If you were Barack Obama, what would you do to survive the Raines scandal?
Would you go on the campaign trail laying down a smoke screen that Bush is at fault?
Would you criticize your opponent because he’s a member of the same party as Bush and somehow “connected”?
(Would you encourage your minions — I’m sorry, “community organizers” — to work night and day to find a Palin scandal to try to dominate the news cycle? Would that include hacking into Palin’s email, the work of a Tennessee democrat senator’s son?)
Posted on January 3rd, 2010 in Politics |
January 4th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
That’s what republicans are doing, go on the campaign trail laying down a smoke screen that Obama is at fault.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
As there doesn’t appear to actually be a Raines “scandal” I wouldn’t do anything.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Lol, there is no Raines scandal.
Just antoher set of lies you right wing slander mongers tell from your blogs. Raines never worked for Obama in fact the only contact they have had was questions asked over the phone in conjunction with calls to over 150 other prominent economists, in fact is you can present ANY solid evidence Raines worked for or is part of the campaign I will give you a cookie.
January 10th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Refreshing “change” isn’t it?
January 13th, 2010 at 11:00 am
I would be talking about Palin and abuse of power and McCain and the Keating 5….
January 15th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
throw him under a bus just like Wright, Rezko and Ayers.
January 16th, 2010 at 11:14 am
first thing i do is get Hilary back in FAST
cos its going down without her
January 19th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
There is no scandal. Merely having someone as an advisor means that you have yet another opinion with which to gain input.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:46 pm
I couldn’t find any article about Raines scandal to answer your question. But most likely yes the mud slinging would incure to try to refocus off the one who really has some explaining to do.
I.E. Bill Ayers
January 24th, 2010 at 2:51 am
And go on television and claim, “republicans and democraps had a hand in this…”
Couldn’t find anything on franklin raines, please.
January 25th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Your question is not clear. Dumb people prevail in america.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Lie, lie & lie some more. He’s good at that.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:54 am
There is no “Raines” scandal, Raines was NEVER an adviser as alleged by McSame but rather someone who sought entry into the inner circle and was DENIED, it would be nice if you freaking people would research claims for your self before posting stupid crap it would certainly help your credibility
January 30th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Teach people like you how to read?
The Facts
The McCain video attempts to link Obama to Franklin Raines, the former CEO of the bankrupt mortgage giant, Fannie Mae, who also happens to be African American. It then shows a photograph of an elderly white woman taxpayer who has supposedly been “stuck with the bill” as a result of the “extensive financial fraud” at Fannie Mae.
The Obama campaign last night issued a statement by Raines insisting, “I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters.” Obama spokesman Bill Burton went a little further, telling me in an e-mail that the campaign had “neither sought nor received” advice from Raines “on any matter.”
So what evidence does the McCain campaign have for the supposed Obama-Raines connection? It is pretty flimsy, but it is not made up completely out of whole cloth. McCain spokesman Brian Rogers points to three items in the Washington Post in July and August. It turns out that the three items (including an editorial) all rely on the same single conversation, between Raines and a Washington Post business reporter, Anita Huslin, who wrote a profile of the discredited Fannie Mae boss that appeared on July 16. The profile reported that Raines, who retired from Fannie Mae four years ago, had “taken calls from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.”
Since this has now become a campaign issue, I asked Huslin to provide the exact circumstances of the quote. She explained that she was chatting with Raines during the photo shoot, and asked “if he was engaged at all with the Democrats’ quest for the White House. He said that he had gotten a couple of calls from the Obama campaign. I asked him about what, and he said ‘oh, general housing, economy issues.’ (’Not mortgage/foreclosure meltdown or Fannie-specific,’ I asked, and he said ‘no.’)”