Obama on Biden’s Initial Opposition to AIG Bailout: ‘Joe Should Have Waited’

Go Obama!

No. it only drives Obama crazy.

I’m beginning to feel like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing with Obama/Biden, do they speak to each other, or they both just to busy campaigning for president?

Can’t wait until Obama does this on friday. The arrogant one can’t help himself.

Senator Obama will never take a firm stand on anything. He tests the political waters before he decides how to comment on any issue before him. He still thinks he can vote present.

Obama, one of your top advisors is the former CEO of Fannie Mae..the NOW failed Fannie Mae..Do you think I would want to take financial advise from him..think not. Also how come 4 out of 6 of your top financial contributors are Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan & Citigroup. Sounds like obama is in bed with the failing financial institutions that all the middle class Americans get to pay for all their greed and wealth. I wonder why the news media hasn’t done their job on why these financial institutions have failed. Because the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was repealed during the Clinton Admin. with approval from Dems, Greenspan, Robert Rubin (Goldman Sachs partner), Phil Graham, James Leach, Thomas Bliley, Sandy Weill. Along with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) required banks to loan to areas including lower-income communities. Both of these Acts allowed sub-prime lending to go from a 65 billion in 1995 to 332 billion in 2003. Allowed Citi group to gobble up smaller banks, allowed directorship to serve of multi boards that one company owned, created a “Too Big to Fall” concept…meaning if the bank is too big financially then the gov’t won’t let it fail. These acts also allowed the banks to lower the percentage of cash that it kept on hand. Obama said “Well, no. I would not restore the Glass Steagall Act.” The repeal of the G-S Act has cause this country great deal of pain along with the greed of several CEO’s that should be held accountable for making loans in the amount of $300k to couples that make $60k a year, have 3 car pmts, and 40K in credit card debt. The concept of buy now and no payments until 2010 and the me, me me generation. What does our Congress do….go on vacation instead of dealing with the economy. They don’t have to worry about their IRA because when they retire they get their full salary from all the hard working Americans. I am not happy that the gov’t is bailing out these insitutions. Do we see any talk by congress or the news media to do an investigation???? NO because the investigation would show how many Dem’s and former Pres.Clinton were at fault for the repealing of this ACT. Obama has hired several of these individuals to help with his campaign… God Bless America

Oh, and there is one little footnote to the story that’s worth keeping in mind while Democrats point fingers between now and Nov. 4: Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess. The Democrats killed the bill.

Biden says we shouldn’t bail out AIG and Obama says we need to get the facts first. No problem…both were asked their opinion and both gave their opinion.
Where is Bush-in-a-skirt Palin’s opinion…oh yeah, she has to check with the McCain camp (or her husband) to see what her opinion is, and the McCain camp is still trying to figure out how to bamboozle the American people into thinking that having the architect of the regulation meltdown as his prime financial advisor and being an advocate for deregulation for 26 years is a good thing for Americans. Loosing your life savings, your house, your job…it all makes you stronger…aint that right John (Bush) McCain.

A house divided cannot stand. Biden even found Obama ad terrible and then quickly turned around to say it is fine. How will this White House look like? A risk we cannot take. Oh there is rumor Biden will drop out on or about October 5 with Hillary coming on!

Do any of remember the Keating 5 scandal? Or did you conveniently forget about McCain’s involvement in that? It’s was one of the most costly bailouts we’ve had and McCain was involved. Fact. Look it up.

Meanwhile, Obama’s hiding out for the rest of the week in “debate preparation”. Vote for Palin or vote for Nader — but a passive-aggressive candidate who can’t even maintain public solidarity with his own ditzy VP is no “leader”.

Sometimes I think Obama’a campaign is in
total meltdown.

camp 50 i believe the top economic advisor and strategist that lobby for fannie and freddie are actually in the mccain camp
not the obama camp
but i dont want to ruin you with a little thing like facts

It’s an amazing game the republicans are playing. The pres submits a $700B spending bill to which vp meets with the republicans, and lo and behold, the republicans are against the bill. The dems are falling for the same old bush trick. Again Americans are getting screwed and mccain wins in the end. How convenient for the republicans. Democrats wise up, please.

Yes, and Obama meanwhile is the one of the highest recipients (#2) of lobbying dollars from the institutions which started off this domino effect of failure – Frannie and Freddie Mac. What is his deal? Such a hypocrite! That’s what people find so disgusting about politics. His empty rhetoric and lack of character.

Obama doesn’t have the teleprompter in front of him to tell him what to do..
What do you hear from Obama.. Alot of I don’t know.. let’s wait and see,
More of the “Just Present” thinking.

Bailout/Finger Pointing/20/20 Hindsight
Just basic politics! You have only one choice–your VOTE! If you don’t know who you should vote for you don’t deserve to vote–both have strength’s and weaknesses, so choose who you trust the most to do the very best–don’t ever confuse efforts with RESULT’S! Vote
ffor the most effective person and live wwith it–DRW

McCain and Biden were right about AIG.

George W. takes stands on issues – makes up his mind. End of story.
Facts be damned.
He’s the decider…

as usual the question goes unanswered – and the MSM lets him get away with it.

Two different standards rule – thats normal for Obama as well for Chicago politics. I know it. I am from Chicago.

Wait… I thought Joe was the experienced half of this pair? Did The One choose poorly?

I applaud NBC for finally asking Obama a follow up question! First time for everything.

obamas camp in total meltdown?
you for surely meant mccains camp because hes been in a free fall for a week now, and i dont see him gaining any footing yet
mccain is completely changing his ideals in a matter of moments even after years of voting and talking out against regulations
his economic policy is…. well pathetic
and he continues to lie and twist things around so when he last week couldnt come up with any plans or get anything right
and then says that was obama
cmon… this is pathetic mccain

“A vote for mccain is a vote for four more years of the same failure as bush.”

Obama and the Dems are the fault for what’s happening now.
Obama will say anything to get elected, not for the country, but for himself.
He is an arrogant, never-wrong/always right, BS politician.
Hope for Venom. He can even give a straight answer without attacking someone else.
Weaker by the minute…

Words? Just words? With Obama, nothing but hot air.

Obama is the classic “Monday Morning Quarterback”. He never gets on the field and makes the tough decisions during the game, but instead waits until afterwards and berates the decisions of those who did play.
Since the days of Bill Clinton i have not witnessed another politician who likes to play both ends against the middle like Obama.
He is like the gambler who always wants to place his bet a minute after the game ends and the outcome is known. Presidentd don’t have that luxury.
If Mccain is smart, he will paint Obama as weak and indecisive (which shouldn’t be hard to do).

Sarah Palin wasn’t even mentioned in this story, yet you left-wing bashers just cant help insulting her. McCain will easily get the majority of the women votes. The polls show Obama/Biden haven’t picked-up a single Hillary voter since June. So keep ‘em coming cowboys.

On any issue, be it the economy, foregin affairs, health care, etc, etc, Senator Obama has routinely displayed a better grasp and understanding of the issues facing this country. McCain and the McCain campaign have do not have a plan on any of the issues. Their tactic is to distract the American people with Palin and negative ads. It will be a sad in the world if a wingnut like Palin comes so close to the presidency.

P.S.,
“McCain is suddenly a populist”?
Lol, McCain has ALWAYS been a populist. Why do you think he was so unpopular with the Republican Base before he picked Sarah Palin?

“”Obama, one of your top advisors is the former CEO of Fannie Mae..the NOW failed Fannie Mae..”"
This is how rumors and lies get started. The McCain campaign tried last week to tie Franklin Raines to Obama and suggest that he has a role in the campaign. Absolutley not true if you believe both Obama and Raines and the reporter who interviewd Raines about a brief conversation between Raines and the Obama campaign that formed the flimsy basis for this smear. Still here we are with posters who would rather post a long winded rant and spread a lie than spend a few minutes getting his facts straight.

John Mccain was a co-sponsor of this bill it was oppposed by the democrats including Obama
S.190
Title: A bill to address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 7/28/2005 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably

“Keating 5″
Yes, please do look it up. 1989, 5 senators, 4 of them Democrats, 2 Glenn and McCain found to be NOT at fault

words just words obama. you are as dirty as they come.
the other guys are the ones bring reform and change to america.

If the democrats boot Biden and bring in Hillary, they will lose in a landslide because Americans will see that it was either all set up or Biden was booted for saying what he honestly believes-if they boot Biden and is back to being a community organizer of retired folks bingo games, ballroom dances or whatever Obama organized. community organizer–is that a laugher or what?

The more Obama talks the dumber he gets. He, Biden and Clinton are responsible for the current economic situation and we should vote him in office?

Obama said when selecting a VP
“And the third criteria for me, I think, was independence. I want somebody who is going to be able to challenge my thinking and not simply be a yes-person when it comes to policy-making.”
“I think Joe should have waited as well.”
Another Obama flip-flop. Joe should be a Yes-man.

…and just HOW LONG has Joe Biden been in the Senate, Senator Obama??? Since he was 22 years old I think it was? The YOUNGEST elected Senator?
Get it right, Barack!

Well, Obama did say he picked Biden because he DIDN’T want someone who would just agree with him 100% of the time. Sounds like straight talk to me.
I personally respect Obama for not trying to make excuses for his running mate just because he’s his running mate though. After all, Obama stood true to what he himself said. I think McCain could learn a thing or two from Obama’s straight talk right now.

Obama just keeps getting Dumber every single day. He has no control over his own thoughts.

So, according to the chosen one, it’s OK for Joe Biden, who has served 36 years in the Senate, to flip-flop on an issue that’s happened while the Democrats have had control of Congress, but it’s not OK for John McCain to change views on an issue because he’s been in Congress 26 years?
Obama has been in Congress 2 years and, according to several reports, toed the party line 97% of the time. His running mate has been in Congress 36 years.
While the Democrats have controlled Congress, Congress has seen it’s approval rating plummet to under 20% – a full 10-15 points lower than the President’s approval rating that the Dems have made such a big deal about and used to claim that the President is out of touch with what Americans want.
It’s also come to light in recent days that the Democrats squashed a bill that most economists have said would have prevented the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac debacle (a bill co-sponsored by John McCain).
McCain has been in Congress 26 years and, according to several reports, has toed the party line 90% of the time. His running mate has ZERO years in federal government.
How I do love Presidential campaign politics…

This tells it ALL: Who is the number one recipient of funds from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Chris Dodd – The person in the Sentate who is now trying to push the bailout! Who is the #2 recipient from these? Barack Hussein Obama!! A democrat. BTW: Dodd is also the #1 recipient from AIG.

I guess the $125,000 in contributions Obama has gotten from Fannie & Freddie PAC over the years was well spent. At least McCain was a co-sponsor of S190 reform that was blocked by the Dems. in committee in 2005.

Let’s see how the Democrat’s respond to this one, since they are trying to blame McCain for the Wall Street meltdown……. Senate Bill 190, 2005. Sponsor: John McCain.
Bill was to set up an oversight committee to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This quasi Government Corporation was overstepping it’s bounds and McCain wanted some oversight and set responsibility for the Executives.
THE VOTE – DOWN PARTY LINES – BILL WAS DEFEATED BY THE DEMOCRATS. REPUBLICANS WANTED OVERSIGHT AND THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT.
HERE IS SOMETHING SPECIFIC. NOW LET’S SEE THE DEMOCRATS WIGGLE OUT OF THIS!!!

Team “Hope’n Change” are in total meltdown.
This is fun to watch.
/grabs more popcorn

no hussein, what drives people crazy about politics is exactly your answer. being asked a specific question about one company, you swing things around to talk about general regulation and de-regulation. when asked why the sky is blue, people like you prefer to answer with why the grass is many shades of green.

Is this the new politics that octoroon Obama wants, he can say what he wants but if you check the facts you will find out most of the time he is telling half-truths or just an out and out lie , Example “Obama, Sept. 20: And I’ll protect Social Security, while John McCain wants to privatize it. Without Social Security half of elderly women would be living in poverty – half. But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would’ve had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week. Millions would’ve watched as the market tumbled and their nest egg disappeared before their eyes. Millions of families would’ve been scrambling to figure out how to give their mothers and fathers, their grandmothers and grandfathers, the secure retirement that every American deserves. So I know Senator McCain is talking about a “casino culture” on Wall Street – but the fact is, he’s the one who wants to gamble with your life savings.
That’s untrue. All current retirees would be covered by exactly the same Social Security benefits they are now under what the Obama campaign likes to call the “Bush-McCain privatization plan,” which Bush pushed for unsuccessfully in 2005.”

Mccain refuses to say that he will not have PHIL GRAMM as his treasury secretary
SCARY!!!
phil gramm wrote a lot of the deregulation laws that have caused the sub prime collapse.
He also was mccains pal and economic advisor until he said we were in a mental recession and america was a nation of whiners
mccains campaign advisor and his top strategist are all lobbyists for feddie and frannie and each have got millions for their lobbying help
mccain falsely accused obama of being advised by reigns but that was just another lie from mccain
mccain the deregulator!!!

the republicans want us to bail out their buddies and pals that caused this mess and then the republicans want to blame the democrats for bailing them out
thanks but no thanks

I shall not be watching Charlie Gibson anymore after his egregiously unfair treatment of Palin in his interview. Which “Bush doctrine”??- there have been four.

Excellent anti-Obama TV ads aimed at Values Voters now airing in PA, CO, & NM
Memorable Animated Graphic Tag line on all ads: “DEFEND FREEDOM [drumbeat] DEFEAT OBAMA”
- Another Lifelong Democrat Voting for McCain.

“I am sure he is now regretting his decision to becomes Obama’s VP.”

God, what a self-righteous, pompous jerk!

Just maybe the term flip-flop” is beginning to be overused. Things change, people’s positions change. Courageous people are not afraid to bend with the wind. Not all changes are for political expedience. In politics the opposite of flip-flop is George Bush.
Halli Casser-Jayne

Is it too much to ask to get a straight answer from this bozo? Do the leftists in this country really think Obama will lead? He can’t even lead his own Vice President.
If this clown wins, we’re doomed.

It’s funny how people on this board still try to defend this Obama screwup. Even McCain will/had his screwups before. The minute you try to defend something that is clearly not there, is the minute you lose your ability to independant and become a slave. If you support your candidate, admit it and move on.
All great presidents have done it before. Even Bill Clinton got away with sexually preying on women for most of his life. He is still, still a likable guy. He should admit he has a problem though.

Wow! The reverberations of the GOP echo chamber in this thread are really deafening. The idea that Democrats are primarily responsible for the repeated episodes of mindless deregulation that have led first to the S & L crisis (Keating Five anyone?) and now the mortgage meltdown is pretty funny. The fact that McCain gets economic advice from Rich Davis, a major lobbyist for the financial services industry, is somehow ignored. Right now, we have two candidates trying to sound like Barack Obama, but only one is.

I have yet to hear Obama say anything about what he actually would do in any situation. What he has done is blame McCain and attempt to paint him as Bush II. That’s getting a little old. And when Obama is actually not being negative, he is, if you watch carefully, saying nothing. He is a tired combination of worn out class enemy struggle and does not belong where he is now. He will be a disastrous leader for the US if elected, both domestically in the economy and internationally in power politics. Why do you think Putin, Chaves, Fidel, the Iranian fool and a host of others that wish us ill love Obama. Do not support. Do not encourage. Journalists, start doing your jobs again. If you did just a tenth of the digging on Obama that you’ve done on Palin we might know just how much cocaine Obama used and if he ever dealt. We might know just how it is that Obama, the “consensus-seeker”, attended Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years and never heard any hate speech.

LMAO, McBush cracks me up totally! I love how one day he says one thing, then the next day says the complete opposite! Even funnie is the fact there are people who actualy support this man whose word clearly means nothing.
Jessup

Obama became irrelevant weeks ago. Now he wants to wait to deliver his response? C’mon, who let this guy in the race? Dems coulda picked a decent candidate – now they’ll be whining and hating for 16 years. C’mon Dems – wake up!

One other thing, the silly troll comments that the Democrats are to blame for this crisis are laughable. I seem to recollect that a lot of the problem is mortgages and securities related thereto and it seems to me that situation largely developed since Bush became president, what with the irrational run-up of real estate prices and lack of real economic growth. Bush, if you will recall, would be the chief executive, the guy who is supposed to faithfully execute the laws, per the “quaint” document known as the Constitution. Also, it is my belief that the Democrats were not in charge of Congress, either, for 3/4 of the Bush administration and, when even in nominal control since the beginning of 2007 only, Senate rules have precluded much getting done without Republicans going along. And that is all without considering that when any bill gets passed, it goes to Bush, he of the multitude of signing statements and proven incompetence. So just drop the ludicrous attempts to tar the Democrats. It’s either completely pathetic or certifiably delusional. Plus, you’re simply not getting paid enough to do it!

Biden doesn’t understand that
he has to operate in unison
with the man at the top of
the ticket.
He is a klutz – has no finesse,
no savoir faire.
The Dems should let him go.
Obama/Clinton ’08

Sorry, Obama, Lauer had it right. You just wanted to score political points.

My oh my…what a surprise that Obama would “vote present” on the AIG bailout and then then someone actually suggests an idea or opinion, he jumps out of his “change” box and cries foul. A few years ago Bush tried to work with Dems to fix Social Security and all the Dems could do was accuse him of trying to starve seniors. What a sick lot on the liberal, hateful left in our nation.

Typical Obama. Dont take a position so you can have maximum “flexibility” to criticize those who have the courage to act. That counter-punching tactic sometimes works in senate and law school debates, where nothing depends on an outcome, but god help us if he ever has to lead this country in a true emergency. It would be 4 years of Jimmy Carter-like hand wringing and paralysis.

Keating 5- Mccain was investigated and cleared..Just like Bill Clinton, that is how the system works

Obama totally dodged that question and Matt let him.
It’s like I’m playing cards with my sister’s kids.

Obama was my choice, but he clearly has shown a disrespect and contempt for anyone other than himself.
Country First or Obama First?

A revolution has taken place and not a single shot was fired nor was there a single demonstration in the streets. The Den of Thieves, aka Wall Street, has taken over the Government of the United States in a bloodless coup. And the answer to the takeover is to give this same Den of Thieves 700 billion of our money to spend as they wish with no oversight? Does the old phrase “the fox is guarding the chicken coop” seem to ring true? Goodbye Representative Republic, hello United States Socialist Republic. Hey……..it’s the USSR all over again.

Can anyone honestly tell me what BO did while he was a community organizer, IL state rep, or as a senator? No bull please, just some truths. Will be waiting and believe me when I say I will have them checked out.

You seem to be forgetting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were propped up by Clinton and full of Clinton pals. I don’t deny there was greed on a large scale but with Fannie and Freddie soaking up all these sub-prime time bombs, what did we expect.

Obama and his supporters are so clueless it’s staggering!

here it comes………
Barry’s excuse to drop Biden and recruit Hillary,,,
WIN at any cost…
does this show leadership?
he flip flops on everything, including MAYBE his running mate

I see all the little Mitchy Malkinites are here to bash Obama like the schoolyard children they are.

