Slog - Comments on A Profound Contempt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt It's a beautiful thing to see the Wall Street Journal rip into John McCain: John McCain has made it clear this week he doesn't understand what's happening on Wall Street any better than Barack Obama does. But on Thursday, he took his populist riffing up a notch and found his scapegoat for financial panic -- Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. McCain clearly wants to distance himself from the Bush Administration. But this assault on Mr. Cox is both false and deeply unfair. It's also un-Presidential. The editorial basically echoes Obama's speech in Eli's post—McCain... Copyright 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:10:23 -0800 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:46:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by aaron Yes, McCain sucks. But this is bs. Listen to this (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=363) to learn about how the SEC "cracked down" on naked short-selling. The Wall Street Journal is lying, like usual.

]]> aaron http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146697 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:49:53 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways You know the Republicans are in trouble when Rupert Murdoch starts ripping into them...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146698 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146698 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:50:40 -0800 Comment by contempt Republican voters have a profound contempt for themselves. They don't care if McCain lies.

They will elect people who shred the constitution, wage permanent war, pursue preemptive war, torture people who they hold in captivity without trial, accelerate global warming, and court economic catastrophe all so they can have lower taxes.

]]> contempt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146797 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:35:00 -0800 Comment by left coast Cox is guilty of not pushing through regs on hedge funds. Short selling and sapping liquidity, that's the hedge funds. Greenspan let the bubble continue despite many, many warnings. Banks had appraisal divisions within their mortgage lender divisions. Lehman gave out 5.5 billion in bonuses last Christmas. McCain has no clue what he's talking about. Democrats need an all-out assault right now. Faux News and WSJ are going to starting spinning this as both parties are responsible. That's somewhat true, but the Repubs virtually controlled all three branches 2001-2006.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146945 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_profound_contempt#c1146945 2008 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:46:10 -0800