Palin Unable To Name Specific Examples Of McCain ‘Pushing For More Regulation’
Palin Unable To Name Specific Examples Of McCain ‘Pushing For More Regulation’
Tonight, during her interview with Katie Couric, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) dodged repeated inquiries about Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) regulatory record. When pressed by Couric “to name a specific example, in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation,” Palin fumbled:
COURIC: I’m just going to ask you one more time – not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
PALIN: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.
Watch it:
Palin may be looking for the nonexistent. Despite calling for more regulation and oversight in the wake of the Wall Street’s collapse, throughout his long career in the Senate, McCain, and his top campaign advisers, dutifully championed deregulatory policies.
In fact, during an interview with CBS News just this Sunday, McCain said he did not “regret” championing the deregulation of Wall Street, arguing that “the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our economy.”
In 1999, McCain supported deregulatory legislation championed by Sen. Phil Gramm, a top McCain adviser and the “odds-on favorite to be the Treasury Secretary.” The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act “destroyed the Depression-era barrier to the merger of stockbrokers, banks and insurance companies” and ended any “significant regulation of the financial community.”
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Methinks, if you simply peer down the rabbit hole, you’ll find a treasure trove of McCain-initiated proposals to draw the noose around these scallywags!
Or, something. Be careful, Sarah: don’t fall in while peering into the black void.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pmMcCain likes to hit Obama for his lack of readiness since he has been in the Senate for less that four years. At least Obama has been on the right side of this issue for those nearly 4 years. For McCain it has been nearly 4 days now that he has been on the right side of this issue. Now, what about the rest of those 26 years? One big, bad blank page. And it is this way with issue after issue. Hell, McCain even voted against money for a study into why women are paid less than men. Some record that is!
September 25th, 2008 at 8:19 amIt’s embarrassing for Palin that she is so bad at these interviews, but it really is a stupid question. The line of questioning reveals either that Couric is woefully misinformed herself or that she is just badgering Palin. It is appropriate to follow up on a question that a guest is weaseling out of, but doing that on a factual question about somebody else’s record feels off sides.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:03 am