Couple of comments. (1) When this thing first came out…no one knew the breath and gravity of it…or at least Paulsen didn’t as it unraveled..(see Bloomberg article) That is why McCain seemed to have flip-flopped…he like others were only “reacting” to information they were given…and I am not sure ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THE REAL TRUE INFORMATION IS TODAY.
(2)…While Congress, including McCain were on board with deregulation IN THE 1990′S…in 2003..McCain called for REGULATION of Fannie and Freddie…he was ONE OF THREE PEOPLE. Everyone seems to miss that point. The biased MSM just repeats the 1990s part and gets a lapse of memory about 2003.
Third…HERE IS WHERE I REALLY GET MAD…Just like McCain said back in 2003 that something had to be done…here we are in 2008 WITH THE ENERGY BILL…FOLKS…WE NEED GAS…THE $$$ FROM OIL REVENUES WILL PULL US OUT OF THIS MESS AND FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET PEOPLE WORKING. OIL IS THE NEW CURRENCY OF THE USA…NOT THE DOLLAR. UNTIL WE GET FREE OF THE $700b IN OIL..WE ARE SCr*WED. HOW DARE THEY WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM…AND NOW THEY WANT TO MAKE IT WORSE BY NO DRILLING…OF WHICH MOST OF AMERICA WANTS.
SO..IF YOU AGREE WITH ME AND YOUR SENATORS ARE NOT PART OF THE GANG OF 20…LET’S VOTE THE IDIOTS OUT AND GET SOMEONE TO DO THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS…NOT THEIRS.
p.s. IF YOU HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT THAT OBAMA WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED…YOU ARE NAIVE…THE MAN WILL SELL HIS COUNTRY OUT FOR HIS OWN WISHES.

anyone can lie, but republicans do it best
mccain had no idea what was going on last week, his whole ideology was the cause of the problem….
so waht do they do next week, blame obama!

Does everyone just spew information they hear and think it is real? Here are the facts about McCain’s regulatory record in the housing market. RON PAUL first submitted a House resolution to disallow the government to bail out the banks in 2003! In 2005, Rangel introduced the Senate resolution with McCain as a co-sponsor along with Elizabeth Dole and Sununu. In 2007, Rangel re-introduced the bill with Sunun, Dole, and now Mel Martinez as co-sponsors. So, McCain was for it ni 2005 but did not co-sponsor it in 2007. Also when it did not get out of committee in 03 and 05, it was during a REPUBLICAN Congress in control of BOTH houses.
Do not say the DEMS stopped it!! That is a flat out lie…

Trouble in paradise? LOL The shoe-in is clue-less. CHANGE is a WORD not a PLAN. And no he won’t be able to bring his teleprompter along on Friday.

Wow! Obama doing the Curly Shuffle! WooWooWooWoo!! I can’t figure out which of the Three Stooges he reminds me of. Lord help us if he gets elected president!

WHOD? “What Has Obama Done?” – ever??!

Hey SD, you are spot on about Bush being President for the last 8 years and taking responsibility for the crisis in credit markets. So were you crowing for Clinton’s head in the late 90′s when the dot com bubble burst? Doubt it, that was in your mind, just the markets doing what they do. Let’s be real here, dems in Congress (Barney Frank, Chris Dodd) badgered and bullied the banking industry into giving home loans to people who had no business getting them. The industry complied with the usual percentage of greedy crokks taking advantage of the situation, add to that a out to lunch regulatory body – the SEC and you have a disaster. Did Bush do anything to help it – probably not – he just went along with the “affordable housing” crowd in Congress so he could look like a nice guy. your dems are as complicit as everyone else in Washington, yet Barney Frank has the nerve to mouth off about how it’s Wall Street greed that caused it. He partially right, but Washington hubris and meddleing started the whole thing.

This isn’t the fifth grade; it is the most powerful position in the world. Do we really want a “we’ll get back to you on our plan for the financial crisis” president?
No…we want a guy that never blinks…always knows the right answers…never questions his own instincts. We want a COWBOY to lead us. A maverick…an old cranky guy ehat never wants to be confused by the facts. We certainly don’t want a guy who confers with smart people, hears all sides before he makes a decision. We don’t have time for inteligent processes. We want a leader who can confidently take us over the cliff.

Obama claiming McCain doesn’t have clarity on the financial crisis is a joke. McCain has released a detailed, 6 point plan while Obama claims to have a “secret plan” he’ll only release if elected. McCain sponsored a bill in 2006 to enact regulations and reforms that would have prevented the melt down at Freddie and Fannie, and yes, their meltdown and the corruption there is a HUGE contributor to this crisis despite the ignorant posting of another on this board who claims otherwise. The Democrats opposed McCains reform, including Obama, that experts say would have prevented this dominoe effect on other financial institutions and with a few liberal Republicans managed to kill this bill. Obama cannot continue to pretend to be about change, or point the finger of blame at others when he was part of the problem.

The markets are working correctly. Those who made dumb choices are being punished. Some cannot handle the Darwinian nature of the free market. Lord Messiah Obama is running around wanting to be an economic creationist.

Obama is just a political opportunist pushing his socilist agenda at every turn. Is he going to return the Fanie Mae money he received? He forgets it was his party that used regulation to force banks to make loans to people with no money down in the name of encourage home ownership. Now we are paying for his parties attempt to buy votes with tax payers money.
Also even Bidden admits Obama should have choosen Clinton as VP.

the only reason why anyone would disagree with obama is because of racism.
racism i tell you.
the guy is gloriously beautiful. he has a great speaking voice. he lives the american dream of coming from no where over night to where he is today. everyone who doesn’t see the beauty and the glory of this dude is a racist. He said so himself, and therefore must be true.
In this particular case, biden is clearly wrong. He didn’t consult the oracle of Illinois before he misspoke.
I am never wrong, because I run everything I type by the great Oracle before I type it.
To the nonbelievers, believing in Change is easy, you simply have to outsource reality to the GREAT ONE, and you will have Hope.

If Biden dropped out, Hillary would NEVER be Obama’s running mate. NEVER! Hillary is doing her part to help the Democrats but you can see her heart isn’t in it and neither is Bill’s. Look how generous Bill has been toward Palin and McCain. He shows class – Obama doesn’t. There are a lot of people who will NEVER forget how Hillary and Bill were treated. I’m one of them.

Biden spoke out of turn. He should have waited three days for Barrack to see which way the wind is blowing.
Biden disagreed with the attack ad on McCain being out of touch until his handlers told him he needed to change his stance. So he voted against it, before he voted for it.
Joe is getting slapped around for having his own opinion. For all of the democrats reading this, realize that McCain and Palin disagree on some issues, but no one has told Palin to shut up a get in line. What a concept. Someone disagrees, but they are willing to listen to each other and discuss ideas.

that anyone asked such question from obama is a miracle. he will make more gaffes than biden if media will just ask the hard questions as they do with others.
obama is just another pol out of chicago.
not a leader but a follower
he was/is in the tank for fannie. now media is in the tank for obama.

Mediocre academics tend to hide their position in ambiguous phrasing, so their points can’t be proven either right or wrong. Brilliant minds (think Einstein and Richard Feynman) are always more plain spoken and are never afraid to take a stand. Obama is out in the spotlight (wishing he could go back on vacation) looking for a place to hide his position.

Did anyone see Obamrama on the show with George Stephanopoulos when he made the slip and said “My Muslin Faith”. I wonder how many true christains have made that slip. Think about it.

As usual the Democrats like to practice revisionistic history. They seem to forget that it was Clinton who inacted the CRI forcing banks into lending to unqualified borrowers so that the great American dream of owning a home could be realized by everyone. It was McCain who co-sponsored s190 that Clinton Obama and Biden refused to back which now has come back to bite us in the butt

“Joe Biden announced today that, despite great regret, he must withdraw from the Democratic Presidential ticket due to illness.”

See…this is why people who are leaning Democrat should reconsider…do you see the post previous…they are quoting Ariana Huffington as “an expert”. This is why McCain’s regulation bill did not go through…it was killed by people who don’t know anything and “profit” from their rhetoric…Dodd made out BIG TIME…AND HUFFINGTON WILL MAKE OUT BIG TIME IF ANYONE READS HER. WOW…I WONDER IF SHE SHOULD GO TO WORK FOR BLOOMBERG…OR THE WSJ?

Gotta love Biden, the ultimate gaffe machine.

Actually, one reader had it right. Both McCain and Biden are more qualified than Obama to be President. What makes Obama think he is more qualified? His experience? His advisor from Freddie Mac? Tony Rezko. I am telling you, this guy is going to lose in a landslide even if McCain keeps fumbling the ball.

Well it finally happened, I felt that Ob, Obi, would eventually have a meltdown. I don’t doubt that OBiden was not the RIGHT DECISION AND THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION, THAT A PRESIDENT CANDIDATE HAS TO MAKE ON HIS OWN. CAN WE CONTINUE TO TRUST A CANDIDATE, THAT CANNOT EVEN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND MOST IMPORTANT OF HIS CAREER. I WAS FOR HILLARY, I PRAY THAT SHE WOULD NOT TAKE SECOND CHOICE SHE DOES NOT NEED IT. IT IS FOR SURE THAT OB, WILL NOT WIN. WE NEED A PRESIDENT OF THE USA, THAT CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE THE FIRST TIME. HILLARY WILL HAVE HER TURN 20L2, I WOULD LOOSE RESPECT FOR HER IF SHE JOINED NOBAMA…..SO MUCH FOR THE EXPERTS HE IS GOING TO DEPEND ON TO MAKE HIS DECISIONS, WHICH THERE ARE AT LEAST 300, IN HIS POCKET.. SORRY FOR THE TRUTH.

Obama is an opportunist. He will say whatever it takes to get elected. Every word out of his mouth is politically calculated. Obama is like a used car salesman. Trust him at your own risk.

For those of you out there who still want desperately to believe that the F/F meltdown on Washington is the fault of republican deregulation:
“These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.” Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, in response to Bush Administration proposals in 2003 for a bank-like regulator for Fannie and Freddie, New York Times, 9/11/03.
The morgage crisis, the ‘bottom line’ in this financial melt down owes it’s start and finish to the ‘low income home loans’ doled out by these corporations, all in the name of ‘fairness’. The corporations don’t mind, they knew that the congress would need to bail them out if the bottom fell out, and the democrats in congress knew that they would gain votes by supporting the low-income housing initiatives. There is a REASON these people couldn’t get these loans any other way; because the couldn’t PAY THEM BACK! Combine that with the democratic congress cutting off any hope of domestic oil production (raising the price of gas to astronomical heights, hitting the poor the hardest) do you really think that the price of gas didn’t have a dramatic effect on the ability of these low-income borrowers to pay their mortgage? As usual, the only thing that we get out of congress is finger-pointing, and behind the scenes political deals…
To the democratic congress, this is not a crisis; it is an opportunity to jam down our throats funding for programs that in no way would pass scrutiny on their own merits. Look at the secret deals that Pelosi and Reed are pushing through, look for the fine print to see where BILLIONS of dollars are going, attached as riders to the bill…

This crisis started way before Bush became President,just like the proclamations that Saddam having
WMD and ties to al-qaeda began way before Bush.Democrats selective memory does not change the facts:
“But it was the Clinton administration, obsessed with multiculturalism, that dictated where mortgage lenders could lend, and originally helped create the market for the high-risk subprime loans now infecting like a retrovirus the balance sheets of many of Wall Street’s most revered institutions.
Tough new regulations forced lenders into high-risk areas where they had no choice but to lower lending standards to make the loans that sound business practices had previously guarded against making. It was either that or face stiff government penalties.
The untold story in this whole national crisis is that President Clinton put on steroids the Community Redevelopment Act, a well-intended Carter-era law designed to encourage minority homeownership. And in so doing, he helped create the market for the risky subprime loans that he and Democrats now decry as not only greedy but “predatory.”
“As soon as Clinton crony Franklin Delano Raines took the helm in 1999 at Fannie Mae, for example, he used it as his personal piggy bank, looting it for a total of almost $100 million in compensation by the time he left in early 2005 under an ethical cloud.
Other Clinton cronies, including Janet Reno aide Jamie Gorelick, padded their pockets to the tune of another $75 million.”
Yea right,it was all Bush’s fault.
Just like McCain tried to do later,Bush
attempted to address this problem,getting nothing but obstruction
from democrats on the take:
New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae :
The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.
Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. ”
democrats offered nothing but obstruction and made no “real” attempts
to increase regulation that McCain and
Bush called for.
“In 2004 another attempt was launched. The Senate took up a measure put forwarded by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) only to have it blocked again by Fan & Fred using Democrats as a partisan attack machine:
Fannie and Freddie chose to fight legislation in the Senate Banking Committee that embodied the administration’s minimum requirements, particularly the receivership provision, in the late spring of 2004. The companies called in their chits and managed to obtain solid Democratic opposition to the bill crafted by the committee’s chairman, Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).
Many attempts(2003,2004,2005) to address this problem were attempted only to be blocked by democrats.

McCain/Palin would be even
more disastrous than Bush/Cheney.
This is what the Bush Doctrine
and big oil big business
deregulation have brought us.
A no-good war for nothing. A
trillion dollars down the drain.
An economy on life support. A
trillion dolar bailout for
Wall Street firms the Republican
government failed to regulate.
Obama/Clinton ’08

One day I’m going to become a liberal so I can selectively ignore facts about history of the Democratic party, blame everyone else for my bad judgement, never say I’m sorry for anything EVER, and conveniently blame the conservatives for causing the destruction of the universe.
A sure fire cure for liberalism is a steady job, paying taxes, and moving out of your parent’s basement.

To Peter, the drive to deregulate the financial services industry, as well as the airlines and trucking industry, began under President Jimmy Carter. The Garn-St.Germain bill expanded asset powers for savings and loans. As I am sure you are aware, St.Germain was the Democrat Chair of the House Banking Committee who entered Congress a man of modest means and somehow left very wealth. Lastly, the Reagan, Bush 1, and Bush 2 administrations tried several times to stop Fannie and Freddie from building up huge portfolios, only to be blocked by Democrats.

Palin is yesterday’s news.

Verbal-
Wrong. Learn to read the news. This is not the result of Frannie and Freddie. This is the result of sub prime predatory lenders, who then sold their debt in bundles. Free market woo hoo. Trickle down economics trickled up from the sewers. Get a clue.

The reason Obama thinks McCain isn’t clear is because he doesn’t understand. He can’t comprehend. He hasn’t been around long enough to “get it”. His inexperience is really showing now.

Here’s why this Democrat and millions of others won’t vote for Obama, even with Hillary on the ticket:
“It’s the caucus corruption and voter intimidation, stupid!”
The mainstream media REFUSE to acknowledge firsthand accounts and copious evidence of voter intimidation and caucus rigging!
I live in the caucus state of Nevada, where the caucuses, especially here in Las Vegas, were a total sham.
The Obama camp, with the aid and abetment of ACORN and the MSM bias, pulled the same tactics on their own party that Rove perpetrated on us in 2000.
The only way to clean out the corruption in the party is for it to implode. Can’t wait!!!!! (And, of course, this won’t be printed because the media would rather foment discontent with the specious charge of racism.) Can’t wait for the media’s comeuppance, either! PUMA!

This show judgement of Obama picking his VP

Talk about a Republicon noise machine.
It’s a hoot reading the R-cons here, repeat the same talking points, over & over & over, etc, ad nauseum.
But the FACT is: The GOP has held the White House 28 of the last 40 years, including the last 8; nominated seven of the nine Supreme Court justices and held Congress for 12 of the last 14 years, including 6 of the last 8.
As for S.190, the bill regulating 2ndary mortgages, it’s a nice talking point, but Sen McCain only co-sponsored it, because he knew the GOP wouldn’t support it. Furthermore, if you know anything about S.190, it probably would have sped up the financial meltdown of the GSEs… it wouldn’t have protected them.
And the key to McCain’s hypocrisy on this, is that when Senator Hagel reintroduced the bill, as S.1100, McCain DIDN’T support that.
So… so much for the talking point, you’ve been told to parrot, and haven’t a clue what it was actually about.
If you’d actually like to understand what S.190 was about, read this analysis of its House companion bill…

Democrats do nothing unless it helps their cause. They believe that the people they serve are stupid. Pelosi says she is going to give in to America’s need to drill for oil, a big part of our economic mess. When you study the bill, which she rammed thru congress practically overnight, it only allows drilling 100 plus miles off the coast which puts 85 percent of Americas known oil deposits off limits forever. Up till now the ban required a vote once a year. When a Democrat offers to help, you damn well better find out how much is going to cost you. Guaranteed, you are getting the short end of the deal. How’s this realte to Obama? He’s an empty suit. He reads a teleprompter written by Liberals behind the scenes. Liberals financed by mega-rich anti-american people like George soros. The day Democrats get control of all branches of government, free elections will end along with your freedom. As they have done in the past, they will abuse their power to make sure they never lose it again. I voted for Jimmy Carter, and although a lot of you people don’t remember the Carter years, they make Bush look like a freakin genius. Be careful what you vote for, your future is at stake. It’s not looking good for America and I think Obama 08 will be the final nail in the coffin. Just remember when a politician says he’s going to help you, he wants your vote. After he gets it, he will help himself to whatever you have left.

Sorry, but it is due to the de-regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the greed of the leaders of those organizations, Democrats and republicans alkie, the stupidity of the House and Senate NOT to see the issue clearly, AND the fact that BAD loans were forced on banks by the politics of Clinton and Democrats in order to ensure those with NO money could get loans for the American Dream. The news is one thing, pure fact is another.

Wow, Obama cited his experience at running his campaign as a major focal point of being qualified for being president. Not sure what anyone else is seeing, but it is appearing he can’t even do this as well.

As much as I loved Bill Clinton … I think will bring a larger scandal than Clinton and I don’t think it’s going to be a repeat of a cigar and dress. Obama is just too shady for me and he’s in too deep … he is snipping at his VP Biden .. Obama’s head is inflating .. someone please pop it. I can’t wait for the debate this week.
McCAIN | PALIN 08

Obama is the LAST person that should complain about someone changing their positions. Obama changes his positions every time he opens his mouth.
He is a fraud.

I know its been said on here before but it is absolutely SHOCKING that Obama would try to point the finger at Mccain saying
“I think what drives people crazy about politics is the fact that somebody like John McCain who for 26 years has been an advocate for deregulation, for 26 years has said the market is king and then starts going out there suggesting somehow that he’s a populist who’s been railing against Wall Street and regulation — that’s what drives people crazy about politics.”
Mccain helped push a bill that would put bank-like regulations on Fannie and Freddie back in 2005, after greenspan warned congress this could happen!!! The Dems fought so the bill would never even go to the vote. It is absolutely SICK that Dems are trying to twist this.

James, you can look away from the truth all you want, but the simple fact is that the Democrats were in the bag for F/F; what does that tell you? Do you really think that the lobby for F/F would really dump all that money into campaign coffers for NO REASON? Get a clue, they did it to protect their interests; the same as any lobby does. The telling fact is that the top recipients of the money were democrats; do you really think that the F/F lobby was paying the democrats to REGULATE them?
Common sense goes a long way…

I agree 100% with dianermarx. I listed to Bill and Hillary and tried to convince myself to vote for Obama as I am a democrat. I am a African American male, 47 yo, veteran, Bronze Star holder and I cannot vote for Obama nor McCain. One reason for my indecision is I listen to Black talk radio and if you here some of the vile comments made by 2 particular wannbe talk show host it make that drug addict Limbaugh sound like Mary Poppins. Politics should not be about personal attacks on people families. Yes i will sit this one out and deal with the outcome. Yes my heart hurts because I can’t support the first viable black nominee but I think more of me will hurt if he gets in office. The only way I would have voted for him is that he had chosen my candidate Hillary, and then I would not have been voting for him I would have been voting for her. Call me a sell out if you like but in the end if Obama is elected you will be sold out. I honestly believe this.

Obama wants to do for Health Care and Business in general what he and Democrats urged be done for Fannie and Fredddie.
He wants to push SOCIAL JUSTICE and have the TAX PAYER pay for the whole thing by forcing bad business practices on both private and public organizations (as was done to Fannie and Freddie) that put them in peril and ultimately in the hands of central government.
Why when the “give-away” mentality of government oversight destroyed Fannie and Freddie would you ever want the government in charge of more?
” To tranfer from those with means to those without means”. :Karl Marx
” It’s just being a good neighbor to take more money from a richer guy to give it to a poorer guy” : Barack Obama
i.e. Part of the SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM

Obama represents the Chicago-Daley political machine. Some years ago I met two people who worked for the machine in Chicago. They thought it perfectly OK to fake votes for the machine. Just imagine how many votes were fraudulent when O ran for the Senate.

