Posted on 09/18/2008 5:44:59 PM PDT by RatsDawg
The campaign puts out a statement from former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines, disowning ties to Obama, after a McCain ad attacked him for the ties.
The Washington Post reported -- with the kind of blind sourcing that suggests the source was Raines -- that Raines had "taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters."
Raines said in the statement through the campaign, "I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton added an attack:
This is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign that is increasingly incapable of telling the truth. Frank Raines has never advised Senator Obama about anything -- ever. And by the way, someone whose campaign manager and top advisor worked and lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shouldn't be throwing stones from his seven glass houses.
UPDATE: McCain spokesman Brian Rogers notes that Obama didn't contradict the claim when it first appeared in the Post.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Ahhh, so it’s Bush’s fault. How original.
OOPSY!
SOMEBODY IS LYING HERE!!
WASHINGTON POST, July 16 2008:
“ In the four years since he stepped down as Fannie Mae’s chief executive under the shadow of a $6.3 billion accounting scandal, Franklin D. Raines has been quietly constructing a new life for himself.
He has shaved eight points off his golf handicap, taken a corner office in Steve Case’s D.C. conglomeration of finance, entertainment and health-care companies and more recently, taken calls from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502827.html?sid=ST2008071503047&s_pos=
(Thank the morons at KOS for the link to this article!!)
How can they escape this. The proof is there in plain site.
DODD
OBAMAO
JOHN KERRY
Swiftboated again. The truth will hurt.
There will not be any investigation of Fannie Mae. PERIOD.
It involves:
1) Too many Democrats
-and-
2) Too many BLACK Democrats
That’s a DOUBLE Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Media Card!
B.S. he never got "advice" from Raines. This simply doesn't pass the smell test.
“The Obama camp is full-out on dirty campaigning now.”
The nutroots has been BEGGING for a Dirty campaign to get even with those “EVIL, VILE, BASTARDLY REPUBLICANS”.
And the Obama Camp must be seeing some really horrible internals to have jettisoned the “HOPE!” mantra this early...
This article is the smoking gun. Thanks
It sees like every time obama has the slightest chance he flat out calls Sen. McCain a liar. It really is making him sound like the boy who cried wolf.
in no way shape or form is it Bush’s fault-but Bush should go on offense and send the DoJ after the criminals at Mae and Mac
Obama’s plan to deflect criticism is to scream, “ Liar! Lair! Pants on Fire!”.
to disown would require previous ownership.
So, Obama is saying that the Washington Post lied about Raines, and neither his campaign nor Raines ever said a word about it until now.
But we are supposed to think McCain is a liar because he quoted the post?
Actually, since McCain’s ad never SAYS that Raines worked for Obama, it says the Washington POST SAYS Raines worked for Obama, McCain’s ad is the absolute truth, EVEN IF the Washington Post lied.
So Burton is dishonorable.
Takes one to know one
On the Outside Now, Watching Fannie Falter
By Anita Huslin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; Page D01
In the four years since he stepped down as Fannie Mae's chief executive under the shadow of a $6.3 billion accounting scandal, Franklin D. Raines has been quietly constructing a new life for himself. He has shaved eight points off his golf handicap, taken a corner office in Steve Case's D.C. conglomeration of finance, entertainment and health-care companies and more recently, taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.
“Actually, since McCain’s ad never SAYS that Raines worked for Obama, it says the Washington POST SAYS Raines worked for Obama, McCain’s ad is the absolute truth, EVEN IF the Washington Post lied.”
WORTH REPEATING!
This guy clearly worked with Clinton.
No, he is not now an advisor, but by his own twisted-truth words, he did advise Obama about something, just not housing.
Two really good links there; nice work.
Team McCain scores a direct hit on obama!
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Won’t work and I doubt it’ll shift the polls, period. The only media who will pick this up will be Fox and talk radio. It’s a different set of rules for republicans.
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