@bleuze 179137 wrote:
Keating 5 happened over 20 years ago and McCain was found NOT guilty in the S & L scandal.
That was then, Obama’s is now. If you think that Congree will investigate his ties to those organizations or the present banking mess, then you’re dreaming. We bailed out Wall Street and the people who were the cause of this mess!
The past is prologue. McCain had very close ties to Keating who, at the time, played an explicit role in the epic failure of the Savings & Loans institutions (namely Lincoln Savings & Loan, which Keating was Chairman of), which cost the Federal Gov./Taxpayers $160 Billion. Just because McCain wasn’t found guilty does not mean he didn’t show a complete lack of ethical awareness or judgement. Forward 20 years & McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis has shady ties to Freddie. $15,000 a month for what? Access to McCain. If lobbyists are running his campaign, who do you think will run the White House?
McCain advisers and fundraisers lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Six of his advisers and fundraisers lobbied for Freddie Mac including:
· McCain’s Current Chief of Staff Mark Buse,
· top McCain adviser Charles Black,
· Carlos Bonilla,
· Al D’Amato,
· Juleanna Glover Weiss
· Susan Molinari.
Thirteen of them lobbied for Fannie Mae including:
· McCain’s Congressional Liaison John Green,
· Head of VP Search Team AB Culvahouse,
· Wayne Berman,
· Kirk Blalock,
· Alberto Cardenas,
· Kirsten Chadwick,
· Richard Holht,
· Kate Hull,
· Aleix Jarvis,
· Tom Loeffler,
· Peter Madigan,
· Allison McSlarrow
· Aquiles Suarez. [John McCain.com, Senate Lobbying Disclosures]
MCCAIN HAS EXTENSIVE TIES TO AIG AS WELL:
McCain Fundraisers, Advisors Include Eight AIG Lobbyists & Executives
* Edmund Lee, AIG Executive is a bundler
* Susan Nelson, finance director, was an AIG lobbyist from 2004-2005
* Wayne Berman, vice-chair, was an AIG lobbyist from 2004-2007
* John Green, Capitol Hill liaison, was an AIG lobbyist from 2004-2007
* Bundler James Pitts was an AIG lobbyist from 2006-2007
* Bundler Tim Powers was an AIG lobbyist in 2001
* Fundraiser Kate Hull was an AIG lobbyist from 2002-2007
* Bundler Phil Anderson was an AIG lobbyist from 2006-2007