That is why I dont watch”THE VIEW”, because they are so fony!!!
You can tell who Barbara Walters dont like, but sure She loves Michelle and Obama. The way She approach any one!!!McCain.Bill, did You see how She welcome McCain??? Theonly nice people on this show are “two woman: woppie and this blondie who has fight with Rosie(both were right). B.Walter show Her dark side and especjaly on TV She should behave as mature, as people in her position and inteligence!!!

Belle:
You are simply not looking at the fact. Both paries are very much to blame for the financial crisis. In fact deregualtion began under Carter and was fostered during the Clinton years, and exacerbated by the Dodd’s of the world clamoring for access to housing for those who cannot affored it, only now to come back and suugest we give more aid to thos who cannot afford those homes so in a couple of years they can again default on the same loan. Calling Palin names helps no one, and in fact it is apparent you know little about her, only enough to use the tired anti-Bushe rhetoric absent of any facts. At the end of the day we should realize the real idiots are us, as we will continue to send the same morons back to fix what they broke, as they continue to be bought off by the ones like it broken.

Obama is a Socialist who wants federal control of every aspect of life in America. Biden is a fraud. Both of them lack good judgment all the time!

Bush/Cheney, McCain/Palin:
wrecking balls and unguided
missiles

What???? John McCain’s campaign advisor received over $2 Million from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae over 5 years to help pass DEREGULATION laws???? Careful what you wish for (or pay for)….

Look at Obama’s record.
He’s been an idiot and
He’s still an idiot
As far a sound national policy is concerned.

Republican Bush appointed Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson (former CEO of floundering Goldman Sachs) aka “Mr.
Risk”, believes “we the people” will bend over and write him a blank check for $700,000,000,000 with the following
demands:
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” ———
WOW!!!! THAT’S WORSE THAN A HALLIBURTON NO-BID CONTRACT FOLKS!!! THIS REAKS OF AN ECONOMIC COUP!!! SO THE REPUBLICANS EXPECT US TO REWARD THEIR DEREGULATION INCOMPETENCE WITH A NATION-KILLING BLANK CHECK??? THE AUDACITY IS JAW DROPPING!!!! VOTE ALL THE BUMS OUT!!!

It’s sad to say, but both parties are so self serving that neither can be counted on to fix this mess. Power corrupts, and Washington D.C. is a wreck because of it. Find the best 3rd party candidate you can and let’s send a message that we’re tired of this partisan crap…

WHAT IS TRULY CRITICAL FOR THIS NATION TO UNDERSTAND HOWEVER IS MCSAME’S
ECONOMIC POLICY – DEREGULATION. THE SAME DEREGULATION THAT CAUSED THIS ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AND THE RESULTANT
$1,000,000,000,000 BAILOUT. SOME ESTIMATES PUT THIS BAILOUT AT POTENTIALLY $3,000,000,000,000. ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH BASIC MACRO-ECONOMICS KNOWS THAT THIS WILL COMPLETELY TANK THE DOLLAR AND DRIVE INFLATION AND OIL PRICES THROUGH THE STRATOSPHERE!!!! THANKS JOHN “DEREGULATOR” MCSAME!!! THANKS MCSAME ECONOMIC ADVISOR PHIL GRAMM, WHOSE LEGISLATION DIRECTLY RESULTED IN BANKRUPTING AMERICA FROM A SUPERPOWER TO A THIRD WORLD BANANA REPUBLIC!!! S&L MELTDOWN, ENRON, THE
END OF WALL STREET – ALL A PRODUCT OF MCSAME’S AND PHIL GRAMM’S ECONOMIC POLICIES!!!! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!!!!

“So… so much for the talking point, you’ve been told to parrot, and haven’t a clue what it was actually about.
If you’d actually like to understand what S.190 was about, read this analysis of its House companion bill…”
Not one bit of your post knocks down the fact that McCain,Bush,and many Republicans tried to address this problem and were blocked every time by democrats on the take.
Keep spinning with your “opinions” that
passing these reforms would have made it
worse,you can’t get around the facts.
The facts are democrats took a sh!t load of money from Fannie/Freddie,blocked any
attempts at regulation,and have the same
people that caused this mess as advisors
on their Presidential campaign.
Obama the failed community organizer is
not fit to lead.

Hmmmmmmmmm could it be we are thinking about changing our running mate? I wonder who B O would pick..maybe some female? Ya think.

no more neocons—are you kidding the democrates are equally if not more to blame–you obviously need to get a grip–it is both parties who have planned this fleecing for years

This was just another example of the swaying in the wind that swishy Obama loves to do. “Joe should have waited” = “Joe should have waited for me to tell him what to think after I’ve been told what to think by my handlers”
This guy is nothing but an empty suit.
And anyone who blames this current mortgage and financial crisis on the current administration or the people who run McCain’s campaign are ignorant and ill-informed. This problem started long before these guys ever got power, when the Clintons decided that they were going to use the power of regulation to ensure that banks loaned money to lower income folks.
Educate yourself, it won’t hurt much. I promise.

Bush has screwed this country in every possible way, economically, politically and security wise. McCain was cheerleading Bush all the time. He proved very ineffective when it comes to foreign policy, his supposed field of strength. He doesn’t know where Spain is, he thinks Iraq/Pakistan share border, he thinks Yugoslavia still exists, he thinks Putin is the President of Germany and he doesn’t know the difference between Sunni and Shia. As for his campaign, he proved what a sleazy fellow he is. Everybody knows (including his own supporters) that Palin is the biggest joke on this nation enacted by McCain. Then he thinks the economy is fundementally strong and since then, people actually lost track of his postition on various issues. He has become a grand old clown. Let’s not forget that he doesn’t have any EXECUTIVE experience. He is also on record that mayors and Governors doesn’t have enough qualifications to become President (Bush & palin are is living proof). He doesn’t know how many houses he own and he also own 13 cars, some of them foreign. Then he refuses to meet the press like this is a kingdom and he is the prince about to be sworn in. He marries a rich hot head and dumps his wife. Then, Keating 5. His economic advisor Phil Gramm is reponsible for the mess we are in today and he continues to advise McCain. Almost all his campaign members are lobbyists for the same institutes that melted down recently. As for McCain himself, he doesn’t care about the country that much. McCain is comeplete nuts. He just wants to get into the white house and have his own war, a new war (Iraq and Afghanistan are Bush’s wars) by signing the war declaration, execute it and see the show from the comforts of the white house. That’s a little game corrupt men of his age enjoy and that is what he is dying for. On the other hand, we have Obama is young, fresh in ideas and a guy who displayed calm, rational thinking, good grasp on issues facing this nation, honest and running a descent campaign despite heavy odds. He admitted Rezko was a mistake. That is far better than not cooperating with the investigation like Palin. He views on economy and national security makes comeplete sense. He is the real American who worked hard his way to this position. That’s the dream of an average American. McCain gains is our loss. Another Republican term will be disaster. There will be no return back.

Obama must have mis-spoken again… hahaha

@ttn David S
“Calling Palin names helps no one, and in fact it is apparent you know little about her, only enough to use the tired anti-Bushe rhetoric absent of any facts.”

Does anyone else on this forum notice the intense fear of the left as the election grows closer and closer? They are pulling out all the stops; including the ready-made excuse of race for the reason that the election was lost.
When Obama dumps Biden, it will be proof-positive that they know it is over. It will be a hail mary pass for another finished democratic campaign.
That will be three in a row dems; you cannot tell me you don’t have the nagging suspicion that Obama is about to free fall. It is all but over; enjoy the show until November 4th, and get ready to pout over another 4 years of republicans in the white house. You pinned your ‘hopes for change’ on an empty suit. Should have gone with Hillary; oh, thats right, the DNC couldn’t bear the thought of having a woman in the white house…

Obama has become a caricature of the kind of candidate he said he was going to be. His attacks on McCain’s record on deregulation of the financial industry are flat lies. But don’t believe me. Read the editorial in the Washington Post which took him to the woodshed for what he has been saying about McCain. The Post pointed out, among other things, that in 2006, it was McCain “who pushed for stronger regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – while Mr. Obama was notably silent” and went on to say, “…Mr. Obama’s attack does not give a fair reading of the McCain record.” Enuf said. Obama has obviously decided to say anything to win. Biden was just being honest which gets you into hot water with the Obama campaign

What would an Obama far left Presidency look like.
For the administration of justice, look to Nifong’s handling of the Duke lacrosse debacle.
Politically, just imagine Cook County corruption at the national level.
Bill Ayers will show the way in education policy.
I don’t think that the American people are ready to turn this great Republic into a Marxist state.

This was just another example of the swaying in the wind that swishy Obama loves to do. “Joe should have waited” = “Joe should have waited for me to tell him what to think after I’ve been told what to think by my handlers”

Obama keeps using the deregulation pitch and yes McCain is for deregulation but not when it comes to the Banking and other Financial Services Industry. ABC News, Jack Tapper said in an article stating that Obama is spinning on McCain’s deregulation when it comes to the Banking and Financial Services Industry. Obama himself voted down a bill that was cosponsored by 3 Republicans in 2006 to regulate Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae.
McCain’s bill to the US Senate:May 25, 2006:
Mr President
Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
So Matt Lauer should have had his facts straight and challenged Obama on that.

The Republican ticket:
A computer-illiterate and
an all-around illiterate.

The joke is that the system has not been a free market since at least FDR. The meltdown is the result of government meddling and is not the result of deregulation! (Deregulation=Freedom)

October Surprise for the Dems….Hillary Clinton as the VP due to Joe Biden having some kind of illness. Brain damage or the spewing of uncontrollable words from the mouth….Anyway you look at it the Dems are fishing and now they need to switch bait to catch the prize. I am not going to let my country be hijacked by socialism!!!!!

sounds like obama wants to get rid joe

And this nitwit Obama might win? You have to be kidding me. If he along with his fellow dems can’t get Chicago under control considering its murder capital USA, how in the heck will he be able to deal with a guy like Putin? America has sunk into the depths of depravity because of people like Bush, Dodd, Leahey, Byrd, Schumer, Cheney, Obama, Kerry, DeLay, Cunningham, Ney and the list goes on and on. Given the choice of the one I trust the most it would have to be McCain but not by much. If anything I think Putin will have a field day testing Obama if he wins, I really do. And for you hunters lock up your guns because Obama is coming for them. Of course he won’t go after the guns held by criminals in Chicago. Thank you Mr. Bush for giving us Obama you cowardly nitwit.

Brian:
No doubt! Freedom is what it’s all about. To hell with these socialists!
God Bless America
God Bless The Republican Party
God Bless A McCain Palin Victory

“Joe should have waited as well”…wait for what? For the poll to see if the answer should be Yes or No? That is not leadership at all. No wonder Obama loves to vote “present” instead of a straight Yay or Nay.

While McCain flails,
Palin keeps crashing.
The Republican ticket
is on life support.

Bush and Obama have much in common, including being gutless figureheads for unseen cabals.

Republican Bush appointed Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson (former CEO of floundering Goldman Sachs) aka “Mr.
Risk”, believes “we the people” will bend over and write him a blank check for $700,000,000,000 with the following
demands:
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” ——— WOW!!!! THAT’S WORSE THAN A HALLIBURTON NO-BID CONTRACT FOLKS!!! THIS REAKS OF AN ECONOMIC COUP!!! SO THE REPUBLICANS EXPECT US TO REWARD THEIR DEREGULATION INCOMPETENCE WITH A NATION-KILLING BLANK CHECK??? THE AUDACITY IS JAW DROPPING!!!! VOTE ALL THE BUMS OUT!!!

Maybe he should have waited for the tele-prompter to tell him what to say, since it seems no-one in the Obama/Biden ticket can think for themselves.

While Obama waits Rome is Burning!!!
He still has NOT come out with his plan. He doesn’t have one. It is VERY clear that the grown up dems on the hill are dealing with the situation.
Meanwhile, Obama the child, the party puppet is out there talking in generalities for soundbytes.
Obama has no freakin’ clue where he is in this or what we should do!

This is becoming way too easy for McCain! Flip flopping got the last elitist in trouble…. Kerry ring a bell with anybody??
Second, the attacks on Palin continue to only strengthen the republican ticket so by all means keep it up. As far as keeping Sarah away from the press who cares she’s not running for president! The press doesn’t even travel with Biden, it’s about McCain and Obama.
Better Luck in 2012

1. Good for Lauer (in this situation) for having what the majority of journalist do not have, to ask the Orator a hard question.
2. As for the Orator’s comment,”No, hold on a second Matt,” Obama said. “I think what drives people crazy about politics is the fact that somebody like John McCain who for 26 years has been an advocate for deregulation, for 26 years has said the market is king”, Orator, what drives me crazy is just hot air, pompous politicans….YOU!

What???? John McCain’s campaign advisor received over $2 Million from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae over 5 years to help
pass DEREGULATION laws???? Careful what you wish for (or pay for)….

Why do advisors keep having to explain what McCain/Palin “REALLY” meant when they say something?
“The fundimentals of the economy are sound” = Americans have a glorious work ethic
“She did not take any earmarks” = She did take earmarks, more per capita than any other Gov in America, but they were less than Alaska took the year before.
“I cannot in good conscience support the Bush tax cuts” = I actually support the Bush tax cuts
“It is critical that we do not allow the government to interefre with a women’s right to make decisions about her body” = Roe v Wade should be reversed.
“I said thanks but no thanks” = I backed down from my original support and finally said no thanks to the bridge after it died in Congress, but yes to keeping the money
“You mean his world view????” = I really know everything about the Bush doctrine, I just needed clarification to fully respond to the question
“I’ve been to Ireland” = My plane stopped and refueled in Ireland
“I’ve been to Iraq” = I could see I Iraq from a TV in Alaska.
“She has national security credentials” = She can see another country from a remote island in Alaska
And the list goes on.

You can always tell when the Repub.Neo-con are running scared,They always knock the other canidate and anyone who supports him.All these vile remarks doesn’t do anything but raise your blood pressure.Anyway please wake up and smell the coffee,McCaim will never win the Election because he and Palin scare the you know what out of People with all their Tripe.Barack will win this Election easly,Mark my words.

Can’t Obama offer even one original thought? I’m sick of hearing the ’26 years’ mantra. This guy dived into presidential politics without thinking he’d have to actually do anything but smile and wave to his adoring fan base. Now he’s faced with the possibility of having to take control of a really nasty situation — and he hasn’t got a clue! He thought he could sashay in like Bill Clinton and write his third memoir. Who is this man, and do you really want him teamed with Pelosi and Reid controlling our future interests?

Quote: “In 2005, the REPUBLICANS controlled Congress, not the Democrats.
But don’t let facts get in your way.”
Neither party has controlled the Senate in a long time because of this stupid “60 vote” nonsense. Nothing happens in the Senate unless 60 Senators agree. In 2005, there were NOT 60 Republicans, thus Democrats had the power to block anything McCain proposed, even if all other Republicans agreed with him.
So, the first posters assertion that Democrats in Congress thwarted John McCain’s efforts to fix Fannie and Freddie before it got to this is absolutely correct.

Why are there no hearings or investigations on this crisis ?
Because the Democrats are the ones behind the collapse.
If it were the Republicans there would have been hearings and investigations last week.
Time to get Pelosi and Reid the hell out of there, ever since they took over the problems started.

Even Biden can’t stand the hypocrisy of BO’s floundering. I expect Him to spontaneously vomit at His next campaign stop. Nice to see that Joe Biden loves America and knows what an unmitigated disaster that BO would be. Joe Biden is just too ‘real’ for His (or BO’s) Own good.

I said no bailout for anybody. Let the folks who are stupid enough to buy houses they can’t afford and the bankers who are stupid enough to loan out the money suffer their “economic hardship” the way common sense, normal people like me have to deal with everyday. As for me, my house is paid off, and I’m stocked with ammunition, water and canned food enough to last me for years. Let the free market be free even if it is free falling. That will teach all these stupid people and our stupid government a lesson.

Hey. Some people are saying the Blue Cool-Aid is poisoned. It’s not poisoned, it’s just bad Cool-Aid. It’s poorly thought-out. The Blue Cool-Aid isn’t poison, it’s just BAD COOL-AID.
“John McCain is a De-regulator!!!!!”
2006: John McCain signs on to a bi-partisan bill for greater oversight and regulation of Freddie and Fannie. The bill is killed by democrats, having recieved BY FAR the lion’s (or is it lyin’s) share of the Freddie/Fannie lobbyist money.
In fact, how any Obama supporter can know THIS fact and not have their head explode escapes me:
Of ALL legislators in Congress, over a THIRTY YEAR period, Obama recieved the second highest amount of cash from Freddie/Fannie, in less than a THREE YEAR PERIOD!
He got more money than ANYONE in Congress except Dodd . . . who is the chairman of the committee that supposedly oversaw Freddie/Fannie.
Not partisan sniping. Fact.
Sucks, don’t it?

Biden is a slob. He’ll be
banished soon.
Obama/Clinton ’08

not to mention Palin’s economics expertise is summed up by her recent “the economy needs some shakin’ and some fixin’” comment. Miss Teen South Carolina had more common sense than Ms. Alaska Runner Up.

I’d like to point out that the President doesn’t actually pass any laws or regulations…Congress has to do that.
It’s great that some people are pointing fingers at the President and the Republicans for the mess we’re in, but they seem to forget how we got here. I think it’s funny that the economy was good, unemployment was down, manufacturing and home ownership were up and gas was cheaper 2 years ago…when a Democratic Congress took over.
It seems to me that Congress is too concerned with blocking bills and stalling things so that they can make the Republicans look bad, when in reality they SHOULD be working to get things done and passed quickly in order to protect the American people from the things we are facing now.

Let’s give credit for Matt Lauer for his line of questioning. It’s time for Obama to answer tough questions on his positions and the duplicity in his campaign. I want to know how Obama may conduct himself when he sits down with the leaders from Iran, Iraq, Russia, etc. Looking pretty, and sounding good off a teleprompter won’t cut it a closed room with these guys.

not to mention Palin’s economics expertise is summed up by her recent “the economy needs some shakin’ and some fixin’” comment. Miss Teen South Carolina had more common sense than Ms. Alaska Runner Up.
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Real intelligent comments here.
Once again, Sarah Palin is John McCain’s running mate, she is not running for President.
Are you loony libs that worried about her that all you can do is make silly little backhanded comments ?
She is for real and she is not going away.

Keystone Cops!!
The democrats are once again making this too easy for the GOP. Obama doesn’t have the experience, there isn’t a shred of evidence that he can stand on and on November 11 this will come back to haunt the DNC.
The saddest fact of all is that many people aren’t answering the pollers honestly or just won’t speak publicly about the fact that the US. is barely ready for a female candidate let alone a black one. Why do you think the race has tightened in the last six weeks? People have finally started realize Uh Oh you know be careful what you wish for… you just might get it……
See you in another 4 years

“But it’s the kind of thing that drives people crazy about politics,” Lauer said. “It sounds like you were trying to score some political points against John McCain using his words, when your own running mate had used very similar words
Matt: Have you ever heard Sean Hannity from Fox Noise ask this type of question to their candidate? Who are you working for?

Less than 28% of Americans approve of the bailout. The taxpayers are outraged. McCain and Biden had the right reaction to AIG.

Chris Dodd (D) was number one recipient of the money

Indecision or no decision can be worse then making a decision – esecially when time is of the essence as it was with AIG.
Biden and McCain are not used to voting “Present” they are used to making decisions for the good of the people.
It appears that it was also above Obama’s “pay grade” to make a decision regarding AIG.
Maybe if the decision was whether or not to bail out Rezko, he could have made the decision.

