Bush should stay out of this. It all happened under his watch. Most Democrats and Republicans agree he has been perhaps the worst President in the history of the U.S.

Any comments he makes are only non-productive. No one takes anything he says seriously or with any authority anymore. After all, there were no WMD's in Iraq. He's a President with a low rating who has lost trust with the American public (and those around the world as well).

Bush, Cheney, McCain, Paulin and all the others that benefited from this fanancial crisis and should be made to pay the bill!

No thanks to you, Bush.

Hey, there is a perfect opportunity in the upcoming election Nov.4 to include a referendum question on a national level. The question is:

Do you support a bailout of banking industry using $700B of taxpayer money?

YES or NO ?

Simple like this. We'd see in 5 weeks what WE THE PEOPLE think about all this.

Affraid to post a question to the public to learn the truth?

BUSH SURE DID NOT LOOK CONFIDENT TO ME!! SOMETHINGS GOING ON THAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING US, WE WANT AND DEMAND THE TRUTH!!!

Look who blocked ALL efforts to reform fannie mae and freddie mac. Better yet, look who has taken the most $$ in donations from these cesspools of subprime stupidity.

Try these names on for size: Dodd, Frank, and OBAMA!

So now we get to put a $700 billion bandaid on our economy under the premise that the taxpayer will make money on this investment–look at the price of real estate on a historic, inflation adjusted basis (google it!). GREAT INVESTMENT!!! Don't just buy high–buy at a level so astronomically high that it guarantees failure. Now that sounds like the government hard at work with your taxpayer dollars!

This taxpayer says NO bailout for the rich Repubs who got us into this mess. No to Repubs getting more wealth while the taxpayers get hosed.
Any politician voting for the give away will get my vote.

Maybe Virginia voter can't do math. It comes out to $2333 per every man, woman, and child in America.

It looks like the conservatives don't want to take responsibility for their financial mess.

It is time to tax the rich and to tax the social churches that advocate politics.

This is not a democracy; it is a kleptocracy: government of the thieves, by the thieves and for the thieves

I happen to be a vet for obama…I'm not a right-winged-nut. That is in denial… The republicans have been in control of congress since. The contract with America. back in 1994. Until 2006. They were in control…The democracts….were treated like step-children….they had no say in anything……now that "w", has about four months left in office…Our tax money, will go to bail out his rich buddies like larry kudlow and jim cramer……it's good for us because. fools for republicans…voted for "w", not once but twice……you right-winged-in-denial-nuts-blame-everyone-but-yourself…..make me sick……

The party that is in office failed us. The party that is to keep them accountable failed us too. Too little too late. We are now dealing with this bailout as a necessary evil. Perhaps it is time to get a viable third party going in America. Maybe by 2016 one will emerge. It could be fiscally responsible yet generous where it needs to be, morally strong, environmentally friendly, and not controlled by corporations or wacky liberal or conservative lobbyists. Let's take the BEST from each party-if there is anything left-and shed the rest of the chaff.

I am so exhausted by my once-proud Republican party.

Obama camp: Please don't screw this up. My party needs a royal butt kicking to force it to own up to some hard truths about the last 8 years. To get back to solid, fiscally-conservative values. To shake off the influence of the far right. To govern honorably and competently. To rattle the sword sparingly.

Ironically, Mr. McCain was exactly what we needed about 8 years ago. But the Senator I respected has been eaten by the machinery. God bless you, Mrs. Palin: You are a wonderful woman, and you have a bright future in my party. But for Senator McCain to claim you qualified for the Vice Presidency is simply not rational.

Mr. Obama: I have my bowl of granola ready, and I might even hug a tree. I'm going to give you tax-and-spend liberals a chance; help us fix our country.

Virginia Voter September 29th, 2008 10:04 am ET

US Population = approx. 301 billion
Bailout Bill = $700 billion appropriated

Simple Math:

700,000,000,000 / 300,000,000,000 = $2.3 per person in the US…

Maybe the bailout isn't that bad?

Actually there is 301 million people in the US based on the Census done in 2000. The cost to each man, woman, and child would $2,300.

Who needs terrorists when we have elected officials!

No matter what happens we the people are getting stuck with the last 8 long years of FAILURE and a 700 billon debt.

The math is still the same:

Obama + Biden = Dumb and Dumber.

Extraordinary Deal, like our Extraordinary President… what a joke.

TRULY A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA!

I don't know if the average American understands how tragic this is?

Highest debt per capita in the world – EVER!

What happens if it doesn’t work? The debt will still there and it will get worse!

WOW!

I think more time is needed to find out a better solution to this problem.We did not get in this mess over night, time is very important and we need to look at this seriously.We could stop building prisions and give he inmates jobs, they should have to feed themselves and provide a shelter for themself.We give too much and no income is comming in.We need to focus on during more for elders, the morjority of them have worked all their live.We need to focus on building Amercia back up.We need to spend lesser and treat Amercia like she is the dream

Hey, there is a perfect opportunity in the upcoming election Nov.4 to include a referendum question on a national level. The question is:

Do you support a bailout of banking industry using $700B of taxpayer money?

YES or NO ?

Simple like this. We'd see in 5 weeks what WE THE PEOPLE think about all this.

Affraid to post a question to the public to know the truth?

No bailout. This is wrong…let the failed corporations go down the drain…they deserve it! I would suggest that people get on their telephones and call all politicans even remotely involved in this sham. Wake up America….these Republicans have taken advantage of us for too long, they must be stopped. Hopefully, everyone out there will vote Democrat come November.

Who Did the Best Job In the Debate?
Obama 51%
McCain 38%

Who Would Better Handle Economy?
Obama 58%
McCain 37%

Who Would Better Handle Iraq?
Obama 52%
McCain 47%

For all of those who say this is soley the Republicans fault, and that it's because of policy changes they enacted in the last 8 years.

Your wrong, this has been building since Clinton's terms, when dems argued that requring 2+ years of financial information was descrimnating and preventing people from buying homes (homes that we've now found out, they couldn't afford).

Add to it, relaxed regulation laws enacted by the Bush administration and we get this current mess.

No single person is to blame for this mess, it's been building for several years, most people just choose to ignore it and keep on making a profit for themselves.

This is Rove's Octoiber surprsie–they've screwed us one last time , while Bush as usual is asleep at the switch .

The bailout should Not Happen .Let the big co's fail–you know what they won't be trying that BS and more..its over

@ ERIC "CNN WHERE IS THE STORY ABOUT THE FAMILY TELLING OBAMA TO STOP WEARING THE BRACELET"……… CHECK THE FACTS, DUDE, ……YOU…….ARE……….WRONG. FALLING FOR INTERNET MYTHS AGAIN? TYPICAL FAR-RIGHT-NUT.

Yes, the government should bail out the economy, but it will not happen because there are to many trying to say Aye or Nye. They all have their own agenda and those agendas put the good of the country second to their careers. The greater problem facing this nation now is TIME. As Congress debates today (Monday), the stock markets are falling sharply. I suspect that TIME has run out.

Reading some of these entries, I'm not sure what all of this has to do with Palin. I am no fan of hers but come on, stick with the issue. I disagree withhis corporate welfare check period! It is the result of the failed Bush polices and also the fault of President Clinton. Bacj in the 90's he had a chance to stop the deregulation and did nothing because he was too worried about his legacy. It is laughable to see how many of you forgot that the bad word in the 90's was "monopoly". It was a big push to deregulate industries to "give the little guy" a chance to compete. Well, he you have it folks. That bad decision created a culture of greed with no oversite and guess what, the little guy has to pay for it.

Mr Bush

You are a complete failure as a President. As President, your job was to defend the constitution of the United States. Your job was to defend the rights of the people. Instead, you chose to protect the large corporations at the expense of the people.

You have not only destroyed your legacy, but your family name, your brothers chances to become President someday and the entire Republican party. I have voted Republican all my life but will never vote for your party again.

The saddest part is I am sure when you lay your head on your pillow tonight, there will be no guilt or remorse keeping you tossing and turning all night.

