[UPDATE: If you read the Ambinder piece, you'll see that this was leaked to Marc: it's an internal document designed to make sure that the GOP's people are up to speed on this issue. - Moe Lane]
This makes a good point. Congress (Republican and Democratic) attacked Enron, but nothing against the politically connected Fannie Mae. Here’s a slide show, care of Marc Ambinder, that the McCain campaign is passing around:
Steve Maley
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Professionals did this?
casel21 (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:12PM EST (link)They spelled “Gorelick” “Garelick” in slide 3.
factual and correct..
merkurfan Wednesday, October 8th at 8:13PM EST (link)but about as boring as last nights debates.
I don’t think the great unwashed will be able to pay attention long enough to read all 15 slides.
Basically, we’re gonna hafta find a way to take all that info, and shrink it down to a bumper sticker.
Or founders knew what they where doing when they restricted voting to land owners. (not so sure I agree with them on women voting)
Not once, But Twice !!!!!!!!!!!!
PaRep (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:15PM EST (link)Someone who has connections to RNC get them to fix this
Boy, I sure hope no one
persiflage Wednesday, October 8th at 8:20PM EST (link)is passing this around as an offering of the McCain campaign – it’s filled with misspellings. Just awful – looks stoopid!
Can’t people do any better than this?
It’s “Jamie Gorelick”
It’s “Sarbanes-Oxley”
Sheesh
“A republic, if you can keep it…” – B. Franklin
Weak Powerpoint Play
derechista Wednesday, October 8th at 8:33PM EST (link)This piece is sort of like a teacher slapping an unruly student on his knuckles with a feather.
The nation appears to be buying into Obama and McCain has yet to bring the fight to him.
Here is the info for the Power Point
izoneguy (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:39PM EST (link)Original Info
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
HUH ?????????????????????
PaRep (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:42PM EST (link).
McCain won't use this
tankertodd (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:47PM EST (link)He’ll just keep spouting on about earmarks and Wall Street corruption. The same tired lines I get sick hearing. He doesn’t get it. Argh.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race – Chief Justice Roberts
Slides Prove One Thing
casel21 (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:57PM EST (link)I understand McCain doesn’t want to go FM/FM because it’s too complicated.
This slide shows it’s not. People understand buying a house and paying their mortgage. What they don’t seem to understand is that they are buying houses for deadbeats like the ones on the SNL skit.
People should also be made to understand that they are paying Raines, Dodd, Franks, too.
Irrespective of what McCain does, the GOP cannot let the narrative take hold that FM/FM mess is the GOP’s fault. If they do, he party will be lost for a generation. I don’t know if the GOP is listening to McCain on this FM/FM but they have their own interests to protect. This is GOP suicide.
Folks, you gotta read the Ambinder article, too.
Moe Lane (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:58PM EST (link)This was internally distributed, and wasn’t meant for external use as is. It’s to make sure that the GOP’s people are briefed when they start talking about it.
So relax. This slideshow means that F/F is about to go retail politics.
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Great...so where was it during the debate?
KeepOhioRed (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 8:58PM EST (link)Get specific Mac!! Name names!! People are angry, you need to show some anger too. How about promising to PROSECUTE these people like we prosecuted the scumbags at Enron, Tyco, etc??
O’Reily is a blowhard, but he was right on tonight. This is golden ammo and he is blowing it.
Sen. McCain "throws down" with a boring slideshow?!
derechista Wednesday, October 8th at 8:58PM EST (link)Huh!?, right back at you.
I, however, wasted my time last night hosting a debate watch party for Sen. McCain. My 15 guests, McCain supporters all, left entirely underwhelmed. This slideshow takes the cake in underwhelmingdome, though.
Again, derechista, this is an internal document.
Moe Lane (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 9:04PM EST (link)If they wanted it out as-is, I would have gotten a copy before now.