Obama is a moron. He says that McCain wants the market to drive the economy. TRUE!! The problem is no the market or business, it is the government trying to guide business. Forcing banks to approve bad loans is part of the problem, Mae and Mac buying those bad loans to increase bonuses is the other half; and McCain tried to get it fixed.

Did you know:that the top four recipients of political donations from the GSEs,
according to OpenSecrets, are
1. Christopher Dodd,
2. John Kerry,
3. Barack Obama, and
4. Hillary Clinton
Yes, McCain got money too, about $90,000.
Obama got more. Jamie Gorelick and Raines
got millions.
And despite Obama-bot objections, Raines
did confer with Obama, even though the
Washington Post tried to waffle out of their
own reporting.

In 2005, McCain warned that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not sufficiently regulated and were assuming too many sub-prime mortgages. He asked for more regulation of these two quasi-governmental entities. At that time, Obama was the beneficiary of substantial political contributions from these two corporations. Coincidentally, Obama voted against more regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at that time. It is amazing how conveniently Obama has forgotten the events of 2005. Here’s a guy who will say and do anything to get himself elected president.

“Once again, Sarah Palin is John McCain’s running mate, she is not running for President.”
What part of 72 year old POTUS with cancer do you not understand????
Can you say “44% chance of not surviving his first term”???
Can you say, “currently being tutored by Rove/Cheney”???? Her comments prove this.

Matt: Have you ever heard Sean Hannity from Fox Noise ask this type of question to their candidate? Who are you working for?
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Matt works for NBC, it is the National Broadcasting Company not the NEW BARACK CHANNEL.
Unreal how you libs rip FOX News for the stuff they do, but you want NBC and the “anchors” to be totally in the tank for the Libs.

Looks like trouble in paradise. Obama on Biden’s Initial Opposition to AIG Bailout: “Joe Should Have Waited”
Then Biden says Obama ad on McCain was wron, he would not have done it.
Is Biden going to go “Under the Bus”?

Liberals are already pulling out the last ditch big guns; if Obama isn’t elected, it is because ‘fly-over’ country is so racist… Couldn’t have anything to do with the ‘guns and religion’ comments, and how he views middle America, could it?
You have pinned your hopes on an empty suit. Don’t worry, some day you will know the answer to the trivia question “Gore/Kerry/Obama” (Insert your own stupid question about three losers in a row).
The ship is sinking, the sky is falling, and the only thing you liberals can cry is racist; America isn’t buying the race-card any more….

Mike Nowicki,
Do your research before talking. You mentioned how Barack Obama was #2 in money given by Fannie Mae and Freddie. You then stated “Care to venture a guess as to who the #1 was?” I know your insinuating that John McCain was…but you’re completely wrong. Look it up for yourself before you start implying things that you are unsure of.
Tim

Can’t you people see what’s happening? The Democrats are setting up the American public with the old switch and bait. Obama scolds Biden, removes him from the ticket and puts on Hillary. I’ll take any bets on this.

Mike Nowicki:
I was being sarcastic when I ask that question about Matt……you actually bought that….wow! Now, let’s get to the point….NBC News is fair and balance. Fox News is a racist joke…..

“Obama voted against more regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at that time. It is amazing how conveniently Obama has forgotten the events of 2005.”

Not one can measure up to Obama’s standards. The Messiah has very high standards for everyone but his lack-of-knowledge, failing-to-show-up-to-work self.

Did we all miss this??? Obama/Hillary/Alinsky = Prasie to Lucifer? Say it ain’t so…This should be recirculated and pposted everywhere.

No – Its phoney – Biden faked a mistake so Barry could look smart – Barry just doesnt act like he is ready for something bigger than himself

Mad taxpayer, Stuped me I have 9mm amo and 380 amo,30-30 amo but no shot gun shells yet,I forgot because its not bird season down here yet.you beat me on the house,mine pays off next May,but if need be I could pay it off in Five business days,but I’m in no hurry yet.

Obama was right to be upset with Biden. BHO had not received his marching orders from Soros yet! Biden, by speaking promptly and with experience, is showing BHO’s lack of experience and knowledge. Say it ain’t so, Joe!

#1 Chris Dodd
#2 Barack Obama
#3 John Kerry
#4 Hillary Clinton
Fannie and Freddie donations from 1989-2007.

The messiah – what a lying little crap weasel!

Henderson
FOX at least has some balance: Alan Colmes,Bob Bechel,Susan Esterich, Juan Williams and some other loons I could care less about.
So you just keep thinking what you want about FOX News, I just wish it had more Ann Coulter and Laura Ingram so I could watch more.

Obama is proving to be a flimflam Chicago politician, who managed to hide his incompetence behind lots of ornamental words, which he does not believe nor practice. Biden doesn’t know where Obama stands at any given moment, because Obama tries to claim all sides of an issue. There is no way we can trust these Keystone Cops with the US presidency.

The MSM likes to paint Obama as a deep thinker when in reality he just waits to see which way the political wind is blowing before making a comment. He is not a leader, he is a follower.

So what did Obama have to say about the push by Democrats especially to have Freddie and Fannie get more heavily invested in sub-prime mortgages, sans effective federal oversight, which many argue (persuasively) contributed significantly to the bubble we’re dealing with right now? I guess taking on Chris Dodd and Barney Frank who should be removed from their chairmanships just as the CEOs of Fannie and Freddie were removed is just not the kind of change Obama believes in.

Question, Obama, say McCain has sinned. Is he not ALSO forgiven as your own disciple?
“No, hold on a second Matt,”
“I think what drives people crazy about politics is the fact… bla bla bla.. McCain attack..
No, O-bladee, what drives us bored to tears is when youre asked a simple straightforward question and you say “now hold on” and instantly “change” the subject..
Then youre asked about Biden and you launch into a Palin attack instead.
LLLLLLLLL… gasp.. LLLLLOSER!!
Biden is two-faced, both of them liars, and Oblamer doesn’t even KNOW how many faces he owns.

Who started the lending crisis by requiring loans to people that shouldn’t qualify? Carter(D).
Who expanded it so that people that normally qualify for loans now qualify for far-larger loans? Clinton(D).
Who tried to add oversight in 2003? Bush(R).
Who tried again in 2005 to add oversight? McCain(R).

To: No More Neocons
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Finally someone on the left has recognized that it is Congress that causes these problems….and who is in control of congress? Enjoy what you have now while you can. You are about to take control of the country and you should be reassured that never in recorded history has the standard of living gotten better under socialism for anybody but the leaders. Soon we will be telling our children that you can grow up to be whatever you want to be and here is the government list of things you want to be……

“Maybe Biden wants out, of a losing ticket.”

Mike Nowicki:
When FOX NEWS Neil Cavuto blame the subprime mortgage mess and this financial collaspe of minorities getting mortgage loans, then FOX NEWS becomes Fox Noise and racist……
Fox News is one of the most hateful networks I’ve ever seen. Those folks remind me of demons on that show…..Full of racism and hate….

Yet more credible evidence that Obama is a mechanical robot playing an endless tape full of platitudes and slogans. The man is an experiential and cognative moron.
Vote McCain-Palin, for the good of the USA.

There’s Obama again getting in someone’s face and arguing with them. He can never be wrong, just like George W. Bush, only Obama is an even bigger liar and is way more argumentative. He thinks he can intimidate people into silence if he forcefully tells them they are wrong, even though he knows he is lying.

Let’s be clear, uh, let’s be clear,
eh, let’s be clear. . .somebody fix the tele-prompter.

So Obama’s first opportunity to exercise his vaunted superior judgment is to pick Joe ‘Loose Lips’ Biden as his runninng mate.
Imagine if the rest of President Obama’s decisions are as inspired.

Hey shalom.
Does the truth hurt ?
I do think most of the reason for the collapse is all of the dead beat loans that were defaulted on because the dispicable Bill Clinton wanted everyone to get a home no matter if they could pay or not.
All the Dems are looking for is a handout and all of the Dem leaders want to have a base to give thing to, hence all the government programs.
Hate FOX news all you want, it is not going anywhere.

REMEMBER>>>>>>
WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, HAVE THE RIGHT TO THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!!!!
ALL THE POLITICIANS ARE BUMS AND ARE CORRUPT.
THE TIME IS NOW
VOTE THEM OUT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, NOT THE POLITICIANS NEED TO TAKE CONTROL AND BRING AMERICA BACK TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
NOT BY THE POLITICIANS….FOR THE POLITICIANS

“The MSM likes to paint Obama as a deep thinker when in reality he just waits to see which way the political wind is blowing before making a comment. He is not a leader, he is a follower.”

Three Biden gaffes in 24 hours:
1. The AIG flip-flop.
2. Tells a woman in Ohio that he opposes any new coal plans and clean coal technology…goodbye Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
3. Calls the Obama attack ad on McCain’s computer skills “terrible” and says it shouldn’t have been run.

I appreciate that a reporter would hold everyone to the same standard.

What drives me crazy about politics is
THE MEDIA!!!!

Tired of 8 yrs.of Bush-Chainey,Bhogus WMD,war,Human and huge financial loss.USA is now in recession for Bush’s Iraq war.Now John Mccain ( Bush 3 rd) and his VP Palin,BA in 6 yrs from 5 college,who is not even fit VP for USA.Mccain in his biggest gamble of life. I don’t understand why people should vote for Mccain or Republicans.
Iam worried with Mccain-Polin.Polin will be worse than chainey.Woman watch out,Mccai-polin will reverse your” right to chhose”.Is that you want”? think again before you vote on Nov.4. Don’t go with Hype or hate.Use your head. Vote and choice is yours. Vote for OBAMA/BIDEN “08 and the country back.

“Loose lips sink ships.” The Obama ship is sinking like the Titanic.
Biden is about as exciting as Kerry was in 2004. Both have the personality of a frozen mackerel.

What drives me crazy about politics is THE MEDIA!!!!

Smiling Mr. Nice Guy on the outside
Chicago thug and community agitator on the inside.
“Get in the face of your neighbors if they disagree with me”
Democrats–The new communist party with BO as the dictator.

Kind of looks like Biden, Bill and Hillary want the lightweight Obama to lose.

Funny how Obamma refused to take a stand (right,wrong or indifferent) on this topic for days because he was awaiting the general consensus.
This guy is not a decision maker.

BO/JB and JM/SP both are a waste. How can anyone consider a sitting US senator change?
Look around, there are alternatives.
The 2 biggest threats to the United States is it’s own Federal Government and the Federal Reserve.

“I think what drives people crazy about politics is the fact that somebody like John McCain who for 26 years has been an advocate for deregulation,”
This is a flagrant lie.
McCain called for overhaul of Fannie Mae in 2005 and Obama called for more money from Fannie Mae. Obama has taken more money from FNMA than anyone except for Dodd and Kerry.

“I have another theory. I think Biden is going to intentionally cause a fake rift between himself and Obama, and then pull out of the ticket based on policy differences. It’s the same BS — just packaged differently. Never underestimate the lengths that a liberal will go to to obtain power. Obama will try any and every underhanded scheme to pull the wool over America’s eyes.”
The Eagleton Gambit

Shalom…
Is the converse true?….
If folks vote FOR senator Obama merely because he is black, then they are stupid people??….
Polls do show that 95% of blacks will vote for Obama.
Look at things from both sides…

Dear Joe M.
It is America with a capital A you Socialist with a capital S.

“well, they Republican dream has come true – the US government is broke and dysfunctional. Gee thanks.”
Really?
Democrats have controlled Congress for two years. What has Dodd done to ward off this crisis, besides taking money from FNMA?
What has Obama done to reform ANYTHING?
Hello?

God how much better off democrats would be with Hillary as our nominee.
DON’T BLAME ME, I VOTED FOR HILLARY!

Will the memories fade of Obie-1 once voting Dems disappear behind the curtain and emerge with the Dem’s surprise: the silent McCain affirmation that BHO is a loser?

don’t blame me – i voted for hillary!

So what party is it that is intent – has been intent since the Carter administration – through Clinton, etc. what party has been intent on providing mortgages to low income and minority groups – DEMOCRATS.
And members of what party were receiving more donations and profited more from Freddie, Fannie, etc. -
DEMOCRATS
And Chris Dodd,D-CT Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee
And Barney Frank D-MA – Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee
Where is the oversight by these committees – Chris Dodd with his hand out for his own special rate mortgage. Barney Frank adamant about low income people receiving mortgages – HOW RIDICULOUS WAS THIS ATTITUDE.
How many illegals received those mortgages.
in 2005 John McCain co-sponsored S-190 asking for serious oversight of Freddie and Fannie – Dems would not go along.
PLEEEZE – Obama received the 2nd highest amount in campaign donations from Freddie and Fannie.
Who to believe!! I’ll take McCain/Palin 2008!!!!

Dear Lemmy,
I would have er uh hmmm uh used Obuma’s talking uh uh uh points but uh er they don’t sound uh hmm uh coherent.

Through all these comments about McCain’s perceived warnings about Freddie and Fannie nobody attacking Obama seems to care about some of the other facts…
“And other current McCain campaign staffers were the lobbyists receiving shares of that money. According to the Senate Lobbying Database, the lobbying firm of Charlie Black, one of McCain’s top aides, made at least $820,000 working for Freddie Mac from 1999 to 2004. The McCain campaign’s vice-chair Wayne Berman and its congressional liaison John Green made $1.14 million working on behalf of Fannie Mae for lobbying firm Ogilvy Government Relations. Green made an additional $180,000 from Freddie Mac. Arther B. Culvahouse Jr., the VP vetter who helped John McCain select Sarah Palin, earned $80,000 from Fannie Mae in 2003 and 2004, while working for lobbying and law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP. In addition, Politico reports that at least 20 McCain fundraisers have lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, pocketing at least $12.3 million over the last nine years.”
For years McCain campaign manager Rick Davis was head of the Homeownership Alliance, a lobbying association that included Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, real estate agents, homebuilders, and non-profits. According to Politico, the organization opposed congressional attempts at regulation of Fannie and Freddie, along the lines of what John McCain is currently proposing. In his capacity of president of the group, Davis went on record in 2003 and insisted that no further reform of the lenders was necessary, in contradiction to his current boss’s sentiments. “[Fannie and Freddie] are subject to an innovative and stringent risk-based capital stress test,” Davis wrote. “The toughest in the financial services industry.”
“It was the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that in 1999 repealed the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act and allowed banks, securities companies, and insurance companies to directly compete with one another and led to the creation of financial conglomerates like Citigroup.”
So, this caucasian in Ohio, is voting for Obama…am not in a mental recession…am from a small town, which by the way does not relate to mccain-palin at all…and sorry to say to “Steve”…fruits do vote and speak their minds to ignorance and bigotry…

The only thing I’ve heard more than “now hold on a second” from Obama is “I’m offended by the suggestion.” He thinks he’s above critique . . . and most of the media agrees!

TO HRC:
You are just another example of an uneducated and uniformed sheep.
“write” and wrong. I will stop there…enough said.

“those that cling to guns”

Spoken in true Obama fashion. He tells Lauer ‘no, hold a a second Matt’ and then never responds with a direct answer. In this case he completely dodged any comment in response to what his own VP choice had said in reference to the bailout. And this is the ‘Hope and Change’ for the greatest nation on the planet!? Pahleez!

Biden is messing so Hilary can step in…Everyone knows it…

They’re all crooks. I can’t even understand what Barney Frank is saying on TV, does he have a sausage in his throat or something?

dianeremarx “Can someone please tell me what a Community Organizer does? Come on! You guys keep saying Obama is qualified because of his experience as a C.O. so tell us, what exactly did Obama do?”
Obama worked as a “community organizer” with a group called ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). ACORN is one the largest special interest groups in the country and the largest supporter of forcing banks to offer high-risk home loans.
Do a little research on the following items and then decide who is at fault.
ACORN & Obama
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
1999 – Repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act
Bill S.190 from the 109th Congress

NObama. NObiden. No Deal in November. KEEP THE CHANGE.
Great slogan, I changed it slightly.

The only thing I’ve heard more than “now hold on a second” from Obama is “I’m offended by the suggestion.”

To Lemmy,
Once again you can not refute the facts so you call names. I do not wish to live in a world where anyone who does not agree with YOUR politics is defined as “Stupid” by the government and punished. That is what will happen if we elect another IVY league elitist like OBAMA.
Lenny wrote: “My Lord…….look at all these GOP supporters who apparently can’t frame a thought or opinion that’s not a direct quote of a McCain talking point. Talk about Idiocracy. Use your brain, people. Think. Ask questions. Don’t just repeat talking points like robotic zombies.”

To TE:
See Kendra below… that does not sound like a sheep that sounds like a wolverine…

Two perspectives from Obama/Biden is better than no perspectives from McCain/Palin on the crisis.

Karma, take a look at both sides. Obama is number two on the list of congressional delegates for receiving money from Fannie and Freddie, more than a half million. If you are going to look at staffers, be sure to look at cadidates. Did I mention that this list was built from delegates since 1989? That means in just the few years Obama has been there he has received more monsy than those that have been there since 1989.

Wallstreet is mainstreet.

Typical Socialist double talk. They are so used to their own followers listening to what they are TOLD to listen to instead of conservatives listening to what they actually hear.
Obama (the Messiah) followers = herded sheep.

Obama is a self-serving finger-pointing wishy-washy backpedaling double-talking uhh-uhh-uhh-ing empty suit.
Talking straight and being trustworthy are apparently “above his pay grade” as well.
Meanwhile, the Democrats reek of culpability and gross ineptitude in this mortgage mess. And Obama tries to point the finger elsewhere, all the while knowing full well he has strong associative connections with Freddia and Fannie.
“If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.”
—Senator John McCain, May 2006

Obama Joe Biden
No way no how!

What is with this new political policy of “guilty by association.” Both sides are trying to play that card and it’s getting pointless. The facts are that both McCain and Obama have Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac connections and neither of them saw this coming. The fact is that McCain has never called for deregulation on anything until his presidential run, so Obama has as much right to call him a free market supporter as McCain has of calling himself a Reagan conservative. The fact is that both McCain and Obama have zero clue what the government can do to save us from an even bigger depression than the 1930s, because both of them are simply professional politicians with no knowledge of the dynamics of financial markets. The fact is that Wall St. was under-regulated and over-regulated and it’s future crash will be due to overall MISMANAGEMENT, not because the GOP is too fiscally conservative or because the Democratic congress is too liberal. I know Greenspan didn’t deal Bernake a great hand, but both he and Paulson deserve to be put in jail for the way they’ve handled the sub-prime loan bubble burst. The fact is that this is neither the GOP’s nor the Democrat’s fault solely, but the fault of the entire Congress in general for letting the Fed seize power slowly over time. Ex-wall streeters control our entire money supply, which means they control our government. It doesn’t matter who you dolts vote into office, we’re still going to see a 5 to 10 year depression unless Congress starts holding the Fed accountable for its mess.

The only thing I’ve heard more than “now hold on a second” from Obama is “I’m offended by the suggestion.”

This two party system stinks! I’ll be voting for a 3rd party candidate just to keep from “wasting my vote” on the other two losers. There’s little difference between the two as both support the welfare for Wall Street bailout designed to fleece the taxpayers and all their children for generations to come. At this point, Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are starting to look pretty good.

Did anyone see the interview that Scott Pelly did with Obama on 60 Minutes? The very last question that Scott asked Obama is what qualifications did he have to be POTUS. Obama changed the subject. AGAIN, Scott asked the question, what qualifications do you have for becoming POTUS. Obama was stumped and then said he was good at getting people to sit together in a room. HUH??? THAT’S IT?? It was very shocking and told me all I needed to know about this guy.

