Take a deep breath - McCain's son is PRESENTLY involved in a banking scandal.

[jillan]

And he takes after his father who was involved in one of the biggest banking scandals of our time.

Yeah that article in the NYT sucks, but the gopers better not even go there.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/national-media-finally-ex_b_119168.html

National Media Finally Examining McCain's Son Role In Failing Bank

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Well, it's taken nearly a month, but it seems that the national media is beginning to examine the sudden and mysterious departure of John McCain's (R) son -- Andrew -- from the board of directors and audit committee of a failing Nevada bank (Silver State Bancorp), a topic we've discussed at great lengths here for a number of weeks (see here, here, here and here for refreshers).

On page 3 of today's Wall Street Journal, three reporters by-lined a story titled McCain's Son Sat On Troubled Bank's Board. The fact that three reporters have been assigned the story signals that the Journal is taking a serious look at McCain's involvement in the bank.




More details at the link.

[Muttocracy]

1. there's some metaphor to be had about rotten apples falling close to trees...nt

[valerief]

2. I guess you can't be richer than god nowadays and not be implicated in a failing bank. nt

[quantass]

Never saw this thread until now.

[FrenchieCat]

3. K&R

So it has taken a month to get anybody focused on this....and the New York Times decided not to bit, hey? Isn't that special.

[jillan]

5. Why isn't this all over the press?

What happened with Biden happened years ago.

This is now. This is part of the whole banking/lending scandal that is going on right now - ya know the one that's causing people TO LOSE THEIR HOMES.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Sad, sad, sad......

we are.

[Kablooie]

13. It's a Republican! The press avoids GOP scandals like a rash.

But there've been so many, they couldn't keep them all down.
At some point competing for profit overcomes the fear of exposing the GOP.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Good catch...K&R

Folks seem to be following Biden's son's old news and not really pertinent sage more closely...go figure.

:hi:

[FrenchieCat]

8. Maybe we need to re-examine the Keating 5 if we are so

ready to latch on to "Old" news. :eyes:

[NYC_SKP]

10. Hell yeah, I'd go there in a heartbeat.

But John McCain was a POW, so it's off limits.

:eyes: :puke:

[FrenchieCat]

11. I don't give a shit.

[NYC_SKP]

12. Yeah, I wish it wasn't being used with effect, but it is.

I'm not worried, I know we've got the strength of numbers, folks on the street, my town is finally organizing so we've got people in Tracy, Stockton, Lodi, etc., who've never before been involved in canvassing, phonebanking, etc.
I got to meet our district delegate yesterday at our Camp Obama meeting, she's in Denver now.

We'll win this thing, FrenchieCat!

[az chela]

6. Like father like son

[apocalypsehow]

9. Nah, much more interesting to do FOX New's work for them because my candidate didn't win the primary

and post reams and reams of "concerned" anti-Obama and anti-Biden stories here, all the while begging for "recs" from the like-mindedly bitter so we can get such Freeper-friendly articles on the Greatest Page! And if you disagree you're stalking/bullying/lock-stepping me!!!!!!!!!111

:sarcasm:

[HamdenRice]

14. I don't get it. Where's the scandal?

I've read through the HuffPo pieces, and all they say is that he was briefly on the board of a failing bank and resigned -- neither of which is on its face illegal or unethical.

Maybe that's why no one is covering it.

The only avenue by which he may be implicated in wrongdoing is that he was on the board of Choice Bank when it was acquired by Silver Slate and would have approved the merger -- a merger with an already troubled bank.

Other than that, so far there's nothing there.

Here's a subthread that explains the non-scandal a bit more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6735829&mesg_id=6737081