By now, we’ve all heard John McCain tout “Joe the Plumber” (an unlicensed plumber) as his poster child for the middle-class American, but what many Americans don’t know is that John McCain went through a lengthy selection process (even longer than the selection process for Sarah Palin) to find the right poster child to exploit.
Here [...]
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08 Oct, 2008
Congratulations- your taxes just bought AIG Executives a Vacation
Posted by: James In: Economy
The 85 Billion Dollar Bailout that our taxes just bought AIG has already been put to good use. Apparently, AIG executives invested the first $440,000 of it on a week-long, luxury stay at the Saint Regis Resort in Monarch Beach.
Among the expenses the AIG executives incurred were the standard $1,000+ a night room fee, [...]
Evidently, the prospect of either himself or Sarah Palin having to participate in a serious debate with the Democratic Candidates scares John McCain to death.
Yesterday, we found out that John McCain used the excuse of Obama’s proposed bi-partisan effort to address the Wall Street Crisis to delay Friday’s upcoming Presidential Debate.
Now we learn that John [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Debate, Economy, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, Wall Street
