MCCAIN, THE ANTI-MAVERICK
By Jim Hightower – Mon., 10/13/08
John McCain keeps calling himself “a maverick” and is even calling the McCain-Palin ticket, “Maverick Squared.”

Puh-leeze. It’s been my privilege to know some genuine mavericks, and I can tell you… [read more]

CREDIT CARDHOLDERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
It’s hard to feel much love for bankers, but they’re sure not helping themselves right now. Even as they’ve been clammoring for a massive bailout from you and me, they’ve been lobbying furiously in Washington… [read more]

WALL STREET’S BANK ROBBERS
By Jim Hightower – Thu., 10/9/08
Willie Sutton, who said he robbed banks because “That’s where the money is,” had nothing on Richard Fuld.

He’s the Wall Street whiz who headed Lehman Brothers and moved the… [read more]

BUCKING WALL STREET
By Jim Hightower – Wed., 10/8/08

In a plaintive plea to get his rebellious house colleagues to vote for the establishment’s Wall Street bailout bill, Rep. Spencer Bachus wailed that, “There are no other alternatives, no other choices.”

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MCAIN’S “LEADERSHIP ROLE” ON BAILOUT
By Jim Hightower – Tue., 10/7/08
Drum majors do less strutting than John McCain did during the Washington negotiations over the infamous Wall Street bailout. And drum majors at least lead the band down the field; McCain, on the other hand,… [read more]

BUSH IS DUCKING HIS PRESIDENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY

By Jim Hightower – Mon., 10/6/08
Where’s George? You know… George W, the guy who’s supposed to be president, the one who calls himself “The Decider”?

Here we are in the midst of a financial meltdown that… [read more]