And now... This

Let me preface this particular "outing" of the truth on behalf of a man who seems to be having increasingly difficulty in doing so himself – John McCain – by explaining some ground rules for this site.

While I realize that "What About Carly?" is by its nature a negative kind of blog, it's also about getting to the truth which is an especially significant thing in politics. Moreover, I have chosen not to commit first strikes (the kind our Commander -in- Chief authorized in Iraq). Rather, I will counterstrike. When John McCain attacks his presidential opponent I'll lob one back.

Sure, Barack is big enough to handle his own battles. He doesn't need little ol' me to help him battle a 72-year-old man with questionable health. However, this opponent often doesn't fight fair, inserting horseshoes in the shape of big, fat lies into his gloves (awkward metaphor, no?) Plus, Obama is my peeps. I always stand up for my peeps.

So, with that caveat out of the way, let me get to the gist of this post. As just reported in the NY Times, Freddie Mac gave $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager, from the end of 2005 through last month . That's FREDDIE MAC.

According to the Times report, two insiders "said Mr. Davis’s firm, Davis Manafort, had been kept on the payroll because of his close ties to Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, who by 2006 was widely expected to run again for the White House."

That's CLOSE TIES.

To read the article in its entirety go to McCain Aide's FirmWas Paid by Freddie Mac

This, on the same day McCain launched a vicious attack ad in Illinois in which, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, he "accuses Sen. Barack Obama of being a product of the Chicago political machine."

Mayor Daley was none too pleased with McCain's latest bit of vitriole and warned the formerly respectable senator that he, too, can play rough, reminding in a press conference of McCain's membership in the Keating Five.

He who throws stones at glass houses, Mr. McCain... and right about now your seven/nine/umpteen homes are looking pretty damn fragile.