Imagine that, another Democrat who was involved with Fannie Mae, who made a pile of money for doing nothing and who is sitting at the top of the food chain in Washington DC…
Tags: bad loans, chicago, Democratic Party, Fannie Mae, housing crisis, obama administration, Rahm Emanuel
Now we should take a moment to wonder just where Obama was when his friend and one time campaign advisor Franklin Raines, a former Chairman and C.E.O of Fannie Mae when the Securities & Exchange Commission’s chief accountant ruled that Fannie had improperly accounted for hedging transactions in its trillion-dollar portfolio of derivatives. The SEC eventually ordered Fannie to correct its books wiping out at least $6.3 billion of previously reported profit for years 2001-2004.
Tags: campaign contributions, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, James Johnson, Obama, subprime mortgage
9-29-08 Anyone that knows how things work in this country knows how incumbent politicians love hanging around election after election. Once attained, political office seems to grow on people to the point that they never want to leave and booting them out can be quite difficult. Much of the current financial mess this country has [...]
Tags: democrats, Fannie Mae, Iran, Iraq, John McCain, North Korea, nuclear, obama administration, Republicans, Russia, Venezuela