Talking turkey at Horse's Mouth

Talking turkey

Published by Sally on Sep 16th, 2007 in Uncategorized with No Comments

With bad economic news piling up, the candidates put away the lipstick and started talking turkey:

John McCain says he’d like to see a commission, similar to the one that studied the 9-11 attacks, tackle the economic crisis (Courtesy: NBC’s “Today”) (:06)

McCain says he’s the candidate best-suited to navigate the country out of its economic troubles (Courtesy: NBC’s “Today”) (:06)

McCain says mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were too cozy with Washington lawmakers and regulators for too long (Courtesy: CBS’ “The Early Show”) (:13)

Barack Obama says the Wall Street meltdown this week is the “final verdict” after almost eight years of bad economic policy (:08)

Obama says John McCain has been oblivious to indications of a looming an economic crisis (:12)

Obama says Democrats have historically done a better job with the economy, due, in part, to one principle (:12)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the Republicans have a poor record on the economy (Courtesy: NBC’s “Today”) (:12)

Biden says American workers have been the “scape goats” of this bad economy (Courtesy: CBS’ “The Early Show”) (:08)

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