Obama Campaign Statement on John McCain and Rick Davis - Did other special interests buy access?

[jefferson_dem]

“It is now clear that both John McCain and Rick Davis did not tell the truth about Davis’s continuing financial relationship with Freddie Mac, one of the actors at the center of this financial crisis. It’s troubling not only that Davis’s firm—with which he is still associated and which the McCain campaign paid directly last year—continued to be compensated by Freddie Mac until as recently as last month, but that the firm did little work and apparently was being paid simply to provide access to the McCain campaign," says communications director Dan Pfeiffer. “The question that now needs to be answered is this: did Freddie Mac or any other special interests buy access to John McCain by compensating top officials, including Rick Davis?”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Driving_the_Davis_story.html?showall

[Marsala]

1. Ohhhh BURN!

McCain's campaign cannot possibly answer this directly. They will probably just try to attack Obama and the media and ignore the whole thing, but this is pretty damning.

[Betsy Ross]

2. did Freddie Mac or any other special interests buy access

I guess YES! The McShame campaign is so tightly wound up in lobbying and the finance world it is a wonder he can breathe. Maybe it's the lack of oxygen that makes him say such stupid things.

[jacksonian]

3. McCain has the worst run campaign in history

and Obama's running the best.

Really, the rhetoric from each camp seems like a Globetrotter/Generals game.

[Cosmic Charlie]

5. don't be surprised if you hear the globetrotters theme during the debate on Friday

Obama is going to take McCrap to school.

[blondeatlast]

9. Since I've already seen it here, I won't. Interesting meme; I want to see where it goes.

I wish I knew you two's posting history better...

[dkf]

4. Yes...sometimes the scandal isn't who the lobbyists are giving money to.

Its who gives the money to them.

[ProSense]

6. Excellent. n/t

[rndmprsn]

7. Oh Yeah...put the torch to these crooked MF'ers! KNMR!

[blondeatlast]

8. No direct accusation so Mccain can't whine about partisanship without sinking deeper into the muck.

This is gonna be good... :bounce:

[progressoid]

10. Oh Snap.

[cloudythescribbler]

11. Is it me or is the MSM VASTLY downplaying the BLOCKBUSTER campaign story about Rick Davis?

Remember how much we heard about Rev Wright? Well that was 10x as much and this is 10x more substantive!