Forget Advice, Show me the Money!
I just love Obama’s latest “Fight the Smear” article titled “Barack Obama does not take advice from Fannie Mae executives” in which they try to dismiss claims of Obama’s ties to several Fannie Mae executives. The funny thing is not what is written in the article, but what the reader is supposed to take away from reading it. First, look at this screen shot:
Notice anything funny about it? Well something that should jump off the page is the fact that the picture next to the story has both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s logos in it. Hmmm…and I thought the story was only about Fannie Mae. See what kind of the subliminal messages that image can convey? Instead of just refuting his ties to Fannie, that images gives him the added bonus of rejecting his ties to Freddie as well.
But enough with the subliminal, lets move on to more pressing issues at hand, like the fact that even though Obama may have never taken advice from Fannie executives, he sure has received a lot of money from from both Fannie and Freddie. Take a look, the contributions he has received from PACs and individuals connected with these companies is only second to Senator Chris Dodd.
So while this Fight the Smear tries to hit two birds with one stone, remember that even though he might not have taken any advice, he sure has taken a lot of cash and I really can’t blame him. Who would want to take advice from executives of failing companies anyways? Money is so much better.
October 13th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
What about the fact that former Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac executives Raines, Johnson and Howard are listed as Economic Advisers and Senior Economic Advisers for his campaign?
October 13th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
-Jeff
Well, the fact remains that some say they are and some say they aren’t. Snopes and Factcheck supposedly debunk the whole thing though I tend not to believe everything they say.
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Anyways, I really didn’t try to touch on that in this article, I just wanted to point out the fact of how much money he has received from both Fannie and Freddie and how this “Fight the Smears” try to make it sound like Obama has absolutely no connection with either companies. Obviously, he does have connections to them even if it isn’t through these advisers.