Jay Bookman

By RW-(the original)

September 27, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Jay B,

It is impossible for House Republicans to block anything and you are intelligent enough to know that. Why do you attempt to insult the intelligence of the readers that look to you for guidance?

Never mind with a reply, I think I just answered my own question. LOL

By AJC/DNC Management

September 27, 2008 10:02 PM | Link to this

Don’t worry Jay, McCain will save the day.

After all, the Republicans “know what to do.”

Unlike some others I won’t mention.

By getalife

September 27, 2008 10:09 PM | Link to this

I am with the gop House on this one like the majority of Americans who believe they should be held accountable for their actions. These companies are under investigation for mortgage fraud.

The dems did the same on FISA with Telcos because of lobbyists. One day, outside influence like law enforcement will say enough is enough and finally stop it.

I hope that day is coming closer after this bailout.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 27, 2008 10:19 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo: And who’s fault is it that “investigations” in Washington have become such a laughingstock?

Should we sic Suckie Face Waxman on the mortgage lenders?

Oh, please.

By getalife

September 27, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

No Andy.

The FBI.

They are the only ones prosecuting the criminals.

By RW-(the original)

September 27, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this

I guess this is more appropriate here.

Jay, I found you a video that you could use in your finger pointing game.

By Felix

September 27, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this

It’s not a bailout of Wall Street and it’s dangerous and irresponsible to call it that. It’s an honest effort to remove bad debt from the balance sheets and allow our huge credit markets to get back to doing business. The assets acquired by the treasury have value and will be liquidated over time. It’s regettable, but the best option available for the short term. Long term we need to wean ourselves off the credit crutch and get our financial houses in order. We could start by investing in America instead of Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea and Europe. When the socialist EU is eating your lunch you know you must be doing something wrong. As for the GOP rebels, they’re just posturing for the upcoming election and will come around when they get their meaningless provisions added to the bill. Newt should be ashamed for exploiting the situation.

By Davo

September 28, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

So like nearly everyone else in our democracy I’m against this bailout..PERIOD!

But let’s just think here for a second…if not a minute..or a day…that the longer we wait to bailout these stupid pukes the price to do so should decrease! This is simple economics…the more business’s that go broke means the less money we need to fork out to save the remaining ones. So really…if we wait long enough we shouldn’t have to pay any money at all!

Too simple…

By CJ

September 28, 2008 12:21 AM | Link to this

If possible Jay, it would be nice if you could explain to your readers why the House Republican proposal is utter nonsense.

From what I’ve read this proposal includes setting up an insurance program to cover losses from mortgage backed securities (kind of like setting up an insurance company to sell homeowners’ insurance exclusively to people with houses that are already on fire), eliminating transparency in financial statements (House Republicans call this “deregululation”) by killing the “mark to market” accounting rule, and eliminating capital gains taxes.

On the “mark to market” rule, for free market fundamentalists out there, I want to provide a friendly reminder that transparency is a fundamental requirement for free markets to work since attracting investors is diffucult if they can’t trust the financials of those seeking capital. Of course, efforts to eliminate this accounting rule are just another demonstration that House Republicans are not real free marketeers…they just play them on TV.

By Chris

September 28, 2008 1:59 AM | Link to this

The ONLY thing these nimrods are holding out for is the ‘insurance’ provision. Everything else was in the deal ready on Thursday. It is unworkable as explained to these idiots afraid of losing their seats. But, has been included as an option (which will never used). Way to Go!

By Alan

September 28, 2008 2:01 AM | Link to this

Thank you CJ for pointing out that Republicans are no longer Republican. If you want a true Republican in office then vote Libertarian. I know I will even if Bob Barr is a faux Libertarian, and worse than that, a lawyer!

By Political Foreskin

September 28, 2008 5:57 AM | Link to this

At least Bookman isn’t trying to explain how this crisis became so unmanageable. I’ve yet to hear more than a third grade level narrative about the who what when and where.

The bailout is a trill. Iraq’s a trill. With a trill here, and a trill there, pretty soon you’re talkin’

A. Serious money.

B. A cuckoo clock

C. A marital aid

D. The terrorists win

E All of the above.

