BREAKING: Mccain Strikes Back. The Gloves are well and truly off on Fannie Mae.

Finally!

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In a statement obtained by Red State, Sen. John McCain today will lay plain the crisis on Wall Street - not to mention Main Street - firmly on the narrow shoulders of those who caused it in the first place: the Democratic Party in general, and Senator Barack Obama in particular. He's going to talk about it all. Here's a taste:

Senator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed. But the truth is I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could have helped prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.


Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and his Democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in. As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been, quote, “a good idea.” Well, Senator Obama, that “good idea” has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

To hear him talk now, you’d think he’d always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign. He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them. Did he ever talk to the executives at Fannie and Freddie about these reckless loans? Did he ever discuss with them the stronger oversight I proposed? If Senator Obama is such a champion of financial regulation, why didn’t he support these regulations that could have prevented this crisis in the first place? He won’t tell you, but you deserve an answer.

To our lurkers: that's John McCain calling your guy a gutless, two-faced coward who lets others do his fighting. Which, by the way, is perfectly correct.

And there's more.

Just a bit more, and drink like it was the refreshing rain that it is, my friends:

My opponent has invited serious questioning by announcing a few weeks ago that he would quote -- “take off the gloves.” Since then, whenever I have questioned his policies or his record, he has called me a liar.

Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.

My opponent’s touchiness every time he is questioned about his record should make us only more concerned. For a guy who’s already authored two memoirs, he’s not exactly an open book. It’s as if somehow the usual rules don’t apply, and where other candidates have to explain themselves and their records, Senator Obama seems to think he is above all that. Whatever the question, whatever the issue, there’s always a back story with Senator Obama. All people want to know is: What has this man ever actually accomplished in government? What does he plan for America? In short: Who is the real Barack Obama? But ask such questions and all you get in response is another barrage of angry insults.

Looks like we're going to have one whale of a debate tomorrow, assuming of course that we can get past the junior Senator from Illinois whining for twenty minutes about how mean we're being to him. And racist! Mustn't forget the racism; God knows that his supporters never do. So let's rock and roll. It'll be a thing.

Moe Lane

PS: Oh, Sarah?

Lock and load.


http://www.redstate.com/

Is he going to do it at the debate because that will be the only place it will reach the public. The MSM will just ignore it. You know they will.

Too bad he announced what he is going to do. It would have been nice for him to not give Obama this much warning. It will interesting to see how many ways Obama will twist it. I have to say I was shocked that Obama came out taking credit for solving the economic crisis. Everything is always his idea. He warps everything he says.

Damn! You beat me to this!

He has got to hammer this hard in tomorrow's debate.

Wow, I only had time to skim through this, but there's some powerful stuff in there. Obama has been free to spread his lies for far too long, it's about time he was called on them. As Mad_Jasper said, this needs to be hammered hard in the debate.

http://thepage.time.com/mccains-monday-remarks-in-albuquerque/

I can only hope and pray he keeps this up - louder, more often! Drive it home!
FINALLY!!!

Did He REALLY say this, or was this something he was going to say but did not?

OOPS, sorry, I got called away after I'd started a message and just finished it - only to see the sharp and alert folks here saw it too!
Sorry, my post can be ignored or merged into this thread!

I'm telling ya - Sarah will drag John kicking and screaming along with her as she takes America by storm!
John - "resistance is futile" ;-)

This is awesome news! Let the games begin!

McCain is on Fox news right now and he's definitely taken off the gloves.

BillD wrote:I'm telling ya - Sarah will drag John kicking and screaming along with her as she takes America by storm!
John - "resistance is futile" ;-)

I'm beginning to wonder if Palin and McCain had a "come to Jesus meeting" with Palin lighting a fire under McCain's behind. She has been amazing the last few days and seems to be aware that an Obama presidency will be disastrous for America. McCain has been so passive until this point. It's great to see him go after Obama. I can't wait for tomorrow night!

I watched the speech he made in NM. It was awesome. Did not hold back on any punch!

Then came Obama's response . . . spin, spin, spin . . . enough to make you dizzy.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=281630-1

Spread it everywhere.