McCain Likes Democrat Andrew Cuomo for SEC Chief

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McCain Likes Democrat Andrew Cuomo for SEC Chief Monday, September 22, 2008 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) - If he's elected president, Republican Sen. John McCain says he would want Democrat Andrew Cuomo to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.

McCain, who has called for Republican SEC chief Chris Cox to resign, made the comment on the CBS program "60 Minutes" Sunday night.

"I'm curious," CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley told McCain. "If you want to fire Chris Cox, the chairman of the SEC, who would you replace him with?"

McCain responded: "This may sound a little unusual, but I've admired Andrew Cuomo. I think he is somebody who could restore some credibility, lend some bipartisanship to this effort.”

Pelley: He's a Democrat.

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what the..........?

[Scotswife]

Cuomo has managed to rehabilitate his image - but his past with HUD cannot be erased, and considering the nature of the present crisis this would be a really really dumb mistake.

[dfwgator]

Basically he wants the fox in charge of the henhouse.

[johnny7]

Why not Baines or Gorelick?!

[Postman]

Possibly.....WTF??????

[hershey]

Oh, please. Somebody tell McCain what time it is.

[Impy]

What the where my thoughts exactly.

Not cool John. A leftist New York democrat who will use it on his resume when he runs for something? Wise the F up John.

[scooby321]

he lost his mind

read the Village Voice

Andrew caused the Sub Prime messed

[boomop1]

McCain is still a nitwit, he steps in it too much, little Andy was part of the problem.

[MozarkDawg]

"I'm curious," CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley told McCain. "If you want to fire Chris Cox, the chairman of the SEC, who would you replace him with?"

McCain responded: "This may sound a little unusual, but I've admired Andrew Cuomo. I think he is somebody who could restore some credibility, lend some bipartisanship to this effort.”

Pelley: He's a Democrat.

Forget he's Democrat ... Senator, are you really unaware of what he was doing as HUD Secretary??

Andrew Cuomo and Fannie and Freddie

[beaversmom]

I think he is somebody who could restore some credibility, lend some bipartisanship to this effort.”

I hate this bipartisan, reach across the aisle crap! John McCain is always willing to throw a Republican under the bus.

[jersey117]

Maybe he’s doing it to get him out of the NY Atty General spot. I think as AG he would be in more of a position to cover up a Wall Street investigation.

[dfwgator]

I hate this bipartisan, reach across the aisle crap!

The word 'bipartisan' means that some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out. - George Carlin

[rabscuttle385]

Why is it not surprising that McCain enjoy the company of left-wing Democrats?

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[albie]

Get ready for an Obama White House if this fool keeps it up. He finally got his base back with Palin and could easily hang this whole financial crises on the Dems with Cuomos idiocy in the 90’s. This kind of talk makes me want to take my “McCain/Palin” sign out of my yard.

[pallis]

I haven’t changed my thinking about McCain, and this silliness is why. I’m voting for Sarah Palin, even if it means going through McCain to do it.

[Paladin2]

“Basically he wants the fox in charge of the henhouse.”P>McCain is STILL off his rocker. The USA is SO screwed.

[albie]

“Maybe he’s doing it to get him out of the NY Atty General spot. I think as AG he would be in more of a position to cover up a Wall Street investigation”.

...that’s a possiblity but it’s piss poor timing with 6 weeks until the election.

[Fred]

[Jack Black]

Why are we all supporting this man, McCain, again?

Cuomo was one of the architects of the current financial crisis. While in charge of HUD he spent his time funding bogus studies to “prove” redlining. This in turn was used as the lever to force the new lending rules into the 1999 banking bill which Clinton signed into law. That bill included a requirement that banks make loans to “historically underserved communities”. And of course it allowed the sub-prime loans created to be collateralized for the first time.

Another Cuomo greatest hit, as head of HUD, was suing gun manufacterers based on the fact that his tennants (the gang bangers who live in the FedGov housing projects that HUD runs) get shot a lot.

Among the results of this bogus lawsuit was the agreement by Smith & Wesson to put little locks into all their revolvers.

If there is a more useless, hateful, far-left idiot than Andrew Cuomo in national politics you’d pretty much have to go to the Congress to find them. (Conyers, Barney Frank, et.al) The fact that his entire career is due to nepotism is a nice touch too.