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Helping the Rich,Stepping on the poor ...Thats all what the republicans are still doing.....Who really benifits from the Bailouts? THE OWNERS AND CEO"S and the tax payers pay for it....HOW CAN A REPUBLICAN REFORM A REPUBLICAN? If i am not mistaken isn't McCains supporters Republican

IF YOU BAIL OUT THESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THEN YOU MUST BAIL OUT THE FORECLOSED ON HOMEOWNER WHO WHERE SENT INTO BANKRUPTCY. AFTER ALL IT IS THEIRS AND OUR TAX DOLLARS. WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY AS TO WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT. I SAY THE RICH GAMBLE THEY SHOULD BE FINANCIALLY STABLE ENOUGH TO LOSE IT.

forget it......

what do you expect? trump suporting someone who will tax him? no way! Expect same from tight-fisted millioniares who will not like to be taxed.

Marj–

Fannie and Freddie were NOT government agencies. They were private enterprises before this fiasco.

I agree with you that both sides are complicit in this mess but when the Republicans run the White House and the Congress and make the laws, they have to take the blame.

The Democrats have controlled the House for 20 months, the Senate is 49-49. They propose legislation; Bush vetoes it, not enough votes for an override.

Republican rancor is hollow.

Look at all these hipocritical finger-pointers. If the current lame duck president hadn't lied his way into getting congress to enter this Iraq mess, the country wouldn't be in this historic deficit debt, the economy wouldn't be bankrupted, and the country's wealth wouldn't be squandered for some oil-war based on falsehoods and corruption.
What a crock of lies.

Amazing New's Flash, Trump supports Mc-insane...hahahahahahahahaha.

All roads lead to Congress, folks. Both Dems and Repubs are to blame for this mess. Clinton AND Bush administrations FAILED to properly regulate. Fannie and Freddie are Govt. agencies-our tax dollars went to bail out stupid and greedy individuals. All Govt't agencies involved should be taken to task for their roll in this fiasco. You can't put a 'D' or an 'R' on this one; ALL are to blame. Our government has FAILED us for the last 18 years.

About Obama's experience. He was a community organizer (which is a big deal) for two years. He led the Harvard Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago and practiced as a civil rights attorney. During his years in the Illinois state senate he proposed hundreds of pieces of legislation to help the people of Illinois. Since being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, he has pushed through bills for transparency in government and non-proliferation, or reduction of nuclear weapons worldwide, among other things.

On top of this, his judgment is excellent. He called for a timetable for withdrawal in Iraq before Bush decided this was a good idea, and he called for negotiation rather than armed confrontation with enemies.

These are his accomplishments that I've commted to memory. There are many others.

People are more worried about paying an extra buck a gallon then
or national security.Wake up people!

Also- where was your precious Democrat controlled congress while this was going on? The committee chairpersons who were charged by the people to specifically monitor these institutions- asleep at the wheel- encouraging high risk loans to low income buyers. There's plenty of blame to go around here, but the fact is Congress is charged with matters of commerce.

It's a good thing we turned the legislative keys over to Pelosi and Reid- just think how far this will go when Obama is rubber stamping their folly.

Don't help the banks, help the people, impress somebody.

And I trust that you guys know that in the last 10 years only ONE senator took more money from Fannie and Freddie than Obama (who has only been there for 3 years). He took more in 3 years than 98% of the guys around him took in 10 years!! Wake up people and quit drinking the kool-aid.

Yes, the #1 guy was also a Democrat. Look it up. It's a fact.

LOOKS LIKE WE FOUND THE WMD's!!!

It was Bush's laisse-fair economic policy. I could hear it now...

"Let's see if we could run the clock out on this one boy's. And when Obama takes office, the ecomony will tank and he'll take the hit"

wow GOP?!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a joke gop is. ask MCCAIN what happen to our money he will tell you uhhhhhh ohhhhhh uhhhhhh ohhhhhh our friends took it and ran out of the country.

oh, both parties are complicit. But actually no one can control the economy and the government shouldn't even try. Neither candidate can offer a balanced budget but they feel they can offer advice on how the economy should be handled or companies regulated? No Way, No How, No Democrats, No Republicans.

