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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:51 PM Original message |
McCain was exhonorated in the Keating Five scandal |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. OJ was found Not Guilty of murder. |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. lol. You said it! I was going to say so was OJ. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not to be nitpicky, but do you mean "exonerated?" |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, he wasn't exonerated |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. The precise term is cleared of acting improperly but criticized for having "poor judgment" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. "Implicated" is a good word. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. He was "admonished" or ... SOMETHING by the Senate, though ... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. The Only Reason He Wasn't Taken off to Jail Was the GOP Domination |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. But McCain did break the law |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought he was censured by the senate. That's NOT a good thing. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. No, not censured b y the Senate. Here's sources and the legal mumbo jumbo |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. "poor judgement" |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think exonerated is the right term |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Obama did not "sever any ties" with Aysers. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. No one give a sweet one about Ayers at this point. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. He was exonerated of criminal wrongdoing (along with the other 4 senators) |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obama was 8, McCain was in office, and recieved over $100K in contributions |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. He got off on a technicality. |
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Youphemism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Congress found McCain guilty of exercising "poor judgment" leading to our last economic meltdown... |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding - give this DU member a cigar! |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm very surprised that John Glenn was among the Keating Five |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is much more than that. |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Works by osmosis |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. I found the perfect link to explain how he was censured by the senate |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. McCain on K5: "...it was the wrong thing to do, and it will be on my tombstone and deservedly so." |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. He was NOT exhonorated /nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm working on a re-edit. He was only "cleared of wrongdoing" and accused of bad judgment |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. cool /nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. McLiar is guilty of much worse. He delayed regulation of the banking industry |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Keating was a HUGE contributor to McCain's campaigns, also. |
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