McCain speech in Albuquerque, NM (10/6/08): McCain takes the gloves off and puts a stop to the haemorrhage of lies. McCain describes Obama as a Chicago politician who initially distracts people away from his record, gets touchy when he's called on it and then launches an angry barrage of insults. "Whenever I questioned his politics or his record, he's called me a liar." "Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he's been asked." "I don't need lessons about telling the truth to the American people. And were I ever to need any improvement on that regard, I probably wouldn't seek advice from a Chicago politician." "My opponent touchiness every time he's questioned about his record should make us only more concerned. You know, for a guy who's already authored two memoirs, he's not exactly an open book." On the current Economic Crisis: "This corruption was encouraged by democrats in Congress and abetted by Senator Obama." "Interestingly, Senator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes that if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed." "But the truth is, I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And it could have prevented this crisis from happening in the first place. Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and his democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in, every single one." "As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been 'a good idea'. Senator Obama, that good idea, has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the great depression." "To hear him talk now you'd think that he's always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. Nothing. Zero. Zippo. Nada!" "He was surely familiar with the people who are creating the problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him and he's taken their money for his campaign." "He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the Committee overseeing them." "Even after he refused to lift a finger to prevent this crisis, when the crisis hit, he was missing in action." On Taxes: "We see a difference between what Senator Obama says today, what he said yesterday and what he's actually done. During the democratic primary he promised to double taxes on every American with a dividend or an investment. He promised to raise payroll taxes. He promised higher taxes on electricity." "Now Senator Obama claims he will give 95% of Americans tax relief. He actually promised the same thing when he was running for Senator in Illinois, but once elected, he never introduced legislation to do so. Instead, he voted for the democratic budget resolution that promised to raise taxes on people making just $42,000 a year." "At the time, he said it was intended to put the nation's priorities back on track. To raise your taxes? You know, if he's such a defender of the middle class, why did he vote to raise their taxes? Whatever happen to the tax relief he promised them when he was a candidate for the Senate and why should middle class Americans trust him to keep promises that hes already broken?"