These two parties have created the mess. Only the Libertarian Party has a platform to decrease government spending, reduce taxes and eliminate all of these taxpayer funded loans and bailouts. Let the free market prevail. I don't pay taxes to shore up AIG in the hopes that they will pay back the loan in two years...where's the guarantee that we won't be bailing them out in two years? Same thing for the Mortgages; if people cant pay their mortgage, a 6 month moratorium on paying the bill would not help, just delay the inevitable.

Why can't McBama / Obacain get the picture that we need Leadership? Starting with balanced budget.

Headline: November 5th, 2008

President John McCain

Vice President Sarah Palin

Thank you America for saying no to Cuban Type Dictatorship wannabe Barack Obama!

Let me spell it out for you

REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!
REPUBLICANS FAULT!

WHY NOW? Are the Republicans going against what they voted for?
Why Now? Are the Republicans trying to separate from their own
party?
Why did John McCain vote 95% of athe time for Bush, but does not mention his name now!!!!

It's not to late John. You could CHANGE YOUR MIND AGAIN and say "I really want Romney as my VP. Sarah was just some more of my "self-depricating humor", ha-ha.

ran-

the officers of Fannie and Freddie, who did get their millions, are top Obama campaign officials. Please folks, do your homework.

THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY...AND PUT YOUR MONEY IN THE HANDS OF INVESTORS LIKE THIS??????

This country controlled By Obama, Pelosi and Reid... woo hoo, break me off a slice of that. Do you people have any idea how far to the left these folks are?

A Dem congress with moderate McCain as president will already be a significant change in course.

And if you think McCain is 4 more years of Bush, then you are very politically uneducated and need to do some homework and think for yourself.

Change course, but don't drive this country off of the map.

well what happen to our money now??????????!!!!!!!!!!!! gop crooks ate that money and left the country

Too little way too late. But the CEO of this and the other bail outs will run with their multi-millions to some far away country and live happily ever after. If the gov. was really outraged they would not allow the money to go to the CEO or other top exec.

We the people can help make sure this does not happen again by electing Obama/Biden and other Democrats this time.

We so needed Mr McCain to pick Mitt Romney. He would have a plan to take care of the economy. I am worried that Sara will not be able to deal with the economy or with our foreign troubles. I am afraid it will be Obama this time. So I say "ROMNEY 2012".

The sad story is that somebody got PAID. One of Bush Boy's GOT PAID..

Check the Bank here and off shore.. AIG, and the BUSH Connect is laughin all the way to the bank..

The sad think is we can touch them. Homeland Security and all the too in the shad can't figure out where's the money.. just go to south Texas the have to replace their boats...

What a joke that McCain is taking credit for warning Congress about the pending crisis two years ago. He must be confusing himself with Obama, who really did try to get Congress to act two years ago while McCain was still in his deregulation mode. Voters, please check the facts. McCain's lies are coming fast and furious now, on a daily basis. It would help if the media kept up with them all.

McCain also told the audience that "Sen. Obama's own advisers are saying that the crisis will benefit him politically."

From CNN.Com: "A McCain campaign spokesman could not point to any specific instance of an Obama adviser or surrogate making such a comment about the Wall Street crisis in recent days."

MCain just makes stuff up. He (they) made up Lying Plain Sarah and he has made this up. Wake up America! This man has nothing to offer except his imagination!

FOLLOW the MONEY

Check and see the total cash given to BUSH BOTH times he ran for the whitehouse and to McCain THIS time and you will see WHY Bush did what was NEVER done before and was NEVER meant to be done EVER!

Simple as that. I want MY money back!!!!

It's a joke that McCain is taking credit for warning Congress about the pending crisis two years ago. He must be confusing himself with Obama, who really did try to get Congress to act two years ago while McCain was still in his deregulation mode. Voters, please check the facts. McCain's lies are coming fast and furious now, on a daily basis. It would help if the media kept up with them all.

