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uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 18:08:25 2008

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And.....he resigned.

Jim Johnson, one of Barack Obama's key vetters of possible running mates, is getting some of the vetting treatment himself.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Johnson, the former CEO of Fannie Mae, received more than $7 million in favorable loans from Countrywide Financial Corp. with the help of the firm's chief executive, Angelo Mozilo. One of the loans came while Johnson was still at Fannie Mae, the federal mortgage guarantor that works closely with Countrywide, one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders.

Obama's campaign suggested its surrogates call the story "overblown and irrelevant," saying the loans were above-board.

I agree, we need a change from ethical behaviour and a break from it.
But John McCain's campaign has been flogging the story all day, suggesting that Obama is showing faulty judgment in hiring and that he is being hypocritical because he criticized former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over her ties to Countrywide.

"There is nothing 'overblown and irrelevant' about millions of Americans facing foreclosure and Barack Obama entrusting his most important decision as a presidential candidate to a man who has accepted millions in special loans from a subprime mortgage lender," Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman, said in a statement this evening.

McCain questions Obama V.P. vetter

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by RiverLINE3501 on Wed Jun 11 19:39:37 2008, in response to uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 18:08:25 2008.

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And the fucks in the press ignored all of the shit Bu$h/Cheney did for 8 fucking years!

This is quite par for the course at the Wall St Journal, especially now that Rupert Murdoch owns the rag now.



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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Jun 11 19:52:07 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by RiverLINE3501 on Wed Jun 11 19:39:37 2008.

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Just sit back and wait a few months ... when President Obama is sworn in, I'm looking forward to the glumness. :)

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 20:21:49 2008, in response to uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 18:08:25 2008.

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Gov. Strickland(Ohio) went on NPR yesterday and swore that there's no way he'd run as VP. The fact that he was a Hillary supporter, and was so vocal about not wanting the VP slot when many feel Ohio is going to be so important in the election, many feel this was a slap in the face of Obama.

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 20:22:46 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 20:21:49 2008.

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My point was, the Strickland NPR appearance was more damaging than this scandal.

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 21:34:09 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 20:22:46 2008.

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hadn't heard that one yet. Guess it can be added to the daunting list(including stuff not even posted here)

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 21:56:16 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 21:34:09 2008.

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Sure. A Dem from Ohio who gets a good NRA rating saying he wants nothing to do with the VP position just isn't good for Obama. I wonder how many dems are hoping Obama loses so they're in a position to run in 2012?

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gawd

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 22:23:58 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by RiverLINE3501 on Wed Jun 11 19:39:37 2008.

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Yea, it's a vast conspiracy. It's only been the top link on Google News for at least 5 days now, with the resignation having 573 sources atm.
Sometimes I wonder if there's a point in posting such a story, I guess there is.

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by aem7ac on Wed Jun 11 22:46:52 2008, in response to uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 18:08:25 2008.

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u r a wank0r t00!

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 23:06:36 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 21:56:16 2008.

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Mr Lunch. Weren't you asking about Obama's claims that hate crimes have gone up due to pundits or politicans talking? (just like I ask where did all the arab-american families get rounded up to).

""relayed how Islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric by officials and pundits are contributing to hate crimes against Muslims across Florida.""
Ex-Cair head of Tampa's Bedir to an UN envoy.

You didn't think BO was original did you?

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 23:07:25 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by aem7ac on Wed Jun 11 22:46:52 2008.

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I wish I had a 7mil subprime mortgage

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 11 23:38:34 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Jun 11 23:06:36 2008.

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Yes. He made the claim that Rush and O'Reilly have contributed for the increase in hate crimes against Latino. He still hasn't backed this up, and doesn't have to. He's Obama.

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jun 12 08:38:52 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by RiverLINE3501 on Wed Jun 11 19:39:37 2008.

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Oh yes, "the whole thing" is made up. When it's bad for Obama, it "must be Republican spin and made up".

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Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter

Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jun 12 11:57:11 2008, in response to Re: uh oh, Another Obama scandal; crooked VP vetter, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jun 12 08:38:52 2008.

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With Obama having a bad week(aide resignation, Strickland going on NPR to say he would not want VP), you know the media is going to have to go out of their way to make Obama the good guy now. Yesterday Yahoo has a article about how poor Obama is still considered a Muslim by 10% of Americans. The Muslim stuff is months old, but Yahoo was desperate for anything.

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