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October 06, 2008

FINALLY: McCain Attacks on Freddie/Fannie in Albequerque Appearance

Glovesare off? Maybe he just isn't going to to after him on this during the debate-- but that to me seems "gloves on". The debate is the second-to-last chance to raise these concerns with 50 million Americans at once.

Merely making tough remarks at campaign appearances isn't going to help.

But perhaps he's finally heard the alarm bells.

This crisis started in our housing market in the form of subprime loans that were pushed on people who could not afford them. Bad mortgages were being backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it was only a matter of time before a contagion of unsustainable debt began to spread. This corruption was encouraged by Democrats in Congress, and abetted by Senator Obama.

Senator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed. But the truth is I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could have helped prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.

Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and his Democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in. As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been, quote, “a good idea.” Well, Senator Obama, that “good idea” has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

To hear him talk now, you’d think he’d always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign. He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them. Did he ever talk to the executives at Fannie and Freddie about these reckless loans? Did he ever discuss with them the stronger oversight I proposed? If Senator Obama is such a champion of financial regulation, why didn’t he support these regulations that could have prevented this crisis in the first place? He won’t tell you, but you deserve an answer.

Thanks to DrewM and Benson.

Blast: As in, getting the word out. Signaling a change.

Geraghty.


Lane.

Morrissey.


Again... Not to defend myself at McCain's expense, but.... I've been riding this pony since early last week. And when I say "riding this pony," I don't mean on the blog. I meant sending emails which frequently devolved into ALL CAPS because ALL CAPS IS HOW YOU LET SOMEONE KNOW YOU ARE GOING FUCKING MENTAL WITH THEM ALREADY.

In order to boost McCain, I'll pretend I think that this was a rope-a-dope and all scheduled.






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