Question number 2: How many Gods do you see in your life?

A. One

B. Infinity

C. Zero

D. Allah the above.

If you get more than two right on this test, you belong in McCain’s think tank.

Obama 08: It’s not a quiz, America, it’s just our lives. SO you better vote.

Sarah Palin 08: At least nobody will ask her “boxers or briefs?”.

By Eric1

September 28, 2008 6:28 AM | Link to this

I don’t know…when she’s out in the wilderness field dressing a moose and eating raw mooseburgers, I have a feeling she may be wearing boxers or briefs. She may look like the Lens Crafters lady but that doesn’t doesn’t means she wears lace panties. That “woman” is the emptiest shell I’ve seen since Dubya arrived on the scene.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this

Thank you House Republicans and John McCain:

The proposed legislation also calls for the financial sector to help make up the difference if the government does not recoup its investment in five years, the official said, but details were unclear.

Also, the government would receive stock warrants in return for the bailout relief, giving taxpayers a chance to share in financial companies’ future profits.

We the People won again.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 6:56 AM | Link to this

Look at these lying liberals still trying to blame the lenders:

Bill Heard took risky road- Crashed dealership: Selling Chevys to folks with bad credit finally backfired.-Urinal/DNC

After the years and years and years of gloomy Urinal propaganda about the plummeting sales of domestic automakers, now all of a sudden, they were done in by “risky loans.”

Gtf out here.

My goodness, these pinkkkos have no modesty and absolutely no respect for the intelligence of their readership, it’s so child like.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 7:03 AM | Link to this

The only way this will become a reality is with a pro drilling Republican president:

Bill eliminates oil-drilling ban-The action does not mean drilling is imminent and still leaves the oil-rich eastern Gulf of Mexico off limits. But it could set the stage for the government to offer leases in some Atlantic federal waters as early as 2011.-Urinal/PMS

The democrats are already scheming ways of slowing the progress of drilling, until such time as they can re eliminate it altogether.

3 years to offer leases? 3 years? At the very least we should be working with the oil companies to fast track the most promising areas so that we can get the product to the market and start relieving the burden on consumers, you know, We The People.

Ain’t gonna happen with Oblahma.

By BDAtlanta

September 28, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this

Bush has so little credibility he can govern only through surrogates (Paulson is the new Petraeus)….”

It’s that utter power vacuum that gave McCain the opening to pull his potentially catastrophic display of economic “leadership” last week. He may be the first presidential candidate in our history to risk wrecking the country even before being voted into the Oval Office.

Frank Rich, NYTimes.com

ouch

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 7:12 AM | Link to this

All that needs to be said about Queen Pinkos column:

The CRA —- designed to stop banks from “redlining,” or withholding loans from entire neighborhoods-Queen Pinko, Urinal

Federal regulators have never “demanded parity between racial groups in lending.” Not ever.-Queen Pinko, Urinal.

By BDAtlanta

September 28, 2008 7:26 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC,

Is life that bad? You spent a whole Saturday night on here.

You’re not getting any younger, you know?

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this

BDA: My life is full enough where I don’t have to spend all my time worrying over what other people might be doing, know what I mean?

By GOPs got to go

September 28, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

You can never underestimate the stupidity of some American voters. If Pavlov had used these humans in his experiments he would never have gotten his theory as it stands. They will continue to vote for the “Godliest” candidate regardless of the consequences. If only we had gotten the prisoners like you lucky Aussies.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

House Republicans solved the crisis but that sticky little issue of blame is still out there, least in the pinkkko nation it is:

Barney Frank’s talking points notwithstanding, mortgage lenders didn’t wake up one fine day deciding to junk long-held standards of creditworthiness in order to make ill-advised loans to unqualified borrowers. It would be closer to the truth to say they woke up to find the government twisting their arms and demanding that they do so - or else.

The roots of this crisis go back to the Carter administration. That was when government officials, egged on by left-wing activists, began accusing mortgage lenders of racism and “redlining” because urban blacks were being denied mortgages at a higher rate than suburban whites.

