--- On Sun, 9/28/08, Monty J. Harder [email protected] wrote:
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Leo Mauler [email protected] wrote:
Someone who was a member of the 1980s S&L scandals' "Keating Five" (like JOHN MCCAIN, the only member of the "Keating Five" still in the U.S. Senate) shouldn't be put in charge of financial decisions like the Wall Street bailout. The remaining fox being put in charge of the financial henhouse.
McCain and Glenn were found innocent of wrongdoing in that scandal.
[43] # ^ a b Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. Thompson, David D. Kirkpatrick and Stephen Labaton. "For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk", The New York Times, February 21, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
NYT Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&oref=sl...
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/45zyhs
From the link:
===== "Mr. McCain agreed to join several senators, eventually known as the Keating Five, for two private meetings with regulators to urge them to ease up. 'Why didn’t I fully grasp the unusual appearance of such a meeting?' Mr. McCain later lamented in his memoir." ===== "During Mr. McCain’s four years in the House, Mr. Keating, his family and his business associates contributed heavily to his political campaigns. The banker gave Mr. McCain free rides on his private jet, a violation of Congressional ethics rules" =====
Life imitates Art:
===== RICK: "How can you close me up? On what grounds?" JOHN MCCAIN... ...err... CAPTAIN RENAULT: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
[a croupier hands RENAULT a pile of money]
CROUPIER: "Your winnings, sir. CAPTAIN RENAULT: [sotto voce] "Oh, thank you very much." CAPTAIN RENAULT: [aloud] "Everybody out at once!" ===== -- "Casablanca" (1942) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/quotes) =====