Entries by emptywheel

Tweety Blames McCain

And why not? After all, McCain said he was responsible this morning.

One thing that works in our favor for the CW (in assigning the blame for this to the Republicans) is that most TV pundits are so solidly members of the village, they can’t imagine sacrificing Wall Street to the fates of the free market.

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McCain Says He’s Responsible

From ThinkProgress:

“[T]his bill would not have been agreed to had it not been for John McCain. … But, you know, this is a bipartisan accomplishment, a bipartisan success. And if people want to get something done in Washington, they just watch John McCain.” — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, 9/29/08

“Earlier in the week, when Senator McCain

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Bailout Fails: Where Do We Go From Here?

The bailout bill in the House just failed, 206-227. Last I counted, the Republicans had fallen short of even delivering the 70 yes votes they promised.

The stockmarket is bouncing up and down like a basketball–down 700, then down 400, and now down 600, now 450.

Which is as good an indication as anything else that no one knows what happens now.

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Foggo Gets a Plea Deal

Huh. I guess Dusty Foggo won his greymail fight.

A former executive director of the CIA has pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a plea bargain.

Kyle “Dusty” Foggo was the number three man in the CIA from 2004 to 2006. At a hearing Monday in federal court in Alexandria, he pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, admitting that he helped his best friend obtain contracts with

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