Willie Said:

Does anyone know what McCain's chairman Rick Davis did to earn $30,000/month?

We Answered:

IT prove that McCain is no stranger to curruption shall we say deja vue keaton five .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,


OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

Derek Said:

Is this what you want done with your political donations, libs?

We Answered:

better than going into their crack pipes.

Patricia Said:

Should the New York Times be renamed The Obama Times?

We Answered:

Yes.

Eventually they will come out and officially endorse Obama.

Clinton Said:

Shouldn't John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, be forced to repay Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac...?

We Answered:

Starr's post contradicted your post, when she said, "Obama gives back the $122,000+ he received which was only second to what Dodd received."

Apparently, someone is lying or mistaken.

If Freddie Mac gave McCain $345,000, and Obama $122,000, it's quite impossible for Obama to be second only to Dodd. The only way for both your numbers to be accurate is for Obama to be third to Dodd (1st) and McCain (2nd) or for Obama to be third to McCain (1st) and Dodd (2nd.)

So I did some fact-checking.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/200…

It seems to depend on what totals you're looking at.

Obama received $126,349 (a tiny fraction of the approximately $390 million his campaign has raised) from EMPLOYEES of Fannie and Freddie. This, compared to McCain's $21,550.

HOWEVER... looking at private donations from EMPLOYEES doesn't give a true picture.

The New York Times has published a separate list looking at contributions from "directors, officers, and lobbyists for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" for the 2008 campaign cycle. That list — using figures from the Federal Election Commission — shows McCain receiving $169,000, while Obama received only $16,000.

I think this is MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT...

Employees are just private people.

If Fannie and Freddie's JANITOR donated $100 to Obama, that would be included in the first number, and frankly, who could possibly have any problem with that?

But Fannie and Freddie DIRECTORS, OFFICERS and LOBBYISTS are another matter. Something FAR MORE SERIOUS... and to the charge of having more significant contributions from that group, Obama is innocent and McCain is guilty.

The numbers don't correlate, but that can logically be explained: The Newsweek article is including 2006 donations while the New York Times figures in the CNN Fact check focuses on 2008 election donations.

It seems that when one CHECKS ones FACTS -- McCain received more shady contributions from Fannie and Freddie than Obama.

Kay Said:

"Tea Party" Conservatives: Are you feeling like Pawns?

We Answered:

Astroturfed puppetry

Alfredo Said:

Why did Sarah Palin fundraiser firm quit?

We Answered:

I'm sure its because she won't pay them and she wants them to work for 'the bubble'. The other thing is that Campaign Solutions probably concluded that she and her daughter are couple of whores.