Has David Gregory ever mentioned that his wife was a VP of Fannie Mae

[Mabus]

and that she resigned a couple of weeks ago when it was taken over by the government?

Beth Ann Wilkinson, a lawyer, and David Michael Gregory, a television reporter, both of whom work in Washington, were married on Nantucket Island yesterday. Judge Merrick B. Garland of the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit officiated at the Summer House, an inn in Siasconset, Mass.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E2DA103FF932A25755C0A9669C8B63

The Fannie Mae (FNM, Fortune 500) executives whose resignations were announced Friday are Chief Business Officer Peter Niculescu, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Beth Wilkinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Rahul Merchant, and Senior Vice President for Government and Industry Relations Duane Duncan.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/20/real_estate/fannie_execs.ap/index.htm

[speedoo]

1. He's too busy kissing DeLay's ass at the moment.

Let's see if he brings on a Dem to counterbalance DeLay's lies. I'm not optimistic.

[annabanana]

7. Anyone know why DeLay isn't in jail yet?. . . . n/t

[Mabus]

10. They haven't been able to get his toupee off his head?

And it hasn't done anything to get locked up with him? :shrug:

I remember when Trafficant couldn't have his in prison.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. hmmmm. Now isn't that speicial!!!!

[Mabus]

8. Apparently not everyone knew.

I'm glad I asked.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. I am sure it is not information that they volunteer easily....

[TexasObserver]

3. Not since it got in trouble, but he did before.

[Mabus]

5. That must have been where I originally heard it

I was just sitting here half-listening to him and it suddenly hit me that I thought he had a connection to a financial institute. But I couldn't remember which one or what it was. I looked it up and saw his wife's connection to Fannie Mae. I wasn't sure if others knew, so I thought I'd post.

Thanks.

:hi:

[boobooday]

4. uuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm.......

delicious tidbit!

[Mabus]

11. Another tidbit for you that explains why Gregory got MTP. Hint: Nantucket

Courtesy of the Daily Howler.

PART 1—NANTUCKET NUPTIALS: Our interest began some years ago, with the report of those Nantucket nuptials. We were struck by the odd arrangement described by the Washingtonian’s Sallie Brady in June 2003—the slightly odd social practices of “the Nantucket NBC crowd, one of the cliques that fuels the isle's social engine.” In her profile, Brady discussed topics your press corps tends to avoid—and she mentioned those Nantucket nuptials:

BRADY (8/03): (Tim) Russert is part of the Nantucket NBC crowd, one of the cliques that fuels the isle's social engine. It was Jack Welch, the story goes, the 20-year chairman and CEO of NBC's parent company, General Electric, who drew network folk to Nantucket.

Russert and his wife, Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth, began summering on Nantucket in 1992. Russert has said he can go days without leaving his house except for a bike ride to get the newspapers. Then he'll sit in his rocking chair and watch the grass blow in the breeze....

Russert's boss, NBC CEO Bob Wright, is also on the scene. Add to the cocktail chatter the latest tidbits from the Oval Office, care of White House correspondent David Gregory, who was married on Nantucket and returns with his wife, Beth, for vacations.

http://dailyhowler.com/dh042407.shtml

People who work for NBC/MSNBC and "summer" on Nantucket seem to get preferential treatment. ;)

[boobooday]

13. This is why they are so in tune with the regular people

They sit and sip martinis on Nantucket just like the rest of us.

Uh, yeah.

[Supersedeas]

27. thanks for the link

[DB1]

6. K and R Something everyone needs to be aware of.

[Supersedeas]

34. Rove's backup dancer has some new moves for you

[spanone]

9. i saw enough to hear that fucking delay was coming up.....click

:hurts:

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Is this the guy MSNBC is going to have do the election night coverage?

After they dumped Matthews and Olbermann?

[Mabus]

15. One and the same

Maybe he should have her on to help explain some of this.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. "Maybe he should have her on to help explain some of this." Good idea!

Maybe we should flood Matthews' mailbox with this question?

Or maybe ask Andrea Mitchell what she thinks?

[Mabus]

20. Who better to give us an inside perspective?

What did she know and when did she know it? As I understand she went to work at Fannie Mae in 2005 to help save/reform it.

