The First Post (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Colonel Jim Johnson (pictured), a colourful ex-SAS officer who ran small wars at a convenient arm's length distance from the Government, has died at the age of 83. In 1962,…
The State of Sunshine (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
First of all I want to thank Jim Johnson for making today happen. Without his help I wouldn’t have been able to have the experience of being a member of the press corps for Sen. John McCain’s visit to Panama City August 1st. When I checked my email this morning Jim had sent me a [...]
Bizblogger (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
It's bad enough that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac receive backing from the federal government. It's worse still that unemployed politicians (Jamie Gorelick, Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines) make millions of dollars as incompetent managers who can't figure out their own accounting issues. But to then donate millions of dollars, including to organizations like Jesse Jackson's PUSH coalition , Fannie and...
The State of Sunshine (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Friends, I’d like to thank Jim Johnson for this great opportunity to contribute to The State of Sunshine. As mentioned in the introduction, my name is Eric Wall and I am a libertarian-leaning conservative from Panama City. I am a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida Executive Committee and consider myself fundamentally a fiscal conservative. [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Mickey Kaus on Obama's bad-judgment-turned-good-luck: Didn't subprime poster villain Angelo Mozilo do Barack Obama a big favor by compromising Obama's initial VP vetter, Jim Johnson, with favorable loans, causing Johnson to step down from his position? How bad would today's headlines be for Obama if Fannie Mae fatcat Johnson was still heading up his vice-presidential search effort?
Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
This fraud has been on the campaign trail vilifying mortgage companies as many now know his staff employed a man, Jim Johnson, who was closely connected to the very company that he was railing on, and now it surfaces that he along with those 6 other Democrats got sweetheart mortgage deals on their home loans not available to the general public. The only change Obama will bring to the WhiteHouse and...
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
As most Campaign ‘08 gadflies are aware, there was some serious ado over Senator Barack Obama’s VP selection committee. Two weeks ago, former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson, one of the original three appointed to conduct Obama’s VP search, tapped out after the WSJ reported on favorable loans he received from Countrywide Financial. Meanwhile, Senator [...]
Red State (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Jonah Goldberg : The game Frank is playing is very, very easy to play. Does anyone doubt that one could count up liberal and leftwing pols and activists who've been seduced or corrupted to one extent or another and make a similar charge? Jesse Jackson, Jim Johnson, Al Sharpton, Bill Clinton come immediately to mind. Why don't they prove that the most zealous and high-minded liberal soldiers lurk behind...
First Read (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
In a profile of Caroline Kennedy, the Washington Post's Romano reports that the Obama campaign will replace Jim Johnson on the veep vetting team sometime this week. "Democratic Party sources say that while Kennedy's magical name might have brought her to the table, she is a lawyer and successful author -- and wouldn't sign on to something as window dressing. Her role in this intense search, which is...
Red State (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
On June 12, RedState's Soren Dayton introduced us to Eric Holder , a member (formerly along with not the Jim Johnson Barack Obama used to know ) of the Obama vice presidential search team. At the time, Dayton wrote the following: I would like to introduce you to Eric Holder, Bill Clinton's former Deputy Attorney General. Holder was involved in the pardon of Marc Rich, the Democratic donor who had...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Source: [b]CNN[/b] From Ed Hornick CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The day after Jim Johnson resigned from Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate vetting committee, Sen. John McCain set his sights on Eric Holder, one of the two remaining members of the committee. "I think people in the medi...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Now that Jim Johnson has quit Barack Obama's vice-presidential candidate selection team, maybe somebody, anybody, in the media, instead of making " He's havng a bad day " excuses, might focus on the questionable judgment of Barack Obama in having Eric Holder serve on that team. Besides his already-known role in facilitating the Clinton pardons, including that of fugitive billionaire financier March...
Red State (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
You’ve seen the fine reporting done by my RedState colleagues on the Jim Johnson story ( Here’s Moe’s take. ) Jim Johnson is the past CEO of Fannie Mae. You know, the government-sponsored entity that buys up a huge chunk of all the home mortgages originated in this country. Being an accomplished business executive is a fine credential to be a member of Barack Obama’s Vice-Presidential vetting committee....
Swampland (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The endless and insufferable presidential candidate guilt-by-association game may have finally led to a big story. Appropriately enough, the story has little to do with either of the campaigns. The business magazine Portfolio is reporting today that Jim Johnson, the former VP vetter for Barack Obama, was not the only person of note who received favorable loans from Countrywide Financial. To wit: Senators...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Jim Johnson, the most experienced hand guiding Democrat Barack Obama's vice presidential search, stepped down Wednesday as Republican criticism of his home mortgage deals became a