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INDEPENDANT VET – I bet you voted for bush twice didn't cha??? You and your 'kind' are the reason this country is soooo screwed up. Thanks bud.

Just do the research on who put us into this mess from the begining. It was members from both parties but Barney Frank, Chris Dodds and Chucky Shumer were knee deep in the de-regulations of the finance/banking rules. The one thing I admire about Russia or China is that they shoot their corrupt officals when caught.

On another note…people keep harping about Palin's inexperience well, she's not running for president like your inexperience Obama is. Have yet seen anyone name one thing he has accomplished to warrant being our president.

Virginia voter-
The US population is 300 million, not 300 billion-
Simple Math
Still think the bailout is "maybe not so bad"??

Never in my life did I think the leaders of our country let this nation get in this mess. This means BOTH democrats and republicans. They have lost site of how to manage this country. It is all about big business with the middle income paying for everything. Corporate American, as well as the White House can not relate to people that live on one pay check and are blue collar workers. They have NO CONCEPT what is really happening in America. How can you understand when you are so rich and have millions of dollars and no worry on where your next meal will come from. Washington is just bandaiding each problem, without resolving the real problem. Don't you worry about what will happen to this great nation or do you rationalize and do the best you can? We do understand and we are so tired of the postion both parties have put us in. ENOUGH!!!

The morons who keep insisting the Democrats are to blame for the deregulation that caused this mess and keep perpetuating lies against Obama must be paid Republican shrills. No sane person could be writing this garabage.

my daughter had my credit card & over spent the limit, would I allow her to keep my credit card & give her more money? Let’s not be ridiculous! Of course not! Why should any American tax payer give a single cent to bail out the US stock market & failing US banks because these entities over spent their limits? The Federal & state governments need to do their jobs & prosecute the greedy thieves – not bail them out!

Is this an open forum where we can have a healthy debate about our choices or is it a blog for Obama? Just wondering. I'm looking for a place where you can have a healthy discussion about things.

What do I tell 'em, Dick, what do I tell 'em? You tell 'em that
"an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem."
'Nuff said.

if bush says it is a good deal, sorry but i do not believe it. bush should be impeached for hs mismangement of this coungty. take chaney with him.

New Yorker…

Shut up. You talk about responsibility? Who was it that allowed people to live beyond their means? Its the government's job to regulate the nation's economy.

Seriously, after the trainwreck of the last 8 years, there is NOTHING you or anyone else can say to vindicate Bush. The greatest country in the world is in miserable shambles…and it is ALL thanks to your hero in the white house and morons like you who STILL point fingers elsewhere…rather than admit responsibility.

(oops, I had to repost because I left out a very relevant word)

Folks, banks may make a mistake now and then, but they don't institute stupid money-losing ideas as industry-wide banking/lending policies.

Losing money is NOT in their financial interest… which is why they don't institute stupid lending policies… that is, they don't when they don't have their arms twisted behind their back and a gun to their heads, which is what the federal-law "Community Reinvestment Act of 1977″ did.

The CRA legally forced (read: blackmailed) lenders into lending to lesser-qualified and OUTRIGHT UNQUALIFIED persons (see "food stamp mortgages" or even "unemployment mortgages"), in order to ensure that every Harry HardLuck and Sally SobStory could purchase a home they otherwise could not afford.

This is NOT a Wall Street or banking/lending problem and it was not caused by lack of government intervention and oversight. It is government intervention and feel-good affirmative-action liberal do-gooderism that created this problem in the first place. Now we have a $700B bailout plan that doesn't even address the cause of the problem or seek to repeal it: The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.

Restore our economy by restoing common sense to lending: Repeal CRA and dismantle Fannie and Freddie.

Although this comment will not be posted as it is negative to Obama.

Before everyone goes off blaming everything on the republician, (who do have some culpability in this), here are some other issues to think about.

1. Look at Obama's economic advisors. These are folks from Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac who took home millions and kept on pushing the losses that were going to occur back until they were no longer in the leadership positions. These are the folks that are advising Sen. Obama. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac giving the loans that they did, put us in this position.

2. Deregulation of the banking industry. This occured in 1999, and last time I checked, this was during Clinton's presidency (but as we are seeing, Clinton is no longer the great president now that Obama is on the scene).

3. For the last two years, Sen Chris Dodd (DEM) and Rep. Barney Frank (DEM) have been chairman of their respective banking committees, but have yet to call any hearings or inquries, but when you get campaign contributions like they do, you would not want to.

4. Everyone should check who received the second highest amount of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae from 1989 to 2007. That would be Sen Obaman. So in two years he has received more than folks that have been in Congress for over 15 years.

People need to research and understand the entire picture.

To all you liberals stating that Obama will only tax the 20% and cut taxes for 80%. How did you come up with that. 40% of americans do not even pay taxes. They are riding on the coat tails of working americans in goverment handouts. At the most he could only give a tax break to 40% of americans that work and through his plan if you are already on the dole and getting a goverment handout you only get more and you paid none. The only goverment program that should be in existence is social security and goverment checks for the truly disabled. No grants, no food stamps, no medicad , no foriegn aid, no military aid to foriegn countrys, no check for squirting out a kid every nine months and claiming you have to be home to watch them. I am sick of taking care of slugs who are to stupid or to lazy to work.

Why we do this on a countdown clock? This is no way to make policy, or make a reasonable decision. This is wrong, wrong, wrong. It’s only a recipe for making the problem worse. We can’t “borrow” another $700B if this doesn’t work.

What sane government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on a plan that they fully acknowledge may or may not work?

What type of government makes this insane “investment” while at the same time acknowledging that, even if it does work, it is only a band-aid at best and puts off the problem yet again? Moreover, since when is the US government in the business of gambling?

What aren't we being told? I see it on their faces, they hold their noses while giving news briefings. The house Republicans seem to be the only ones willing to bring any sanity to this process. I have great respect for all the Democrat legislators, so I really need help in understanding thier position and why they are so willing to jump into bed with Bush on this.

On the surface, given the information I have, this is reckless government, and an irresponsible way for our elected officials to conduct business. Doesn't this bill deserve at least a week or two of study and discussion?

I don't understand this crisis at all. I "get" the supposed "crisis"… but who woke up and pulled the "financial crisis" alarm? Two weeks ago, this "crisis" didn't exist. Outside of the recession, it doesn't feel like a crisis, it doesn't look like a crisis, so what gives?

I am calling, writing, and faxing my representatives (and the various committees) daily, urging that they NOT push this through w/o significant discussion and contemplation. I urge everyone to do the same.

Wow, seriously cnn just do yourselve's a favor and use google.com and click news for all the latest update's, you guy's are really behind…

how come it that a republican president proposes a bill and its his own party that has to be wooed to go along… chickens coming home to roost for the repubican party…ho ho ho

We are getting there.
But the pundit in chief (Obama) already said no credit to McCain.

Breakig News McCain dumping Palin.

Just Watch, Sarah Palin will be attacked by a Wolf or something at McSames home and the debate will be postponed.

You'll see.

Ohh P.S. She has 0 experience

Those of you that are prepared reward this failure of government by voting for 4 more years of the McSame are traitors to this country.

Why won't Obama and the democrats man up and admit that THEY want this plan and the Republicans DON'T.

Instead they play safe and pretend that they are deliberating and working across party lines.

Obamabots are SO confused about who "wins" that they rail against this plan without being told by their master that HE and HIS party are the ones pushing for this.

Trust me… billionaires do not care if this plan goes through. THEY are NOT the ones who need it.

Mr Bush,

What are your plans to make sure this does not happen again?

This money is being used to buy bad mortgages, which will free up money for banks to be able to make loans again.

What steps are being put in place to make sure banks are not giving out bad loans again? Why not place a limit on the rate credit card companies can charge? Why not ban no money down loans? Why not make it mandatory that no mortgages can be given over 28% of a buyers net monthly pay?

Without these steps, we will have to make another bailout in a few years.

If Warren Buffet says it's necessary, then I'll just hold my nose and accept it. I'd never believe this administration, but have the utmost respect for Mr. Buffet.