[ColbertWatcher]

33. My, my, Mr. Gregory should help Americans understand things from HIS family's perspective!

'Fess up, Stretch!

Tell us what you know!

[malaise]

35. I'd like to know if Gregory has/had a Fannie mortgage

on one of those houses.

Andrea Mitchell is one brave woman not to banish herself from GEM$NBC on matters economy.

[leftofthedial]

17. he thinks he's a stealth fascist

[Buzz Clik]

19. That is correct. David Gregory is a fascist.

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

38. he is?

I just thought he thought he was. I'll make a note of that.

BTW, do you have something in your eye?

[Buzz Clik]

18. Holy crapoli! David Gregory's wife had a job????!!!!111 This is HUGH!

[shadowknows69]

21. Full disclosure from today's "Journalists"? Surely you jest.

[Mabus]

22. I know.

It is just striking how much time they spend on Morning Joe reminding people of Mika's connections to the campaigns (esp. Obama's).

I guess the "rules" are different if you have your own show, you summer on Nantucket with Jack Welch and have Brokaw in your corner.

[Supersedeas]

42. oh the stories the Washington cocktail club could tell

[Maine-ah]

23. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Wilkinson

[Maine-ah]

25. she also donated 3600 to Obama.

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Wilkinson&fname=Beth

[Mabus]

28. And she donated to Romney (9/30/2007) 2 days after her last donation to Obama.

WILKINSON, BETH
WASHINGTON,DC 20007 FANNIE MAE/ATTORNEY 9/30/07 $2,300 Romney, Mitt (R)

source: http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/donor_lookup.php?name=wilkinson

[Maine-ah]

31. now that's just odd.

[Mabus]

41. Thought I should point it out

iirc, Wilkinson and Romney were both involved in the Olympic investigation and so they know each other from that. I don't know if they ever worked directly together but I believe that is part of the reason that she gave him money.

[sattahipdeep]

24. Beth Wilkinson

http://pewforum.org/deathpenalty/speakers.php



Beth Wilkinson served as Special Attorney to the United States Attorney General assigned to the prosecution team for the Oklahoma City bombing trials. She worked closely with the survivors and family members of the victims, prepared them for their testimony at trial and the penalty phases, and delivered the closing arguments for the penalty phases in both the McVeigh and Nichols trials. Prior to this, she was the Principal Deputy Chief of the Terrorism and Violent Crime Section for the Department of Justice where she supervised other attorneys and advised the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General on policy initiatives.

[Jax]

26. Oh snap!!!

Thanks for this, I love this place!

Journalistic ethics my ass gregory....

Alyce

[UTUSN]

29. Dunno about him, but I mentioned it yesterday!1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4141932&mesg_id=4141932

[Mabus]

32. I missed that one totally

Thanks for posting it. Knowledge is power. And the more often we repeat truth the more the truth will get heard.

[mitchum]

30. There was once was a tool from Nantucket...

[Supersedeas]

45. Gregory and Ms. Greenspan -- what a tag team for unbiased coverage of the bailout

[wvbygod]

36. Have you seen how much money congress members got from Fannie?

Have you seen the numbers in decending order?

[Mabus]

39. No, I haven't

But, now that you mention it, I'll try to find some information unless you have a link handy. That's something I would like to see.

[wvbygod]

43. here it is from opensecrets...