The pressure to make more loans to minorities (read: to borrowers with weak credit histories) became relentless. Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act, empowering regulators to punish banks that failed to “meet the credit needs” of “low-income, minority, and distressed neighborhoods.”

So what is Tucker talking about?

Matter of fact, let us all look upon the CRA’s very own criteria for “grading” lending institutions:

When substantive violations involving discriminatory or other illegal credit practices inconsistent with helping to meet community credit needs have been identified, state that substantive violations were found, whether they caused the CRA rating to be adjusted downward, and why the rating was or was not adjusted. Identify the law(s) and regulations(s)

Laws and regulations, gosh, I wonder where those laws and regulations came from, hmmmmm.

And do tell us, how would you like to be a lending institution that has been identified by the government as discriminatory?

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

The Long Road to Chaos in Pakistan-Treason Times

So click on the article and look at the pictures of guns drawn on a wall that the foreign policy hacks at the Treason Times call a “gun market.”

Clueless.

By Mrs.Godzilla

September 28, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

From Daily Kos

“According to MSNBC and other outlets, a tentative bailout agreement has been reached. Apparently, it has enough votes to pass. Here are the short details so far:

-Government can renegotiate bad mortgages

-Taxpayer will own stake in bailed out companies

-Shady GOP insurance program

-Limit on executive compensation

-And financial sector responsible if taxpayers “aren’t made whole” (i.e. not fully reimbursed)

Lawmakers apparently reached a deal overnight. Updates with details follow.”

Including Obama’s statement:

“The breakthrough between Congress and the Administration is the culmination of a sorry period in our history, in which reckless speculation and greed on Wall Street and lax oversight from Washington led to a meltdown of our financial markets. But regardless of how we got here, a failure to deal with the current crisis would have devastating consequences for our economy, costing millions of Americans their jobs and retirement security…..One final point. If elected President, I will order a thorough review of this plan to make sure that it fully lives up to the principles I’ve laid out. And I will also move quickly to upgrade our financial regulations for the 21st century, establishing new rules of the road and tougher oversight to ensure that the American taxpayers are never again forced to put their money and their futures at risk because of bad decisions in Washington and on Wall Street.”

I don’t want to bail these Wall Street bozo’s out. It just does not pass the smell test for me but it seems some intervention will be required for solvency.

It comes down to who do you trust?

The Reaganomics, trickle down, tax cuts for the wealthiest during war, neoconservative, deregulating, subprime selling, borrow and spending gang that got us into this mess? Nope, that won’t work at all.

I trust Barack Obama and am I proud to give him my vote and support his policies concerning the current economic crisis

Don’t forget to check your voter registraton status and remind others, we are coming into cold and flu and caging season!

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

Including Obama’s statement:

“The breakthrough between Congress and the Administration is the culmination of a sorry period in our history, in which reckless speculation and greed on Wall Street and lax oversight from Washington led to a meltdown of our financial markets.

Missouri Truth Squad time?

By getalife

September 28, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

They reached the deal. It will pass. Nice try American people but the lobbyists alawys win.

Then there were two. Alabama vs LSU.

Geaux Tigers!

By getalife

September 28, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

Looks like the October surprise is the bailout. The gop house will vote no and say they listened to the people’s outrage.

By AmVet

September 28, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

Enron was just a dress rehearsal.

I believe things are going to get worse, in some cases, MUCH worse, for most Americans before they get better.

But there may be one silver lining to all of these recent debacles.

I said some time ago that because of the arrogance, incredible avarice and corruption in Washington, many in the middle class were FINALLY going to get fed up with these thieves and liars, cloaked as representatives.

Outraged with having to watch their sons and daughters killed needlessly in a chosen war that helps Haliburton and the military-industrial complex first, last and always.

Outraged with watching their buying power GO DOWN over the past twenty years, in spite of working harder than ever. Many decent, caring Americans cannot afford health insurance, college for their kids or even a family vacation.

Outraged with executives exporting American jobs by the hundreds of thousands while they hand themselves the money they just “saved”. Outraged with elected “leaders” whose only real interest is seemingly taking care of those who paid for them, whether on Wall Street, K Street or in the board room.