This bill is insulting. As a consumer and taxpayer, I'm insulted. This is the legacy of the last 8 years AND 26 years of John McCain / Phil Gramm economics. The taxpayer who is drowning gets screwed.

This is what happens with Trickle Down Economics.

This is what happens when jingle singing politicians proclaim the problem is the government. The government should have never deregulated all they did. The party's over. "Oh well" as the thieves bail out with their golden parachutes.

As a consumer and taxpayer, I'm insulted. This is the legacy of the last 8 years AND 26 years of John McCain / Phil Gramm economics. The taxpayer who is drowning gets screwed.

This is what happens with Trickle Down Economics.

This is what happens when jingle singing politicians proclaim the problem is the government. The government should have never deregulated all they did. The party's over. "Oh well" as the thieves bail out with their golden parachutes.

It's time we stop thinking "trickle down" really works and start investing directly in the infrastructure, education, and research and development, etc. of this country This is what will truly create good jobs, long-term stability, and economic growth. I had pleaded with my congressional representatives to invest in these things instead of the "stimulus" checks that have been a complete and utter failure. START THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, NOT JUST SHORT TERM PROFITS!!!

Bush is a joke. This is a scam for the Bush family, Rockefellers, and Rothschilds to steal from the american public.

New World Order needs this money to complete their take over.

Up next: "Terrorists" attack on October 7th, Bush cancels elections, stays in power and declares Martial Law.

SP needs more than makeup and lipstick to handle the VP job! This is not the Ms. Alaska contest!

This is a Perfect Storm that the Democrats and Republicans are responsible for! We do not want this bailout to happen! Our Government sucks!

McCain said he knows where Osama is hiding and will follow him to the gates of hell. Sarah Palin must have thought that included Pakistan, but that is not the case. McCain is out of touch with reality.

I totally disagree with Bush on this .If it was not for him and corporate america and the politicians in congress being theifs and crooks this would have not happenBush helping his greedy corporate friends and the democrats like Dodd and Obama getting kickbacks from Fannie May and Freddie Mac. I say let them all go under.As a taxpayer I am sick of supporting the crooks on wall street and in congress . I amtired of the democrats wanting me to pay through taxes for every slugs house that should have never been given a loan. The most stupid thing the democrats ever did was force the banks to make more loans to minorities and illegals that could not afford a home or as in the case of illegals should be in jail for breaking the law instead of the democrats forcing banks to give them loans. The only way anybody is entitled to a home in this country is to be able to pay for it.

Let's see if this gets posted. Some of this could have been avoided 5 years ago! A New York Times article posted September 11, 2003 stated "The Bush administration toady recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis." The proposal was defeated due to a Democratic filibuster. However, Congressman Barney Frank was quoted as sayiing "These two entities – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – are not facing any kind of financial crisis." and "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing." Wake up people!! It was the Democrats that blocked changes that could have prevented the current crisis!! The Administration is now responsible for cleaning up the mess.

after this bailout there will be another one, when the CEO's get this it will just wet there appitite for more , and we will give it to them. this bailout should not happen,let the chips fall!

Obama will not be able to restore our image internationally- quite simply stated, we are at the mercy of other Nations because they carry our huge debt and thus OWN us financially.

That is a big club to use over the US- no matter who our leader is. If we take any position or any action against another Nation- say we discuss Human rights violations with Saudi Arabia or China- they can simply thumb their noses at us and dump our treasury bills and watch us fold like the twin towers did.

This bailout does nothing to address that graver issue of indebtedness.

i am worried about the economy like everyone else and bailout is not the answer, democrats and republicans have done this to us however is anyone not worried about Freedom of Speech. Why is CNN not saying anything about Obama's truth squad in Missouri and the threats from local prosecutors and sheriff's that if you say anything misleading about Obama there will be consequences. and threatening NRA on their ads??? It worries me if Obama becomes our President and we disagree with something he does, the "truth Squad" will take care of you. Isn't this a violation of First amendment and isn't this what Obama has been preaching about. Hmmmm better think about your Freedom of Speech may be in jeopardy!!!

I blame the morons who voted for Bush. They don't pay enough attention to politics and vote for those who scare them the most. Hey as long as someone believes in pro-choice, banning gay marriage, and a host of other prejudice policies, I'll vote for him, because he's a good religious man. For those morons, who voted for him, go slap yourselves! And thanks in advance for dragging the rest of us down with you!

Why isn't Bush in jail yet? He is a criminal.

-Misleading the American people to fight a war with Iraq

-Torture

Put him in jail

Now Bush and Cheney should resign and let Pelosi serve as President until after the election. As soon as the nation is rid of these two men the better. What a disaster the last eight years have been yet, look at the polls, there are still people out there who want more of the same. Unbelievable the lunacy that exists among the American people.

There used to be signs everywhere for president in my town and this year there are none. People are afraid of Obama and his supporters. The are so vile and in your face bullying. This in un american and scary.

You complain about your boss not doing his job. You notice he's only working to fatten his pockets with big oil payoffs. He fights all the time with the smaller companies instead of the bigger company that has hurt him the most . Your have not received a raise and you may lose your job because the boss is now outsourcing the jobs. You are about to lose your home. The boss has so many houses he can't count them. The company you work for has not turned a profit in years and has low approval ratings. The boss distributes a company wide memo that reads " I really don't know much about the economy." The boss threatens to release the pitbull on if you keep WHINING. You have put up with his bullying ways for eight long years. Finally your work contract is ending with your boss. As you think about your family's future you ask yourself "Should I continue working for this creep or should I CHANGE employers? ".

It's that simple America. It's time for a change and YOU know it.

ANCIENT PROVERB: Don't let your pitbulls run loose with the moose on the White House lawn.

Perhaps all of you need to read a little bit. Ths bailout is because of the Clinton house of the mid 90s when he forced lenders to lend to minorities who did not meet the criteria for most lenders. Clinton threatened the mortgage industry with fines if they did not find a way to lend to minorities. Obama/Biden will be the same old politics in the WH.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES FOR BRINGING US THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER. THANKS YOU FOR ELECTING THE MAN YOU WERE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A BEER WITH, IGNORING ALL THE RED FLAGS THAT WAS EVIDENT DURING THE 2000 ELECTION. EIGHT YEARS LATER THESE FOOLS ARE TRYING TO GIVE US MCCAIN JUST BECAUSE PALIN IS ON THE TICKET, IGNORING THE FACT SHE IS DUMB AS ROCKS.

I just hope George W. Bush doesn't have a flashback of his days of vetoing everything and live his pin on his disk. Just like John McCain Bush really loves his Veto pin!

mcCain = no change

Oboma/Biden 2008

Our international enemies now OWN us because the huge debt of the USA is being carried by Rouge Nations.

Think on that if you want to be angry and scared.

The bailout stinks all the way around. We the people need a better examination of the fine print. The top executives of all of the major corporations that are struggling need to see the same pay that the common worker sees which is little to nothing.
I am so, tired of these guys walking off with millions of dollars to fund their private ventures & lavish life styles. There are far to too many people standing in line to get food to feed their families. There are far too many people standing in unemployment lines just to get the money they have earned. America has the worst unemployment process when compared to other countries.

We the people need to send a loud message to WASHINGTON, that their days of bilking the public are OVER. We need a congress working for the everyday folks.

Stop the BAILOUT, no one has stopped to bail the American people out of the everyday issues we face in terms of unemployment, healthcare, foreclosures, job loss or increased taxes. Thebailout is a crime against the people of the United States.

Anyone who voted for Bush in 2000 + 2004 should be required to pay $10,000 extra in taxes this year.

If we hadn't spent billions in Iraq, we wouldn't be here today. Sorry, I don't buy that it's just "greedy Wall Street" – it's greedy de-regulators and greedy Bush cronies and incompetent Congress (both Dems and Republicans) who got us where we are today. If we weren't forking out money at the rate we are for an unjust war that was an "oops" on GW's part, we wouldn't be doing this today.

The worst is still to come: CHINA owns the USA by owning our debt.

