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McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac
The New York Times (excerpt) ^ | September 23, 2008 | JACKIE CALMES and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Posted on 09/23/2008 6:06:51 PM PDT by HAL9000

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WASHINGTON — One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement.

The disclosure undercuts a statement by Mr. McCain on Sunday night that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had had no involvement with the company for the last several years.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: daviddkirkpatrick; davismanafort; freddiemac; hitpiece; housingbubble; jackiecalmes; liberalmedia; mccain; mccainpalin; msmdrivebys; newyorktimes; propagandawingofdnc; rickdavis
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To: xkaydet65

This mess firmly sits in the Dems and Obama’s pocket.


21 posted on 09/23/2008 6:16:06 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: syriacus
Mr. Begala, who also was a paid consultant to Freddie Mac until this month,

Hmmm...

22 posted on 09/23/2008 6:16:07 PM PDT by syriacus (Under Bush, Dems controlled the Senate for MOST of the 107th Congress and for ALL of the 110th)
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To: VanDeKoik

Big Deal, it’s not a crime to do business with Feddie or Fannie. Is ATT is trouble for charging them for phone service or a security company for providing security personnel? It is a crime to get political kickbacks like Dodd and Obama and Kerry get for shielding them from regulation and accountability. It is a crime to cook the books and sell worthless paper to the Street.


23 posted on 09/23/2008 6:17:03 PM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: HAL9000
Wait.........what has his campaign manager's firm got to do with McCain?

Everyone has been told it doesn't matter who you associate with, if it mattered one iota, Obama would be unelectable!

24 posted on 09/23/2008 6:17:27 PM PDT by PISANO
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To: xkaydet65

calm down, just relax.


25 posted on 09/23/2008 6:17:45 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Robert Byrd - Ex community organizer)
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To: Blogger

“And how much was Mr. Obama paid?”
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Good question. How much money did Obama get from FM? Anyone know? Anyone have a link?


26 posted on 09/23/2008 6:18:15 PM PDT by awake-n-angry
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To: HAL9000
LOL, is this all what you have.

Now the real stuff. Who is one of Obama major campaign stuff?

Answer: Jim Johnson the ex-CEO of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Who is the politician who received the third largest contribution from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Answer: Barack Obama

WOW!!! The liberal media is really desperate to come up with this story about McCain aid receiving 15,000 dollars from Freddie Mac.

27 posted on 09/23/2008 6:19:07 PM PDT by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: HAL9000

Well at least he doesn’t have the Fannie Mae head fraudsters as an economic advisor.


28 posted on 09/23/2008 6:19:50 PM PDT by Tarpon (Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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To: HAL9000

They paid somebody in Louisiana and one of my neighbors too.


29 posted on 09/23/2008 6:20:59 PM PDT by Broker (VOTE McCain/Palin! !)
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To: xkaydet65
What? Did you forget your sarcasm tag?

Are you aware of Jim Johnson Obama top aid who was the CEO of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? Are you aware that Obama received the third largest contributions in Congress from these two companies?

30 posted on 09/23/2008 6:22:27 PM PDT by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: All
From Fox News:

The article said that even though Davis took a leave from the firm, Davis & Manafort, for the campaign, as a partner he continues to share in the profits. But a McCain campaign aide disputed the claim that he has received any compensation from the firm since taking his leave in December 2006. The aide told FOX News that Davis stopped taking a salary and draws no partnership distribution from the firm.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/23/report-mccain-aides-firm-paid-by-freddie-mac/

31 posted on 09/23/2008 6:23:02 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: HAL9000

Nice find.


32 posted on 09/23/2008 6:27:24 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Palin is sugar on a turd ... No mas Juan "Traitor Rat" McAmnesty)
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To: jveritas

The problem is the statement that Davis “has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it.”


33 posted on 09/23/2008 6:28:56 PM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
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To: HAL9000

Funny how the NYT manages not to notice or report on the DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS to 0bama, the 2nd most of all the Senate during his time in office.


34 posted on 09/23/2008 6:31:45 PM PDT by KoRn (Barack Obama Must Be Stopped!!!)
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To: jveritas

There’s a chasm between being an adviser to a campaign and being the campaign manager, especially when your candidate swore up and down that you had had no connections to fannie for years. Whom do you think the media is going to emblazon across the TV screen? Except for talk radio no one has mentioned Johnson or Raines. Now they won’t have to. they’ll have Rick Davis and John McCain to kick around.


35 posted on 09/23/2008 6:37:58 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
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To: HAL9000
And, how many payments did it take from Freddie and Fannie, in his brief term as Senator, to make Barack Obama their second highest recipient of bribes - euphemistically called “campaign donations”? Oh sorreeeee! For the Slimes, that's not news that's fit to print!!
36 posted on 09/23/2008 6:39:25 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: HAL9000
New York Times hit piece. They're growing frantic!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

37 posted on 09/23/2008 6:39:45 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: HAL9000

He took a leave from his firm and he claims to have not been paid since he left. The NY Times claims he must have been, but has no proof.


38 posted on 09/23/2008 6:42:21 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: HAL9000

BREAKING NEWS ON MSNBC. Its all the chatter......


39 posted on 09/23/2008 6:45:07 PM PDT by GoCards
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To: GoCards
Trap has been set

Sen. Obama since Fannie is the case why is it upu are the second most money on the friends of Fannie Mae

Lehman and other Wall Street firms over 2 Million.

40 posted on 09/23/2008 7:01:00 PM PDT by scooby321 (Cai)
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