1. What kind of experience do you all mean when you say that Obama doesn't have experience?

He's never run anything in his life except a campaign. He's never been in charge of anything or anyone other than his family...and that's debatable. He's done nothing remarkable in the state legislature or congress except campaign.

He's been campaigning his entire career...

so? republicans are mad at the republican government ,that they supported over and over on policy and blamed on democratic congress in control the last 1 1/2 years? that dont make no sense?

Well, well. It looks like I have some things in common with the GOP. Well, technically, I agree with them on most of the things but the point is that times have changed.

Even I can't control that...

It's your Republican Admisistration...live with it!!!!

Continue to press McCain on his consistent claims of being a deregulator. It's unbelieveable that he is now coming out in favor of regulation. It's like his drill now mantra. He sees a way to gain favor with the public and so he is supporting offshore drilling. Will the voters fall for it? Not if the media does its job. How about it journalists!

I suggest that people get all the facts on AIG and Lehmann Bros. and all the other bailouts and figure out why some might be good for taxpayers while others would be bad for taxpayers. I suspect this article will attract only comments from people who don't understand anything about the details of the "bailouts" and speaking from ignorance is not normally a reasonable approach to solving a problem.

Obama proposed squat on regulation...quit feeding these peoples lies.

Just like he's pumping himself up by claiming he had anything to do with the latest stimulis package.

Heck! I thought the Republicans were in power for the past 8 years.

Maybe some regulation would have helped PROTECT OUR TAX DOLLARS!

We should not have bailed out AIG however I will never lower myself to be scum by becoming democratic.

The republican...the republicans...the republicans....

IT'S CONGRESS PEOPLE – the one headed by democrats!

AIG wouldn't have been able to take in such crappy loans had it not been able to deal with shills like freddie and fannie which avoided GOP backed increased oversite because of DEMOCRATIC stonewalls.

Obama's advisors made millions from freddie and fannie! Obama recieved boat loads of cash from them. How convienient, yes?

1. What kind of experience do you all mean when you say that Obama doesn't have experience?

2. Why did John McCain really pick Sarah Pailin?

Someone please answer.

Appropriate regulations which Obama proposed two years ago would have avoided what becomes neccessary now. It is sad for the taxpayer but anything else would be even worse.

Patriotism; John F. Kennedy

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, But What You Can Do For Your Country.

Obama/Biden 08

WASP!!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin

You have got to be kidding me!

Republicans-Start by thanking your buddy Phil Gramm for brining in the legislation for starting this mess. Then thank George Bush for ignoring the problem and allowing Wall St. to police itself.

You guys have nothing to be outraged about. You guys wanted to privatize Social Security and leave it in the hands of these people you now call "greedy".

SOVERIGN FUNDS WILL COME NEXT TO HELP IN THE BAIL OUT AND THAT'S A BIG MAYBE.

not to worry......when Osama and the Demotax party get done with you...........you wont have any more money to lose

Funny, considering all those CEOs will be voting Republican.

So they would also be against bailing out oil companies by giving them astronomical tax breaks proportianately compared to those given to us common folk?

If so, blast McCain's economic basis. Otherwise...STFU and stop trying to fool us with your false policies that are suddenly "DIFFERENT then yesterday"

I find it laughable that the republicans are arguing with the goverment for bailing out AIG. We will not be in this mess if republicans agreed to regulate the markets. If the goverment was monitoring the actions of wall street, then the economic mess we are in would not have ocurred. The repblicans should take responsibility for their failed actions in regulating the markets. In that case, they should be thrown out.

Spare me the phony outrage. The Bush Administration and their Republican flunkies are complicit in this. Phil Gramm and his wife Wendy are at the heart of this economic disaster.

"A top House Republican, Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, complained about not getting advance notice of the bailout and said House Republicans are struggling to "understand a coherent strategy" "

Struggling to understand a coherent strategy-Sounds like the new Palin/McCain slogan.