If we want to pressure CHINA into doing the human rights thing… they will simply dump the US GOV treasury bills they hold- and voila- instant collapse of the USA.

THAT IS AN EVEN GRIMMER SCENARIO- this bailout does nothing to address the fact that the rest of the world- some of those countries are our enemies- OWN us by holding our debt.

As a Canadian, i am absolutely stunned by how John McCain even has a chance in this election. Even if a monkey is running against McCain those poll numbers shouldn't be as close as they are. All americans do now is complain about George Bush and how he's ruined your country (no arguement there) but people still are so eager to vote for John McCain when he is quite similiar to President Bush. Imagine how different the USA would've been had John Kerry been president now. Sadly we might be saying the same thing about Obama because McCain might just win in November.

@Abby: "It seems it is the DEM's – and their "leaders" that got us in this mess – now they want to be involved in helping to "fix" it!"

Whoever keeps posting on this ticker as "Abby" must really be Sarah Palin. That's the only explanation for the total lack of understanding on every issue.

ABBY, you are reacting negative on your one message!
Your name is in the left collum, very dump and Barack
Obama dont need this kind of stupid effords to win this election.

why is bush not on trial for war crimes?

Is he and his henchman(cheney, rumsfeld, rove, rice etc.) going to get off scott free from torturing, killing, injuring thousands of innocent people and our beloved troops?

Bush will be remembered as the worst president in the history of this country, as well as his administartion being the most corrupt in decades.

A title well deserved.

I propose a surtax on everyone who voted for Bush. Let them pay for this mess. I did the right thing and voted against that guy every time I had a chance. Since I live in Texas, it was my privilege and patriotic duty to vote against him four times.

Why should my taxes pay for the foolishness of Republican voters. Let THEM bail us out.

It is amazing that the Democrats just fall in lock step with whatever Bush wants. They just roll over on every issue from Iraq, to this financial mess. Now that this is over, I will be watching what Congress is going to do about the AMT. I already can see that I will fall under the AMT unless Congress changes the laws. If Congress can bailout the rich and greedy people of Wall Street, they better move it and help the people on Main Street. The AMT should be changed permanently to apply only to the upper 1% of people, or they should just get rid of it. Why is it that people earning less than $100K are being pinched by this tax? It should apply only to those earning over $1 Million. Time for Congress to step up to the plate and realize they have opened Pandora's Box and people will be listening and watching for action for help to Main Street.

When will CNN report about the AMT? Seems like it is long over due and a tax that is very unfair.

I dont agree to the bail out, I think the Democrats republican and independents should pay back the Money that they got from the Lobbist, and the Ceo's that got large amount of Money should give it back as well, Why should we pay back there greedy Choices, It not Just the rebulicans at fault here It also the Democrats, When will we Wake up!!. they dont have to worry about there martgages they got paid already, This is not just Bush fault, this is Obama, McCains, Polysie, Dodd, Kenndys, Reids, Bidens, Frank, if we are gone to turn this around! they are the one we voted for to keep us out of hot water and they fell asleep at the Wheel and the" "MEDIA"" is protecting them, and they are just as much of the problem the the politicians, they are being paid NOT to BRING OUT the TRUTH to us, they are protecting there own JOBS, They are for OBAMA and he Not innocent, But the Media has this way, If you Care Make him Accountable like they do Mccain,

When liberal Congressional Democrats are siding with Bush about ANY topic whatsoever, you know something's fishy.

Repeal the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and dismantle Fannie and Freddie.

How funny that Obama won't tell his supporters that this is a democratic party backed plan. He does not want to take a risk- once again. He wants the Republicans on board before he votes for it. He should speak the truth- the Republicans DON'T want the bailout- the democrats DO.

The republicans are the ones opposed to it. That is why McCain HAD to fly back to convince those recalcitrant House Republicans to be bipartisan and bail out the nation.

Once again the Obamabots have got things backwards.

Good going Dem. congress you have been in charge for over 2 years now and you didn't see this coming? Your own Rep. Barney Frank is responsible for creating part of this mess with Fanny .

Bush is repsonsible but so is the Dem. congress for not taking charge.

Maybe Palin should visit her witch craft praying preacher to get a rabbits foot befor she goes to the debate.

Just look at what Bush and Cheneny and the Republicans did to our Country we are in a Finanical mess!!!! and we are disrespected around the world !!!!! Whom ever voted Bush in office are responsible for this mess as well!!!! We need Obama/Biden to clean up this mess that was brought about by the Republicans!!!!!!!

McCain was involved in the Keating Five……..he should not be running for President !!!!!!! He is a dishonorable man who can`t even look Obama in the eye …….and has been very disrespectful to Obama because he is young and a visionary and I suspect McCain may also have a touch of racism going on !!!

Yes, the government should bail out the economy, but it will not happen because there are to many trying to say Aye or Nye. They all have their own agenda and those agendas put the good of the country second to their careers. The greater problem facing this nation now is TIME. As Congress debates today (Monday), the stock markets are falling sharply. I suspect that TIME has run out.

CNN where is the bracelet article about the family requesting he not use their sons name for political purposes? Obama does not care about people he just wants to win. What a low-life.

Gotta love Republicans! They have managed to ruin this country and economy is just 7 1/2 short years? And mccain says country first? Bull.

A vast majority of the American people are the most apathetic, ignorant, unaware, uninvolved people on the planet. That is crystal clear by the simple fact that McCain and his stooge are within 20 points of Obama.

Many people don't, and will not ever, get it. Keep drinking that Kool-Aid people!

tom swift, you're right on. Too bad politicians can't see it. Wall Street should be moved to Gitmo.

Democrats- it is the democrats who want this bailout the most.

The republicans oppose this kind of government intervention to bail out the greedy, the incompetant and the stupid.

Who borrows money when they can't afford to pay it back?

Who buys a house they can't afford?

Who falls for an ARM?

Who encourages these practices?

NOT ME.

McCain is right. Obama doesn’t understand and doesn’t get it. Country first. Americas haters will be thrown under the bus

I am willing to bet that after this "bail out" I will STILL not be able to get a home loan.

Well said WM in Colorado, well said

@Laura, Boston: The reason why you think Congress hasn't done anything in the last two years can be found in GW Bush's veto list. Congress has tried but there weren't enough intelligent folks in Congress willing to stand up to GW Bush and override the vetos. There have been 12 vetos since 2006 and wikipedia has them listed by bill number and date.

I agree…

I am one of those democrats that WAS for Obama before his nasty campaign strategy- masquerading as hope, unity and change- turned me AGAINST him as nominee.

The NEW democrats are very vile and filthy and vulgar and vitriolic and sexist and racist.

The OLD democrats are not eager to embrace that new party ideology of win by any means necessary.

This bailout plan is to save the CAPITALIST system intact. Then only all political parties can bark on anything of America. But people must realise how the capitalist and free market system were screwedup by crook politicians.

Now the same politicians bailout the corrupt companies whose executives stole the money leagally. De-Regulation of businesses caused this mess. McCain always voted and support deregulation. Money is the key for everything. If every thing deregulated, companies and financial institutions will simply cheat ordinary people. That is the thing happened.

Company execs went away with millions and now people are asked to pay them again!

I wish Tina Fey was running.

Abby . . . It wasn't the DEMs as you stated.

If you want to know who to blame for this, look in the mirror.

Some of us were smart enough to not vote for Bush in 2000 & 2004, since it was obvious he was a moron.

After Bush has sold, gave away, pawned, and trashed everything of value on the ship (the USA), he pokes a hole in the bottom so we will have to rescue the ship, along with him and his buddies. Then he wants praise for the bailout/sellout plan that his advisors and Wall Street cooked up?

I sincerely hope that this country stays together long enough for Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and the Democrats in Congress to start repairing the damage of 8 years of this Republican president and of 10 years of a Republican controlled Congress.

GEORGE W. BUSH HAS WRECKED OUR ECONOMY, NATIONAL SECURITY, STANDING IN THE WORLD, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

HE SHOULD BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR BEING CRIMINALLY STUPID!!!

This plan sucks but the alternative reality sucks more.

