Tuesday, October 7, 2008

John McCain, Taking the Gloves Off

John McCain launches an impassioned broadside against Obama. The video is decently long (just under ten minutes), but McCain stays energized through out. In General, strong supporters will watch with a smile, and people strongly apposed probobly will not make it past the second minute. Neutrals may stick around long enough to give it some effect. This has to solidify the shift in strategy on the McCain campaign. How will it resonate with the voters? You will find out on election day. Below the video is an excerpt prepared by Power Line Blog.


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"Here is part of the above excerpt as prepared for delivery; when he gave the speech, McCain actually juiced it up a bit.
This crisis started in our housing market in the form of subprime loans that were pushed on people who could not afford them. Bad mortgages were being backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it was only a matter of time before a contagion of unsustainable debt began to spread. This corruption was encouraged by Democrats in Congress, and abetted by Senator Obama.

Senator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed. But the truth is I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could have helped prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.

Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and his Democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in. As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been, quote, "a good idea." Well, Senator Obama, that "good idea" has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

To hear him talk now, you'd think he'd always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign.

He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them.

These are the points McCain should have made when he had the opportunity during the first twenty minutes of the first Presidential debate. Whether it's now too late remains to be seen.

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