To Jim:
You nailed it. And where was the hard follow up question by the media to get him back on track. Where was the disdainful “Charles Gibson” like lecturing by the media. Once again the left wing MEDIA lets Obama say whatever he wants without correction.
Jim wrote: “Spoken in true Obama fashion. He tells Lauer ‘no, hold a a second Matt’ and then never responds with a direct answer. In this case he completely dodged any comment in response to what his own VP choice had said in reference to the bailout. And this is the ‘Hope and Change’ for the greatest nation on the planet!? Pahleez!”

This is the worst election ever
–> Biden is going to QUIT next week!
–> Barry will ask Hillary to step in
–> Hillary will try and rescue this FIASCO!

Folks, all of this is our fault. Half truths, lies, pandering, ect. This is how every election is run by both parties. We say we hate it, but then we let the 30 second sound bites and the cable news talking heads tell us who to vote for.
The truth is, neither one of them has a voice in this(bet they won’t even show up to vote on it). So they can support it or not, it does not matter.
Here is a crazy idea, lets have 4 debates. Each one on a major issue in this election. The rules would be, you can describe your plan, but cannot interupt, or attack the other in any way. Also make it 90 minutes long. This way they cannot duck a question for that amount of time.
Details, lets hear some details. Obama wants healthcare…how, how much will it costs, how good is the coverage, how will it work, how will you get it passed. In order to make an informed decision, we need these answers. One thing you can be sure of, if we do not constantly press them for the details, we will only get them when it is too late.
This election is too important to allow the same old Washington games to be played on us.

“I can see Russia from my Porch” !
send the polar bear hater and teenage banisher back to Wasilla !

Man, do you GOPers have any independent thoughts? Seems like y’all just listen to Rush, take it in and then throw it back up during conversations/Web postings…

To Frank:
Just because you pay TOO MUCH for Internet Access ( $500 ) does not mean everbody in the US is living the life of luxury.
Jim wrote: “I’m going to set it off big time. Really do any of us have it thaaaaat bad? Unless your in a public library right now searching on monster, you are on a computer “working” or at home paying $500 a year for an internet connection. The problem is we all have had a taste of luxioury in one way or the other and we don’t want to give it up. Obama we don’t need change, just tweak what can be tweaked”

Show me an honest Republican!!! May God have mercy on your souls for deceptively and maliciously duping the majority of Americans who can’t think for themselves.

Obama’s claims about bringing people together, reaching across party lines, yada yada is a bunch of nonsense. I live in Illinois and can tell you that outside of Chicago this guy had never even been heard of until he ran for the US Senate. A lot of political people have gone through his very thin record in Illinois and can find very few instances where he even supported a bipartisan bill, much less initiated it and pushed it through. Just like his time in the US Senate, his time in Illinois was spent giving speeches, not writing bills.

Joe Biden’s denunciation of his own campaign’s ad to Katie Couric got so much attention last night that another odd note in the interview slipped by.
He was speaking about the role of the White House in a financial crisis.
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed,” Biden told Couric. “He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
As Reason’s Jesse Walker footnotes it: “And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, ‘Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?’

I would think Obama would have followed “the yellow brick road” where HOPE was as a choice of favor in his bookends for his collection.He was to follow in the second case of books to be written in the 21st century of American Whitehousers by parting the second part. Tongue twistering as it may seem it does “follow the Hope in the yellow brick road affair of white watering.
An american Opinion

JOE BIDEN’s MENTAL and SELECTIVE HISTORY knowledge is slipping…
its called SELECTIVE AMNESIA!!! LOL!!!
Joe Biden’s denunciation of his own campaign’s ad to Katie Couric got so much attention last night that another odd note in the interview slipped by.
He was speaking about the role of the White House in a financial crisis.
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed,” Biden told Couric. “He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
As Reason’s Jesse Walker footnotes it: “And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, ‘Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?’

Would America vote for a candidate that had a close relationship with Timothy McVeigh? Well Barry’s relationship with Bill Ayers is the same.
Ayers-McVeigh, two American terrorists bent on killing our citizens.

Only 62 percent of Americans pay federal income tax, meaning that 38 percent get a 100 percent refund of any taxes withheld. So Mr. Obama’s 95 percent that will receive money from the government includes roughly 33 percent of Americans who pay no income tax. One-third of Americans pay no income taxes yet would receive a government check of perhaps $1,000 or more.

Deregulation is the problem, BarryO? The SEC regulates. Congress has mandatory housing finance targets. Congress “regulates” Fannie and Freddie. Congress mandates “mark-to market” accounting. Fannie and Freddie also make you the largest recipient of contributions after the Chairman of the Banking Committee, but this should be ignored as part of the regulatory process. Regulation by people like you is the answer! Change, that’s what we get in our pockets if the American people make the mistake of electing you, BarryO.

To ASU_Mountaineer:
Again you are unable to respond to facts so you just call anybody who disagrees with YOUR politics “Stupid”. The American People are paying attention now and that kind of speech by Obama’s supporters is going to offend all fair minded people.
ASU_Mountaineer wrote: “Do you GOPers have any independent thoughts? Seems like y’all just listen to Rush, take it in and then throw it back up during conversations/Web postings.”

I am in awe of the posts on this thread. I have never seen so many crazy conspiracy theories. It almost puts the crazy “Clinton Body Count” to shame. I think it has become pretty obvious that McCain has already lost the election.

Obama was right. This election is about judgment. And Obama has proven over over that his judgment is not only bad, he’s incompetent!
The most important decision a presidential candidate makes is who his VP will be. Obama chose this buffoon.
He opposed the wildly successful surge, claimed over and over again that it wasnt working when it was, and still is too smal and petty a man to give credit where it is due. He would have pulled troops out at the height of violence dooming Iraq and the entire region to escalating war, instead of the increasing stability the surge has brought.
He hired the corrupt leaders of Fannie Mae as top advisers. In 3 years he has taken more money from Fannie Mae than anyone else in congress has in their much longer careers save Chris Dodd. He engaged in a shady land deal with Tony Rezko, he kicked off his political career with terrorist William Ayers, his “spiritual adviser” mentor and friend of 20 years is an American hating racist and Obama had “no idea”.
Obama: Its the judgment stupid!

Seems the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. These guys are eating each other! LOL.

As an Irishman living in America, this election is quite perplexing. You have the Obama supporters complaining about Palin having no qualifications yet Obama’s qualifications are even less than hers. You have Obama complaining about McCain’s 25 years of experience in the US Senate when Biden has even more. You have Obama saying McCain wasn’t for regulating financial organizations when he attempted to get a bill pushed forward to do just that. We see messages on here from Obama supporters saying McCain supporters have no original thoughts yet these same Obama supporters are doing nothing but spewing forth the Obama talking points. What’s really at issue is the economic direction of America. Ireland was mired in a socialist economic scheme for generations until Ireland went much more capitalist. Now, the term used is “Irish miracle” to describe the turnaround. Yet, in America, a large group of people are demanding a move to more socialism, as represented by Obama, which in the long run will destroy American prosperity. I find it perplexing that in the sheer zeal to achieve some vague thing called fairness some Americans are willing to sacrifice everyone’s potential for success.

Dear Jeff,
Are you serious? How do those denial flakes taste?

Ah, Mr/Ms G. Smart, Your own party’s Senator Clinton stated this very morning that there’s enough blame to go around for EVERYONE, not just the Republicans!

Joe Biden moved away from Scranton PA when he was 10. 10!!!!
At ten he was fixing health care, getting band-aids for the neighborhood kids. He suported the troops for years, troop 343 by purchasing their cookies. He created a stimlus package giving low interest rate allowance to children who wanted to purchase their first fort.
And he created equal playtime for girl, helping to break the cudies ceiling.
Biden and Scranton…. gotta love it

Obama’s comment is nonsensical… criticizing McCain for supposedly favoring deregulation for 26 years, yet claims McCain’s recent railing against regulation is what drives people crazy! Typical Obama gaff… challenge him in any meaningful way and he can’t think straight.

Look Everyone. Some lib a few posts ago said that Big Mac and Sarah Baracuda have allready lost….. he he he,, Hu Hu HU HA HA HA! You have GOT to be Kidding!!!! Turn ou the lights the Dem Party is OVER!

People, is this not clear proof that what government touches, it destroys?
Government is simply too big. It attempts to do too much.
With that in mind, shouldn’t we elect the candidate closest to a “limited government” position? Though McCain is no Libertarian (shucks), at least he’s closer to that position than Obama.
Fear anyone selling government as a solution…. cuz we’re living through proof positive that it’s the problem!

Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house!
John McCain thinks the fundamentals of our economy are strong!
John McCain thinks the SEC is called the FEC!
Sarah Palin helped write the Bush Doctrine!
Who makes Gaffes???? Easy fellow Republicans, go easy…

Guys, Guys, Guys….don’t you see what’s happening? This is the beginning of the October Nuclear Plan for Biden to be replaced by Hillery. They did it with the race for the Senate in NJ and now they will do it in the Big Show. Obama will do anything to win! And the Hillery fems will fall right in line. Obama’s people are ruthless!

How, exactly, do you “throw the homeless under the bus”?
They’re homeless – they’re already under the bus.
More juvenile analysis fromt the left.
Morons.

To Man from Ireland:
Sometimes an outsiders needs to point out the obvious. Thanks for the clarity.
Irishman wrote: “As an Irishman living in America, this election is quite perplexing. You have the Obama supporters complaining about Palin having no qualifications yet Obama’s qualifications are even less than hers. You have Obama complaining about McCain’s 25 years of experience in the US Senate when Biden has even more. You have Obama saying McCain wasn’t for regulating financial organizations when he attempted to get a bill pushed forward to do just that. …”

Hillary does not want the VP position.
And she said she wouldn’t be the Dems attack dog against Sarah Palin.

Obama-is-hope-and-light is a talking points MACHINE! Bravo, repeat-o-matic! Way do demonstrate your complete lack of originality. I can get the talking points anywhere. Got anything original?

Kerry was up by 20 points in the polls at this time when he ran.
Polls mean nothing.

This is absolutely hilarious! Biden keeps doing what he does best – speak without thinking of the consequences. Of course he is 100% accurate this was a shameful ad full of lies. But the really funny part is Barrack Hussein Obama was actually stupid enough to pick Biden, a walking time bomb. Poor dimocrats. They are watching their assured victory vaporize right before their eyes. Again! McCain/Palin ’08!

Jeanie,
She never went to Iraq. You should wake up. It’s a bonehead comment made by the campaign staff which was later admitted to be a false statment. They also claimed she went to Ireland, yet she never stepped off the plane, it was for refueling. Why must people be so loyal to parties and listen to one liners to spew back as a part of their arguement. Can’t we just admit the better candidate. Doesn’t matter the party, having the smartest person, is the smartest decision.

I have looked at the two last presidential daily state-by-state polls covering sept and october. They match exactly the polling that is happening today…. exactly…. obama is not ahead in any… I see no possable way technicaly that NoBama Can Wine!

Emma your comments were spot on. Obama’s compaign is just hate reaping. It looks for haters and then says anything to get them to vote for him. He has no record. I live in Illinois and he has done nothing for us.

What will really be special is when all of us can’t afford internet because prices will sky-rocket while the value of the dollar will plummet. Then we’ll only be able to afford to argue with ourselves. Seriously, guys. Watch Glenn Beck. He seems to be the only media outlet who has the right sense of where this country is heading. The guy almost cried last week on national television when he realized the world we’re leaving for our children. We’re ten trillion dollars in debt and we’re giving out $85 billion bailouts and printing $180 billion in new money to provide liquidity to a dying market. If our government were our closest friend, we’d cut all his credit cards and put him into rehab. And there’s no safety net. We can’t crawl behind the Euro, or move to Hong Kong because we’ve spent everyone else’s money too. When we fall, so does the rest of the free world. The American high standard of living is about to crash and burn. And we’re still seriously debating who to elect as President? It doesn’t matter… unless of course Obama or McCain decides to call for the banishment of the Fed. But I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

So, Bob
Your argument for Obama is “cant we admit that Obama is the best and stop debating”?

whoever “t” is ~ PLEASE!go right ahead and vote !
Joe Biden said, and I quote,” We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.” “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”
If I understand this, and I am pretty sure I do, this is socialism at its finest! This would be nothing more than redistribution of wealth. This is NOT what America needs! Equating patriotism to higher taxes is insane, and if he wants to get America out of a rut then ALL Americans taxes should be lower, actually they should be even!
Why should someone pay more than me just because they make more than me? It’s like saying bread cost me $2.00 a loaf but you make twice as much as me so you have to pay $4.00. The word he used in this statement scares me; TAKE, he wants to take money from Americans who make more than 250 thousand a year and give it to lower wage earners and in a lot of cases people who currently have no tax burden. Please study this issue and when you do be sure you remember that higher taxes hurt the economy no matter what a person makes. If he raises taxes on those who make over 250 thousand a year (and by the way, that’s not rich) those people will have to decide not to invest or not to hire a worker in order to pay that higher tax. This would be a disaster. I encourage everyone to write or call legislators and ask them to begin major tax reform and to look at the flat tax or sales tax only. If you make 20 thousand a year or if you make 20 million a year the tax burden should be equal!

NO WAY NO-BAMA CAN WIN
I have looked at the two last presidential daily state-by-state polls covering sept and October. They match exactly the polling that is happening today…. exactly…. obama is not ahead in any.. Not only that….. the last to elections showed the dems had Virginia and Pennsylvania leaning there way….those two states are now eather tied up or leaning republican.. . I see no possible way technically that NoBama Can Win!

“The American high standard of living is about to crash and burn.”

Obama is a nice guy but I wouldn’t want an inexperienced guy with a VP who gridlocks everything to be in the white house.
Go John and Sarah!

Did anybody read this article? I mean, what drive ME crazy about politics is that nobody pays any attention at all… not even the politicians “answering” a question with political stumping that has nothing to do with the point at hand?
Hasn’t Biden been in office long enough to have seen the financial crisis coming in all his wisdom? Hasn’t he served in office long enough to take a stand if he dared doing so?
In fact, the only person NOT having been in office to have enough experience to understand the government’s proper role in the economy is Obama, who is ironically asking to be in charge of the whole mess.
And every time he is asked what his ideas are, he either attacks McCain and the Republicans for not doing it his way while simultaneously not telling us what his ideas actually are… except they are not what hasn’t worked.
What kind of “answer” is that?
All politics aside, when asked to add regulation to the likes of Fanny and Freddie, Obama, in one of the few votes he didn’t vote present, DENIED increased regulation.
So where does he get off accusing McCain of his own evils?
THAT is what drives people crazy about politics. Two faced, power hungry wordsmiths that offer no answers and base their rise to power on being the “other choice” that what they argue is wrong… without showing what they believe to be right.
People are SICK & TIRED of picking the lessor of two evils. THAT’S what’s crazy about politics.
As a Republican, I’m insulted by McCain’s departure from the truth in attack ads and appaled by Obama’s overall lack of leadership and record.
So I too am stuck having to choose the lessor of two evils.
And that drive me CRAZY.
Scott

“Sarah Palin is a tremendous speaker. Clearly the best of the 4 candidates.”
Posted by: John | Sep 23, 2008 2:03:46 PM
OH PLEASE !!! She has a high pitched nasally voice that is like listening to nails scratching a chalk board. She hasn’t deviated one iota from her GOP Convention speech, and does not give interviews.

The American people have much less power than you think. And I like how I attributed my comment to both sides and im “right wing” which I am far from. Your anger fueld comments prove my point—johnee

I think what aggravates me the most about both of these candidates is that neither one of them are going to vote on this bill…in other words, not showing any leadership.
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. CONTACT THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY VOTE ON THE BAILOUT BILL!!

Belle Starr
Alex Baldwin and you have a lot in comin!! BYE!! Go enjoy SOCIALISM!

None of you have a clue. You want to know who is going to win? They are. You want to know who is going to lose? You and I will. All of us.
We are hyper-inflating our currency. If you don’t know what this means then do a search on Germany after WW1.
The real impact of this is that the Government will own everything including your savings. We have no freedoms… ty Bush & Democrats. We have no dollars…. ty Bush and Democrats.
We have become Animal Farm.. the last two pages of the book.

People are stupid.

OK Obama is hope and light? what does that mean – hope and light? sounds like he is your god or something! wake up wake up! Obama doesn’t care about you no more than McCain does – and frankly I don’t care whether they care about me. I just want them to go to Washington cut taxes reduce the size of government and stay the hell out of the way! By the way I will vote for McCain, something about Obama seems shady, so much for your hope and light, good luck with that.

GOP wants the USA to fail and vote for Mccain/Palin which will be ARMEGEDON FOR THE WORLD. McCain will push every red button he can find when another country makes him MAD. And who will suffer the American people. Your children will be sent to war to die, your retirements will be gone due to the stock marketing collapsing and your employer filing for bankruptcy if they haven’t went overseas, McCain will still be setting up a 911 commission to determine what should be done about WWIII which he started by pressing red buttons, Wal-Mart will be the only store we can shop because all others have failed, and China via Russia will have another country to run aka United States of America.
Funny how most thing that Barack talked about during the primary’s as far as foreign policy where tasked by the WH before his trip overseas. Hmmm, sounds like Barack already has the job to me.
By the way, how many trips did Bush take overseas before he was elected president and while in office?

Tell Sarah Palin to give an interview if you think she is the best speaker of the 4…let us see what gaffs and missteps she makes.
No pat answers from her McCain puppet…just in her own words.
40 days and counting for the team and 24 days and counting for Palin…I will not sell my vote for a pig in a poke…I am smarter then that.

Hitler and Stalin campaigned for “change”. Can someone please define “change”? All I hear is change this and change that? What exactly do you intend on changing?

Shocking and impressive move by Lauer to challenge Obama like that.

“Obama picked Biden, shows lack of judgement to me.”

And more of Joe …..
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed,” Biden told Katie Couric. “He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
As Reason’s Jesse Walker footnotes it: “And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, ‘Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?’”

Try to think for a second…
Our economy is heading for a crash. It is inevitable. It cannot be avoided. The choice we have is this…
1 – Let it crash and go into a depression which will self correct.. Those with savings and cash will keep it
2 – Dump money into the economy to avoid a depression/recession which will cause hyperinflation, destroy the savings of all Americans, Destroy the Dollar, and then cause a depression which will last much longer.
Do you honestly think that McCain or Obama have any solutions? LoL
The current monetary policy was instituted by Bush 1, continued by Clinton, and then continued by Dubya Bush jr.
Cheap money… Artificial Growth/Bubble..The balloon has to deflate or it will pop.
Except we are putting tape on the balloon and the balloon is getting bigger and bigger. There is a point when tape won’t stop the POP. We should of let the balloon leak out air but we aren’t doing that.

A noun, a verb, and a personal attack on McCain.

Let me lay out basic reality for you Republican, spouting off Limbaugh Talking Points:
1. The Republican Congress from 1995 to 2006 worked overtime to deregulate the financial sector, so the could benefit their Wall Street campaign contributors.
2. Bush did NOTHING to avert this economic crisis. He was too focused on Iraq, and destroying the City of New Orleans.
3. Obama warned the Bush Administration of predatory lending practices way back in 2005, and the Republicans DID NOTHING.
I feel CHANGE IS COMING. It will come from a young Senator from Abraham Lincoln’s state, and not from a 26-year veteran of the Senate who is steeped in the philosophy of DEREGULATION, was a poster boy for the Keating 5 Savings and Loan Scandal, and whose campaign is run by WASHINGTON LOBBYISTS, including McCain’s Campaign Manager, Rick Davis, who took TWO MILLION DOLLARS in sweetheart deals from Fannie May!
OBAMA FOR HOPE AND CHANGE !!!

Thank you, Ken.

