Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Now remember, he's only been in the Senate four years, but he still managed to grab the No. 2 spot ahead of John Kerry â?? decades in the Senate â?? and Chris Dodd, who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

Fannie and Freddie have been creations of the congressional Democrats and the Clinton White House, designed to make mortgages available to more people and, as it turns out, some people who couldn't afford them.

Fannie and Freddie have also been places for big Washington Democrats to go to work in the semi-private sector and pocket millions. The Clinton administration's White House Budget Director Franklin Raines ran Fannie and collected $50 million. Jamie Gorelick â?? Clinton Justice Department official â?? worked for Fannie and took home $26 million. Big Democrat Jim Johnson, recently on Obama's VP search committee, has hauled in millions from his Fannie Mae CEO job.

Now remember: Obama's ads and stump speeches attack McCain and Republican policies for the current financial turmoil. It is demonstrably not Republican policy and worse, it appears the man attacking McCain â?? Sen. Obama â?? was at the head of the line when the piggies lined up at the Fannie and Freddie trough for campaign bucks.

Sen. Barack Obama: No. 2 on the Fannie/Freddie list of favored politicians after just four short years in the Senate.
FOXNews.com - Barack Obama's Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Connection - John Gibson Radio

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Like I've said before, Obama could shit in the middle of the road and some would say "what a beautiful pile of enviromentally safe material".

Have a good one!:s4:
Ha ha! You keep making the case that Obama recieved contributions --- there's no argument there. They both took contributions from the industry. But it's McCain who actually took action to deregulate these industires and create the environment where these problems could develop.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Obama: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, & Lehman Brother If you watched the news last night, you saw Senator Barack Obama criticizing Senator McCain for being obligated to the financial industry which as we all know is in a deep crisis. I actually thought it was a good attack until I did some research. It turns out it is Barack who is in the back-pocket of the financial industry according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. As a United State Senator, Barack took over $170,000 from Fannie Mae officials. The junior Senator ranked Rating: 5