Obama or 527s Must Tell Keating Five Story

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Most Americans are unaware or forgotten McCain has a HISTORY OF UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR WHILE IN OFFICE! It is ridiculous how this scandal is not being told over and over when it is TRUE and RELEVANT, while we listen to false accusations about lipstick and sex education. McCain is dangerous and unethical. Keating Five goes to the heart of McCain's character which is the centerpiece of his campaign! Keating Five is also relevant today because of the current govermental bank bailouts. Come on democrats, fight back harder!!!!!





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-romm/obama-or-527s-must-tell-k_b_127165.html


"It foreshadows McCain's ethical collapse, his coziness to fat cats, and his economic non-policy.

Time for the Obama campaign or some independent groups to raise John McCain's sordid role in the Keating Five scandal. And by "raise" I mean repeat over and over and over again because it is a messaging twofer.

First, the Keating Five scandal provides a point of origin and touchstone for the dishonest and dishonorable way McCain is running his campaign, which has finally become a central point of attack for the Obama campaign. Second, the Savings & Loan scandal also goes to the heart of McCain's anti-regulation, surround yourself with Washington lobbyists, pass-the-buck-to-a-commission approach to our current economic and financial crisis, another point of attack for the Obama campaign..................




McCain sided with his fat cat contributors back then, and he's doing it again today.

The other crucial point to hammer home is that McCain acted unethically back then and he is acting unethically today with his dishonest and dishonorable campaign. Obama is finally starting to make a good case about McCain's dishonor and his corruption -- and I was very glad to see Senator Claire McCaskill repeat and expand upon the dishonor and dishonesty message on Maddow Tuesday night.

But what the public needs to see to really absorb this message is the back story. They think McCain has a long history of being a high-integrity maverick, which makes it hard to sell the notion that he is suddenly changed. But McCain has no such history. Quite the reverse.

If you read the whole sordid story here (excerpted below), you'll see there is no reason for the Obama campaign to steer clear of Keating. Obama has already been directly attacked for his connection with Chicago businessman and political fund raiser, Tony Rezko -- and he no doubt will be again. But McCain was, as we'll see, infinitely closer to then Arizona businessman and political fund raiser, Charles Keating -- and McCain, unlike Obama, actually did something wrong."

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1. I agree and he should also keep talking about how

McCrazy and Gramm deregulated the banking industry. Which led directly to this mess we are in now.

K&R

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2. The main downside is

that the other 4 of the 5 were Democrats. If this is used, their role needs to be minimized and his role made laser-sharp.