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Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis #218505 09/19/08 08:47 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 910 alcyone Features Writer
alcyone Features Writer Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 910	For anyone who's interested in some more of the FM thing... I don't know yet about Raines, since I don't trust the campaigns and I don't trust the right/left blogosphere. As far as I know, the campaign got its info from a Washington Post article. The Washington Post dug for a bit and its people say this: Quote Since this has now become a campaign issue, I asked Huslin [writer of the Washington Post article which mentioned Raines talking to Obama] to provide the exact circumstances of the quote. She explained that she was chatting with Raines during the photo shoot, and asked "if he was engaged at all with the Democrats' quest for the White House. He said that he had gotten a couple of calls from the Obama campaign. I asked him about what, and he said 'oh, general housing, economy issues.' ('Not mortgage/foreclosure meltdown or Fannie-specific,' I asked, and he said 'no.')" By Raines's own account, he took a couple of calls from someone on the Obama campaign, and they had some general discussions about economic issues. I don't know how reputable the Post's factchecker is. I get the feeling Politifact and Factchecker are more legit. So I'm hoping they dig around too. But Factcheck's latest entry gives more information: Quote Oh, and that part about Fannie Mae’s CEO being on Obama’s VP committee? Sort of. On June 4, Obama announced that Caroline Kennedy, Eric Holder and Jim Johnson would head his VP search committee. Kennedy, of course, is the daughter of JFK. Holder was Bill Clinton’s deputy attorney general. Johnson remained on Obama’s committee for just a week. He resigned on June 11, amid allegations that Johnson received preferential treatment from Countrywide Financial Corp. But Johnson wasn’t the current CEO of Fannie Mae, as you might think from listening to McCain. He left nine years ago, in 1999. About the money: Quote According to CRP, Obama’s total contributions from the FMs work out to $126,349. Of that sum, $6,000 comes from the FMs’ political action committees, and the rest from individuals who work for one of the two companies. Obama’s FM contributions account for about 0.03 percent of his total contributions to date. McCain’s FM haul is a smaller $21,550, all from individuals. That’s about 0.01 percent of his total contributions. alcyone One loses so many laughs by not laughing at oneself - Sara Jeannette Duncan http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/duty_calls.png

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Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/17/08 09:47 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/17/08 10:23 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	carolm	09/17/08 10:31 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/17/08 10:46 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/17/08 11:56 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/17/08 12:06 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Marcus Rowland	09/17/08 12:24 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/17/08 01:08 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/17/08 01:54 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/17/08 07:43 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/17/08 07:52 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Lisamaree, the Evil Kiwi	09/17/08 08:05 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/17/08 08:47 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/17/08 09:48 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	carolm	09/17/08 09:49 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/17/08 11:04 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/17/08 11:52 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/18/08 12:56 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/18/08 09:38 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/18/08 10:44 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/18/08 11:18 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/18/08 01:36 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/18/08 05:05 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/18/08 06:42 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/18/08 10:45 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/18/08 11:20 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/19/08 12:07 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/19/08 01:01 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/19/08 01:05 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/19/08 08:43 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	bakasi	09/19/08 10:24 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/19/08 10:45 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/19/08 12:47 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/19/08 04:09 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/19/08 06:24 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/19/08 11:25 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/20/08 01:59 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/20/08 03:42 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/20/08 12:20 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/20/08 01:13 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Eva	09/20/08 03:47 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/20/08 11:28 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	bakasi	09/21/08 03:06 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/21/08 09:26 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Wendymr	09/21/08 10:26 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/21/08 12:50 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/21/08 10:59 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/21/08 11:48 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Michael	09/22/08 09:26 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Wendymr	09/22/08 04:22 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Vicki	09/22/08 09:55 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/23/08 07:49 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/23/08 08:17 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/23/08 08:54 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/23/08 09:04 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/23/08 09:52 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	09/23/08 10:05 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/24/08 12:52 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/24/08 07:29 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/24/08 12:56 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/24/08 01:23 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/24/08 07:36 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Captivated2	09/25/08 11:19 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Captivated2	09/25/08 11:46 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	09/25/08 01:13 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	LabRat	09/25/08 04:10 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/25/08 11:38 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/26/08 06:39 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	shimauma	09/26/08 06:46 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	09/26/08 10:38 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/04/08 12:39 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/04/08 06:50 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/05/08 03:40 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/05/08 04:44 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/05/08 05:48 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/05/08 07:02 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/05/08 07:19 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/06/08 02:06 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/06/08 10:39 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/07/08 12:14 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/07/08 08:58 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	MLT	10/07/08 10:45 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/08/08 03:50 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/08/08 09:42 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/08/08 10:32 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/08/08 10:47 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	Terry Leatherwood	10/08/08 12:08 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/08/08 12:10 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/08/08 07:30 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/08/08 07:37 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/08/08 07:38 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/08/08 07:44 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/08/08 08:10 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/08/08 09:58 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/08/08 10:42 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/09/08 02:28 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/09/08 02:48 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/09/08 10:21 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/09/08 12:01 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/09/08 07:18 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/09/08 08:56 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/09/08 10:00 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/09/08 10:15 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/09/08 10:46 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/09/08 11:42 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/10/08 03:29 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/10/08 08:51 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/10/08 11:27 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/10/08 12:15 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/10/08 02:21 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/10/08 03:45 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/10/08 03:53 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/11/08 04:30 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	alcyone	10/11/08 03:41 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/12/08 04:05 AM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	RL	10/13/08 04:11 PM
Re: Possible reason for Wall Street crisis	TOC	10/13/08 10:18 PM

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