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html

All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
Name Office State Party Grand Total Total from
PACs Total from
Individuals
Dodd, Christopher J S CT D $165,400 $48,500 $116,900
Obama, Barack S IL D $126,349 $6,000 $120,349
Kerry, John S MA D $111,000 $2,000 $109,000
Bennett, Robert F S UT R $107,999 $71,499 $36,500
Bachus, Spencer H AL R $103,300 $70,500 $32,800
Blunt, Roy H MO R $96,950 $78,500 $18,450
Kanjorski, Paul E H PA D $96,000 $57,500 $38,500
Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' S MO R $95,400 $64,000 $31,400
Shelby, Richard C S AL R $80,000 $23,000 $57,000
Reed, Jack S RI D $78,250 $43,500 $34,750
Reid, Harry S NV D $77,000 $60,500 $16,500
Clinton, Hillary S NY D $76,050 $8,000 $68,050
Davis, Tom H VA R $75,499 $13,999 $61,500
Boehner, John H OH R $67,750 $60,500 $7,250
Conrad, Kent S ND D $64,491 $22,000 $42,491
Reynolds, Tom H NY R $62,200 $53,000 $9,200
Johnson, Tim S SD D $61,000 $20,000 $41,000
Pelosi, Nancy H CA D $56,250 $47,000 $9,250
Carper, Tom S DE D $55,889 $31,350 $24,539
Hoyer, Steny H H MD D $55,500 $51,500 $4,000
Pryce, Deborah H OH R $55,500 $45,000 $10,500
Emanuel, Rahm H IL D $51,750 $16,000 $35,750
Isakson, Johnny S GA R $49,200 $35,500 $13,700
Cantor, Eric H VA R $48,500 $46,500 $2,000
Crapo, Mike S ID R $47,250 $40,500 $6,750
Frank, Barney H MA D $42,350 $30,500 $11,850
Bean, Melissa H IL D $41,249 $34,999 $6,250
Bayh, Evan S IN D $41,100 $16,500 $24,600
McConnell, Mitch S KY R $41,000 $40,000 $1,000
Maloney, Carolyn B H NY D $39,750 $16,500 $23,250
Dorgan, Byron L S ND D $38,750 $30,500 $8,250
Miller, Gary H CA R $38,000 $31,500 $6,500
Rangel, Charles B H NY D $38,000 $14,750 $23,250
Tiberi, Patrick J H OH R $35,700 $32,600 $3,100
Bunning, Jim S KY R $33,802 $29,650 $4,152
Stabenow, Debbie S MI D $33,450 $32,000 $1,450
Chambliss, Saxby S GA R $33,250 $22,500 $10,750
Menendez, Robert S NJ D $31,250 $30,500 $750
Enzi, Mike S WY R $31,000 $27,500 $3,500
Van Hollen, Chris H MD D $30,700 $11,000 $19,700
Landrieu, Mary L S LA D $30,600 $20,000 $10,600
Murray, Patty S WA D $30,000 $23,000 $7,000
Clyburn, James E H SC D $29,750 $26,000 $3,750
Crowley, Joseph H NY D $29,700 $25,500 $4,200
Sessions, Pete H TX R $29,472 $24,000 $5,472
McCrery, Jim H LA R $29,000 $26,000 $3,000
Hooley, Darlene H OR D $28,750 $19,500 $9,250
Royce, Ed H CA R $28,600 $4,000 $24,600
Renzi, Rick H AZ R $28,250 $28,000 $250
Lieberman, Joe S CT I $28,250 $11,500 $16,750
Baucus, Max S MT D $27,500 $21,000 $6,500
Moore, Dennis H KS D $26,550 $25,500 $1,050
Coleman, Norm S MN R $24,690 $12,000 $12,690
Matheson, Jim H UT D $24,500 $24,000 $500
Schumer, Charles E S NY D $24,250 $1,500 $22,750
Durbin, Dick S IL D $23,750 $14,000 $9,750
Rogers, Mike H MI R $22,750 $21,000 $1,750
Lynch, Stephen F H MA D $22,500 $13,500 $9,000
Rockefeller, Jay S WV D $22,250 $5,000 $17,250
Smith, Gordon H S OR R $22,000 $20,000 $2,000
Mikulski, Barbara A S MD D $21,750 $16,500 $5,250
McCain, John S AZ R $21,550 $0 $21,550
Spratt, John M Jr H SC D $21,500 $17,000 $4,500
Brown-Waite, Ginny H FL R $21,000 $21,000 $0
Davis, Geoff H KY R $21,000 $19,500 $1,500
Velazquez, Nydia M H NY D $20,750 $16,750 $4,000
Baca, Joe H CA D $20,500 $20,200 $300