“I miss a general public that knew their history”

Obama is hope and light–
Do you really want to talk about who has recieved what donations from entities like Freddy and Fanny?
Obama in his short time in the Senate has become the 3rd LARGEST recipiant of donations from Freddie and Fannie in almost the LAST 3 DECADES.
…I can’t take these half truth people…

BO stinks.
We should go back to the days where only land owners get to vote. That would eliminate 90 percent of Democrats. Heck, if made it working land owners that would be 98 percent Democrats.

Okay – so now Senator Biden has spoke too soon. Senator Obama is still happy with his pick? We know Sen. Biden was supposed to be the more senior Senator and help Obama where Obama had deficits in his knowledge about foreign affairs and the economy. So what’s up with the Nobama folks now?
Gov. Palin has finally energized women and men are just not happy with her – well, the intelligents men are, but those men on the other side of the fence are just kind of ‘leaning’.
Even my democratic granddaughter has gotten excited, along with my g-grandson who finally told off our mailperson who tried to convince this 10y/o how ‘wonderful’ the newby senator from IL is.

Kevin Hassett-He advised President Bush in his campaign, and he currently serves as a senior economic adviser to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign. No conflict of interest here, folks.
That senate bill 190 sure is a kicker. You know, the one that Obama, Hillary, Dodd, Schumer voted against.
LOL

And as for HOPE…maybe in this day and age that is all some people have.
Hope that someone will treat you like you matter…
Hope that the color of my skin won’t matter…
Hope that my religion will be accepted..
Hope that the next generation will be better off then you are…
Hope that someday you will have more then you have now…
Hope for a better job…
Hope for health care…
And on and on….
Yes I think Obama gives me that hope…why???
Because I see what the Republicans have done so far and if you ran a business and hired them for the last 8 years and they ran your business into the ground, would you hire then for another 4 years?
If you do, then you deserve to lose your business.
Veto power overrides anything that could have passed in the last two years…look to Bush as to why nothing got done…he is a Republican and so is McCain no matter how much he tries to distance himself from them.
I as a normal everyday citizen can never change a mind that is set, all I can do is speak from my heart of the hope I have for this country that I love, it’s freedoms and it’s ability to come together when really needed.
Politics should never separate any of us.
Vote on the issues please, read everything you can and when you see something posted, please check it out online..I read over 20 plus newspapers now, google everything, watch 7 different networks and talk to everyone I see to get other views.
I want to be a well informed voter.
Off my soapbox now and sorry for taking up your time and space.
Whoever wins the election, good luck.

Well stated Kevin. my question is, where are the Enron style house and senate hearings with this CEOs being walked out of congress in handcuffs??? this is 100 times more of an impact than Enron ever was. Why not?? because the majority of them are paid in full Dems that are still sitting in their position of power. this is one of the biggest jokes of modern government and someone needs to drag these people in front of a comissionary hearing. let’s hear what they have to say under oath.

remember it was George W. who instructed fannie and freddie to change the type of mortgage that they would buy from a minimum 20% down payment to 0% down payment. That was in 2004, when this disaster began. The Democrats had nothing to do with that. But the fact is, neither Repub nor Dem was complaining when house prices were skyrocketing and all their constituents were buying houses. And stop blaming banks for lending people money. Those borrowing are responsible for their actions, like anything else. If they coujdn’t afford it they shouldn’t have borrowed the money. Its no different than anything else.

In 1985, three years after the deregulation of the S&Ls, the chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board saw that the situation was already looking shaky, with the potential to become much worse. He instituted a rule to limit the amounts and types of investments S&Ls could carry on their books in an effort to head off disaster. However, many savings and loans — among them Lincoln Savings & Loan Association of Irvine, CA, which was headed by a fellow named Charles Keating — promptly ignored these rules.
Now enters a familiar cast of characters. First to pop up was the universally beloved Fed-chief-to-be, Alan Greenspan. Greenspan argued against the loan board’s new rules, and persuaded Reagan to appoint one of Keating’s pals to the board to blunt the requirements. A quintet of senators, among them John McCain, began having meetings with both the management at Lincoln and the regulators at the loan board. ] Alan Greenspan also helped out with a letter to the regulators, asking that Lincoln be exempt from the new rules. With their help of Greenspan and their pet senators, Lincoln was able to stay in business an additional two years, at the end of which they failed — taking the life savings of 21,000, mostly elderly, investors with them.
How involved was John McCain? McCain and Keating had known each other since 1981 and had become fast friends. Of all the “Keating Five,” it was McCain who moved into the life of the Lincoln S&L chief. The two men vacationed together multiple times, with the whole McCain clan (babysitter included) heading out for Keating’s private Caribbean property on Keating’s private jet. McCain didn’t think to actually report these trips, or pay for them, until the investigators were breathing down his neck. And McCain took his payment in the form of more than just vacations. Keating and other members of Lincoln’s parent company padded McCain’s pockets with $112,000 in campaign contributions.

Obama, ARE YOU SIMPLE BOY???

Obama is such a fraud.
Here are the facts:
1. Obama and Chris Dodd have taken more campaign contributions from Freddie & Fannie than anyone else in the Senate.
2. In 2005, MCCAIN COSPONSORED Senate Bill 190, which would have reigned in Freddie & Fannie, and prevented the financial crisis we are now in.
3.OBAMA and his Dem friends all voted NO against McCain’s reform bill, paving the way for the current financial meltdown.
Americans and their great-great-great grandchildren will be paying through the nose because OBAMA AND HIS DEM CRONIES SOLD US OUT FOR SOME CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

Obama’s famous subtext “Wait hold on a second…” You’re only fooling the uneducated Obama!
McCain/Palin ’08!
Say NO to Socialism!

If you want to be like Obama, vote “Present” on election day!
Biden is a complete and total idiot BTW.

Obama is up to his usual tricks of trying not to speak out on really important issues. He did that for eight years in Illinois and continued when he got his senate seat. His supporters interpret that as him being thoughtful before he speaks. At least John McCain came out and said what he feels should be done and has been getting criticized ever since. I agree with McCain that the head of the SEC should be fired. Even I knew that this financial crisis was a disaster waiting to happen. When people bought homes they couldn’t afford and signed on to making mortgage payments they couldn’t afford, the only result would be foreclosures and the financial institutions holding bad loans.
It’s ok that Obama has chosen to be thoughtful and to wait before he says much — because we had better get used to him doing that if he wins. From day one in the White House, all his decisions will be based on keeping his record clean so that when he runs for a second term, opponents will have less of a chance to criticize him.

“No, hold on a second Matt,”… what happen Obama? Trying to change the subject… just answer the question!

Good one, Bobb, real intelligent!
These are the people supporting Obama.

Wow Matt..I am impressed..an actual interview that wasn’t infomercial-like…and from NBC to boot.
Eat that Keith Olbermann…That’s how news is done!

I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS. Come on give me something more than “Change” or “Hope”.

From the Obama Camp:
All this controversy between Obama and Biden is being staged so Biden can make his exit. Obama will then be free to bring in Hillary as his VP pick. Give it about one week and you’ll see this come about. He’s doing it because he’s intimidated by the choice of Sarah Palin for Republican VP and having Hillary on the ticket will improve his chances with white women voters. It’s all a big game folks.
And why should Biden defer to Obama when he’s been a legislator for so many more years than Obama? The answer is…he shouldn’t. The ticket should be reversed but Biden never had the eloquent drawing power that Obama has. And if Obama gets elected he will have the same problem with Congress. Why should Charlie Rangel or any other long-term Representative or Senator bow to Obama? They won’t do it and the country will suffer because of it. Nothing will get done.

These better-than-thou know-nothings and do-nothings listed below CAUSED or was an accessory for not saying anything about this mess by pushing high-risk low-rate loans to people with no money so that housing became “more affordable”. Their empty-headed good intentions came with consequences – low income people cannot afford high mortgages no matter what the interest rate. The market will smooth this over and the politicians, bankers, analysts, builders and brokers will suffer – YES. But THEY should hurt, not the taxpayer. WE didn’t pressure the banks to loan the money and LIE about how everything was safe. Therefore WE taxpayers should not suffer. The politicians, corporate leaders, financial analysts and press are all at fault. Anyone else that did not perform their due diligence on this mess is culpable. Remove Them, Fire Them, Fine Them, Jail Them. Whatever it takes.

Well “Angelo”..no one likes paying taxes, but you pay it because you live in America.
Like the old joke says..two things for sure “death and taxes” but if you know the loopholes all you have to do is die.
I pay my taxes because it is my duty, if they get higher, then I will pay those too.
I am a proud American living in a country that gave my Italian immigrant grandparents, landing at Ellis Island, a better life…they paid their taxes too.
They taught me this:there is a difference between want and need.
You may want that fancy house and new car, but do you really need that?
You want a big screen tv, but do you need that?
I live within my means and I may not have much, but I am happy.
So, paying taxes are part of that American dream, you can not get something for nothing…everyone has to pay no matter what.
If you think Obama will raise your taxes, don’t be silly to think McCain won’t do that either.
Just because he says he won’t?
Is this your first election?

Gosh. I hope Obama doesn’t win! Regarding the morgtage issues, let’s all remember there wouldn’t have been a market had people not been trying to keep up with the Jones’ and get into homes they knew they couldn’t afford but thought they could swing it with 0 down and a 5 year ARM.

Well Bev, when the taxes get raised for business owners and they can’t afford to pay their employees, all hope will be gone, with Obama.

McCain will get us further in debt.
Obama will raise taxes.
No one truly is winning here.
Third party, please…

The Dems want to reduce spending, cut taxes for the ENTIRE middle class, give you and your family free health care, help send your kids to college.
Are you a socialist?

yeh, Jose they want to tell you what doctor to choose, what college to send your children to, what to eat when you get home, what you watch on tv. . .

Wake Up America,
Republican or Dem, Each of you need to take a clear look at what you are about to do if you want to vote for Obama.While I never agreed on John McCain’s politics, I have full confidence that he will lead America with the utmost integrity and will reach out to both sides of the political spectrum. He is a true patriot and has every American’s best interest at heart.
Nobody in this forum should blame Obama or McCain for the current financial meltdown we are facing. As a former loan officer, I saw first hand of the greed that took place from Top to Bottom, Left and Right. Both sides were taking campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie. Dems wanted the banks to lower the loan standards for lower class citizens. Banks heavily profited from the subprime lending scheme. Loan officers were paid handsomely for selling them. Who are the worst offenders? Sadly it was us, the greedy homeowners that cashed in their equity. I can’t tell how how demanding these borrowers were when it came to completing their loan applications. Pushing for higher appraisals and even lying about the income they could not document. For several years, we went on lavish vacations, furnished our homes, took out high risk loans to have the lowest possible payment. We would drive ourselves in debt, and bail ourselves out by refinancing. Many of us did this a few times while the equity was still going up! And you assumed that your equity would still appreciate. Do not remotely think that we did not bat an eyelash to sign those loan documents and spend all of that equity that we gained. We destroyed our own housing market. Our greed got the best of everyone. Yet, some of you who had no problem spending that money…are crying the loudest about how tough times are right now.
So stop pointing fingers to the political party and take responsibility for your actions as Americans. I am severely upside down in my home and the Government and tax payers do no owe me a single CENT.
Americans should be careful to vote for a man that will not salute the flag, wear a flag pin, and listened to Anti-american racist Jeremiah Wright. Read Obama’s books for yourself. His own writings has convinced me of how close they actually were. He agreed with his teachings. I would never paint someone to be un-American or unpatriotic, whether they are a lib or conservative. I sincerely believe that Obama is. It scares me that we are so close to electing him.
Vote your conscience on election day.

The law that created this banking mess was signed in to law by Bill Clinton in 1999 to eliminate redlining. plenty of blame for both party’s on this one. However Mccain did try to pass a law 2 years ago to fix fannie may and freddie mac Obama was against it. Mr. raines his economics advisor ran one one of them (can’t remeber which) made $90 million and Obama received over $100,000 in campaign contributions. Some change, same old boys network.

daily kos is not a reliable source of information. any one considering it as us such must be delusional.

I Demand an investigation!!!! Why isn’t Congress investigating to get to the bottom of who is responsible for this financial quagmire. They investigate everything else, why not this!?!? Oh, yeah, we democrats are up to our nads in Freddy MAC corruption, and stood in the way of George Bush’s proposed reform of the institution therefore no investigation.

NO, actually by reading your posts, I thought you were a genius. For your information, I am not a Democrat, and did not vote for Kerry. You seem to make a lot of assumptions.

Since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are at the heart of this financial mess, and they were heavily regulated, and attempts to oversee them. reigne them in as they have over stepped their bounds, and any attempt to inject some regulultory oversight since 97 have been thwarted by their biggest benefactors (Obama, Frank, Dodd, and Kerry) is what drives most THINKING, INRTELLIGENT COGNIZANT people. Mind numb Democrats who beliebve anything from an empty suit agree with you, Barry

Justine19675 still waiting on how Obama is more/equally qualified….got something for us? What was the last thing he was head of?

Obama saying “Joe should have waited” is so typical of Obama. He never goes first because he waits to see who has the best answer, and then he copies it. Either that, or he waits to find out what people want to hear, and then he says that. He is NO leader.
NOway, NOhow, NObama!!

Delbert,
I’ll give you a better reason not to vote for Obama. He’s a marxist!
Who cares what color his skin is. His policies are dangerous and will complete the disintigration of the American Economy.
And the rest of you don’t tell me that it’s eight years of deregulation. You know that’s not the truth. The truth is that it’s a result of the overspending of the congress. These people are WASTING the money of the taxpayers. Tax and Spend hurts everybody, rich or poor. The rich may survive it but the poor will not. If you are really compasionate, think about the ramifications of a tax and spend congress and a marxist president on the poor. Do you really want to live in Russia? Or China? Really?

Politico, actually, I’m not here to defend Obama.
But if my choice is between taking a chance on Obama (and in 4 years time, holding him to his promises) or letting McCain sell us down the river for another 4 years (on top of the almost 30 during which all he could do was undermine the economy and suck-off Keating – and get caught for it) …
Well, I’ll take my chance on something new. Only a dumb animal keeps pressing the electrode hoping a peanut will eventually come out, Pavlov. Eventually, there comes a need to try something new.

Bailouts = Bad
Regulation = Bad
Accountability = Good
Let individuals and entities suffer from their bad choices and profit from their good ones. That’s capitalism. It works. It’s beautiful.
Unfortunately, neither candidate and neither party seems to appreciate this, and I am left voting for the lesser evil. I am an unapologetic Bush voter, but this bailout business just makes me sick.

Bottom line is when George Will endorses the Democrat, the choice must be pretty clear.

Justine it looks an awful lot like you are backing Obama, but you are not like you say. I apologize. You make a good point. However, you can’t fault Palin as having less experience than Obama, when she is technically more qualified than anyone else in the race. If you want hit me up on the side and we can discuss more I have some good things on why each one is better than the other.

“Change, Hope, Change, Hope…”
I’m guessing you prefer “bomb, bomb, bomb…”

“Word of advice: perhaps you better climb out of your basement and turn on the news, because the Democratic Party today is acting a helluva lot more like the ideals of the GOP than McCain, Palin, and Bush have done recently.”
*Rolls Eyes*
Seriously Justine. You really expect anyone to believe you’re a conservative with comments like that. The Dems are run by marxists. The republicans are walking a very fine line between socailism and capitalism, but the Dems most certainly not representative of conservative ideals or those of the Republican party.
Why can’t you people just be honest about who you are, and present your ideas for people to consider, instead of trying to force them in under cover or night or under another name. It speaks vlumes about these positions when you have to find a new name for them to get people to consider them.
Don’t come in here pretending to be a conservative and making socialist statements and then expect anyone to believe anything you have to say. Be honest…if you really believe the things you say, you have no reason to be ashamed of calling youself a Dem or a Lib or a Sociallist. You shouldn’t cloak yourself in something you aren’t

Great interview.

Bill says, “Hillary never wanted to run as VP”, Now she will be able to say for the good of the party and the country I will do what’s best for others.
Joe’s health is a concern, “That’s OK Joe we understand, your health comes first”
Hmmm Tsk Tsk, Biden and Obama are having a spat? Why what could this mean?!
The stage is being set for Hillary to Step in when Joe, reluctantly steps down, look for it to happen around the time of the first VP debate.

Jose: “I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS.”
Really, Jose, that’s such a false argument. All of the candidates meet the constitutional requirements, and the voters will decide who is qualified. Beyond that, there’s no check in the box – no number of years in any particular office.

Thank you, nodog. Glenn Beck was amazing last week on the Economy debacle. This week he’s back to Energy. T. Boone Pickens pointed out last night that the $700 billion in outflow for energy costs kind of coincidentally equals the $700 billion we know owe ourselves for the latest bailouts. That reality seemed to hit him while he was sitting there talking through solutions to our Energy problem – Hey! If we solve Energy, we can also pay back our Economy debts!
But the most important thing Pickens talked about was THE GRID!!! He made us realize that the energy grid we’re using today is the original grid with parts actually installed by Edison himself as far back at the turn of the LAST CENTURY – as in 1900!
Pickens didn’t go on to say that THE NEW GRID’s biggest enemies are the ENVIRONMENTALISTS who will fight it tooth and nail. Why? Hopefully, Glen will cover that topic tonight.
Glen also had an important piece last night about the MEXICAN MAFIA. All of American should have been listening in to the conversation with Renee.
Glen doesn’t talk politics. He talks problem and solution. His show is a public service to the nation. His guests are the experts. Who cares about Dem vs. Rep. Just vote for the guy who can solve the problem!!!!! Or who find the people who can solve the problem, damn it!!!

Biden’s not stupid. He knows Obama won’t and can’t win so he’s not jeopardizing his standing in the Senate for the one term junior empty suit! Note to all dems, there isn’t any long line of dem politicos forming behind Barack Hussein Obama! You’re looking at defeat in the eye and the landlside defeat will stun even the most ardent Obamaphiles!

If healthcare is the general consensus for a vote here. I will tell you all that Socialized medicine is a pain in the royal ###. I am military, and our healthcare system is the closest thing to Socialized medicine we have, and it is horrendous.
You have to make appointments Months and Months out to have your teeth, eye’s, or whatever checked up and then as long to have the problem fixed.
My wife is currently pregnant and try to give birth in a Socialized environment. Especially when the Doctor’s who are making a huge profit currently decide to not be doctor’s any more and the abundance and availability of Dr.’s start to drop. You then have to wait even longer for an appointment and to have your issue’s fixed. Ask the Brit’s about it they will be sure to tell how wonderful it is to have your Government pay for your health care.

If healthcare is the general consensus for a vote here. I will tell you all that Socialized medicine is a pain in the royal A$$. I am military, and our healthcare system is the closest thing to Socialized medicine we have, and it is horrendous.
You have to make appointments Months and Months out to have your teeth, eye’s, or whatever checked up and then as long to have the problem fixed.
My wife is currently pregnant and try to give birth in a Socialized environment. Especially when the Doctor’s who are making a huge profit currently decide to not be doctor’s any more and the abundance and availability of Dr.’s start to drop. You then have to wait even longer for an appointment and to have your issue’s fixed. Ask the Brit’s about it they will be sure to tell how wonderful it is to have your Government pay for your health care.

I’m beginning to feel a little sympathy for Biden. Today, he’s been taking all the heat for the Obama/Biden ticket’s duplicity (coal) and Obmama’s indecisiveness (above). When a problem arises, leaders offer solutions. Leaders do not point their fingers around the room, trying to lay blame. Leaders know they should never sit back in silence, waiting for the right decision to be made, and then jump on the bandwagon. Obama should never have critisized Biden for trying to seize the reins and be a leader.

Justine? Yeah! Going from a Moderate and sometimes Conservative President to an out right Liberal/Socialist America Hater will somehow in your wildest dreams be better,.The only thing that will be better is the media wont have anyone to kick around anymore.

