Normally, I address this type of thing myself. I'm totally swamped right now and don't have the time to research this. A friend sent me this email and asked if it could be rebutted. She is leaning McCain.
The email
McCain accused Obama of receiving donations from individuals at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants whose failures signaled the oncoming financial crisis.
"The real catalyst was Fannie and Freddie. They're the ones who were the encouragement of Sen. Obama and his cronies that went out and made all these risky loans, gave them to all these people who couldn't pay back. There were some of us who stood up and said we needed to enact legislation," McCain said.
"There were some of us who stood up against this," he said. "There were others who took a hike."
Obama has received $126,349 -- $120,349 from employees and $6,000 from Political Action Committees or PACs -- since he joined the Senate in 2005, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. His total is the second largest of any member of Congress, right behind Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., at $165,400.
McCain has received $21,550 from employees (nothing from PACs) since 1989 -- a period 14 years longer than Obama has been in the Senate -- according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Do any of you have the facts so I can answer and rebut this? You are one of the most informed bunch I've yet to come across, so I thought I post my plea for information here. If you can help me with this, I'd be very grateful. I sense I have an opportunity to swing this voter.