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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone know if this is true re: Fannie Mae Exec.'s
FRANKLIN RAINES: Does Raines now work for the Obama Campaign as Obama's Chief Economic Advisor?
TIM HOWARD: Is Howard a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama under Franklin Raines?
JIM JOHNSON: Was Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and has be been selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee?
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Does anyone know if this is true re: Fannie Mae Exec.'s (Original Post)
MichiganVote
Jan 2012
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Raines is a target among the wingnuts - But it was the Bush administration that let him
banned from Kos
Jan 2012
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SixthSense
(829 posts)1. first two are hoaxes
Here's the Chief Economic Advisor presently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_B._Krueger
don't know about the 3rd
unblock
(52,331 posts)3. there's a bit of truth to the 3rd one
obama did initially hire him, but then resigned him a couple months later.
he was never paid anything.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)7. Thanks
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(52,331 posts)2. snopes knows: FALSE
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)6. Thanks
banned from Kos
(4,017 posts)4. Raines is a target among the wingnuts - But it was the Bush administration that let him
off the hook in 2004 after he was caught fudging Fannie Mae financials.
Throw that at them.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)5. Thanks.