Charles Keating

Alan Greenspan, Animal House and the Scandal That Never Ends

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Savings and Loan, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Modification, Ayn Rand, Backdated Documents, Forgery, Charles Keating, Robosigning, S&L Scandal, Animal House, Banks, Obama Administration, Alan Greenspan, Quick Killing, Business News

As I've tried to make sense of the Robo-Signing, Document-Backdating Foreclosure Scandal That Never Ends, a couple of things have popped in my head: Animal House and Alan Greenspan. Stay with me here.

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Sins of Commission: The 40th Anniversary of the Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography

Robert Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Pat Buchanan, Presidential Commission, John Mitchell, Sex, Charles Keating, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Greenleaf Classics, Obscenity, William Hamling, Earl Kemp, Warren Burger, Earl Warren, Hubert Humphrey, Bobby Kennedy, Books News

I used to housesit for this hippie couple when I was a teenager. While they were away, I searched their home for porn. This was the early 1970s; you c...

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With All Due Respect

Paul Slansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Charles Keating, Pow, Health Care, Health Care Summit, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Lost in the coverage of President Obama's too-gentle smackdown of John McCain at the health care reform summit was something sublime that passed from McCain's lips.

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Socialism for Wall Street, Capitalism for Main Street

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Merrill Lynch, Aig, John McCain, Kathleen Sebelius, Financial Meltdown, Lehman Brother, Economy, David Brooks, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, Charles Keating, Bear Stearns, Grover Norquist, Ponzi Scheme, Politics News

Reagan is often looked upon as the Republicans' FDR. But Reagan sold the nation a bag of goods. We can finally see clearly the failed results of this three-decade experiment in laissez-faire capitalism.

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A Nation of Village Idiots

James Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Nation of Village Idiots, U.S. Economy, Phil Gramm, Mccain Phil Gramm, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Charles Keating, Enron, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Keating Five, Savings and Loan Scandal, Socialists, Business News

Don't let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated mess. It's not. Our national financial crisis is readily understood by anyone who has seen greed and hypocrisy.

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Bernard Madoff Didn't Just Hurt Jews: He Was an Equal Opportunity Swindler

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Casting Directors, Access International, Russnow, Allan Manings, Aozora Bank, Christmas, Meyer Lansky, Duke Helfand, Bank Medici, Jewish People, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, BNP Paribas, Rene-Thierry De La Villehuchet, Bernard Madoff, Bramdean Alternatives, Personal Finance, Nomura Holdings, Fortis, Union Bancaire Privee, Banco Santander, Bugsy Siegel, Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Nicola Horlick, Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, Barack Obama, Chanukah, Royal Bank of Scotland, France, Muslims, Liliane Bettencourt, Michael Russnow, Ascot Partners, Charles Keating, Tremont Capital Management, Gay Film Executives, American Jewish University, Shylock, Gentiles, Business News

Why should Jews be any more surprised that one of their own is less than honorable? Are we not subject to the same failings of other humans?

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Obama's Brilliant Shot Across the Bow

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Savings and Loan, Senate Ethics Committee, John McCain, William Black, Election ?08, Charles Keating, National Republican Trust PAC, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Keating Five, Politics News

Obama made clear that he would not remain passive in the face of tactics such as the Willie Horton ad that undermined the 1988 campaign of Dukakis or the Swift Boat attacks against Kerry.

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McCain Took $51,400 From Partners Of Law Firm Founded By Charles Keating, Including Own Nephew

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain Keating Five, John McCain, Campaign Contributions, McCain Keating, Cindy McCain, Charles Keating, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Charles Keating and John Mccain, Keating Five, Politics News

Campaign finance records show that McCain accepted contributions from 41 partners of the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp. As the name suggests, the firm was founded by Charles Keating.

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The Olympics of the Swindles

Rep. Major R. Owens | Posted 05.25.2011

The present economic collapse, which will surely devour more than a trillion taxpayer dollars within the next six months, utilized an earlier model -- the Savings and Loans swindle.

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Americans Still Undecided on How Much to Hate Undecided Voters

Jason Notte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Decided Voters, Michele Bachmann, Charles Keating, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Nancy Pfotenhauer, William Ayers, Charles Keating and John Mccain, Joe Mccarthy, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Reaction, Voting, Samantha Bee, Politics News

Observers from both sides of the aisle should seize upon this opportunity and focus their collective rage at its source: undecided voters.

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Not To Worry

Albert Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albert Brooks Election, Henry Paulson, Albert Brooks Article, Charles Keating, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Richard Lewis, Charles Keating and John Mccain, Larry David, John McCain, Albert Brooks, Campaign 2008, Albert Brooks John Mccain, Albert Brooks Sarah Palin, Election Anxiety, Politics News

Let's say McCain wins and Sarah Palin takes over for Dick Cheney. I think it will be a smooth transition, we won't even miss a beat. I'm here to say, "What's the worst that can happen?"

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McCain Wants to Be President: Those Who Know Him Best Express Alarm

Win McCormack | Posted 05.25.2011

Not for nothing did McCain carry the moniker "McNasty" during his prep school years. McCain's struggle with a volcanic and unstable temper has apparently been life-long.

