McCain Has Some Explaining to Do
Last Sunday John McCain emphatically denied that his campaign manager had anything to do with Freddie Mac, one of the latest companies to receive corporate welfare. Looks like he lied. The truth is the mortgage giant paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month — roughly $500,000 in all — to a firm owned by McCain’s campaign manager. How the hell do you explain that John? Kinda makes all the anti-special interests and ‘no more Washington business as usual’ talk ring a little hollow.
To be fair, Barack Obama is not immune either. He has ties to the loan sharks as well. In fact, he ranks second among members of Congress in donations from the firms’ employees and political action committees. Both candidates have corporate connections that should be deeply disturbing to anyone who has been paying any attention to the economy as of late.
So — don’t believe everything they tell you. Follow the money trail. Turn off the news and read. Be informed. This is as good a place as any to get started.
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Wow! You have a professional blog?? I will never measure up. Good post…correct the “being paying” to “been paying.”
Angie
23 Sep 08 at 11:44 pm
and that is why i am a horrible editor…and definitely not professional.
blake
24 Sep 08 at 7:53 am
The problem that I have discovered, when trying to bring up Factcheck and Politifact to republicans with which I am debating, is that the new right wing talking point is “Who’s fact checking the fact checkers,” and/or “The fact checkers are left-leaning, and biased themselves.”
Karl Rove for the win.
Matt Scott
24 Sep 08 at 2:23 pm
matt – i’ve experienced that a few times as well. it’s really frustrating. round and round in circles we go!
blake
24 Sep 08 at 3:11 pm