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Will McCain's Campaign Manager Step Down or be Fired as a result of his involvement with Freddie M?
Settled as No
"Mr. Davis’s firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big mortgage lender whose deteriorating finances helped precipitate the cascading problems on Wall Street.."
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"With the fiscal crisis now framing the presidential race and the influence of money and lobbyists on the candidates and their campaigns an ever-present concern, the McCain campaign is being buffeted by the news that a consulting firm owned by Rick Davis, who is managing Senator John McCain’s presidential bid, was being paid $15,000 every month since 2005 by Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage lender."
http://tinyurl.com/4f2n6n
http://tinyurl.com/4quoqr
"With the fiscal crisis now framing the presidential race and the influence of money and lobbyists on the candidates and their campaigns an ever-present concern, the McCain campaign is being buffeted by the news that a consulting firm owned by Rick Davis, who is managing Senator John McCain’s presidential bid, was being paid $15,000 every month since 2005 by Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage lender."
http://tinyurl.com/4f2n6n
Settlement details:
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Activity: H$111,007
Settled as No on Tue 4th Nov 7:29am PST
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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
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score: 10
NBC 3 Las Vegas (KVBC) 4 weeks ago
How can John Mccain be part of the solution when he is being advised by and taking money from part of the problem? Rick Davis is his campaign...
score: 10
RTTNews 6 weeks ago
Freddie Mac (FRE: News ) said it is ordering servicers to suspend all foreclosure sales on properties with Freddie Mac-owned mortgages in the...
score: 10
International Herald Tribune 6 weeks ago
In Tuesday night's debate, John McCain denounced Barack Obama and his 'cronies' for receiving campaign money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was odd to hear McCain denounce lobbyists, whom he once called 'birds
score: 10
Reuters 6 weeks ago
The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2008. Freddie Mac settlement dates for its bill ...
score: 10
Washington Post 6 weeks ago
most people's taxes. On Tuesday, she tried rebutting the Illinois senator's criticisms of Republican presidential candidate John McCain over health care and Social Security. She said Obama was misleading and wrong, but she herself told less than the full
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"...As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis separated from his consulting firm, Davis Manafort, in 2006. As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis has seen no income from Davis Manafort since 2006. Zero. Mr. Davis has received no salary or compensation since 2006. Mr. Davis has received no profit or partner distributions from that firm on any basis -- weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual -- since 2006. Again, zero. Neither has Mr. Davis received any equity in the firm based on profits derived since his financial separation from Davis Manafort in 2006."
http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainreport/Read.aspx?guid=74063c9d-7cb5-47c9-acf6-53c0c2d88376
So basically the US taxpayers were paying this guy to keep up the scams.
IOW, a crook.
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