Examining McCain's Keating Five Past, Fox News - 9/22/08

I discussed John McCain's Keating Five past on Fox News, and both the Fox News anchor and the GOP spokesman basically tried to deny that McCain was rebuked for intimidating regulators on behalf of one of his biggest campaign donors, Charles Keating. For reference, here is the Associated Press on 3/23/08:

"In his early days as a freshman senator, McCain was known for accepting contributions from Charles Keating Jr., flying to the banker's home in the Bahamas on company planes and taking up Keating's cause with U.S. financial regulators as they investigated him...Keating and his associates raised $1.3 million combined for the campaigns and political causes of all five. McCain's campaigns received $112,000. The investigation ended in early 1991 with a rebuke that McCain 'exercised poor judgment in intervening with the regulators.'"

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[littnguy]

McCain was only ceared of this because he struck a deal with investegators and Ratted out his Buddies. He is just as guilty even if he wasnt charged.. One of the biggest fraud situation on our history, and this guy is running for president. Wake up people. Right wingers, PLEASE, PLEASE, wake up from your dream of ignorance and do some f-ing research! You will find the truth hurts.

[grody311]

Yeah he was rebuked and then cleared. Sure.  If Obama can be criticized for Bill Ayers' actions (during which time Obama didn't know him and was in GRAMMER SCHOOL), why can't McCain be held accountable for a scandal that HE DID and is RELEVANT. Jeez.

[BeveledSpilchOnion]

Free market? Apart from the government subsidies, import tariffs/restrictions, anti-trust/monopolies laws, etc, etc...

1 year since previous comment. Mmmm.

[DirtyDirtracer2006]

wow that blonde bimbo was the most transparent and partisan 'moderator' of any debate I have ever heard.

[someguyyt]

Maybe we can get the bank regulators to ban abortion because it causes economic situations like the one we have now.

[Xantheus07]

If I'm boring you why do you keep replying back? You amuse me and i enjoy your ignorance. Your kinda like a monkey in the zoo.Making allot of noise but all of it gibberish. Oh by the way Blagobitch is a Democrap as well.

[FaJingPower]

Xantheus07: PSSST are you still contacting me? Please go live in "your" past while I proceed with the future. You are really boring me now. Move on dude!

[Xantheus07]

Pssssssst 4 of 5 were Democraps . Thats something no Democrap can sweep under the rug. Oh another thing the top 4 CEO of Fany/Mac were Democraps what a bangup job they did. Democraps stealin taxpayer money and makeing liberal morons smile at the same time.

[FaJingPower]

Xantheus07: you are a waste of my time. I bet you have few friends and probably your own family barely tolerates you.

[Xantheus07]

Again YES McCain was 1 of the 5. So how am i evading the issue? Your evading the issue of why it is brought up. To make him look bad (even though he was cleared of ANY wrong doing). I was pointing out the fact that YOU ignore is that 4 of the 5 are DEMOCRAPS. So maybe you should revise your duck comment to "if it stinks like shit its a Democrap". Oh i wonder how much Obama got for selling his seat =) another connection btw for those who are counting.

[FaJingPower]

Xantheus07: Again you are evading the issue. Why was the Keating five an issue recently. And there is only one reason and that is cuz Mccain was one of them. Hope you're not a sore loser. If so, go have a cry in the corner. BTW, I'm not a "dumocrat/democrap" or an other cute creative name you can copy from others. Cuz I know you didn't come up with it.

Now go have that dry. :-(

PS you have started to amuse me. I feel sorry for you. LOL

[Xantheus07]

What issue was i ignoring? Your the dumb ass who is ignoring the Issue 4 of the Keating 5 was Democraps but you prob still vote Democrap right jackass. Obama and Rezko wtf is that? Don't want to talk about that? Obama and Ayers? Hell all you got on McCain is Keating 5 which he was cleared of. How many connections does Obama have beside the 2 i all ready mentioned? You would have to buy me a brain if I'm to see things your way cause then i would be a mental defective like you.