I normally shy away from posting about politics because it tends to be a distraction from making real contributions to science and technology. Sometimes you have to...
This should be seen by every American who is thinking of voting for John McCain. Pass it on.
The evidence, from the admittedly “Liberal” New York Times, as well as the very “Liberal” PBS Online News Hour PROVES that this pathetic and unfounded attempt to smear McCain with the crimes of Keating is unmitigated BUNK!
ReplyDelete1) Although McCain had dealings with Keating (who was a constituent in McCain’s district), McCain was NOT connected in ANY WAY to the CRIMES committed by Keating (and even The New York Times ADMITTED IT).
2) McCain did NOT support, IN ANY WAY, Keating’s request for regulators to ignore his violations (much less eliminate the regulations).
3) In FACT, even the New York Times admits that the Keating scandal ONLY involved Democrats (which is precisely why the Dems were so DESPERATE to lynch the ONLY Republican they could even REMOTELY connect to Keating)!
Quoting the New York Times:
“The special counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee has recommended that the panel clear two of the five Senators under investigation for their links to the savings and loan debacle, Congressional officials said today.
In a confidential report submitted to the committee on Sept. 10, the special counsel, Robert S. Bennett, concluded that there was not adequate evidence to merit a full-scale investigation of John Glenn, an Ohio Democrat, and John McCain, an Arizona Republican, several officials said.”
“If Mr. McCain is dropped from the investigation, the political implications could be significant: He is the only Republican under scrutiny, and Republicans could portray the scandal as a Democratic one.”
4) Quoting the very “Liberal” PBS Online News Hour:
“The Senate Ethics Committee concluded that Glenn and McCain's involvement in the scheme was minimal and dropped the charges against them. In August 1991, the committee ruled that the other three [DEMOCRATIC] senators had acted improperly in interfering with the Federal Home Loan Banking Board's investigation.”
Click here for the UNDENIABLE FACTS on what REALLY caused the current housing mess (AND the Keating related S&L mess).
sbvor,
ReplyDeleteThank for you that comment. I appreciate your passion for blogging on politics. However, I totally disagree with pretty much everything on your blog.
The Keating video is only a snapshot of a much larger event in history. At the very least the video shows that McCain has poor judgment in choosing his advisers.
Climate change is real and denial at this point is out of touch. You probably just see it as being political humbug dreamed up by Al Gore to win elections. If you take an objective view of the science and the evidence, the reality of it is easy to see. Co2 is a factor in climate change and we're producing too much of it. We need to seek alternative sources of energy and use energy more efficiently.