The Page: McCain Plays the Bill Clinton Card (seemingly dealt by Bill Clinton himself)

[flpoljunkie]

(What is wrong with this man? Is there any context left out that would make this any better for Democrats, and for our nominee?)

http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/30/mccain-plays-the-bill-clinton-card/

Latest TV spot from the Arizonan’s campaign quotes the former president while touting McCain’s record on pushing for stronger regulations with Fannie or Freddie.

Clinton sound: “I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

Watch it above link.

[Marsala]

1. We've got our scapegoat, alright n/t

[ErinBerin84]

2. has anyone seen the new ad

(hadn't seen it discussed here) by the McCain campaign that uses the bullshit "Obama cut funding for troops" meme , with a clip of Biden from Meet the Press last year with him calling it a purely political vote? I saw it yesterday and was like "wtf"?

[TwilightGardener]

3. Oh fer chrissakes--that Hagel bill went NOWHERE, McCain signed on to it

late and didn't even cosponsor it again when it came up a second time. He did nothing except give one speech, and now he acts like he's been a big champion? And Bill Clinton is suggesting that Democrats should have fought him more? That's an admission that he fucked up.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Excerpt from McClatchy on how we got here...

Are there other examples that critics have cited as harmful financial deregulation?
Texas Republican Phil Gramm, a longtime adviser to McCain, who also co-authored the banking bill described above. This measure, known as the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, kept certain financial instruments from being regulated, including "credit default swaps" -- insurance policies against default on risky investments. These swaps have been cited as a major factor in the partial collapse of the financial sector.

"The real match that lit the fuse was the CFMA," said Michael Greenberger, a former futures regulator who is now a law professor at the University of Maryland.

Its major sponsors were Republicans, but it was signed into law, as part of a much larger spending bill, by Democrat Clinton.

http://www.voteforbusiness.net/newsArticle.jsf?documentId=2c9e4f691cacb21b011caf2730a703da