Sarah Palin spoke the truth- it is this sorry solution or a possible depression.

Americans know this. Our leaders in BOTH parties have failed us miserably. The democrats were part of the problem.

Neither candidate will be BOLD and tell us the truth.

I believe Osama's intentions were to destroy our economic foundation when he attacked us on 911. Job well done I would say.

Thanks Bush!

Coop182 Thank You !

This didn't happen over night .
Now that the market has hit the fan McCain is a Man of Change !
A can do leader in the can.

Sad, very sad.

If this doesn't lead to a landslide for the Democrats, the American people just don't get it.

One reason millions "don't get it," is the extremely POOR job done by journalists and the federal government itself in educating Americans.

Another issue has to be the extraordinarily high level of ignorance on the part of the American public regarding financial issues.

We can't afford to be intellectually LAZY, people! It's nothing short of our economic lives that is at stake.

McDubya will follow in the footsteps of the current Dubya.
Voters WILL NOT allow that to happen this election term. Once the debates are over Barack will be up by 15 to 20 percentage points on his way to the Presidency!!
The FIRST debate was just to bate him in… the SECOND debate will break McClown Down… & the THIRD will be the DAGGER for McDubya!!

Barack Your Vote

ME September 29th, 2008 9:35 am ET

Where's the story of the family telling Obama to STOP wearing their child's bracelet that he touted at the debate? The father told Obama not to wear it and stop using it as a campaign talking point, yet he still is using it????? CNN went out and found the little girl from Hillary Clinton's 3am ad and made a huge deal over the fact that she was now voting for BO, yet you don't cover the PARENT of a DEAD SOLDIER asking Obama to stop using their child's name and story on the campaign trail, and BO refuses the request of the family and just continues to do so?????????

CNN – ALL BIAS, ALL BULL

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Your story is all WRONG, i suggest you research this nonsense you post before you hit submit.

… and watch the Republicans spin it to appear that McCain is responsible for crafting the bailout, even though he never participated in the negotiations.

It has become obvious that the Republican strategy in choosing presidential candidates is to improve the legacy of preceeding GOP presidents. George H. W. Bush made Reagan look good. George W. Bush makes his father look really good. McCain, for his part, "would have us longing for Bush-era competence".

In actuality, the dumbing-down of Republican presidents is due to the maneuverings of a small group of neocons who maintain power through a puppet president. Sarah Palin is next in line.

When I voted for HRC I voted for the best candidate and I voted on qualifications and issues. I am proud of my vote.

When Obama and his supporters threatened the DNC and got the superdelegates to install him as nominee- the qualifications and issues argument was rendered moot.

I can't believe people aren't seeing the big picture here. This "bail out" is more about protecting us folks on main street. If more and more Wall Street firms were to fail, thousands upon thousands of average Americans would lose their jobs, savings and investment portfolios of average Americans would be greatly reduced or wiped out, it would be all but impossible for the average American to get a loan, etc. And this blame game is getting ridiculous too. Average Americans are also to blame, like the woman I read about who bought a home for $280,000 when she only made $25,000 a year, knowing full well she couldn't afford the mortgage.

Bush sucks! We can't afford four more years of this crap. NO Failin' Palin, no more old man McSame!

That bill better be followed by some arrests! I want a complete investigation of all bank activities in the past 5 years. We should demand economic justice.

Shame on all the people who voted for Bush twice!! You're getting exactly what you deserve.

This was 6 years of Republican deregulation, welfare for the Rich, and a lack of oversight that got us into this mess. How could the Democrats create this mess in two years? Some of you need to do better research.

PEOPLE ARE MISTAKEN ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS BEING AT FAULT!

FROM 1994 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2007 CONGRESS WAS IN REPUBLICAN CONTROL AND THE REPUBLICANS DID ALL THEY COULD TO …..DE-REGULATE! THEY REAP WHAT THEY SOW…..AND WE PAY FOR IT!

PLEASE, AMERICA, WAKE UP!

It is truly amazing that some on these blogs, still support Pailin? Are you all deaf and blind? There is truly something wrong there.

What moron asked Clinton if Obama was a great man!? Evidently expectations of a 'great man' have fallen to an all new low..

Both parties are to blame and neither candidate will take a true leadership position on this.

Only Sarah Palin told us the truth.

This deal sucks, but without it we may end up on the path to a full depression.

Sarah is NO fool- and honest as well.

its "fuzzy" math

Keep Walking George! . . . Just Keep On Walking!

that would equal approximately $2200 for every single american citizen.

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$700,000,000,000

Don't be shy. Write it out. That's a "7″ with eleven zeros.

$ 700,000,000,000

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$700,000,000,000.00

I need money, can I have some. Just a million, what's the difference.

700,000,000,000.00 or 699,999,000,000.00

Please Million more, million less for the bailout plan, they won't miss a million.

CNN, this is not related to this story, but since you no longer allow comments on your other stories, I will enter this here. Why are you not reporting the story on how hundreds of people protested Palin in Alaska for the second time this month? Instead you have this silly stories on the ticker, Why Clinton won't call Obama a great man, Palin debating skills. CNN, please report some news!!! Are you having Leslie Sanchez or Candy Crowley write up these silly stories?

»VOTE WELL=VOTE McCain/Palin.»The AMERICANS are NOT that DUMB!»McCain will WIN.

I was totally against the Iraq war because I believed, in my heart of hearts, there were no WMD's (not enough time to rebuild after they were all destroyed in the late 90′) or Saddam/Al Queda link (he was totally secular!). So I have been very wary of Dubya for years and years.

However, something is telling me that indeed the banking industry is in crisis. It's time to stop pointing fingers and do something about it. Whether it's termed a bailout or a loan (and I think we're getting it to a loan status) something needs to be done, if nothing more than to boost confidence. I agree that CEO's shouldn't receive any sort of extraordinary compensation of they choose to participate in this plan. I also definitely agree that it's the shredding of regulation and oversight that got us here (have y'all noticed the increase in food-related illnesses and recalls since FDA has been hobbled?). But some steps must be taken. Could the money have been returned to taxpayers to help them pay off their mortgages? Perhaps, but then you'd get into the situation of people who are not behind asking "What about me? Why am I not receiving anything? I paid my taxes AND my mortgage. Do I not count?"

Trust me, I have been personally affected by the failures of both AIG and WaMu and am staring down the hole of Wachovia! Better financial management and oversight are the things we need the MOST right now over this industry. It's very apparent that this is an industry that cannot and will not oversee itself.

Thanks to GWB for creating the People's Republic of America. (Rich People's Republic I might add). GWB – Biggest 21st Century Disaster
Vote for a dummy u get this..
Vote for his less intelligent sequel.. outcome Unknown.

I supported Bush in 04 based on the lies about the war. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought that they would eventually find WMD, I blame myself for believing the Gov't.
won't be deceived again

Obama/Biden 08

»Sarah Palin=WONDERFUL Lady=HONEST Leader=Next Vice-President. Yes.

Everybody who is writing about the Keating 5 Scandel needs to look at it a little more closely. First off both John McCain and John Glenn were given a reprimand by congress. It was the other 3 DEMOCRATIC senators who were heavily involved with Charles Keating.

After this experience however; McCain has worked hard and long to reform the finance laws. In the end after years of trying we got McCain-Feingold bill.

CNN, you post another Republican mouthpiece article by Ed Rollins. Why do you only print articles by someone like Ed who is a corrupt shill for the Republican cancer party?

CNN = FOX SPEWS in drag.

Someone needs to go to jail behind this mess. Wall street is pading their pockets for a long time buy back. Stop the CEO Checks for these companys and put a hold on their bank accounts. Go Obama/ Biden

Maybe this is really a set-up for Obama to inherit this mess that the Bush admistration and his rich cronies are leaving.
As Hillary said, it will take a Clinton to clean up the mess another Bush made. Perhaps she is waiting for 2012. Is this why Bill isn't helping? But then again Bill didn't really help his wife either! It appeared that he did just as much damage to her campaign as well.