I reiterate…
BTW I am waiting for a response.
COME ON DEMS. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING!
Not a single substantive answer, other than to attack me and my “audacity” in asking about Obama’s credentials. It is so quiet here that I can hear the crickets chirp.
I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS. Come on give me something more than “Change” or “Hope”.

Obama flip-flops like a fish out of water, knowing the imminence his own political death. If he had his way Iraq would certainly have already failed, Venezuela would have already annexed Columbia and split it with Ecuador, abortions in America would be paid for by a socialize healthcare system (that depended on advertising dollars from gay lobbyists just to survive), our banks, mortgage companies, toll roads, docks, peers, national parks, would all be systematically sold to foreign investments in order to pay for all the so-called college education that he would want to make sure every kid gets (which in turn would mean that we would have no one to work in our factories in twenty years, so all of our labor sector would be farmed out too) and the idealized American service economy would become the model of complacency, a real bored nation of political thinkers with no time for philosophy who could then conceive of ways to try and enslave other countries and rule the world using so-called class welfare.
Too bad he can’t even control his own campaign. How in the heck is he ever gonna manage a nation? His own Vice President disgusts him, who, at the same time derides Obama for his lack of ethics in a smear campaign attacking disabled people, be it Down Syndrome, be it Purple Heart War wound which prevent a man from normally using a keyboard. His campaign even presents ‘being a woman’ as some kind of handicap, as though that means she doesn’t have time for a Vice Presidency, or a Presidency for that matter. Why didn’t he choose Hillary Clinton as VP if he already hates his own VP so much? What a disgusting person!

The $700 Billion bailout is necessary (if it’s necessary) because Pelosi, Dodd, Obama and other Democrats blocked McCain’s reform and oversight bill after the fraudulent bookkeeping of Obama’s advisor Raines first came to light in 2005. Even now, Barney Frank is trying to remove reform provisions from the current bailout bill.
If you choose to make loans to people who aren’t creditworthy, those loans are by definition bad loans the moment the ink is dry. If you want to do that with your own money, that’s fine, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should never have been allowed to.
How can Obama credibly stand for reform when he’s one of the top three architects of the current disaster?

crayon51, open your eyes: the socialized bailout to Wall Street is Bush’s baby. That’s why is it so insane.

It’s time Obama is be put on notice. We KNOW what you’re up to. You picked Biden, now you stick with him. You switch to Hillary, and it will be obvious to all that it was planned from the start. You, Obama, are on notice. WE ALL KNOW! You can’t pull it off now!!!!

IT’S CALLED SOCIALISM
If Obama gets elected we will all have a number tattooed on our wrist and be forced to present documentation at every checkpoint. We won’t have to worry about paying tolls or taxes anymore. We’ll just need to make sure the donkey cart is in good working order so we can all go fetch our daily cup of rice and water while he and his rich lobbyist/corporate/Fannie Mae friends are eating lobster and caviar everyday while living in super-sized McMansions.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD….Please Please someone, anyone, please give one (1) fact (not rhetoric). Merriam-Webster defines “Fact” as “a piece of information presented as having objective reality”
I reiterate…
BTW I am waiting for a response.
COME ON DEMS. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING!
I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS. Come on give me something more than “Change” or “Hope”.

Ummmm, Jonathan, it was McCain and Phil Gramm who pushed the rule breaking up investment banks and commercial banks, and letter the former operate outside Federal Reserve oversight.
That law is what allowed Lehman Brothers, Goldman, Merrill, and all the independent investment banks to go out there and market these subprime mortgages. So, you can sit there and think what you want, and hate Obama all you want. McCain did that in 1999, go look it up …

Trish, you can worry all you want about Vladimir Putin. But maybe when you have a moment, take a look in the mirror and wonder why it is that means more to you than having health care, having a college education for your kids, reducing taxes on the middle class, stopping GOP-led bailouts of Wall Street. I encourage you to think about that.

“Ummmm, Jonathan, it was McCain and Phil Gramm who pushed the rule breaking up investment banks and commercial banks, and letter the former operate outside Federal Reserve oversight.”
So you’re telling me that Dems waited ten years unitl the brink of collapse to speak up about this. That’s pathetic. You have to reach back nearly a decade to blame a republican? C’mon. You know just like everybody else that the Dems have blood on their hands on this one. Not all republicans are innocent, but this has all the ear marks (pardon the pun) of the Tax and Spenders.

Ummm…Sue…by lasting effects for the next 20 years do you mean the safety from terrorists that Bush secured and never gets credit for? How about the lasting effects of the current wall street crisis that we have as a result of the Dem’s blockage of reform that Bush and McCain were separately pushing for a few years ago. Talk about lasting effects!

“it works in the real world and should apply to your government.”
Do you mean to imply that we should expect people to work their way up into positions of responsibility by achieving quantifiable/objective milestones that support the notion that they have obtained experience to function in a management capacity?
Hmmm…. I continue my lonely cry in the wilderness.
I reiterate…
BTW I am waiting for a response.
COME ON DEMS. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING!
I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS. Come on give me something more than “Change” or “Hope”.

Sue…you must be very young, because you know very little about economic issues. Things started going down the toilet 2 years ago when the Dem’s took control all because people felt we couldn’t win in Iraq, so they wanted Change. Well they got it, a do nothing congress who only wanted to have hearings to blast Bush. Read yesterdays Bloomberg Report on who’s fault it is that we are in the financial crisis today. If your not aware, Bloomberg is one of the most respected financial news organizations around, they produce the “After the Bell” report each evening on ABC. Read how the Dem’s dropped the ball when the administration wanted to do something three years ago to keep the very thing that is happening now from happening, and they rejected it. Before you spout a bunch of crap that you know nothing about, try educating yourself a little. All you liberals do is complain and pass blame, and when a good idea does come around if it’s not yours, you reject it. You were wrong three years ago, two years ago and today. Wise up, get educated and learn a little about the world you live in instead of just spouting the same old blame game. If your leaders are so great why haven’t they come up with solutions, oh I forgot, Harry Reid said they needed to go home, because they really didn’t know what to do. You got a great leader in that man. Maybe Obama will walk on water and save the world, fat chance of that.

Shalom:
Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator in 1870. Yes, that was before Reconstruction, but after Reconstruction the Democrats controlled the South.

Silly Justine, you misread my post. I’m not worried about Putin. As I said, he an I will be implementing your conservative principles enumerated in this discussion when we reclaim the old soviet union.
As for your free health care and education. No thanks. I’ll pay for them myself. Why? Because that means I get a say in the product I’m purchasing. I think the public school system has already demonstrated for us what a dismal failure socialist systems can be. European healthcare has already demonstrated what a dismal failure socialized medicine can be. I’ll keep my world class, constantly improving, health care that I have now. Which, by the way I can get the moment I need it…not 6 months from now. Thanks though.
My kids don’t need your help going to school. Why? Because my husband and I will make responsible financial decisions which will allow us to fund their education ourselves. We will teach our kids not to take other people’s money in the form of government handouts. We will teach them that government assistance makes you a slave. We aren’t slaves. We are free, independant, and self reliant individuals. We hold the power over government. If by chance we do ever need help, we’ll go to our church, to our family, to our community, but not the government. We will never be dependent on the government for our basic needs.

Loving the trolls today. I say kudos to Obama. He is honest about a mistake being made by his own teammate and does not blindly support everything that Biden says or does simply because he picked him as running mate. Biden should have waited to comment until he had all the facts as should have McCain, one of the best qualities that Obama has is that he does not jump the gun, some criticize this as they are more comfortable with the cowboy we have in the white house at the moment but look at history people the greatest world leaders have also been our greatest thinkers. FDR, Kennedy, Ghandi, Mandela, Winston Churchill, Lincoln. The President does not pick a VP to be his puppet and I like that Obama has the character to be honest with us. Now for all of you Obama bashers who question his qualifications I suggest you do what all of us that decided to support him have done, read his bio and his blueprint for this country on his website. Go online and search for his legislative record in Illinois. Its all there for you to read and learn for yourself….its not kool aid folks its intelligence. Instead of allowing yourself to be misled by bloggers who can write anything, check out congressional libraries and learn for yourself. Barack Obama is a scholar of the constitution so please stop with the scare tactics and subtle comparisons to a nazi era. Educate yourselves before spreading the hatred. And FYI – its what Jesus would do!!!

People, People, stop the bickering. My question below is simple yet no one (Dems) can answer it with one (1) fact. BTW Merriam- Webster defines “Fact” as “a piece of information presented as having objective reality”
“it works in the real world and should apply to your government.”
Do you mean to imply that we should expect people to work their way up into positions of responsibility by achieving quantifiable/objective milestones that support the notion that they have obtained experience to function in a management capacity?
Hmmm…. I continue my lonely cry in the wilderness.
I reiterate…
BTW I am waiting for a response.
COME ON DEMS. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING!
I love the Dems’ remarks! When it comes defending Obama, they cannot point to one substantive fact that supports the notion that this man is qualified to be POTUS. Come on give me something more than “Change” or “Hope”.

I say kudos to Obama. He is honest .
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Honest? Fannie and Freddy started this entire mess. McCain wanted to regulate them two years ago, and Obama, Dodd, and Barney Frank killed the legislation. Oh, and guess who got the most money from Fannie and Freddy. Clue: Dodd, Frank, Obama.
With honesty like this … who needs liars? Inquiring americans want to know.

Barack Obama is touting his plan to roll back the tax cuts given to the rich to pay for programs for the poor. If Obama takes away the tax cuts for the rich he could theoretically (about $50 billion in each of the next two years) use it to pay for government-sponsored, universal healthcare, larger entitlement spending, and a host of social programs.
Sounds good, right?
What Obama isn’t telling us is that the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010, and that all of the proceeds for taxing the rich are already figured into Office of Management and Budget’s long-term spending and deficit forecasts.
All of that doesn’t include Obama’s $800 billion in new spending over the next four years. In order to balance the budget, one might say “raise taxes” an Obama mantra.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, just to pay for current programs (Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, among others), the federal government would have to almost double all tax rates over the next four decades.
This means that under Obama’s spending plan, low-income families who do pay taxes would pay almost 20% in federal taxes instead of today’s 10% rate. The middle class, the group Obama claims to provide the most tax relief to, would have to pay closer to 50% as opposed to 25%.
So how will Obama and the Democrats pay for existing programs while adding billions in new ones? The answer is very simple, “fuzzy math”. What Obama is assuming is that a Democrat-controlled Congress will pass the Bush tax cuts in 2010, and then immediately repeal them, creating new revenue.

Whatever this liar Obama says, run the other direction. He and his Crony Capitalists in Congress had a chance this year to fix fannie and freddie, but then he would have been short those $$Hundreds of thousands. The reason he might sound really smooth on this subject is because he has the ex-CEOs coaching him on his Blackberry — they know all the right lies to say, they’ve been doing it for years, that’s what got us here. Meanwhile, George Bush tried to turn this around years ago, and John McCain has been doing his part, too. Watch out, Emporer Obama-with-no-clothes, your pitiful record can’t hide behind that Blackberry.

Hey Politico …
“Last I checked America was not about Free Health Care or Free College. You have the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. If you can afford healthcare go to one of the free clinics. If you can’t afford school get a job, or a loan, or a scholarship just like everyone else has done. Giving government control of everything is NOT American. That goes for the Bail out too.”
But, isn’t the very basic notion of any government to collect taxes and provide for the good of its citizens?
I mean, hell, there is nothing in the Constitution providing fire protection in local towns either. Does that mean we should stop funding the fire department?

1. Electing McCain just on the basis of experience is ridiculous. Yes, McCain does have more experience, but as being a Senator – the same type of experience Obama has. Besides being senators McCain has military experience where Obama has educational (law school) experience. McCain was a POW and Obama was a community organizer. It seems like their experience is very similar to me. Maybe we should vote based on their ideas and plans instead.
2. Republicans are always afraid of government growing and having too much power. BUT! An unprecedented financial power has reared its ugly head. A TRILLION in bailouts!!! When did government have the responsibility for buying out large failing businesses? This is a trillion dollar risk that Americans did not sign on for. Governments role is to regulate not to own!!! I understand that the situation is more complicated than this, but what I said is true and it has happened under a Republican’s Presidency. This is something I would expect it under a Democratic Presidency. Of course Obama agrees as well.

Jim, I agree with your Biden prediction. I’ve spent the last couple of days, literally, literally, studying Biden.
He’ll be 66 in November, having spent 36 years in the Senate in 2009. He’s a Quick Draw McGraw when it comes to decisions, but I’ll bet he’s had the last month to think about this VP decision and regrets it.
Joe doesn’t like regrets. He doesn’t do well when it comes to hold back his feelings. He actually likes to use facial expressions to show things like, oh, contempt, disapproval, derision, impatience. People keep expecting McCain to show a temper. Well, have you seen Joe?
Here are his regrets:
1st, he loses his Senate seat, a nice cushy job that has literally, literally been his only job for the last 36 years. He loves that job!!
2nd, why start a new job at the age of 66 which may not pay that much more and may actually be boring? No glory in being VP, especially when you have to follow the young un around and act subservient and control your facial expressions.
3rd, the VP job is actually not Joe’s cup of tea. He’ll be under control of the Secret Service, not free on weekends to hang in Scranton, and required to give those pesky speeches that will just result in more lectures by the young un. But mainly, BORING!! He’ll get no respect all of a sudden. 2nd fiddle, the afterthought.
4th, he’s facing a sticky wicket when it comes to his Senate seat. He expects to win it in November along with the V.P. job. But there’s a very good opponent running for it now in Del. She just MAY win if he doesn’t show up to debate her. I hear she’s a great debater and that’s not good for Joe. He may not win, either way. If he does, he expects it to go to Beau Biden and Gov. Minner has already made plans to give it to him. But Beau, who is also the Attorney General of Delaware, has been assigned to the military’s JAG Corps in Kuwait (that’s right – not actually IRAQ!! The cushy high rise lawyers offices are in Kuwait) for the next year. You think the military cares about Beau Biden’s inheritance of Joe’s Senate Seat? The word may have already come down that Beau won’t get a free pass out of his military stint or be able to do double-duty – triple duty – forgot that pesky Attorney General spot. Joe depends on Beau taking that Senate seat. Why? Good question. How thick we weave our webs of power and deceit. All on the backs of the good people of the Great State of Delaware.
5th, and foremost. Biden doesn’t really know foreign affairs. I’m sure Obama already knows this. It’s sad. Biden can parrot the Democratic Party Line, holds positions of authority based solely on seniority, and answers to no one but the citizens of the Great State of Delaware who have handed him election after election for 36 years no questions asked, no debate, no effort. Nobody has held this man accountable for anything for 36 years and I’m sure Obama is awake and aware by now.

No Justine…the basic concept of government is not to collect taxes to provide for the public.
Think about it. The government takes your tax dollars and hands out assistance checks, but how good is that assistance. Tell me justine, if all this taxation is going to help the poor and middle class, why the hell is the government spending millions on the research of the mating habits of a fruit fly in france? Hmmm… Don’t tell me that they’re going to help people. They’re wasting Billions right now. Why aren’t they using that money to “help people?”

“And the fact remains, Weather Underground doesn’t impact my life. The Great Bush/McCain Giveaway of 2008 will.”
Terrorism doesn’t effect your life?
Having a president with ties to terrorism won’t effect your life?
Having a president that has sat under the tutilage of anti-american extremists won’t effect your life?
Where can I get one of your protective glass bubbles for my family?

Jose–
Obama was right about opposing the war in Iraq.
He was right about timelines for withdrawal (which even Bush is now pursuing).
He was right that more resources are needed in Afghanistan.
He was right about having talks with Iran (which even the Bush administration has been pursuing).
Obama is intellectually more than capable of the job as someone who has taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago and served in the Illinois Senate and in the US Senate.
His record in the US Senate is impressive on a wide range of issues, including government transparency and national security.
He actually gets heavily involved in the details of bills, and knows what he’s talking about.
Obama also has a calm, logical temperament.
What are McCain’s qualifications?

I have looked at the two last presidential daily state-by-state polls covering sept and October. They match exactly the polling that is happening today…. exactly…. obama is not ahead in any.. Not only that….. the last two elections showed the dems had Virginia and Pennsylvania leaning there way….those two states are now eather tied up or leaning republican.. . I see no possible way technically that NoBama Can Win!

I asked for one (1) objective fact and none was given. Let’s go through one by one. My text is all caps.
Obama was right about opposing the war in Iraq. (OPINION. DEPENDS ON YOUR POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW)
He was right about timelines for withdrawal (which even Bush is now pursuing). (OPINION. DEPENDS ON YOUR POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW. OBAMA WAS ALSO AGAINST THE SURGE AND WAS ADVOCATING WITHDRAWAL BEFORE THE SURGE)
He was right that more resources are needed in Afghanistan. (Yes, he did call for more troops. So what, this is not a new notion.)
He was right about having talks with Iran (which even the Bush administration has been pursuing). (REALLY? WHEN, WHERE, HOW? IT SEEMS THAT ALL TALK IS DOING IS BUYING TIME FOR THE NUCLEAR MULLAHS).
Obama is intellectually more than capable of the job as someone who has taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago and served in the Illinois Senate and in the US Senate.(OPINION. MY, MY WHAT AN ELITIST POINT OF VIEW. AS IF THIS “EXPERIENCE” ENDOWS HIM WITH SPECIAL FORETHOUGHT. HIS LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE IS MINIMAL (1997-2004 STATE AND 2004-2005 US SENATE, 2005-PRESENT CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT)
His record in the US Senate is impressive on a wide range of issues, including government transparency and national security. (NO SUBSTANCE OR FACTS HERE. HIS SO-CALLED ETHICS REFORM BILL WAS NOT CHALLENGED BY ANY ONE WISHING TO REMAIN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE TOOK NO CONTROVERSIAL OR COURAGEOUS POSITIONS IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS BILL. THIS IS THE EXTENT OF HIS FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE)
He actually gets heavily involved in the details of bills, and knows what he’s talking about. (HUH? AGAIN OPINION WITH NO SUBSTANCE).
Obama also has a calm, logical temperament. (OPINION. BY YOUR DESCRIPTION HE IS MR. SPOCK0.
What are McCain’s qualifications? SEE BELOW
MCCAIN GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1958. HE BECAME A NAVAL AVIATOR, FLYING GROUND-ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, HE NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE 1967 USS FORRESTAL FIRE. LATER THAT YEAR WHILE ON A BOMBING MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM, HE WAS SHOT DOWN, BADLY INJURED, AND CAPTURED AS A PRISONER OF WAR BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE. HE WAS HELD FROM 1967 TO 1973, EXPERIENCING EPISODES OF TORTURE AND REFUSING AN OUT-OF-SEQUENCE EARLY REPATRIATION OFFER; HIS WAR WOUNDS WOULD LEAVE HIM WITH LIFELONG PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS.
HE RETIRED FROM THE NAVY AS A CAPTAIN IN 1981, MOVED TO ARIZONA, AND ENTERED POLITICS. ELECTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1982, HE SERVED TWO TERMS, AND WAS THEN ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE IN 1986, WINNING RE-ELECTION EASILY IN 1992, 1998, AND 2004.

McCain was trying to fix the mortgage issue back in 2006 but was stopped. Obama gets massive donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac personnel. Who’s really the voice of change?

Jose, you forgot to mention that he was put on trial in the US Senate and publicly admitted to accepting over $100,000 in illegal gifts from Charles Keating, the man behind the S&L Collapse of the 1980s.
And that was while in Congress, supposedly under the public trust. Surely that is worth mentioning, that he whored himself out once to the special interests and was dragged publicly on TV over it?
That might be why McCain refuses to offer any definition for what it means to be “honorable.”

Go ahead and elect Obama and see what’s left of the US really go down in flames. What has he ever done to think he knows what to do about the country?

