McCain campaign manager paid by Freddie Mac recently.
September 23, 2008 by Dusty · 2 Comments
Recently as in up until LAST MONTH. From the NYT:
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Mr. Davis’s firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big mortgage lender whose deteriorating finances helped precipitate the cascading problems on Wall Street, the people said.
This bag of batshit has been lying his ass off about Obama and his campaign personnel being tied to Freddie or Frannie. The deal here is this:
Either McCain’s people are lying to him, or the old man just hasn’t got a fucking clue and doesn’t ask the right questions of his managers. Either way, it looks really bad for Johnny. And nothing makes me happier at this point. 
McCain and his minions are back-peddaling furiously but the fact remains…Ricky has been collecting money from Freddie Mac to lobby on their behalf. As the NYT states: Mr. Davis took a leave from Davis & Manafort for the duration of the campaign, but as a partner and equity-holder continues to share in its profits. (emphasis mine)
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September 12, 2008 by Dave Dubya · 6 Comments
Before this disappears down America’s short term memory hole, let’s have a look at something most of us didn’t notice last Tuesday. As we were settling back into our ordinary routine, fresh from the Labor Day weekend, Rick Davis, John McCain’s campaign manager, revealed a little secret.
“This election is not about issues,” said Davis. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”
We can be certain their idea of a “composite view” will not be grounded in reality.
Yes, the public will be shown meticulously staged images of McCain and Palin. The media will be saturated with the commercially sculpted illusions of the Republicans’ competence, history, and above all, character. American voters will be lured into selecting their future leadership from their caricature more than from their character.
Meanwhile:
The war in Iraq is an issue.
The looting of our treasury is an issue.
The destruction of the Constitution and rule of law is an issue.
Energy independence is an issue.
Our jobs and healthcare are issues.
And the Republican’s message is WHAT?
This election is NOT about issues?
Only in Amerika.
Crossposted at Freedom Rants.
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June 14, 2008 by Dusty · Leave a Comment
Sweet Jesus..this looks like a bit of bad juju for Rick Davis and Johnny McCain. Hug and a h/t to Nicole over at Crooks and Liars for this:
Rick Davis’ lobbyists ties certainly extend far beyond the telecom industry. ABC News:John McCain’s presidential campaign is blasting a New York Times report suggesting that the candidate may have known since 2005 that his campaign manager’s firm worked for a Kremlin-backed politician.
The McCain campaign is strongly denying the paper’s reporting that in 2005, a White House National Security Council staffer called John McCain’s Senate office to complain that Rick Davis’ lobbying firm was “undercutting American policy on Ukraine” by representing a Kremlin-backed politician.
Salon has a tasty writeup as well on this news. Oh Johnny this ain’t good dude..it just ain’t..and it warms the cockles of my lil black heart you batshit crazy sumbitch.
Graphic filched from the wonderful DCup. I will use it every chance I get..bet on it!