Extraordinary just like the "Gambler" trying to get in the Whitehouse. I would never in my life vote for someone like McCain that is a well known gambler

Really no one except the greedy companies want this bailout. But, it is a shame that the Republicans are using this as a platform to pretend to care about regular folks. The GOP are afraid of losing their Washington jobs so all of a sudden are against helping big business. They're playing politics when they should be working together. It is your GOP President Bush that is bringing the bill to all of you. But, experts agree something has to be done or we will be in a real mess. I hope Obama can turn this country around when he takes office in January.

I'm not sure most people understand exactly how important this bailout is. This wasn't proposed simply to screw people over and bail out a greedy wall street. This is our LAST resort before the economy completely breaks down. I'd rather be paying this debt off then not have a working or functional economy. What needs to be done next is to start prosecuting some of the greedy individuals who let this happen. Have them start to make reprimands from their own pockets.

if Bush backs it, then……………………………………………

Seems to me what you do not need in Washington is another politician , thats why I am surprised over opposition to Palin. The democratic leader in congress pushing this bill getting $13 million from wall street in the past 10 years . COME ON !!!!!!!

To all those hateful and bitter people who are clinging to their hate stop blaming Obama and creating your fine print here!!

Obama has nothing to do with Bush era!

It figures that we would get all these Bush haters blaming this debacle on him as if he caused 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and all the other messes this country is in. Typical lack of self-responsibility from all those who have lived beyond their means and now want to blame the very ones who have tried to protect them and encourage them to live responsibly without handouts.

I'm tired of Bush, I'm tired of Wall Street, I'm tired of the reactions of all these unethical people. As far as I am concerned we need to impeach Bush (although we probably don't have enough time), arrest all the Wall Street power brokers, and have the DJI turned off. Who cares? They all seem to think that they can control day to day life. I still have to go to work, I still have to pay the mortgage bill, the utility bills, and buy gas. Geesh… I'm tired of it all.

You have to love the Republican Party and all those who voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004! The man is wonderful, he knows how to reward his supporters. Let vote for McCain & Palin: who knows what great gifts they will bring to America? I am thanking all the red states of 2000 and 2004. Please enjoy the fruits of your labors

President Bush we thank you for the war in Iraq, we thank you for the $700 B, we thank you for our standing in the world. You are the greatest of all US presidents. Oh republicans and right wing religious people rejoice, your choice has made our country what it is today!

Bush and his administration are Socialist's !!! Don't ever talk about Obama and democrats wanting to socialize programs! This is proof that the biggest boondoggles ever perpetrated on the american taxpayer is the Iraq war and the socialist bailout of Wall Street and the American financial and banking system's, all thanks to George W. Bush.

Let's review the past 7+ years and the major horrors that have occurred under Republican rule:

9/11-Bush/Rice ignore warnings about attacks
Iraq-So many wasted + ruined lives (not to mention the billions lost)
Katrina-Bush & McCain eat birthday cake while people drown

Not to mention: semi-retarded justice appointments from bible colleges, torture, Brownie, Gonzalez…

I knew Bush had one more screw up in him; he's bankrupted every business he ever touched. He couldn't even find oil in Texas.

Since McBush is totally clueless about how to fix our economic disaster. If he is elected. He will be a Lame Duck on the day he is sworn in.

»John "GREAT man" McCain will be the WINNER,of course.

MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD IN NOVEMBER. VOTE AGAINST MCCAIN / PALIN AND THROW THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF CONGRESS.

THEIR EXCUSE THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE SOMEHOW TO BLAME FOR THIS FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY IN CONGRESS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IS RIDICULOUS.

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND THE CONGRESS FOR 6 OF THOSE YEARS.

THEY HAVE OBVIOUOSLY BEEN IN A COMA FOR MUCH, IF NOT ALL OF THAT TIME.

IF YOU LIKE THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN VOTE FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN, IF NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA / BIDEN OR DON'T WHINE WHEN MORE OF THE SAME CONTINUES.

70% Income tax for the rich!!!

85% income tax if they own more than three houses!!!

90% if they take home yearly bonuses more than $5,000,000!!!

Let's go back to the New Deal that FDR put in place to deal with these looters!!!

Replace Sarah Palin with Mitt Romney. Put COUNTRY FIRST. We need someone who has command of the economy.

Funny how all the DEMOCRAPS want to blame the GOP for the current financial mess. It was Bill Clinton's supercharged Community Reinvestment Act of 1995 (an update of Jimmy Carter's original 1970's version), which FORCED lending to unqualified borrowers in the name of diversity.

There you liberals go again trying to legislate diversity in a great social experiment. Well, it just so happened your liberal dumb actions messed up this country – YET AGAIN. And your accomplices in the press should be ashamed of themselves for towing the line.

But don't worry, liberal lemmings, the SILENT MAJORITY in America…MY America…is slowly waking up and will NOT VOTE for Obama bin Biden.

Abby September 29th, 2008 9:31 am ET
May God Bless our country.
It seems it is the DEM's – and their "leaders" that got us in this mess – now they want to be involved in helping to "fix" it!
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Here is proof that the internet reaches other galexies. No one living on this planet could make such a rediculous statement.

Honestly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read this type of comment – perfect evidence of how Bush got elected TWICE !!!!

»The LOVELY,smart,CAPABLE Sarah Palin is MUCH BETTER for Vice-President than that INSIGNIFICANT fellow called Joe "Bin or BIDEN or something!!"!!.. McCain/Palin 08=Presidential DREAM Ticket/Team. Yes

Under Bush, we went from a $150 billion budget surplus to a $600 billion budget deficit … Also, national debt as gone from $4 trillion to $9.5 trillion, lmao, guess "drinking buddy" president isn't such a good idea!

Despite all the failures of these past eight years the republicans insist that any deal protect their wall street buddies.

The republicans have been holding the world hostage with the threat of a world wide depression if they didn't get their way with this financial deal.

The Democratic Party was offered a choice, take the deal that protects the GOP wall street guys or take the depression while the GOP'ers wait it out in their mansions.

The facts are clear: Congressmen Frank, Dodd, and Schumer are the real reasons for this collapse. They were the ones who shot down attempts to curtail Fannie and Freddie (legislation that was co-sponsored by McCain). THEY were the ones who, when pratically everyone else was warning Congress that something should be done. They sat there, saying everything was fine…while taking loads and loads of money from both Frannie and Freddie. They are the embodiment of the crooked politician you so ignorantly accuse the Republicans of being.

Fact, if someone would have put this trio of idiots in there place, and the government would have put better watches on Fannie and Freddie, instead of that insane and business destroying Sarbaines-Oxley, we wouldn't be in this mess. So no, all you ranting about how it's Bush's fault, or it's the Rebuplicans' fault – no, this one rests on your shoulders. And anyone with at least half a brain will know that (which unfortunately leaves out the commentors here blaming Bush and the Repubs).

Oh, and hey, which Congressman received the most money from Fannie and Freddie in the shortest amount of time? That's right, The Annointed One, Mr. Barry "Have My Underlings Handle the Details" Obama. When you factor in just how little he's actually been on the job he was elected for (3 years of daydreaming about being president don't count), that amount's even higher.

We need to see the details of the salary cap. Since they all work for the US Goverment now. No individual should earn more that the president of the USA.. Line item veto should be included in the bill if you want to stop all the funny business. Lets see just how concerned this congress is..

It's a 110 pages so it must be good!
I've the sinking feeling we're looking at the biggest heist ever before the the wheels come of the wagon

Speaking at the White House, Bush called the proposed measure "an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem."……………by an extraordinary President who caused it all. Congratulations.

To Abby: How in Heaven's name do you manage to believe that the Democrats – who haven't had any power to override a veto since 2000 – are responsible for the mess the Bush corporate thieves have delivered to us!? Democrats have a minimal majority while the Republicans vote lockstep with Bush. For over 6 years, Republicans had complete control of the White House and both branches of Congress. You cannot lay this rotten egg at the Democratic doorstep. Bush and the Republican "borrow and spend" leadership have to own this one.

The democrats clearly still do NOT get it.
Millions of democrats will not vote for Obama.
Here is the reason why- and I will even quote John Kerry to make it easy to understand: We were FOR Obama before we were AGAINST him.