Outraged with unduly shouldering the cost of those at the low AND high end of the income spectrum.

Outraged with no one who is righteous enough to champion their reasoned and reasonable causes.

One thing is certain. No one - no politician, no investment banker, no television commentator, no economist - should be able to say again with a straight face that here in the United States we just let markets do whatever markets do and everything works out for the best.

I see a political version of climate change coming - one that will unleash a new era of class fury that could hurt U.S. companies, business leaders, and wealthy investors for years.

Gawd knows they’ve asked for it…

By Dusty

September 28, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Sooo Bookman has already figured out how to blame Republicans no matter what. (As if he had to tell us.)If things go bad..Republicans and that blankety blank Bush did it. If things go good…Democrats did it and St.Obama will complete his crusade for free homes, free healthcare and free higher education.

But SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY!! Of course. It is the evil rich from whom our brave saint will furnish such goodies. A chicken in every pot and a mortgage for every American. Yep, free mortgage on a nice little bungalow while those in the million dollar homes, like the Saint lives in, will pay for it. Oh yes. We’ll see about that.

By Political Foreskin

September 28, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

Retardo-rama.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

Newt Gingrich and the house Republicans are eating their own. Just imagine what they would do if times got hard.

By Mrs.Godzilla

September 28, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

Let’s do the math.

1% of mortgages are in default

That’s 111 billion currently in default

That leaves a whole lotta billions to be distributed to just exactly who?

I don’t buy the radical rights’ talking point that the serious misjudgedement and probable criminal malfeaseance of Wall Street mucky-mucks and the poltical operatives in their pockets is not the cause of our economic meltdown - they think you and I and our kids and our neighbors and grannies caused a 700 billion dollar crater in our economy!

The right is wrong again.

By getalife

September 28, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

‘Un-American’ Bailout, Paulson Should Have Quit, Gingrich Says.

Thanks Newt but what about w, cheney, bernanke, cox, hell all of them?

By CJ

September 28, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

It looks like a bailout deal will be completed tomorrow. Of course, this deal would have been completed on Thursday, but McCain had to delay it in order to get Sarah Palin and Rick Davis off the front pages.

Karl Rove 101, Tactic No. 004: “When things go bad, distract the media.”

Nicely played, Mr. McCain. Nicely played.

By RW-(the original)

September 28, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement

JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.

“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.

“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”

Chilling! An odd twist to this is that a part of his evisceration of the first amendment is to keep you from knowing he doesn’t support the second amendment.

By getalife

September 28, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Mass. has the right idea.

“A ballot proposal to eliminate the state income tax could drastically alter — some say cripple — state government”.

I say lets vote to eliminate the federal income tax and shut down the corruption.

By RW-(the original)

September 28, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Playing chicken is what any Obama voter would be doing

If I had to guess what he says the first time around is closer to what you’ll get. In other words the flip is more truthy than the flop.

By RW-(the original)

September 28, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Seriously folks. WAKE UP

A UMW spokeswoman says that the Obama campaign required the sign-and-banner ban. That campaign tells us that the ban is for “security” reasons. But a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, responsible for protecting presidential candidates, says that the service has no objection to signs at rallies, provided that no “part of the sign could be used as a weapon”—e.g., a heavy metal pole or a sharpened stick. Finally, the McCain campaign tells us, “We encourage people to make signs at our events.”

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Seriously folks,

I woke up. No more Republican lies and pandering and cheating and deceiving and…No more.

By @@

September 28, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

RW:

Thanks for the link. It’s the most incriminating evidence I’ve seen against the dems and why we’re in this mess. It’s going out to everyone on our e-mail lists, with instructions to send it out to everyone on their e-mail lists.

