Legal Commentary

Brokaw Declares Keating 5 Scandal Ancient History

By Big Tent Democrat

I happen to not care about the Keating 5 scandal myself but who am I to tell voters what to care about? But in a world where William Ayers and the Weather Underground is a topic of discussion, it seems to me that tomorrow's debate moderator, Tom Brokaw (via Atrios) has compromised himself to some degree when he agrees the Keating 5 is "ancient history:"

MR. BROKAW: John—we have to keep explaining to everyone—that Charles Keating was the Arizona developer with whom John McCain had an, a, a strong relationship, and then he got in a lot of trouble. He was prosecuted by the Feds, and John McCain said, “I made a terrible mistake here.” Yeah.

MR. YEPSEN: And it’s all ancient history, Tom.

MR. BROKAW: Yeah.

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Certainly if what John McCain did with Charles Keating 20 years ago is "ancient history," then Tom Brokaw must agree that what WILLIAM AYERS did nearly 40 years ago is beyond ancient history and relevance. At least the Keating 5 issue is about something JOHN McCAIN did. The Ayers issue has nothing to do with anything Barack Obama did. Besides, the American People want to know if the history we really need to worry about is from the 1930s - are we facing another Great Depression. As I recall, Brokaw wrote a book that discussed that generation of Americans. Seems he might be interested in asking about that.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).