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Get Familiar: John McCain's Economics
Straight Bangin' — ... What we should remember is that John McCain is no stranger to the evils of ideology gone wrong. He, of course, was one of the Congressmen bought and paid for during the S&L scandal of the 1980s. Luckily, to help us remember, we now have Keating Economics, courtesy of Barack Obama's campaign. Peep the trailer: ...

Not So Sure This Is The Best Choice...
The Hot Blog — ... but it is coming, in full, tomorrow at noon, paid for by Obama's campaign. I don't really think the Obama campaign needs to go here.... and if they do, I would think that it would be a more effective game changer between the Tuesday debate and the last debate. But we'll see.

Obama Campaign Set to Unveil McCain/Keating 5 Doc at Noon Eastern
All these wonderful things — ... is reporting that the Obama campaign is set to unveil, at noon eastern on Monday, a 13-minute documentary about John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five/Savings and Loan scandal of the late '80s. The short film (campaign ad?) will launch on a new website - KeatingEconomics.com . One assumes that the campaign ordered up this film some time ago and was waiting for the right moment to inject it into the race for the presidency. Obama's campaign had not spent a great deal of time pressing the Keating Five story until this weekend when stories began to leak that the McCain ...

John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis
Straight Bangin' — Big up, Keating Economics.

Keating Five Doc Posted on YouTube by Obama Camp
SpoutBlog — ... attention away from growing buzz on his association with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers), today the Obama campaign has posted on YouTube a 13 minute documentary on the Keating Five scandal. Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Scandal has been posted on Barack Obama’s official YouTube channel, via which it’s embedded above; I found that the YouTube version took forever to load there, and watched the Quicktime version via KeatingEconomics.com. ...

Hey Barry, Don't Make McCain's Mistake [Horse Race]
Gawker — ... apart for abandoning your Honorable Brand to begin with, guys. Sheesh. But Steve Schmidt can't grasp that it's not 2004 and, more importantly, John McCain thinks he is still the honorable one, because he personally dislikes Barack Obama. Regardless, Obama's in a fine position right now! He's winning, his favorables are great, his Brand is still in tip-top shape, and everyone is crowing about how much smarter his campaign has been. So why's he going and ruining that with this Keating 5 business? ...

Keating Economics: John McCain and a Financial Crisis
RealTalkNY Brought To You By Nigel D. — When the savings and loan industry collapsed, Keating’s failed company put taxpayers on the hook for $3.4 billion and more than 20,000 Americans lost their savings. John McCain was reprimanded by the bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee, but the ultimate cost of the crisis to American taxpayers reached more than $120 billion. The Keating scandal is eerily similar to today’s credit crisis, where a lack of regulation and cozy relationships between the financial industry and Congress has allowed banks to make risky loans ...

In Other News: Hef Drops A Bunny, Drew Talks Obama, eBay Fires 1,000, Britney 'Womanizer' Preview & Barack Accuses McCain
Dyfuse - A Different Way To View Celebrity — Holly Madison revealed that she and Hef are Kaput; after rumors she was trying to take over. Drew Barrymore explains why she backs Obama, and her feelings on McCain. Times are really hard! eBay Says Bye to 1,000 employees. Stills from Britney Spears' new video "Womainzer" Barack Obama Launches Website proving McCain was behind one of the biggest banking scandals in history.