Comments on: Do Veep Vetters Matter? http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ed http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/#comment-409421 Ed Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:52:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5959#comment-409421 Phil Gramm, McCain's economic advisor, deregulated the mortgage industry through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act while in Congress, directly leading to the subprime crisis. This doesn't even scratch the surface of Gramm's unethical lobbying for the mortgage industry while vice chairman of UBS, which has written off $18B in bad loans, and is losing money and shedding jobs at an alarming rate. I encourage the Republicans to shine a spotlight on this issue. Phil Gramm, McCain’s economic advisor, deregulated the mortgage industry through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act while in Congress, directly leading to the subprime crisis. This doesn’t even scratch the surface of Gramm’s unethical lobbying for the mortgage industry while vice chairman of UBS, which has written off $18B in bad loans, and is losing money and shedding jobs at an alarming rate.

I encourage the Republicans to shine a spotlight on this issue.

]]> By: rusty075 http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/#comment-409420 rusty075 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:39:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5959#comment-409420 this strikes me as a very odd tactic on McCain's part, considering that Phil Graham, McCain's campaign co-chairman, was a paid lobbiest for banking giant UBS. Johnson may have profited from the subprime mess, but Graham was paid millions to push for the deregulation that helped create it. Campaign Co-Chair is certainly closer to the potential potus' ear than a member of a vp vetting committee is. Just seems odd that McCain would even raise the topic. this strikes me as a very odd tactic on McCain’s part, considering that Phil Graham, McCain’s campaign co-chairman, was a paid lobbiest for banking giant UBS. Johnson may have profited from the subprime mess, but Graham was paid millions to push for the deregulation that helped create it. Campaign Co-Chair is certainly closer to the potential potus’ ear than a member of a vp vetting committee is. Just seems odd that McCain would even raise the topic.

]]> By: Rich http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/#comment-409416 Rich Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:06:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5959#comment-409416 The people who BO holds closest and whose opinions and recommendations are taken seriously DO matter when deciding who is worthy and qualified to be POTUS. The people who BO holds closest and whose opinions and recommendations are taken seriously DO matter when deciding who is worthy and qualified to be POTUS.

]]> By: Grant Gould http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/#comment-409407 Grant Gould Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:12:25 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5959#comment-409407 Given that Cheney was one of Bush's veep-vetters, I'd say that the bar is set pretty darn low. Given that Cheney was one of Bush’s veep-vetters, I’d say that the bar is set pretty darn low.

]]> By: Avinash_Tyagi http://donklephant.com/2008/06/09/do-veep-vetters-matter/#comment-409395 Avinash_Tyagi Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:02:59 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5959#comment-409395 McCain camp is in desperation mode, probably have some really bad lobbying connections that haven't been made public yet McCain camp is in desperation mode, probably have some really bad lobbying connections that haven’t been made public yet

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