10/07/2008
Barack Obama has shown he also knows how to play dirty if necessary. He saw what happened to previous candidates like Kerry, who were too soft when they had to answer to personal attacks.
A few hours after being accused by Sarah Palin of having a good relationship with a former radical activist, Obama has counterattacked reviving a bank bankruptcy, related to McCain. He refers to bank Lincoln, whose owner, Charles Keating, was a friend of the Republican candidate and he financed the beginning of his political career.
When Keating had problems, he asked Senator McCain for help. And McCain interceded so that the State helped Lincoln, which finally bankrupted and led to losses for its shareholders, depositors and public coffers.
That happened 20 years ago, and McCain has always assured that he made a mistake and he did not act in bad faith. But what is true is that it really happened, unlike Palin’s accusation to Obama, which is totally unfounded. And now that the Americans are so worried with their financial crisis, the Keating matter can be devastating for McCain.
Tonight’s debate, whose format is going to be more similar to “I have a question for you” than to a face-to-face between both candidates, is going to take place in that context. Mccain is losing, according to polls, and he is the one who has to attack, but with that format, it is going to be easier for Obama.
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