Apparently a bit disturbed that the McCain Gang lied about his brother in a TV Ad Mayor Daley is striking back. The ad about denigrating Obama, Chicago politics and calling the Mayors brother a Lobbyist , which is untrue has set the Mayor to warning McCain. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting it as a " bring it on " kinda moment.
In essence, Daley warned McCain that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. He was talking about McCain's role in the so-called "Keating Five" savings and loan scandal.
"You had the Keating Five. We had the biggest scandal in America called savings and loan. The biggest scandal. People lost their homes because of greed. And no one is inferring [wrongdoing by] Sen. McCain and the others, who were always known as the Keating Five. So, if people start throwing dirt and mud, remember it comes back and hits you right in the face," Daley said.
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Those thrown stones will come to haunt McCain yet if they haven't already. Just as Sirota's diary shows the Right has tried hard to keep this memory far from the public view, others aren't so intent on covering McCains butt. Daley went on to describe what could be his idea for a new Obama ad.
"It would be a great ad. Remember: People lost their life savings, their own homes for a guy named Keating out of Arizona," Daley said.
"If you want to get tough in politics, I can get as tough in politics as anyone else. If you want to do that, then you basically bring yourself down. When you start throwing mud, mud is gonna be thrown at you and it's gonna be sticking," the mayor said.
Daley made it clear that just as McCain has claimed about his running mate, that the family is off-limits and if that line is crossed there will be a price to pay.
"If they want to put me there [in the ad], fine. . . . Put me there. You don't have to put my brother Bill or my wife or anybody else. . . . Could you see an ad about Sen. McCain's wife and how wealthy they are? That would be unfair," the mayor said.
Daley said he does not believe the ad will lay a glove on Obama. In fact, he argued that what damage there is would be done to McCain.
"People look at national politics. They hold their nose and say, 'If this is what's happening -- if you have to tear the other person down -- are you worthy of that position?' . . . It degrades the whole election," Daley said.
Mayor Daley goes on to make a few more points about his thoughts which you shouldn't miss but for me to cut and paste anymore would break the rules. So head on over and read Lynn Sweet