well you start with mccain and go from there . On Sep 29, 6:37 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > who were the ones in congress receiving bribes, I mean campaign > contributions from fannie and freddie? dems durbin, nobama, franks, > etc. who were the ones who blocked any and all attempts to reform > these institutions? the dems who's administration were the rules > adopted that forced lenders to lend to the unqualified? clinton. and > what party do the shysters who stoles millions from the institutions? > the dems. > > On Sep 29, 5:29 am, "mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Freddie Mac Money Trail Catches Up With > > McCainhttp://www.truthout.org/092808Z > > Few advisers in John McCain's inner circle inspire more loyalty from > > him than campaign manager Rick Davis. McCain and his wife, Cindy, > > credit the shrewd, and sometimes volatile, Republican insider with > > rescuing the campaign last year when it was out of money and on the > > verge of collapse. As a result, McCain has always defended him - even > > when faced with tough questions about the foreign lobbying clients of > > Davis's high-powered consulting firm. "Rick is a friend, and I trust > > him," McCain told NEWSWEEK last year. > > > Last week, though, McCain's trust in Davis was tested again amid > > disclosures that Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage giant that was > > recently placed under federal conservatorship, paid his campaign > > manager's firm $15,000 a month between 2006 and August 2008. As the > > mortgage crisis has escalated, almost any association with Freddie Mac > > or Fannie Mae has become politically toxic. But the payments to > > Davis's firm, Davis Manafort, are especially problematic because he > > requested the consulting retainer in 2006 - and then did barely any > > work for the fees, according to two sources familiar with the > > arrangement who asked not to be identified discussing Freddie Mac > > business. Aside from attending a few breakfasts and a political-action- > > committee meeting with Democratic strategist Paul Begala (another > > Freddie consultant), Davis did "zero" for the housing firm, one of the > > sources said. Freddie Mac also had no dealings with the lobbying firm > > beyond paying monthly invoices - but it agreed to the arrangement > > because of Davis's close relationship with McCain, the source said, > > which led top executives to conclude "you couldn't say no." > > > The McCain campaign told reporters the fees were irrelevant > > because Davis "separated from his consulting firm … in 2006," > > according to the campaign's Web site, and he stopped drawing a salary > > from it. In fact, however, when Davis joined the campaign in January > > 2007, he asked that his $20,000-a-month salary be paid directly to > > Davis Manafort, two sources who asked not to be identified discussing > > internal campaign business told NEWSWEEK. Federal campaign records > > show the McCain campaign paid Davis Manafort $90,000 through July > > 2007, when a cash crunch prompted Davis and other top campaign > > officials to forgo their salaries and work as volunteers. Separately, > > another entity created and partly owned by Davis - an Internet firm > > called 3eDC, whose address was the same office building as Davis > > Manafort's - received payments from the McCain campaign for Web > > services, collecting $971,860 through March 2008. In an e-mail to > > NEWSWEEK, a senior McCain official said that when the campaign began > > last year, it signed a contract with Davis Manafort "in which we > > purchased all of [Davis's] time, and he agreed not to work for any > > other clients." The official also said that though Davis was an > > "investor" in 3eDC, Davis has received no salary from it. As to why > > Davis permitted the Freddie Mac payments to continue, the official > > referred NEWSWEEK to Davis Manafort, which did not respond to repeated > > phone calls. One senior McCain adviser said the entire flap could have > > been avoided if the campaign had resisted attacking Barack Obama for > > his ties to two former Fannie Mae executives, which prompted the media > > to take a second look at Davis. "It was stupid," the adviser said. "A > > serious miscalculation and an amateurish move." Still, this adviser > > said, McCain's faith in his campaign manager remains unswerving.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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