As an update on this morning, apparently I'm not the only one who thinks it's dangerous to let your running mate rant about your opponent's pot while you're busy polishing your kettle. B-rock! We should have lunch!
Let's compare: sat on same Charitable Board as reformed ex-con, 20 years after the fact, and had no involvement at all with the original crimes.
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Actively involved in biggest banking scandal until this one, took over $100,000 in gifts / donations, investigated by Senate Ethics Committee, actions directly contributed to $100+bn taxpayer loss.
The connection with Keating is, I would think, especially dangerous today as the Dow continues to drop after Congress wrote a $700,000,000,000 check on Friday.
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Date: 2008-10-06 10:01 pm (UTC)vs.
Actively involved in biggest banking scandal until this one, took over $100,000 in gifts / donations, investigated by Senate Ethics Committee, actions directly contributed to $100+bn taxpayer loss.
Yeah. Real smart move to play the Ayers card.
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Date: 2008-10-06 10:04 pm (UTC)