Palin Options

[Robert]

Just wanted to point out I called Palin as VP over 4 months ago, for all the same reasons the decision was made now.
If McCain wins, I honestly believe this will be what puts him over the top.

Also you couldn't ask for better timing to make this announcement.
The DNC convention ended last night with a huge bang an there's not a single leading news story about it.
The news is 100% about Palin as VP.
Talk about stealing someones thunder.

I hope they win an McCain dies the next day.

[Robert]

I now understand the confusion. The Gramm-Leach-Biley bill went thru twice.
Once in April-May of 1999 but nothing happen with it because of difference between the house an senate versions. It was then re-introduced in Nov where it was re-voted on by the House an Senate.
record of the senate vote
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll...&vote=00354
1 Rep voted no and McCain abstained. Not the 100% republican support the KOS article claims.
record of the house vote
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h1999-570

I guess KOS can claim they weren't wrong since they based their story on the vote that didn't count in stead of the vote which actually did count.

As I already said, I don't like Gramm nor am I trying to portray him as innocent.
I was only making the obvious distinction that he received such high donations from Enron because it was a Texas based company an he was a leading TX politician. If you want to argue his campaign donations were tainted, then you have to ignore the fact the highest donations went to the other leading TX politician, who did nothing wrong.


I'm not claiming McCain is perfect, I just don't agree with all the Keating 5 B.S.
1) After the preliminary investigation, the lead investigator recommended McCain be removed from the list because he did nothing unethical or illegal. The Dem chairmen refused, otherwise it would have been a purely Democrat scandal.
2) During testimony of the Senate probe, one of the people actually involved stated McCain an Keating had a falling out because McCain REFUSED to act on behalf of Keating an run interfernce with the regulators.
3) Even after the senate investigation found McCain innocent of any unethical or illegal wrongdoing, he donated all campaign donations from Keating to the US treasury.
Yet, the Libs desperately bring up the Keating 5 every chance they get when the reality is there was only a Keating 3. Only 3 were found guilty, McCain an Glenn were cleared.


I'm not disagreeing with you that there is a lot dirty dealing in Washington.
What I do disagree with is biased political hatchet job such as this article which didn't even get their facts rights. Not to mention the numerous misrepresentations in the article.

Here is a hack job biased more to the right but at least the facts are correct in it
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=new...id=aSKSoiNbnQY0

My real problem with how politicized this issue has become an all the Monday morning quarterbacks with their 20/20 hindsight pointing to this or that being the problem.
Show me someone who said this at the time an I would be more inclined to listen. The closest anyone has been to being proactive versus reactive would be MCain an the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act he introduced in 2005. The same bill shot down by the Dems who claimed Fannie an Freddie were financially sound.

As I've already said, I don't like Gramm. I wish McCain would drop him. So my question for you is what's your opinion of Obama's connection with Raines, A guy who made 90 million by defrauding Fannie May. The same guy who Obama now claims isn't any type of advisor even though Raines is who he had vetting his VP pick?