Alexander, Lamar S TN R $20,500 $20,000 $500
Allard, Wayne S CO R $20,250 $0 $20,250
Neugebauer, Randy H TX R $20,000 $20,000 $0
Nelson, Ben S NE D $20,000 $19,000 $1,000
Salazar, Ken S CO D $19,900 $17,000 $2,900
Jefferson, William J H LA D $19,250 $8,500 $10,750
Byrd, Robert C S WV D $18,500 $8,000 $10,500
Hatch, Orrin G S UT R $18,250 $12,500 $5,750
Miller, Brad H NC D $18,000 $16,500 $1,500
Sherman, Brad H CA D $18,000 $12,500 $5,500
Craig, Larry S ID R $18,000 $15,000 $3,000
Roberts, Pat S KS R $18,000 $18,000 $0
Waters, Maxine H CA D $17,800 $15,000 $2,800
Biggert, Judy H IL R $17,750 $15,500 $2,250
Gerlach, Jim H PA R $17,750 $16,500 $1,250
Reyes, Silvestre H TX D $17,550 $2,000 $15,550
LaTourette, Steven C H OH R $17,500 $17,500 $0
Brownback, Sam S KS R $17,300 $14,250 $3,050
Barrett, Gresham H SC R $17,250 $13,000 $4,250
Watt, Melvin L H NC D $17,250 $13,000 $4,250
Scott, David H GA D $17,000 $13,500 $3,500
King, Pete H NY R $16,750 $1,000 $15,750
Cummings, Elijah E H MD D $16,700 $10,000 $6,700
Grassley, Chuck S IA R $16,500 $14,500 $2,000
Cantwell, Maria S WA D $16,250 $0 $16,250
Domenici, Pete V S NM R $16,226 $7,000 $9,226
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie H SD D $16,200 $4,500 $11,700
Putnam, Adam H H FL R $15,500 $15,500 $0
Feinstein, Dianne S CA D $15,250 $2,000 $13,250
Brown, Sherrod S OH D $15,000 $15,000 $0
Feeney, Tom H FL R $14,750 $13,500 $1,250
Sununu, John E S NH R $14,750 $0 $14,750
Hinojosa, Ruben H TX D $14,500 $13,000 $1,500
Capito, Shelley Moore H WV R $14,250 $8,000 $6,250
Burr, Richard S NC R $14,250 $13,500 $750
Jackson, Jesse Jr H IL D $14,000 $8,000 $6,000
Meeks, Gregory W H NY D $14,000 $13,500 $500
Cornyn, John S TX R $14,000 $12,000 $2,000
Collins, Susan M S ME R $13,000 $12,000 $1,000
Boxer, Barbara S CA D $12,750 $5,000 $7,750
McHenry, Patrick H NC R $12,500 $12,500 $0
Israel, Steve H NY D $12,050 $10,000 $2,050
Nunes, Devin Gerald H CA R $12,000 $12,000 $0
Davis, Artur H AL D $11,750 $11,500 $250
Martinez, Mel S FL R $11,750 $8,500 $3,250
Roskam, Peter H IL R $11,650 $8,500 $3,150
Pryor, Mark S AR D $11,650 $9,500 $2,150
Webb, James S VA D $11,550 $1,000 $10,550
Doolittle, John T H CA R $11,500 $11,500 $0
Harkin, Tom S IA D $11,450 $6,900 $4,550
Lee, Barbara H CA D $11,250 $11,000 $250
Thune, John S SD R $11,057 $1,000 $10,057
Klein, Ron H FL D $11,000 $11,000 $0
Mahoney, Tim H FL D $11,000 $11,000 $0
Fossella, Vito H NY R $10,750 $7,500 $3,250
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman H FL D $10,750 $9,750 $1,000
Thompson, Mike H CA D $10,600 $1,000 $9,600
Moran, Jim H VA D $10,500 $1,250 $9,250
Kennedy, Edward M S MA D $10,500 $3,000 $7,500
Clay, William L Jr H MO D $10,250 $8,500 $1,750
Payne, Donald M H NJ D $10,100 $5,500 $4,600
Dingell, John D H MI D $10,000 $7,000 $3,000
Lincoln, Blanche S AR D $10,000 $5,500 $4,500
Levin, Sander H MI D $9,800 $0 $9,800
Roybal-Allard, Lucille H CA D $9,800 $5,000 $4,800
Barrasso, John A S WY

[Bluenorthwest]

37. He should not be reporting on this crisis

at all. Tainted and lunkish both I guess.

[Mabus]

40. That was my feeling

And it is the reason I think he should disclose it when talking about this financial mess.

[Ian David]

44. It used to say that on his bio page on MSNBC. n/t