Posted on 09/24/2008 4:33:34 PM PDT by MamaLucci
"The Obama Campaign Has Solicited Franklin Raines, Who "Stepped Down As Fannie Mae's Chief Executive Under The Shadow Of A $6.3 Billion Accounting Scandal," For "Advice On Mortgage And Housing Policy." "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." (Anita Huslin, "On The Outside Now, Watching Fannie Falter," The Washington Post, 7/16/08)"
The Washington Post: "Two Members Of Mr. Obama's Political Circle, James A. Johnson And Franklin D. Raines, Are Former Chief Executives Of Fannie Mae." (Editorial, "Tough Decision Coming," The Washington Post, 8/28/08)
As far as I can tell, the Post has not corrected its reporting.
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
bump.
Key Lay, Richard Scrushy, and Bernard Ebbers all went to jail. That’s where Raines should be.
Just a few moments ago, the Obama campaign released a statement from Raines:Shouldn't the fact that the 0bama campaign released a statement on behalf of Franklin Raines serve as a pretty good indication that perhaps they're lying?
I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters.
Congressman Billybob
The Declaration, the Constitution, parts of the Federalist, and America's Owner's Manual, here.
Raines was just someone Obama waved to in the neighborhood.
He sure is!
Nice job, Congressman Billybob.
Concise and easy to understand (even for DU types). ;)
No doubt there’s a press release to that effect floating around the web....”Just some guyyy I met at a barbeque”.........Obama takes the American public for fools.
Along with Jamie “The Wall” Gorelick and her handlers.
“This is not the Franklin Raines I used to know...”
Bookmarking. Thanks, MamaLucci!
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