Obama takes gloves off online

07 October 2008 | 15:35 - By Stefano Boscutti

Sarah Palin runs the ol' guilt by association slur and what are you going to do if you're Barack Obama?  What are you going to do after you've sworn off attack politics?

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Well, you certainly don't trade punches in the mainstream press. You don't run tv commercials You don't even answer with a press release. What you do is release a damning 13min documentary online that shows John McCainÕs central role in the savings and loans scandal of the late 80s savings and early '90, the forerunner to finanical meltdown we are witnessing at the moment. At the heart of the scandal was Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which took advantage of deregulation in the 1980s to make risky investments with its depositors' money. McCain intervened on behalf of Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud, and championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry -- actions that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers. Politics as unusual? Could it swing an election? How many will watch the doc online? 1 million? 10 million?

http://washingtonindependent.com/9039/did-mccain-learn-from-the-sl-crisis http://www.keatingeconomics.com/

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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