Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?ex=1379822400&en=ab87b174da226509&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Good ad. I can't understand how anybody with any sense would plan to vote for Palin/McSame at this point. But that's just me.

The economic "crisis" will overshadow this election until or unless it gets "solved" this week. As such, the neo-con-men have the Democrats over a barrel again. Or so they think.

I'd like to see the Democrats grow a spine and just say no (unless the necessary reforms are written into the bill as well).

Financial firms are lining up to feed at this trough already! But it ought to be a last resort, exacting a huge price from those firms in such dire need that they need to use it.

Dean Baker has a good piece on this. Read the NYT article he links to. (I find it impossible to post on the Cafe' this morning, however.)

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/21/no_one_believes_henry_paulson_1/

-- ARG

Excellent ad. I think all rational humans can agree the last thing the health insurance industry needs is less regulation. The lack of regulations on the health insurance industry literally leads to thousands of deaths every year. Think about that, untold thousands dead because health insurance lobbyists are good at their jobs! These lobbyists, ironically enough, tend to ally themselves with the "Pro-Life" crowd... chew on that thought for a while.

That said, how dare you attack McCain! So what if he wants the uninsured or under insured to die, most of those people ARE POOR! John McCain was poor for 5 1/2 years. Ever since he escaped his captivity as a POW (the true story of which has never been told (see Rambo, a movie loosely based on the life of John McCain (if you believe this, email me about a great investment I have for you in Alaskan bridges))) McCain has fought his way up the economic ladder until now he is super rich! Let me tell you, marrying is hard work!

AWESOME AD! That ad murders McCain.

I think we're going to see Rev. Wright much sooner than anticipated.

In the 60 Minutes interview aired last night, McCain is asked by Scott Pelley, where has he lived the longest. McCain answers, the Hanoi prison. This is the same answer that he gave when he first ran for congress in 1981. It may or may not have been true then, but it's certainly not true now. For at least the past 27 years, McCain has called Arizona home.

"Chicago Machine" ad is just dumb. People don't know who most of those people are and don't care.

People are scared right now with pocket book issues. McCain should attack Obama on the economy not on who he knows if he wants to persuade voters. The fact that he is not says A LOT.

"Chicago Machine" ad is just dumb. People don't know who most of those people are and don't care.

People are scared right now with pocket book issues. McCain should attack Obama on the economy not on who he knows if he wants to persuade voters. The fact that he is not says A LOT.

What is amazing to me is the speed in which the unearth quote by someone who reads Krugman becomes a political commerical for Obama.

I think we have finally countered the right wing machine (Heritage , Fox News, Rush )

Good spot and great to ram McShame's own words down his throat.

But I still think any attack on his health plan has to include three key points:

1) Tax your health benefits

2) Cause 20 million Americans to lose their health coverage.

3) Increase health premiums by $2,000 annually.

The first point is a simple statement of fact. The last two were from the findings of an independent study. Ram those down his throat, too.

I use Linux and the ad doesn't load. Where do you go to get a Youtube/flash version of the ad?

I run Linux. Where can I go to watch the ad in Flash? Youtube?

Good spot and great to ram McShame's own words down his throat.

But I still think any attack on his health plan has to include three key points:

1) Tax your health benefits

2) Cause 20 million Americans to lose their health coverage.

3) Increase health premiums by $2,000 annually.

The first point is a simple statement of fact. The last two were from the findings of an independent study. Ram those down his throat, too.

Good spot and great to ram McShame's own words down his throat.

But I still think any attack on his health plan has to include three key points:

1) Tax your health benefits

2) Cause 20 million Americans to lose their health coverage.

3) Increase health premiums by $2,000 annually.

The first point is a simple statement of fact. The last two were from the findings of an independent study. Ram those down his throat, too.

Good spot and great to ram McShame's own words down his throat.

But I still think any attack on his health plan has to include three key points:

1) Tax your health benefits

2) Cause 20 million Americans to lose their health coverage.

3) Increase health premiums by $2,000 annually.

The first point is a simple statement of fact. The last two were from the findings of an independent study. Ram those down his throat, too.

Good spot and great to ram McShame's own words down his throat.

But I still think any attack on his health plan has to include three key points:

1) Tax your health benefits

2) Cause 20 million Americans to lose their health coverage.

3) Increase health premiums by $2,000 annually.

The first point is a simple statement of fact. The last two were from the findings of an independent study. Ram those down his throat, too.

Well, of course he lived the longest in Hanoi. Let's see: 7 homes shuffled between over 27 years, assuming equal amounts of time spent in each home, means less than 4 years on average per home. See? Easy!