That is, Obama's own actions in the primary lost him those votes.
Examples:
The self proclaimed Mr. Clean played dirty Chicago Politics- played the race card. Played it against The Clintons and all their supporters. Unbelievable as that might be- the MSM went along with that ploy.

The self proclaimed uniter decided on a strategy of divide and conquer. So to secure the nomination he recklessly divided the party along racial, gender, age, income and geographical lines.

And, Obama has inspired the most ugly, vitriolic, insulting, vulgar, foul and filthy democrats as his supporters.

BUSH AND REPUBLICANS HAVE RUINED THIS COUNTRY THEY ALL BELONG IN JAIL!!!!

Yo Dumbya, Even Bill O'Reilly gets it now: This is your legacy, baby!

Worst President in the History of the United States: Failed Wars and the biggest financial failure since Herbert Hoover!

The same poeple that voted for Bush are now supporting McCain BECAUSE OF PALIN.

Way to go Mr. Maverick. (sarcastic clapping)

Way to DISTANCE YOURSELF from Bush.

PURE CRIMINAL! NOT GOOD FOR RURAL AMERICA AND MAINSTREET AS IS BEING TOLD TO AMERICA..

Mighty Joe Young – What Democratic leader benefited most from Fannie and Freddie? Shhh, don't tell on him, the liberals (in their delusion) think his hands are clean. You are obviously only hearing half of the story. Neither party is guiltless, don't pretend the Democrats are any better when they promote leaching.

Bill is right Obama is not a grate man Bill Clinton is and McCain is too wish Bill Clinton was on the ticket this time but i am doing a write in vote for the next best Hillary,

I will not vote for anybody that supports this Bailout. Not a one.

The rich saw this finacial crisis coming and they did nothing! McSame was a deregulator and he wants credit for the bail out! Gimme a break!

Palin is ALREADY dodging subpoenas – and she isn't even in office yet. Cheney? Rove? all the other rep. admin. staff that dodged subpoenas? THINK PEOPLE.

Anyone who wants to do a little homework on this mess should look at the following:

1. 1982: Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act
2. 1987: Keating Five
3. 1999: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
4. 2000: Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which led to the rise of Credit Default Swaps

The common thread? John McCain was involved in all of them.

This mess goes clear back to the 1980s, folks. It flared up a few times, but has now become volcanic. It can no longer be ignored, hence our current situation.

If I'm not mistaken, Obama, whom Mr. McDenial has accused of this mess, was still in college in the 80s.

It's sad….. give it up, Grandpa.

McCsin didn't even know what the plan was when asked about it! How can he now be saying that he was activiely involved in its development!!

What bullcrap!!! We see through this web of lies republicans and we won't fall for it!!!

Well, don't misunderestimate the damage you've already done tool man!

Now, how will America's CEOs respond to the taxpayer bailout in an optional crisis caused by their own lack of leadership? They will surely have to cut wages and lay people off, won't they? After all, that is how the free market works – except for them, of course.

Anytime "mistakes" are made that make people money, you can guarantee the same mistakes will occur again. These greedy execs know you can't sell money that doesn't exist for too long before it catches up with you.

Palin the political stunt— Anyone who votes for this woman is truly short sighted!

Palin- We the american people say "THANKS BUT NO THANKS"!

Palin the subpeona dodger — how can anyone select this secretive subpeona dodging fool!!!

Please give the congressmen and women time to read this bill! Give it a week. This is the same way the Patriot Act was crammed down their throats remember?

The root problem to the financial crisis is greed that has been allowed to spiral out of control WITHOUT PROPER REGULATION.

Deregulation is the mantra of the Republicans. Lack of regulation has hurt the housing market. Lack of regulation has hurt the financial markets. Lack of regulation is hurting America and the rest of the world.

Why is America in so much debt? Why is world in a financial crisis?

8 years of Republican leadership.

After months of telling America and the world not to worry about the housing crisis, and then not to worry about failing financial institutions, it was the REPUBLICAN President and his REPUBLICAN administration WHO WANTED TO BAILOUT WALL STREET.

It was a Republican President and his Republican administration WHO HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO RESOLVE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS QUICKLY.

Although the Democrats did not like a bailout for Wall Street, they had no choice, and you have to give them full marks for trying to resolve the financial crisis even though it isn't their mess!

Hey OBAMA I'm from MISSOURI and I will say anything I WANT. MISSOURI DOESN'T NEED YOU AS A DICTATOR… you will NEVER be my president.

I do not see nearly enough accountabilty for the "perps" on Wall Street. Where is the serious prison time? They committed financial terrorism against our country during a time of war. The fact that the American taxpayer would even be funding their paycheck is inconceivable! They will not need a paycheck in prision. They must think us stupid?

And then there are the "banks" who have sent American jobs overseas. Please tell me Bushie and his buddies are going to insist that the jobs be returned to the US before any bailout money (American Workers' tax dollars) is GIVEN to those companies.

This stinks so bad. Does Bush have enough courage to now tell the American people that yes, he will have to raise taxes to pay for this give-away? What is he going to just "charge it"?

The congressman and senators reviewing the "BILL" are not capable of determining what is good and what is bad about the proposed "BILL" There needs to be a commission or panel of individuals qualified to determine if the "BILL" is worth while. I hate to say this but the people voting on the "BILL" should not be. The congress is the worst in history and we expect them to understand the "BILL". and what it will and will not accomplish. The people trying to fix the problem are the ones that have created the problem. GET AN EDUCATED PANEL TOGETHER TO EVALUATE THIS BILL BEFORE T IS VOTED ON. w

INDEPENDENT VET – do you honestly think we're stupid enough to believe you are independent when you come on here and spew such hatred? Seriously.

I really Feel bad for all of US hardworking AMERICANS who WILL BE IN DEBT PAYING FOR THIS DEBT. MYSELF, WIFE, CHILDREN and POTENTIAL GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE PAYING FOR THIS S@@@!!!!

OH yea thanks CNN for not posting my earlier comments

You right wingers are still looking to pin blame on the Dems by flinging around terms and names like ACORN, Freddie and Fannie without knowing how they fit in the context of this argument. Not really a smart way to gain credibility but I can't fault you guys, you still think McCain puts country first.

Answer me on Rick Davis. Is it ok that he resigned as a lobbyist but still profits from the practice and owns a managing share in a lobbying firm? Two faced behavior one can only expect from the right wing and their fanatical followers.

People need to wake up and stop the blame game. It's getting really old. I am an Obama supporter but am a bit puzzled as to why the democratic congress who we elected to clean up the mess of the 6 years the repugs were in congress did nothing when the warnings were clearly there. I hate to admit it but I did some research and found out that indeed John McCain did warn congress back in May of 2006 that if they didn't do something to clean up Freddie and Fannie that the economy would suffer. The dems killed the bill. Unfortunately it is in the congressional record for all to see.

I hope Obama acknowledges this fact so that the McCain campaign won't make ads showing McCain on the senate floor as I'm sure C-Span covered it.

I hate this bill and I am sick and tired of bailing out airlines, banks, etc.

The Supreme Court appointed President George Bush is responsible for the economic crisis the U.S. is facing today along with the rubber stamp Republican Congress who gave him blank checks time after time. Bush has knowlingly lied to the American people teliing us all the economy is strong and in good condition. Crooked two-faced McCain and the pig with lipstick clueless Palin would bring more of the same, since McCain voted in support of Bush over 90 percent of the time. After this election, the Democrats will have a veto proof, filibuster proof majority in both Houses.

Only in America can you bankrupt a company and still walk away with millions of dollars!?

I think "golden parachutes" should be illegal. If a CEO knows he's going to lose everything (just like the rest of us), then he/she will have a LOT more INCENTIVE to do a good job.

$500,000 is still a LOT of money for ruining other people's lives. SHAMEFUL!

And, once again, "the fundamentals of our economy are strong".

Uh-huh.

So is Bush now the biggest nationaliser since Lenin? Many in the press over in Britain are saying this. All hail Bush, the socialist.