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Guilt By Associations

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska, John McCain, Todd Palin, Barack Obama, Oliver North, John Hagee, Charles Keating, Bill Ayers, G. Gordon Liddy, Thomas Muthee, Politics News

I decided to put together a list of people with frightening beliefs and/or criminal backgrounds that McCain and Palin are tied to. We should all push to make the traditional media really dig into these relationships.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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McCain-Keating Letter: "I'm Yours Till Death Do Us Part"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Charles Keating, Keating Five, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Savings and Loan Industry, Politics News

The Washington Times reports that in 1986, John McCain wrote a note on House stationery to Charles Keating, chairman of a failed savings and loan asso...

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A "Birds of a Feather" Campaign Strategy

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Jerimiah Wright, Barack Obama, Thomas Muthee, Charles Keating, Politics News

Character assassination is grossly unfair, but it's not unfair to judge people by the company they keep. No man is an island, least of all in politics.

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You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whatever you believe about Bill Ayers and the Weathermen, the fact remains that he is not running for president. But John McCain doesn't really have any other arrows left in his quiver.

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Obama Finally Fastest In TV Ad Wars

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negative Advertising, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Charles Keating, Bill Ayers, TV Advertising, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, Media News

It's all negative all the time now in the TV ad wars. For once, Obama has stolen a march on McCain in the campaign hit parade. And his attack strategy seems to be much more on the axis of decision for this election.

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Brand Expert Scores Obama v. McCain 7 Ways

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Savings and Loan, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Century Financial, Countrywide Financial, Sarah Palin, Charles Keating, Breaking News, Branding, Barack Obama, Keating Five, Politics News

The Obama and McCain brands have been rated by branding-strategy expert Patt Cottingham of Genuine Imprints, Ltd . Her paper "Brand Obama or Brand Mc...

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McCain's "Keating 5" Scandal Involvement To Be Highlighted By Obama Campaign

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain Keating 5 Scandal, John McCain, Charles Keating and John Mccain, Charles Keating, Mccain Savings and Loan Scandal, Keating 5, keatingeconomics.com, Keating Five, Keating Economics, Politics News

Update 12:30pm Monday, October 6: The Obama campaign has released the full video of "Keating Economics: John McCain and The Making of a Financial Cris...

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McCain Repeating Keating Era Mistakes, Regulator Warns

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, McCain Keating, Charles Keating, Phil Gramm, Mccain Keating Five, McCain FDIC, Carly Fiorina, FDIC Insurance, Keating Five, Politics News

As the stock market recovers from its biggest single-day drop since the crash of 1987, a former federal regulator who had a front-row view of John McC...

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lies, Lobbyists, Cindy McCain, Mccain, Campaign, Mark Penn, Sarah Palin, Obama Sex, 2008, Midotw, Craig Ferguson, Liar Liar, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Per Capita, Real Estate, Alaska, Trust, 3:00 AM, Felon, Joe Biden, 08, Rant, Pants on Fire, Lie, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Late Late Show, Elections, Martin Luther King, Mddotw, Obama, Maverick, Arizona, Media, Anniversary, Charlie Rangel, Friday Talking Points, Governor, King, Party Hack, Holiday, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Keating Five, Keating, John McCain, Charles Rangel, Obama Virus, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Lobbyist, Rangel, 08 Campaign, Earmarks, Tax, Virus, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Charles Keating, Mccain Lies, Earmark, Ferguson, Politics News

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Feds Finally Seize Failed Bank That McCain's Son Ran

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silver State Bank, John McCain, Fdic, Mccain, Charles Keating, Banking, Banking Crisis, Andrew McCain, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Keating Five, Politics News

Sadly, America is in the thick of the biggest national financial crisis since the savings and loan meltdown of the 1980s and McCain was at the epicenter of the 11th bank failure this year.

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Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frickin Mansion, Pow, Cindy McCain, Campaign, Country Club John McCain, Prick, Out of Touch, Arugula-Eating Pointy Headed Professor-Type, 2008, Midotw, Tax Cuts, Condo, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Convention, Lieberman Prick, Elitist, Country Club Republicans, Democratic National Convention, Tony Rezko, Democrat, 08, Barack Obama, Election, Adoption, 08 Election, House, Investment Properties, Elections, RJ Eskow, Mddotw, Politico, Brave New Films, Personal Attack, Elitism, AFL/CIO, John K. Wilson, Wealthy, Houses, Economy, Middle Class, How Many Houses, Its the Economy Stupid, Democratic, Lieberman, Condominium, Millionaire, Elite, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Obama Fights Back, Housing Crisis, Celebrity, Brian Rogers, Keating Five, Country Club, Taxes, John McCain, Keating, Adopt, Homes, Millionaires, Beer, Afl-Cio, Heiress, 2008 Elections, Prisoner of War, Rich, 2008 Election, War Room, Mother Teresa, 08 Campaign, Tax Returns, 2008 Presidential Race, Convention, Charles Keating, Seiu, Cindy, Politics News

John McCain said something ridiculous to a reporter yesterday. I hasten to point out that the previous sentence should have been a major media headlin...

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Sunday Watch, 8-17-08: On Air Kisses and Free Passes

Todd Gitlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Gerson, John McCain, George Stephanopoulos, Bobby Jindal, George Will, Charles Keating, Rick Warren, Cliff Schecter, David Gregory, Joe Klein, Meet the Press, Bridget McCain, Amy Silverman, Saddleback Church, Matt Welch, Media News

If pundits want to note McCain's maverick moments, fine. He's had some. But it never ceases to amaze me (call me naïve) how this flattering label circulates uncorrected.

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