Ralph: “When Obama makes his tax increases law the rich folks will now: invest less and give less to charity. So who is going to fill this void?”
Actually, that is not true, considering the taxes are on capital gains taxes. So, if I’m wealthy and I invest some money and make $1,000,000 profit, if I pay 300,000 in taxes, or 400,000 in taxes … that extra 100,000 is not going to be enough to keep me from investing, because I still made a profit of 600,000.
Granted, it is less than I would have, but there are actually absolutely no economic models (nor evidence) that any economic animal would say, “Hmmmmm, I used to make a 700,000 profit on my investment, but now I’ll only make 600,000 … so I won’t invest anything, and I’ll just leave the money in an interest bearing account.”
Of course, that interest would still be subject to taxation anyway :)
And, as for charitable giving, since most people give to charities for the tax breaks (reducing taxable income, or having itemizations to take against tax owed), why would the wealthy stop giving? If anything, they might need to give more to offset … LOL!
Now, that would probably be a welcome result …

Touche Justine19675, I don’t disagree. He made a bad choice and moved on. He has served without incident since. Maybe he learned a lesson from his error. Now lets address Obama’s faults and inability to reconcile same. He is unapologetic for his associations with terrorists (Ayers), rascists (Wright) and thugs (Rezko). Explain your way out of this one.

Looking kinda like Oblahblah is going to get his wealth redistribution plan president or not. problem is those of us without wealth are going to ours redistributed also. Dems to allow drilling ban to expire. The only way they get anything done is to do nothing. Democratic idiots.

The sad part about all of this talk on saving the economy is that in 2004, Greenspan warned of this happening. In 2005, S. 190, co-authored by McCain, was proprosed by the Republicans in the Senate. This bill was to address the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mack problems and if passed, had a chance to prevent what is going on now. Democrats, to include Hillary and Obama, voted party lines to kill it as opposed to voting for what was right for the United States.
Now look at the situation we are currently in. They blame Bush and the Republicans, yet they are the ones that killed the bill that could have prevented this from happening.

Bush is leaving us with this huge mess on Wall Street, AIG bail out was 85 billion. Now the Wall Street bail out at 700 billion is too much because they will not be held accountable if they are wrong. If Bush was serious about fixing Wall Street he would have done it years ago instead of waiting 39 days before his Presidency ends. The chickens have come home to roost on his watch. I bet he was hoping it won’t happen on his watch so he and his friends can blame the Democrats. McCain has been Wall Streets biggest cheerleader for 26 years and I can’t believe he is trying to blame Obama. Now Biden is a man of the people and hes just too excited about being on the ticket so hes making a few mistakes but his heart is in the right place. The McCain’s strategists have no heart and no one believes them anymore! I would rather take my chances on Biden at least hes talking to reporters. Palin isn’t are they are still training her?

Frank Raines was the head of Fannie M, appointed by Clinton and made about 6 mil. dollars … now he is an NoBama advisor… talking about conflict of interest.
“Obama has no background in economics. Who advises him? The Post says it’s Franklin Raines, for ‘advice on mortgage and housing policy.’ Shocking. Under Raines, Fannie Mae committed ‘extensive financial fraud.’ Raines made millions. Fannie Mae collapsed. Taxpayers? Stuck with the bill

There he goes again. He tells the news media what the public thinks. WRONG!!! In this case Matt L was right. With his VP pick saying the oposite of Obama, it looks like Obama is just trying to make points. Wait a minute….not looks like, HE IS!! As usual, he takes every opprotunity to insult and put down McCain and Palin..Period Obama made a mistake picking Biden, FACT. Now he is reaping the results and all the while crying foul. Boo Hoo

Their new antics. Don’t be surprised if this happens. Maybe Biden will bow out as I have heard and Hillary wil step in. Report from a DNC insider:
On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing
health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur
after the VP debate on 10/2.
There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info.
Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there
to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have
already seen a few short blurbs about this – the ‘health problem’ cited in
those articles was aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same
rumblings.
However, at this point, with this inside info from the DNC, it looks like
this Obama strategy will be a go. Therefore, it seems that the best
strategy is to get out in front of this Obama maneuver, spell it out in
detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.

Peter Gee
Maybe they (the media) won’t touch it because it’s not important! That’s old news, “that dog just won’t hunt”
What else do you have?

Ronk, it’s a good point.
But, as a counter of investor behavior …
I guess if the taxes were higher, then we probably wouldn’t need a ONE TRILLION DOLLAR bailout of all the people who went for the open market, rather than municipal securities. I wonder if that would be such a bad thing in the end anyway …
And plus, you think that people will actually be preferring to invest in a Dearborn, Michigan sewage project over, I dunno, Microsoft, or Berkshire Hathaway? That strikes me as a pretty bold assumption, given the size of the equities markets, and the current scale of the present crisis …
But seriously, do you have any idea how large the municipal bond market is compared to the global securities market? Truly?

Thats why Obama wound up as the Dems nominee and not Joe. lol
On such a significant issue, Joe should have cleared any position he’s taking with his ‘boss’. lol

The “chosen one” can’t even control what his running mate says, but he plans to tell us when to get tune-ups, inflate our tires, what to eat, when to send our kids to school, what temperature to set the thermostat at, what kinds of cars to buy, what to do about health insurance, etc., etc., etc.
What an idiot.

“It’s clear that the media “seems” to favor Obama but it’s not a case of true favoritism just a case of the aforementioned “phoney racism charges against the media by Democrats.”
The post and conclusion are pretty close to the mark.
But the media lusts of Obama only partially because of his race. The other elements are Socialism, and their love of appeasement.

It is really sad once analyze why McCain select Palin for running mate.
The only criterion was how he could win this election despite the best interest of the country and the American Remember Governor Romney spent the last year campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination and talking to the American people about the importance of strengthening our economy,
And we listening the person, who is running for crucial position on public office,
To be overconfident untrained rigid and answering with out vacillation
Yes I am ready to be President like that job is similar to a manager position on the local Wall Mart shop.
The same person last month was saying if some can explain to me what the Vice President do? Her story is SPIN, LIES and LIPSTICK

NOW THAT IS AN INTERVIEW. Good Job, but do you realize how MANY MANY MANY more tricky subjects you have to cover with him in just a short bit of time. His work with ACORN to fight those nasty banks and their RACISM by making sure they get subprime loans they could never afford, while Joe Biden got in there and made sure to cut these people off after interest rates went up by going all out to change the rules on being able to claim BANKRUPCY. There’s some dirty bs going on.

“And we listening the person, who is running for crucial position on public office,
To be overconfident untrained rigid and answering with out vacillation
Yes I am ready to be President like that job is similar to a manager position on the local Wall Mart shop.”
Well said. and that is why I am not voting for Obama.
He isn’t even qualified to be a manager at WalMart

You mean we need more government oversight? This is what got us into this, just do your research and see who’s hands are full of the Wall Street blood.

There is only one thing that anyone reguardless of party affiliation should be asking. Will America survive with the choice I make. It is clear if you have been researching the foundation of the subprime market mess, the fox has been guarding the hen house. Each of us had better search deep before pulling that lever, pushing, that button, or filling in that black dot because the survival of America as a Nation hangs in the balance. The choice is ours. Who do we want to guard it. Someone whos best experience is…2 years in the Senate or someone who guarded her for 5 1/2 years from a cell. I’m not much for pretty speaches or faces in women or politician’s but let me know their heart and I’ll know the quality of that man or woman. You make your choice, but make a wise one, remember you will have to live with it.

how dare you give him a hard question, matt lauer! how dare you!

Justine19675…you are placing the blame on the current problems on the wrong people…we are not having these problems because too many individuals were investing in the market. We are having these problems due to mismanagement and bad bets by large financial institutions. the Trillion dollars we are bailing out is not the money lost by investors, but money needed to make these companies solvant.
Obviously not all municipalities are as fundimentally stromg as others. But being directly backed by a municipality and indirectly backed by the state many muni bonds are considered, aside from federal treasuries, some of the safest places to put your money. and especially during tough times, I think most investors will have more faith in the solvency of state and local governments than in companies. Because as seen in the last week even the biggest companies can quickly turn south.
I work in the finance industry so I have a decent idea of size and scope of the muni and stock markets. but you are missing the point. Muni bonds are just one place investors can turn. My main point was if I am taking on considerable risk to earn a given return, when my return is taxed an extra 10% it may no longer make the risk worth the return. Its not like people are returning 50% on their investments. at 8%-12% return a slight tax increase might make the investment too risky for what its worth. especially when that 8%-12% is not garanteed and it could easily be 2%-3% in many years

Would love to be a fly on the wall when Hillary votes.

Obama & Biden must not be talking to each other these days…maybe it’s time for a change they can believe in.

Jose–
Anyone who considers teaching Constitutional law at one of America’s best universities to be elitist is being pretty disrespectful to education and the Constitution in my opinion.
And how exactly does finishing 5th from the bottom of the Naval Academy and fighting in the Vietnam War qualify anyone to be President?
So that leaves being a politician from a very conservative state for a long time.
Whatever. He voted against having a holiday for Martin Luther King. He’s been a champion of deregulation for years, and that’s what just tanked the economy.
Nice.

Actually I would add several more qualifications for President which Jose didn’t mention from the info he got from wikipedia–McCain had some significant responsibilities in the Navy after he returned from Vietnam, and received numerous military honors before retiring.
A point, however, is that none of this necessarily qualifies anyone to be President.
The qualifications are in the eye of the beholder. As are the disqualifications.
We could recite facts to each other until we turn blue.
Ultimately I think it is easier to point out “deal-breakers” which would disqualify someone from the Presidency.
For me, some of those for McCain are first of all, being a Republican, secondly, repeatedly opposing the MLK holiday, third, appointing a totally unqualifed VP.
For all we can say about Biden’s gaffes, he has the intellect and knowledge to serve as President successfully.
In my opinion, Palin never will…

Obama cannot even run his own ticket?????
Yet he can run all of America??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I’ve been out of this country for the past 6 years. Reading these responses to flip-flop accusations, I realize I should have remained in the service of my country outside of America, because you’ve all cease to be Americans. I wish you luck. I’ve love America so much that I’ll leave whatever this country is and you non-Americans can say good riddance. All the best.

The economy is just fine, the war is essentially over and Bin Laden should turn himself in to the FBI any day now.
So why is all the screaming coming from the right? You guys have been doing a bang up job.

The Chosen One has had great clarity the past few days on the economic crisis. His response has been to sit back, wait for John McCain to come up with a recovery plan, and then criticize it. That’s certainly not leadership worthy of a President, but it fits a con man like Obama to a tee.
The big story coming up, though, might be Joe Biden. Joe and TCO have sure been making a big show of getting on each others’ nerves the past few days. So don’t be surprised if Old Joe develops a serious health problem during the next week or so and bows out of the Vice-Presidential race. This will open up the VP slot for Hillary so TCO can fix his “woman problem” before Election Day, and preferably before the VP debate. But be careful what you wish for, Barry — anyone who gets between the Clintons and their political aspirations tends to have a very short life expectancy!

The ignorance displayed in this blog astounds me. Any normal thinking truthful person can look at the past 8 years and see what caused the problems this country is suffering through, and who caused them. I cannot believe that people are so racist or dumb that they would give those republican clowns another shot at the presidency. I cannot believe their are people stupid enough to keep trying to label Obama a muslim. No one in this country can give me one legitimate reason to vote for John McCain. Check his true voting record and things he has said out of his own mouth, and remove all make believe excuses. This country is on the verge of financial collapse, our military is bogged down in an illegal war, and Russia is flexing muscle all over the globe – also in our backyard. And you’ll want to give another Republican a chance. . . . LMAO! This is crazy. John McCain is a political hack. He claims to be this maverick of change, yet he has been in lock step with the repubs for 26 years. . . .just with a little more sarcasm and flair than the rest. John McCain and his cute little pick for running mate are a joke that this country cannot afford.

Frankie: I don’t think so. You must be an avid Obama supporter. Not so about McCain and Obama didn’t have a comeback when McCain stated that Obama was involved with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Leave it to Obama he’s always involved with scandals.

t: Yes, go Obama back to the senate seat where you belong. And thank god you have that seat after you lied against a woman to win.

sp: Palin doesn’t talk to the press because she is smarter than the democrats who like to be in the limelight talking away while the press prints the opposite of what they say. The press can make you or break you and Palin isn’t going to let that happen right now. The press is good at twisting stories and disrupting people’s lives. You know that as well as anyone else.

Robin: You are so right. Obama says what the media wants to hear and all the networks are pro-Obama. And many of the media are also. Plus the networks have Obama leading when it is just the opposite. They do that to make the public think that McCain is not worth voting for because he will lose. That’s a gimmick their using. I know that McCain is leading in FL, OH and VA. Palin was in Lady Lake FL the other day and the total crowd was 60,000. McCain was in Wisc. last week and the total crowd was 11,000, when Obama went to the same area as McCain his total was 6,000 short of 5,000. Palin has about four world leader’s to meet tomorrow with McCain then she will be campaigning.

How can a Presidential candidate for the United States of America have sooooo many risky behaviour type of friends….domestic terrorists, real estate swindlers, CEO’s of Fannie Mae, etc., and not get absolutely skewered both day and night by the US news media? I just don’t get it. It gives one the impression that the media are outright afraid to criticize him because he’s black. They have no problem belittling the Clintons, McCain, Biden, or Palin but Obama is treated like a Golden Calf that no one dares to even look at let alone criticize. This guy has had some very shady friends over the years (Farrakan, Wright, Ayers, Rezko, etc.) yet the media just sits there whistling Dixie without even a single investigation. It took the National Enquirer, the ultimate tabloid rag if there ever was one, to break the John Edwards wife cheating scandal. Wow, looks like they should get their suits pressed for when the time comes to accept the Pultizer Prize for Investigative Reporting because the MSM have been total wimps — especially during an election year.

Obama’s choice of Joe Biden as Vice President shows a total lack of executive leadership. Biden was picked to give Obama some “foreign policy” credentials…something Obama completely lacks. So far, Biden hasn’t done much except to make contrary statements regarding his own candidates’ campaign…the media calls them “gaffes”.
Obama’s poor pick of Biden will correlate directly to the type of people he would have in his cabinet and advisors. Scary, eh?

A BOLD PREDICTION:
For this year’s election — McCain/Palin by 6% of the popular vote. You may be asking…why so? Because the media and college-type kids that are usually hired to do polls are all Pro-Obama and will do anything to get “their” candidate elected. The MSM will be utterly shamed by their ineptitude come the day after the election. Chris Matthews will probably go into seclusion as will his cronies at MSNBC.

Mariann,
I’m guessing that the corrupt environment has also carried over to Obama’s campaign and maybe that’s why Biden is talking himself out of the VP slot? It’s only conjecture at this point but Biden is all of a sudden sounding very disinterested! He must have changed his mind after getting to know Obama and his corrupt Chicagoland cronies. Sounds like you’re seeing typical gansta-style politics up there in Chicago and Obama no doubt has his hand in the cookie jar. It’s only a matter of time before he gets caught.

Just FYI, unfortunately (or in this case – fortunately) the first time I watched this video of Obama about AIG’s bailout, my DSL was acting up and was sloowww. So, I watched it in slow motion and.. ..would you believe Obama’s body language??? Check out his facial expressions! With a smirk, his expression was totally defensive, as if expecting Matt to fart. ..or as if he didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. Wow, what an impressive leader the dems have chosen! This guy is an economic genius.. I surely hope the libs are proud of him.

Ms. Pepitone -
Please keep up the good work. Your non-sensical, semi-literate ramblings are too good to be true.
I too live in Chicago. Your revisionist view of Daley the First is comical. Do the words “restrictive covenants” ring a bell? Does the word “patronage” mean anything to you? And, boy, elections certainly were on the up and up with King Richard in office. Yes, ma’am, Ol’ Man Daley was a smooth politician. Well, at least he fooled you.

Well Frankie, as you say, “I am voting for Obama because he, out of everyone, has the most to prove.” You certainly are 100% absolutely correct there, my man. To paraphrase Frankie: Sen. Obama, out of everyone, has the least experience and has the longest way to prove that being a community coordinator in southside Chicago is the best experience needed to lead the most complex nation in the world through national and world crises for the next four years. Yeah, that sounds logical to me. NOT!

But then again, according to his campaign masterminds, the chosen Sen. Obama does have 300+ political advisors to make up for his lack of experience.
That said, maybe the reason that Obama looks like a deer in headlights when asked non-scripted political questions is because his 300 political advisors haven’t all agreed as to what he should say at that particular moment.
The Democrats must be as proud as [Political]Punch with their choice of Obama for President of the United States. (BTW, has Obama saluted the flag yet??)

Frankie, I want to personally thank you for your service, and say God Bless You for your committment to rational thought and inquiry. Seriously. Thanks for helping to raise the standard of this debate.

Voters haven’t conveniently forgotten who runs McCain’s campaign two of the meanest political operatives that sold the American People two Bush terms. Notice they are big on names they even nick name themselves ‘Bullet’, ‘Pit Bull’ and they use fear in branding everyone else – ‘Wolves’ etc. Now a lot of us are posting on these comment sections for the first time during a Presidential elections we don’t scare easy and we will hit back through our postings. Now McCains been around a long time with a track record on Wall Street that anyone can look up online.
Anyone can also see online that McCain’s Campaign manager Davis accepted over 2 million dollars from the very same companies that helped cause the problems on wall street.

Sure Kitty, that’s why even Karl Rove said that McCain had gone too far with his lying ads. Like your candidate, you’re full of it!

REGARDING OUR ECONOMY …
What’s the rush? There always seems to be time to fix things, but never enough time to do it right the first time around. Remember … “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. The consequences of whatever is decided will dramatically affect Americans for decades … so, why not take the proper time and steps to properly explore all alternatives. Newt suggested taking a step back and creating a plan B … perhaps calling upon the people who advised Ronald Reagan, and turned the economy around back then. Besides, we should let the FBI investigation play out, before we decide to make a permanent decision. Like all good carpenters … going back to Jesus … I say: “Measure twice, cut once”.

McCain is part of the stone age, 76 is to old! He’s already using the same advisors bush had ,and don’t think for a second thay won’t try scarying the dum public into another 4 years of republican leadership. Don’t be dum we need real change. and for those that think Obama spends to much time testing the political waters before he decides how to comment on any issue, your right he is lessoning the voice of the people ! now wouldn’t that be nice a president that cares what the people think. McCain is old school, old way, old Politics and lets not forget really old

Obama 2008.
2012, no more 2 party system. Let’s get smarter.

Howard
It makes so much sense. Measure twice, cut once!
Theses people telling us it has to be done quick. Remember the two wars that were started, over 4000 dead.
Haste make waste! Smart people got us in this let them figure a way out without taxpayer money.
Another transfer of wealth.

Does no one remember that we have had a Democrat majority Congress for the last 2 years and that when that Congress came into being that our gas prices at the pump were $2.78 a gallon? Does no one know that the deregulation of the required Mortgage insurance for mortgages on any mortgage with less than 20% down happened during the Clinton administration? Does anyone listen to the economists and understand that what has happened to our economy is not a product of the Republican’s but a product of Wall Street Greed and the majority vote of Democrate’s on bad Bills? Look into the facts don’t just repeat Main Street Media. Vote with your Head not your Heart. Obama wants to take care of everyone by setting up all sorts of programs that that we as tax payers will all be paying for. If you have done your homework you will understand that that is how we got into this economic crisis. By making it a priority that people who could not afford it purchased homes that they had to walk away from. Is this how you manage your own financial priorities and make sure that your children are cared for? We each one of us need to accept responsibility for our decisions and set our priorities based within our economic means. There is nothing wrong with renting until your Budget can move into a House. Millions of Americans do it everyday and understand that it just is a matter of a step at a time. We don’t have to have it all Right Now.