyist for Freddie Mac. Now Chief of Staff for McCain's Senate office.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203812.html

Mark Buse, a longtime McCain adviser who had been staff director of the Senate commerce committee, signed on as a Freddie Mac lobbyist, and his firm, ML Strategies, earned $460,000 in lobbying fees in late 2003 and 2004, according to lobbying disclosures. Buse is now chief of staff at McCain's Senate office.

McCain's campaign manager Rick Buse paid more than 2 million dollars lobbying for freddie mac and fannie mae.

McCain's own entanglements include his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who earned more than $2 million as president of an advocacy group that defended Fannie and Freddie against stricter regulation. Davis's lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, also received monthly payments of $15,000 from Freddie Mac as recently as August.

these aren't provincial chicago real estate guys. these are top lobbying guys. these are 700 billion dollar bailout guys.

Who got the bling from Fannie and Freddie?

1. Dodd, Christopher J
S
D-CT
$133,900

2. Kerry, John
S
D-MA
$111,000

3. Obama, Barack
S
D-IL
$105,849

4. Clinton, Hillary
S
D-NY
$75,550

5. Kanjorski, Paul E
H
D-PA
$65,500

PS Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson are economic advisers to Obama.

Raines has disavowed being an Obama supporter. Does Raines have any official position with the Obama Campaign?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03812.html

Over the past decade, Freddie spent more than $95 million on lobbying, while its sister company, Fannie Mae, spent more than $79 million.

That seems more than the token money they gave to the democrats you listed.

[Stephen Eisel]

Mark Buse, long time McCain advisor and lobbyist for Freddie Mac. Now Chief of Staff for McCain's Senate office.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203812.html

Mark Buse, a longtime McCain adviser who had been staff director of the Senate commerce committee, signed on as a Freddie Mac lobbyist, and his firm, ML Strategies, earned $460,000 in lobbying fees in late 2003 and 2004, according to lobbying disclosures. Buse is now chief of staff at McCain's Senate office.

McCain's campaign manager Rick Buse paid more than 2 million dollars lobbying for freddie mac and fannie mae.

McCain's own entanglements include his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who earned more than $2 million as president of an advocacy group that defended Fannie and Freddie against stricter regulation. Davis's lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, also received monthly payments of $15,000 from Freddie Mac as recently as August.

these aren't provincial chicago real estate guys. these are top lobbying guys. these are 700 billion dollar bailout guys.

Who got the bling from Fannie and Freddie?

1. Dodd, Christopher J
S
D-CT
$133,900

2. Kerry, John
S
D-MA
$111,000

3. Obama, Barack
S
D-IL
$105,849

4. Clinton, Hillary
S
D-NY
$75,550

5. Kanjorski, Paul E
H
D-PA
$65,500

PS Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson are economic advisers to Obama.

Raines has disavowed being an Obama supporter. Does Raines have any official position with the Obama Campaign?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03812.html

Over the past decade, Freddie spent more than $95 million on lobbying, while its sister company, Fannie Mae, spent more than $79 million.

That seems more than the token money they gave to the democrats you listed.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/131649

Obama housing adviser Franklin Raines

NEW YORK – Former Clinton administration budget adviser and current Obama housing adviser Franklin Raines perpetrated an Enron-like accounting scandal as chief executive officer of Fannie Mae, resulting in his receiving millions in compensation over a six-year period.

Raines and two other top Fannie Mae executives agreed to pay $24.7 million, including a $2 million fine, to settle a civil lawsuit filed in December 2006. It accused Raines and the two other executives of manipulating Fannie Mae earnings, allowing executives to pocket hundreds of millions in bonuses from 1998 to 2004, according to the Associated Press.