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McCain's Honor | 13 comments (13 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: McCain's Honor (none / 0)

It's been interesting to watch the frantic gyrations of the McCain campaign. His party seems to have been scared from the very beginning and ready to pull out the political dirty bag of tricks at a moment's notice. His honor has been devaluated to nil. He seems like a parody now and with Sarah Palin as the VP candidate, his people are doing a quickstep to keep them out of the hole.

I never cared for McCain; I thought he debased himself a long time ago when he embraced Bush after Bush humiliated him and dragged his record though the garbage. McCain hasn't been the same since. He's angry, and I suspect it's because he blames Obama for daring to challenge him and because he's watched his "turn" at the Presidency shrivel away to nothing. Funny that he would cry out about youth and lack of experience in Obama as a terrible thing, but can't acknowledge it in his own running mate. No wonder he's pissed. Too conflicted!

by donnah on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 at 11:00:22 AM EST

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McCain was never "the same". He's been a con artist going back decades. I say this from personal experience.

As for guilt by association, it doesn't work very well unless one or the other party have benefited from the association. I see little chance of McCain showing that Obama has benefited materially from his associations, or that any of the three whom McCain would like to make an issue have benefited from associating with Obama.

Now, it will be pretty easy for Obama to torpedo these attacks simply by raising the topic of Charles Keating, who rather incredibly has been absent from the entire campaign. Keating is the elephant in the room nobody has wanted to talk about.

Inconvenient News Doing my part to afflict the comfortable.

by smintheus on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 at 11:08:38 AM EST
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Re: McCain's Honor (none / 0)

I've been wondering for some time why at least one of our 527's hasn't picked up on Keating, especially given the current popularity of such subjects. The information is plentiful.

From azcentral:

McCain Profile: The Keating Five
Now Keating had a job for DeConcini. He wanted him to organize a meeting with regulators to deliver a message: Get off Lincoln's back. Eventually, DeConcini would set up a meeting with five senators and the regulators. One of them was McCain.
McCain already knew Keating well. His ties to the home builder dated to 1981, when the two men met at a Navy League dinner where McCain spoke.
After the speech, Keating walked up to McCain and told him that he, too, was a Navy flier and that he greatly respected McCain's war record. He met McCain's wife and family. The two men became friends.
Charlie Keating always took care of his friends, especially those in politics. McCain was no exception.
In 1982, during McCain's first run for the House, Keating held a fund-raiser for him, collecting more than $11,000 from 40 employees of American Continental Corp. McCain would spend more than $550,000 to win the primary and the general election.
In 1983, as McCain contemplated his House re-election, Keating hosted a $1,000-a-plate dinner for him, even though McCain had no serious competition. When McCain pushed for the Senate in 1986, Keating was there with more than $50,000.
By 1987, McCain had received about $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates.

Honor? Naah! business as usual inside the beltway.

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009

by Indianadem on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 at 12:21:20 PM EST
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I'm thinking they're holding the Keating scandal for when McCain goes enough over the line.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 at 12:24:54 PM EST
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It's more than just campaign contributions (none / 0)

Keating and Cindy McCain were business partners. Also, Keating gave the McCain family free vacations overseas (which McCain later pretended he'd meant to repay Keating for, after the Keating scandal blew up in his face).

Inconvenient News Doing my part to afflict the comfortable.

by smintheus on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 at 02:32:55 PM EST
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McCain's Honor | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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