NYT:Dubious Claims in Obama’s Ads Against McCain

New York Times ^ | 09/25/08 | JIM RUTENBERG and JULIE BOSMAN

[4woodenboats]

Would you mind giving me a hand retrieveing the legislation that Mac supported/sponsored in 2006? I spend more time dealing with (and somewhat regularly attending/protesting) Washington state's socialist empire, am not nearly as adept in fed bills. My gut feeling, especially with this latest raid on WAMU - public can't short it, but Barney Frank & co. can stick it in their pocket and walk away with it? - is that this is a coup on capitalisim.

I found one common tater that posted a "timeline for dummies" that, if you follow the hyperlinks, leads to some very comprehensive studies, of which I've barely scratched at.

My take is that the author/compiler leans to the left, but is more interested in gaining points by being accurate in deciphering WTH happened; http://seekingalpha.com/article/97427-the-dummy-s-guide-to-the-u-s-financial-crisis?source=more_author_recent_similar_articles

[llandres]

“(“Pants on Fire,” the fact-checking Web site PolitiFact.com wrote of Mr. Obama’s advertisement invoking Mr. Limbaugh; “False!” FactCheck.org said of his commercial on Social Security.)

Well, imagine that. I’ve been following PolitiFact for a year now and, while I initially thought it was a cool concept, it’s decidedly, consistently Liberal - their choices of who they cover/target the most is VERY unbalanced. Always.

[Lancey Howard]

No, the post (#2) referred to “Michael Goldfarb”.