It looks like it’s too late to stop the bailout, but it sure as hell isn’t too late to turn the elections. A finger in the eye approach.

~~~~~~~OO~~~~~~~

CNN — Summing up the role he played in the bailout talks, McCain said: “I won’t claim a bit of credit, if that makes ‘em happy.”

Presumably, it pleased Obama.

Asked by Bob Schieffer on CBS’ “Face the Nation” if his rival should be seen as a major player in the agreement on a plan, Obama had a one-word answer: “No.”

The Democratic presidential candidate said he agreed with President Bush that the country is facing the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression.

“For two weeks, I was on the phone every day with [Treasury] Secretary [Henry] Paulson and the congressional leaders making sure that the principles that have ultimately been adopted were incorporated in the bill,” Obama said.

And the public still isn’t on board with it OBlahMa no matter how diligent your efforts.

McCain could have left OBlahMa hanging out to dry with those “words that matter” so much to OBlahMa, but matter little to the American taxpayer. McCain should’ve left it at this:

* “I won’t claim a bit of credit, if that makes ‘em happy.”*

He could always tweak it a bit:

“Upon further review, I cannot…….” OR…….

“Why would I wanna take credit for putting this monstrous liability on the American taxpayer?’ ‘Senator OBlahMa seems pleased to take credit. I’ll let him explain why he chose to do so.’”

It could work.

By ByteMe

September 28, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Mrs. Godzilla,

Your math is wrong.

Normally, the default rate on mortgages runs about 1-2%.

Right now, foreclosures + loans 90 days past due are running about 4.5%. Another 1.8% are 30+ days past due, but not yet to 90 days.

5% of all mortgages is $700 billion. That’s where the number came from.

By SayNo2McCain

September 28, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

@@,

There is little doubt that everything that has happened from 2001 to 2008, will historically fall under the Republican Party.

It’s been down hill since 2001, nothing GOOD has come of the last 8 years. If Iraq, becomes a success, it will be from 2009 to the future.

You guys have FULL Ownership of the last 8 years, it can’t be rewritten.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

Yes indeed, we need to get the word out. That word is that thanks to the Republican party and the “leadership” of the Bush administration, this nation is now facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. And, that’s just the tip of the melted iceberg. If there are any “innocent” Republican politicians out there, then they better wise up and change party affiliations. Otherwise, they can stand in line and be eaten by the newly created Newt branch of the Republican party or become a member of the Newt branch and join in their blood lust. Funny how it took them almost all of eight years to turn on their own party and right before an election. Now, their magnificent leader and his cabinet are not even worth as much as a pile of vile horsesh!t.

By getalife

September 28, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

RW,

Since the economy is crashing, they are gearing up for trouble.

They already caught two armed kooks by his house.

I am sure they are getting death threats from some good ole boys.

White Powder!

By Dusty

September 28, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

SayNo and Taxpayer. 2:42, 2:49

INGRATES!! You have been kept SAFE and SOUND from terrorists almost eight years. Two countries are seting up their own free government. You act like that is nothing simply because you continue to hate George W. Bush for being a winning Republican.

There is no doubt that there are financial difficulties in our country. NO ONE PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE. It is a combination of Republicans, Democrats, Business entities, greedy cheats, law breakers, “pork”, and the war and efforts to protect and keep us safe.

To continue hating Bush and now McCain will do nothing to help this country. Your sqawking is what our enemies wish to hear. Whom are you going to help? Our enemies or our country?

By @@

September 28, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

SayNo2McCain & Taxpayer:

I agree somewhat. The Republicans failed to get the message of their previous calls to regulate Fannie and Freddie out there for the public to see. Even after seeing the video, you refuse to place blame where it’s rightfully deserved? Unbelievable ignorance. Speaking of ignorance……

a little bonus for the two of you. I went to vote early and found myself behind a voter asking for a democrat ballot. He said to the poll worker…….”If I vote in this ?primary? and we get a new Vice-Presidential candidate, am I stuck with the Vice-Presidential candidate I voted for in this primary?”

After about five minutes of explaining to the guy that Vice-Presidents don’t run independent of a Presidential candidate, and that he was casting a final vote on a President/Vice President ticket, we finely discovered his concern. He wanted to change his vote to Hillary if she later got to run as Vice-President.

Was that one of you guys? Could it have been one of your friends?

