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McCain’s Mortgage Crisis Enabler

oliverwillis.com
May 28, 2008
        
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Published May 27, 2008 in Barack Obama and John McCain. MSNBC reports that at least one of the lobbyists on John McCain’s campaign (former Sen. Phil Gramm) (last count: 115) worked against helping homeowners in the ongoing mortgage crisis, while working for John McCain’s... [read full story]                    

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McCain knows nothing about economy and has crooked lobbyist as advisor - and Americans trust that

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McCain knows nothing about economy and has crooked lobbyist as advisor - and Americans trust that

shakespearessister.blogspot.com
May 30, 2008
        

Sometimes, there's little more one can do than shake one's head. Or, slam it repeatedly against a wall.McCain Trusted More Than Obama on Economy, Iraq, National SecurityWhen it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain...

                   

Foreclosure Phil

trueblueliberal.com
May 30, 2008
        

From Mother Jones By David Corn Who’s to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long...

                   

McCain’s Scary Economic Advisor

trueblueliberal.com
May 30, 2008
        

From Salon By Joe Conason Even as John McCain struggles to preserve his image as a reformer by dismissing a few of the Washington lobbyists who dominated his presidential campaign, the futility of that effort suddenly became...

                   

McCain linked to sub prime crisis

buzzflash.net
May 30, 2008
        

Who's to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm...

                   

Mark Kleiman: Changing the topic

huffingtonpost.com
May 30, 2008
        

In politics, who "wins" the argument is less important that who decides what the argument is about. From a liberal or Democratic perspective, the most important aspect of that book is the revelation that even Bush's own press secretary thinks that the press was too deferential to the Bush...

                   

McCain's scary economic advisor

salon.com
May 30, 2008
        

Not only is former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm a shill for special interests, his deregulation policies helped spur the mortgage crisis, among other financial disasters. Dire bulletins in the financial media warned of many billions in rotting mortgage paper held by UBS, the financial conglomerate that...

McCain’s Economic Secret Weapon

thatsrightnate.wordpress.com
May 29, 2008
        

One reason that John McCain is the candidate who is most capable of lifting us from our current economic woes is because of his economic adviser Phil Gramm. Gramm’s belief in McCain is so strong that he gave up his position as a registered lobbyist with UBS for him. UBS is the Swiss bank where [...]

McCain camp points out Obama's UBS, lobbyist links

outside.in
May 29, 2008
        

U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential bid is turning questions regarding campaign aides' backgrounds as lobbyists around on Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama.See more on... ... Phoenix Business Journal - by Mike Sunnucks U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential bid is...

McCain Has Too Much Experience

aleksandreia.wordpress.com
May 29, 2008
        

Forgot to hit the publish button on this one before but I thought this a good story if you have not seen it. McCain, Gramm and UBS In my profession, medicine, we have something called conflict of interest. I cannot give a talk on a drug, without revealing [...]

Introducing ... Treasury Secretary Phil Gramm?

salon.com
May 29, 2008
        

David Corn has the goods on Phil Gramm's role in facilitating Wall Street's woes in Mother Jones. As David Kurtz notes at Talking Points Memo, it's a must-read. And it requires me to clarify a slight misstatement I made in my own post on Gramm yesterday. I wrote that Gramm "spearheaded...

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