frerottenextelway
09-23-2008, 02:05 PM
The Times is up with part II of what caused McCain and his posse to flip their lids over the past couple days ... enjoy ....
The New York Times takes McCain up on his offer. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/w24davis.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)
On Sunday, in an interview with CNBC and the New York Times, Mr. McCain responded to a question about Mr. Davis’s role in the advocacy group by saying that his campaign manager “has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it.”
Video of that:
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McCain's campaign spokesman Steve "full of" Schmidt also went on a lengthy blasting of the New York Times a couple days back in a phone conference, part of which is captured in the beautiful video below.
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Today, the New York Times breaks more...
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years.
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They said Mr. Davis’s his firm, Davis & Manafort, was kept on the payroll because of Mr. Davis’s close ties to Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, who was widely expected by 2006 to run again for the White House.
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Freddie Mac’s roughly $500,000 in payments to Davis & Manafort began immediately after Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in late 2005 disbanded an advocacy coalition that they had set up and hired Mr. Davis to run, the people familiar with the arrangement said....
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After the Homeownership Alliance was dissolved, Mr. Davis asked to stay on a retainer, the people familiar with the deal said. Hollis McLoughlin, who was chief of staff to Richard F. Syron, Freddie Mac’s chief executive, arranged for a new contract with Davis & Manafort, at the reduced rate of $15,000 a month...
Ben Smith says: (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Times_on_Davis_Part_II.html?showall)
It's harder to attack the messenger when day two is this strong.
This isn't some B person in his campaign, this is the David Axelrod of his campaign. This IS his campaign. Ouch.
The New York Times takes McCain up on his offer. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/w24davis.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)
On Sunday, in an interview with CNBC and the New York Times, Mr. McCain responded to a question about Mr. Davis’s role in the advocacy group by saying that his campaign manager “has had nothing to do with it since, and I’ll be glad to have his record examined by anybody who wants to look at it.”
Video of that:
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McCain's campaign spokesman Steve "full of" Schmidt also went on a lengthy blasting of the New York Times a couple days back in a phone conference, part of which is captured in the beautiful video below.
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http://home.cinci.rr.com/justamerican/images/Siren_animated.gif
Today, the New York Times breaks more...
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years.
....
They said Mr. Davis’s his firm, Davis & Manafort, was kept on the payroll because of Mr. Davis’s close ties to Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, who was widely expected by 2006 to run again for the White House.
....
Freddie Mac’s roughly $500,000 in payments to Davis & Manafort began immediately after Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in late 2005 disbanded an advocacy coalition that they had set up and hired Mr. Davis to run, the people familiar with the arrangement said....
....
After the Homeownership Alliance was dissolved, Mr. Davis asked to stay on a retainer, the people familiar with the deal said. Hollis McLoughlin, who was chief of staff to Richard F. Syron, Freddie Mac’s chief executive, arranged for a new contract with Davis & Manafort, at the reduced rate of $15,000 a month...
Ben Smith says: (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Times_on_Davis_Part_II.html?showall)
It's harder to attack the messenger when day two is this strong.
This isn't some B person in his campaign, this is the David Axelrod of his campaign. This IS his campaign. Ouch.