Not Quite Ready to Join the Crusade

Pajamas Media ^ | October 7th, 2008 | Victor Davis Hanson

[george76]

So far we know that the meltdown of Frannie and Freddie, abetted by Wall Street greed, caused the larger financial panic. Yet, there is little outrage that a Franklin Raines or Jim Johnson gave money to oversight members of Congress, hid behind a mantle of political-correctness in boasting about home ownership for everyone, and then cooked the books and borrowed to the hilt to justify mega-bonuses for themselves and their friends.

I don’t think a special prosecutor will ever look into the maze of conflict of interest problems of a Barney Frank, or the political associations of a Franklin Raines, or Congressional members who took cash or discounted loans and then signed off on these massive frauds.

While Obama ...will not explain the relationship of a Raines (informal?) or Johnson (once official) with his campaign, or his past support for resisting regulation of these entities, or his own receipt of funds from them.

What’s the Matter with Obama?

For all those who write in adoration of Obama’s hope and change mantra, I hope that they can at least see why others are worried about his candidacy. The problem is not an Ayers or Wright per se, but the succession of such odious figures—the bomber Ayers,the racist Pfleger, the Palestinian zealot Khalidi, the crook Rezko, the hyper-racist Wright...

He did not just know a Wright or Rezko, but knew them quite well for quite a long time.

And in the case of Ayers, Obama has sorely misled: he apparently still emailed and communicated with him after 9/11, when Ayers, on his Fugitive Justice book tour, grandly announced that he regretted only that he had not bombed enough. At that point any further communication was indefensible, since the New York Times had widely circulated Ayers’ views.

[george76]

Jim Johnson is still involved with the Obama campaign, just behind the scenes

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[tallyhoe]

And so is Claude Raines I mean Franklin Raines!

[george76]

[Jeff Chandler]

I don’t think any of this matters to most Americans. They’ve been convinced that we should become pacifistic socialists. Eight years of only one side battling in the public arena; Schools being allowed to indoctrinate a generation without the Republican Senate, House, or Presidency objecting, and this is what we have become.

The Leftist Democrats fight to the end, while the Country Club Republicans remain silent, My Friends.

[tallyhoe]

so how did you post the picture?

[george76]

< img src=”website\picture.jpg”>

[george76]

There is no space between the < and img and there is no space between the end of the web address and > but there is a space between img and src

[tallyhoe]

No understand!

[george76]

What do you see if you click on this ?

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/MFT20081007.jpg

[Old Flat Toad]

Jim Johnson is still on the board of Goldman Sachs. On top of his golden parachute from ripping off Fannie, he’s gonna roll in the bailout billions. How many times do these people have to get caught with their hand in the cookie jar?

[higgmeister]

And so is Claude Raines I mean Franklin Raines!

Now that's funny! Somewhat dated, as the young will not get it, but very clever!

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Claude Rains photos at IMDB

[syriacus]

Wonderful column. Hanson covers just about everything.

[george76]

Former Fannie Mae chairman Jim Johnson was dumped from Obama’s vice presidential search team, but he’s still playing a behind-the-scenes role on the campaign.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Johnson_to_lead_Obama_briefing.html

[Red Dog #1]

The cartoon is missing Merrill McPeak (The worst Air Force Chief of Staff EVER) as SecDef.

[rogue yam]

And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear
Claude Raines was the invisible man

[Oatka]

. . . a pattern or rhetoric at the expense of achievement.

A nice turn of words re: 0Bama.

[SunkenCiv]

there is little outrage that a Franklin Raines or Jim Johnson gave money to oversight members of Congress, hid behind a mantle of political-correctness in boasting about home ownership for everyone, and then cooked the books and borrowed to the hilt to justify mega-bonuses for themselves and their friends. I don’t think a special prosecutor will ever look into the maze of conflict of interest problems of a Barney Frank, or the political associations of a Franklin Raines, or Congressional members who took cash or discounted loans and then signed off on these massive frauds... The problem is not an Ayers or Wright per se, but the succession of such odious figures—the bomber Ayers,the racist Pfleger, the Palestinian zealot Khalidi, the crook Rezko, the hyper-racist Wright... He did not just know a Wright or Rezko, but knew them quite well for quite a long time.

Thanks geo.