Damn funny in a scary sort of way.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 28, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

After pointing out that he and Tracy are not married anymore, Brian says that “from what I understood from email exchanges with Tracy….she wanted to put a name, she wanted Sen. Obama to know Ryan’s name…She wasn’t looking to turn it into a big media event…She just wanted it to be something between Barack Obama and herself.”

Bryan Jopek went on to say that “because of some of the negative feedback she’s gotten on the Internet, you know Internet blogs, you know people accusing her of… or accusing Obama of trying to get votes doing it… and that sort of thing, she has turned down any subsequent interviews with the media because she just didn’t, she just didn’t want it to get turned into something that it wasn’t. She had told me that in an email that she had asked, actually asked Mr. Obama to not wear the bracelet anymore at any of his public appearances.” -Tapper, ABC “News”

And to add insult to injury, Oblahma couldn’t even remember the fallen hero’s name.

By Fat Lady

September 28, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Its over!

Landslide building.

Obama now up 50% to 42% in the Gallup daily tracking poll.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

INGRATE, you say. INGRATE proclaims little miss DUSTY. INGRATE is the word she uses to describe two bloggers whom she knows nothing of. Yet, little miss DUSTY has nothing — NOTHING — to say to her former party loyalists, Newt and the other Republicans who have Bushwhacked their own leader. Further, little miss Dusty has nothing — NOTHING — to say about the Bush administration and how they got us to this point or about their backing of this bailout. Dusty, please take your seat beside your other blogging Republican buffoons — INGRATE.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

@@,

Your sheer ignorance is, as usual, predictable. Now please feel free to get back to playing with your Sarah doll.

By RW-(the original)

September 28, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

getalife,

He’s scared of signs now?

That’s the guy you want sitting across the table from our enemies?

Geez

By Dusty

September 28, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer@3:46

You incriminate yourself with your posts. That is how I know that you like nothing about this country. Not the Rresident, not Congress, and not Republicans. Negative blah blah blah every post…all against anything in America at this time.

As Omar Khayyam wrote..The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: Nor all your piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

Yeah, not a word of it. You appreciate nothing.

And don’t forget to call me MRS. DUSTY, you ingrate.

By GOPs got to go

September 28, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

You are always and forever Crusty the Clown, you blowhard. Facts mean nothing to you.

America, apple pie, flags, blah blah blah

By @@

September 28, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Your sheer ignorance is, as usual, predictable.

O.K………so maybe you’re not ignorant enough to think you’ll be voting in a primary. Maybe you are a wee bit smarter than your voting blockheads.

But it’s obvious you don’t mind being sheared like a sheep by your party. If RW’s video didn’t make that clear, can I at least say you’re blind, and mentally challenged.

You’re “special” Taxpayer………..the politicians have told you as much, and you believe them.

Thpppbbbbtt.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Little miss — INGRATE — DUSTY, I would not be so presumptuous to think that any man from this planet would or could be stupid enough to wed you — INGRATE. So, you must be married to an alien and most likely an illegal one at that. Now, please feel free to provide me with more amusement, you clueless INGRATE.

By Taxpayer

September 28, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

@@,

Quit trying to play with your Sarah doll and form complete thoughts at the same time. Is the doll put away? Yes. Good. Let’s get started with that sentence structure difficulty that you’re suffering from. Repeat after me. Sarah sucks. McCain — Sucks — Republicans suck. Just keep repeating that over and over and over and before you know it, you’ll be the perfect little Stepford Republican — just like Sarah. By the way, did you watch SNL last night. It was just great. That imitation of Sarah was flawless.

By RadioCeleb99

September 29, 2008 1:39 AM | Link to this

LEAVE PARTISANSHIP BEHIND! VOTE THE INCUMBENTS OUT !….

The ridiculous argument that congress is making boils down to one basic premise: that these 2 ordinary guys (one who never lead anything other than a classroom and the other who made his fortune gambling on Wall Street) can all of a sudden predict with certainty the economic future of this country. If these 2 guys were so smart why weren’t the ringing the alarm bill months ago?

The fortune tellers however do deserve credit for accurately predicting that top congressional leaders were so beholden to Wall Street for years of financial support that they would work weekends in backrooms to get the big fix in. However it still begs the question that: if this really is a national economic crisis then why are our legislatures negotiating the details of the solution in secret behind closed doors instead of on the floor of the houses.

