Comments on: McCain’s Cronies: More Hinky Questions About Rick Davis And John McCain

By: selise

selise — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:30:15 +0000

i’m trying to do 6 things at once and am probably even more incoherent than usual. thanks for the effort to figure out what i was trying to say.

will look for you and everyone else on an appropriate thread upstairs.

By: JoeBuck

JoeBuck — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:17:49 +0000

Christy, you’re paying too much attention to their distractions. It doesn’t matter whether Davis is or was an employee, or whether the firm paid Davis. Davis owns a large share of Davis Manafort, which is why his name appears first. Every dime that anyone pays to the firm benefits Davis, even while he is on a “leave of absence”.

It’s nonsense to claim that Davis is “no longer receiving income” from the firm that he owns. That’s just accounting. He can benefit by receiving a salary, or he can benefit by having his share of the firm he co-owns become more valuable.

By: klynn

klynn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:15:04 +0000

Capital gains on 700 billion would be more equity than that. I imagine they were, of course, being conservative as usual.

Now if they are suggesting a temporary (6 months) would do it, without the bailout…Hmmm… I am assuming that figure was with the bailout of course.

By: STTPinOhio

STTPinOhio — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:10:14 +0000

I agree. My parents would lose their retirement.

That’s the type of unintended consequences I’m talking about.

People who are as far away from Wall Street as you can get will lose tens of thousands of dollars they cannot afford to.

And, if retired, they won’t have time to make it back.

By: klynn

klynn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:06:56 +0000

Now I’ve got you. You had me wondering because Dodd’s proposal does not quite fit with Hugh’s list. Now your :( makes sense! Gosh, I miss snark when I’m on serious issues. Forgive me.

Have any citizens lobbied Dodd with other ideas? He was so responsive on FISA. I bet he would be responsive here.

By: STTPinOhio

STTPinOhio — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:22 +0000

McCain tends to do really well in a town hall format — so don’t think he won’t be prepped, because he will. It’s dangerous to underestimate. McCain sucks with teleprompters, but he does really well when it’s an extemporaneous back and forth.

I know that’s the CW, but isn’t that the format where he busted out with “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran”, and who can forget “stay 100 or 1000 years in Iraq?”

I agree the Obama camp can’t underestimate McCain, but I’ve long thought McCain’s only inches from public meltdown if the right button gets pushed.

By: selise

selise — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:59:32 +0000

dosido @137, hugh @142 – yeah, total bs. but was new to me.

By: selise

selise — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:57:53 +0000

sad to say, i think the dodd proposal is not acceptable. not even close. see my comment at 71 for links to yesterday’s discussion.

By: Peterr

Peterr — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:57:10 +0000

The two Kansas senators are both R’s - Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback. I can’t conceive of either of them calling Bush MIA.

Perhaps someone from another state?

By: klynn

klynn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:52:49 +0000

I agree. My parents would lose their retirement.