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Keating Five

Fox News Guest Who Mentions Keating 5 Told To "Pipe Down"

Raw Story | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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The Keating Five scandal, and John McCain's role in it, has received relatively little mention in presidential campaign coverage, and at least one Fox...

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Jed Lewison

John McCain's Keating Five Problem In 97 Seconds (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Here's a new video taking a look at John McCain's Keating Five problem in just 97 seconds. The video combines archival footage of CBS and NBC News (i...

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Did McCain Learn Anything From His Keating Five Experience?

Howie Klein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain's Ethical Standards, Keating Five, Politics News
Howie Klein

Early in his congressional career McCain was taking bribes -- to the tune of $112,000 in campaign contributions -- from Charles Keating, a family frie...

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Hammering Home the Keating Five Message

David Sirota | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Deregulation, Mccain Deregulation, John McCain Regulation, Keating Five, Politics News
David Sirota

To try to deny that McCain's formative economic experience was intimidating banking regulators -- and that he was rebuked for doing that -- is trying to perpetrate a fraud on the American people.

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Will The Keating Five Scandal Come Back To Haunt McCain?

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Last night on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter wondered how John McCain is "getting a free ride" in this economic cri...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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A Nation of Village Idiots

James Moore | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

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
James Moore

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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Obama or 527s Must Tell Keating Five Story

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

The Keating Five scandal is a crucial back story that undercuts McCain's entire image as an ethical reformer who can clean up Washington. It foreshadows everything McCain has become.

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Sam Stein

Senate Dem Raises Keating Five, Rips McCain On Economy, Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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One of the Senate's most progressive members ripped John McCain on Tuesday for offering a phony populist self-portrayal in the wake of the current cri...

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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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The Man Who Called His Wife a "C--t" Cries "Sexism!"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

The man who joked about Chelsea Clinton being "ugly" cries "offensive!" The man who can't remember how many houses he owns cries "elitist!" And America eats it up.

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Feds Finally Seize Failed Bank That McCain's Son Ran

Mark Nickolas | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

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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Sarah Palin: You're No Dan Quayle -- and That's Not a Compliment!

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

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Michael Russnow

John McCain sold his soul in the bleakest of hopes that he could convert angry Hillary voters to his cause.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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National Media Finally Examining McCain's Son Role In Failing Bank

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Silver State Bank, Banks, Banking Crisis, John McCain, Fdic, Andrew McCain, Wall Street Journal, Keating Five, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Silver State, yesterday, further revised its dismal second quarter results, during which time Andrew McCain served on the board and on its audit committee, to include another $10 million in losses.

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FDIC Poised To Seize Failing Bank Where McCain's Son Served As Director and Audit Committee Member?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Banking Crisis, Fdic, Andrew McCain, Silver State Bank, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Keating Five, Cindy McCain, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

A quick update on the still unreported saga of Silver State Bancorp, the failing bank where John McCain's (R) son Andrew served as a director and memb...

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Friday Talking Points [41] -- The Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...

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Still No Answer Why McCain's Son Quit Board Of Failing Bank

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Banking Crisis, John McCain, John McCain Keating 5 Scandal, Andrew McCain, Keating Five, Charles Keating, Business News
Mark Nickolas

Six days after Andrew McCain suddenly resigned as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Silver State Bancorp, there's still a great deal of mystery about his departure, as no one is talking.

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20 Years Later: Another McCain At Center Of A Bank Collapse and Government Take-Over?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

Almost exactly 20 years ago -- in the middle of the saving and loan crisis -- federal regulators seized Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine...

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The Real Legacy of the 'Reagan Revolution'

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Indifference to economics does not explain the prominence of Phil Gramm in the McCain campaign during the U.S. financial crisis. Indifference to the folks losing their homes is a more plausible explanation.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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John McCain's (W)right Problem

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Keating Five, John McCain, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, John McCain Religion, Politics News
Ferentz LaFargue

Now that Wright has come back, McCain has to dread the prospect of religion, the one area he is most vulnerable, becoming a major issue in a campaign with Obama.

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