You would think that given that the cost of this bailout is almost $10,000 per household that congress would hold lots of hearings with expert economists and scholars far and wide to seek some kind of consensus or assurance that this $10,000 for tax bill every American household would solve the problem.

According to these two fortune tellers (the gambler and the professor) the bailout purpose is to buy stuff no capitalist will touch in an effort to free up money. Well from my experience there nothing like a bargain to get people to buy and put money to work. Why don’t we pass legislation that forces the banks to sell either write down or sell the assets. If the bank fails we let the FDIC step in and protect the taxpayer. After all it is their job.

These two fortune tellers (the gambler and the professor) also said it is import that we free up money so that the banks can lend to businesses for investments and to consumers for purchases using credit cards and other loans. They say that absent this bailout companies would have no money to expand or, in some cases, to make payroll. Seems like if companies can’t meet payroll without a loan they are already too far gone. Credit tightening for consumers sound reasonable given that the problem is a result of consumer credit being too freely available. Experts agree that regardless of what happens, good people with good credit who are not overleveraged will still be able to get a loan

PIGS GET FAT and HOGS GET SLAUGHTERED The gambler and the professor bet correctly that the upcoming recess and Jewish holiday would allow them to rush the bailout through. The Congressional leadership did their part by telling their party members that they can sidestep repercussions of voting for the bailout with the same ease as they did for the voting for going to war. They think that if you claim that everyone is suffering and that they believed that they acted selfishly to try and prevent a the deep and prolonged recession that it will give them the political cover they need.

The American people will not be so easily fooled. Despite all the hype and hysteria from the fortune tellers (the gambler and the professor) congress might come to its senses. It might realize that even if the markets do decline that it is not going to be the end of the world despite what those two fortune tellers think. Because if the bailout is the right answer it will be able to rescue and resuscitate the markets from the worst case scenario whether it be 3 days, or 3 weeks or 3 months from now.

It is time for the American People to wake up and take this country back from the special interests. Tell everyone you know that we all need to send a message to Washington that the voice of the American people stills counts by voting out each and every incumbent who votes for the bailout without any promise or open debate about its success.

By Political Foreskin

September 29, 2008 5:27 AM | Link to this

Look, where is the clear narrative describing what happened to our economic system? It’s buried under the fifth amendment. Anyone who could explain what happened is involved in the fraud, thus we may as well ask a preschooler if he snuck a cookie from the cookie jar…..”No.”

Well, you little brat, how did all the cookies get eaten? “….I dont know…”

Listen you little mutant, if you dont fess up, I’m gonna fiddy-cent your little Tupacass…..”I want my mommy, you’re a bad man…you’re a VERY bad man…”

Whadya gonna do about it, Tiny Tim, wish me in the corn field? bwa ha bwa ha bw………(The twilight zone is real, man)

By "Spank" the monkey

September 29, 2008 6:22 AM | Link to this

Taxpayer 5:38- You say you doubt that any man from this planet would marry Dusty so that she must be already married and to an alien, and illegal alien. Are you implying that illegal aliens are from another planet? You really sound angry and closed minded with your posts and I truly feel sorry for you. Disagree with people without the name calling and the arrogance some time and just explain where they are wrong and you are right. The more bluster and belegerence you show, the less your message is received. It just comes across as an angry person venting their emotions onto other people who just happen to disagree with them. Obama ‘08

By Taxpayer

September 29, 2008 7:12 AM | Link to this

Obviously, your reception of the message was static-free, Spanky. Now, don’t you have to go vent some gas somewhere else.

By Barbara Mathis

September 29, 2008 7:31 PM | Link to this

What are you thinking? I am shocked and dismayed that you would put our nation’s economic future into such disarray for political purposes. (Although for the life of me, I cannot think of any political purpose you may gain.) All I need to say is that you had better have a good idea to salvage our financial industries beyond selling homes to unqualified, politically correct buyers. We need a solution beyond partisan politics at this time. I am waiting to see what solution you offer usd.

As a life-long Republican-I am stunned.

Barbara Mathis Woodbine, Georgia