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O.K., Moe, that makes more sense.
derechista Wednesday, October 8th at 9:23PM EST (link)But you, and other GOP insiders, already know the facts surrounding Fannie Mae. What’s missing in this whole thing is a direct pitch from Sen. McCain.
There’s every reason for the “Straight Talker” to call a spade a spade and go on the attack.
Nationalize...
rbdwiggins (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 9:34PM EST (link)Clearly, it will be like herding cats (There’s so many squishes), but choosing the next Speaker will be… rewarding.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
What's the point?
LSPoet (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 9:35PM EST (link)McCain won’t go after anyone right now because his advisors are telling him not to show his temper, which is a response to the democratic claims that he has a bad one! Unfortunately, this will cause him to lose the election. America is ready for the bulldog approach, not some powerpoint slideshow on the blogs of America. I’d like to see him “DO” something!
I'm flattered that you think I'm an insider, but I ain't.
Moe Lane (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 9:39PM EST (link)I’m just a blogger who knows a few people to call or email when I have a question, that’s all.
That being said, the guys that this was meant for are the ones who are going out and doing the retail political stuff. They got this as pretty much the lecture notes so that they can get themselves up to speed; the ‘sphere already is, so we didn’t need ‘em.
As for McCain… the argument about whether he could have hit it more yesterday or not is going to rage on; but he did hit it, and he’s supposed to have hit it today, and he’s showing no signs of stopping hitting it.
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Enron faltered in 2004?
udtiger Wednesday, October 8th at 10:06PM EST (link)I was pretty sure it filed bankruptcy in 2001.
“Everybody needs money! That’s why they call it money!”
I have serious problems with his advisors!
NewTexanDave Wednesday, October 8th at 10:12PM EST (link)I just read this article:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/oct2008/db2008108_106465.htm
I hope they have a good explanation otherwise they are going to lose a lot of voters who are fiscal conservative and who believe in free market.
I’m especially concerned about what Holtz-Eakin said, assuming it was not twisted by the media.This could really hurt McCain. Anyone has a good explanation what all this is about?
another error
hogiewan Wednesday, October 8th at 10:54PM EST (link)slide 10 – “They keeps all of their bonuses”
85 Billion, not 85 Million
Augustine Wednesday, October 8th at 10:57PM EST (link)For the AIG bailout. Actually we gave AIG another 37 Billion today so a total of 122 Billion, i.e. almost the same size of the stimulus package we passed earlier in the year. Don’t worry the Dems will pass another 150 billion “stimulus” if they get their way.
850 Billion for the Bad mortgage purchase + pork to get the bill through congress
150 Billion for the stimulus
122 Billion for AIG
Couple dozen billion for various bank acquisitions
And the left thought Iraq was expensive, look what the GSE’s cost us.
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Better yet...
Augustine Wednesday, October 8th at 11:08PM EST (link)Why no Sarbox for fannie and freddie? I’m not a fan of Sarbox, but there should be no reason why a publicly traded company (or GSE) was excluded. Mr Frank probably didn’t want to burden his lover with the paperwork. While we are at it, why is it that the normal rules for conflicts of interest don’t apply to Mr Frank and the GSE’s? Imagine if McCain shot down the Boeing tanker deal and it came out that he was in a multi year relationship with someone at Airbus?
The media is carrying the water for the Dems. One supposes that the Dems will find a way to pay them back once they are in power.
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Plawsibel Denyabillitie
OCBill (Diary) Wednesday, October 8th at 11:22PM EST (link)Even as an “internal document”, this is incredibly pathetic. They’d be better off making a PowerPoint out of the YouTube video that laid it all out brick-by-brick, but only if they have access to someone who can spell. And read. Or think clearly. This looks like something the cleaning lady might put together if she was trying to get a day job at the office.
You can’t afford the price of free corn.
Yawn ... call me when McCain puts this in an ad or springs it on Obama in a debate.
Martin Knight (Diary) Thursday, October 9th at 8:38AM EST (link)At this point, I’ve given up hope of seeing him attack on this issue.