Just yell CRISIS! CRISIS!! and watch Congress jump through hoops for you.. Boy W is still playing with these liberals like puppets.

The people who were foolish enough to vote for Bush two times are also responsible for this mess, along with the Iraq War, the horrible handling of Katrina, and our record deficits. You people voted for this "leader" TWICE. Look at the state of our nation now. Thanks a bunch.

If banks refuse to lend each other, how can we trust them eough to lend them or bail them out? They know each other the best.

Abby, you bring shame to our name

OBAMA 08!!! For peace and prosperity!

Why aren't the representives of the people not listening to the people….We don't want a bail out. Let the high paid ceo's bail out the lending companies….that's who the responsibliy should fall back on..isn't that why they are paid the big bucks???

Vote the rascals out !

I have 4 basic problems with the wall street welfare/bailout bill as it stands.

1. Executive salaries aren't limited. Its just that anything over 500k cannot be deducted by the company. That's not going to stop any of these folks from milking their companies right into the grave.

2. Golden Parachutes can still happen and we could wind up paying for them. I want to know where the golden parachutes are for the people who've lost their homes or had their jobs outsourced to china?

3. There used to be value in being an American company and doing business here. I think foreign companies should not be bailed out with out tax dollars. Foreign organizations and/or companies that have moved jobs overseas need to get their bailouts from the governements of the countries they are in and not from our tax dollars.

4. The "equity" we get in these companies who participate is "non voting common stock" I think they need to try again. If they want our money we get a vote in their annual meetings.

I hope John McCain keeps getting the credit for making phone calls and getting support for this wall street welfare. He deserves it but he doesn't deserve our vote.

Never trust Bush…anything he's trying to push through w/o examination, is suspect. He's trying to give his buddies a parting gift.

abby. it was bush and repubs did this. they been in office 8 years.

I forgot to mention though – that cost in my math would be considering perfect conditions. Given the state of the economy, the $700B is not nearly going to be enough to fix all woes given the government's spending rate on other programs and activities. In a perfect world, it would only take $2.3 per taxpayer.

Also breaking news – Citigroup is taking control of Wachovia. Is your bank next?

still baffled September 29th, 2008 9:54 am ET

"I saw nothing wrong with Palin's non committal IF we HAVE to…. comment on Pakistan."

Palin could go on stage butt naked and pinching McCain's nips and you still wouldn't see anything wrong.

Don't sign this bill! 20 percent of any profit will go straight to left-wing ACORN. This is taxpayer money and we do not want ACORN getting one cent! Fight this NOW!

US Population = approx. 301 billion
Bailout Bill = $700 billion appropriated

Simple Math:

700,000,000,000 / 300,000,000,000 = $2.3 per person in the US…

Maybe the bailout isn't that bad?

People living beyond their means and gambling with the market got us into this mess, now taxpayers will bail us out – even the taxpayers that live responsibly within their means, don't gamble and have extra to give to charity. I hope there are safeguards to prevent this debacal from happening again but I surely doubt it. If anyone would take time to study the Biblical plan for the economy -and I mean an in-depth study, not just one imagines it to be because of a verse here or there – you will come to the conclusion that it is the fairest and best way to run personal and governmental economy. The people responsible for this disaster are all of those who participated in irresponsible financial practices including the lenders AND the borrowers.

way to go bush. now leave!

McCain must be pissed . there's no money in this bill for him to start WWIII

I am not in agreement with this bailout. If the government
has a trillion dollars to spend it should be spent on it’s citizens and not the financial industry. I don’t even know why they are considered an industry the only thing they produce are figures on a spread sheet. They need to be re-regulated before consideration can be given to use our money to get them out of the fix they got themselves in as a result of deregulation. This money should be used to improve the nations infrastructure, something we as taxpayers can actually see. Fix our roads and bridges, build high speed rail routes (I’m sure Europeans that come here don’t go home and lavish praise on our
Amtrak system.), rebuild the electrical grid, invest in research to replace the internal combustion engine, public transportaion and so on. This will create jobs for average Americans and rebuild the economy from the bottom up. Enough with trickle down.

I just checked my portfolio and it has really taken a big hit. I will never vote for a Republican or as the man running for governor of my state of Washington prefers to be called G.O.P.

i bet they are laughing at us.

Hey independent Vet. So in your mind anyone not white and who's last name isn't smith is muslim and a terrorist threat? you are a disgrace my friend, and it's people like you that are the main reasons america can't get over it's issues.

Bush is so Clueless, he has lied his whole time in office. A few weeks ago he was saying the economy is fundamentally strong, this guy has zero foresight, This administration knew this was going to happen months ago, Bush was trying to stretch this until after this election was over but it collapsed. Every American should be calling for Bushes head right now.

People have been killed for less in the states, I think 4 trillion dollars is deserving of the death penalty

Another democrat government fix to another democrat caused government problem.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Can you imagine the freakin' disaster this country will be if Obama is "President" with a democrat majority???

An Extraordinary Agreement to deal with a terrible economic problem caused by eight years of despicable Presidential mis management in concert with criminal Corporate greed ! Please America ! End this now. No McBush, no how, no way !!

FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THE MONEYH IS NOT BEING TOSSED OUT THE WINDOW. This is not a "BAIL OUT" it really is a LOAN. Granted the TAX Payers might not get every penny back, but they stand to get most of the money back. In fact if things do go well in the new few years a profit coudl be made to help reduce the deficet that BUSH dug the country into.

NEED NEW IDEAS IN THE GOVERNMENT not more of the same one thing.

Government spending in a time like this as essential to get more people employeed and working on projects to free us from oil dependance. New jobs mean more revenues and that will help get the economy back on track. SPENDING FREEZE as McCain wanted in his statement during the detate is REALLY STUPID but then consider the sourse.

Hey Abby,

How is everything on the Planet Marigold? The Dems got us into this mess? You outta do Stand-up comedy or better yet move to Alaska with that other "person".

People living beyond their means and gambling with the market got us into this mess, now taxpayers will bail us out – even the taxpayers that live responsibly within their means, don't gamble and have extra to give to charity. I hope there are safeguards to prevent this debacal from happening again but I surely doubt it. If anyone would take time to study the Biblical plan for the economy -and I mean an in-depth study, not just one imagines it to be because of a verse here or there – you will come to the conclusion that it is the fairest and best way to run personal and governmental economy.

When Biden sticks his foot in his mouth and is off message from the officicial position of the Obama ticket- NO one calls him ignorant or moronic- and Biden has had 30 years to practice up on his delivery and interviews.

Sarah's comment on Pakistan was not as bad as most of Biden's blunders but the Obama supporters are calling her an ignorant moron over it.

The House Republicans had better support the President. With news the world economy is in trouble and banks worldwide are being bailed out, we had better take action.

P.S. Replace Sarah Palin with Mitt Romney. Put COUNTRY FIRST. This is a financial Pearl Harbor. We need someone who knows something about the economy.

This so- called "extraordinary agreement" is the so- called "solution" to a so- called "extraordinary problem" CREATED BY……… SIX LONG YEARS OF A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND BUSH!

How could anyoen be expected to believe anything Paulson says after having been the CEO of Goldman Sachs for only two years and walking away with a sweet $140 million dollar package?

It doesn't take a financial genius to know that you NEVER put the fox in chage of the hen house.

Anyone able to think for themselves should also know by now that if Bush thinks something is a good idea, that is reasone enough to worry.

Regarding the bracelet story: If you would inform yourself, you would learn that it's the father (who is divorced from the mother) who said he was against it. This news story was written without even bothering to ask if the mother may have a different opinion.

When she was asked by another news organisation, she said (and *she*, after all, was the one who gave it to Obama), although she was reluctant for her son to be mention during stump speeches (which was honoured), she sad she was glad Obama mentioned it during the debate, so America could see that there are different opinions on this issue.

He is determined to bailout the rich guys, and pushing very hard to make it happen.

$700 Billion to Wall Street.
$???? Billions for War in Iraq.
$00000 Dollars to Tax Payers of this Country.

You and other members of your cabinet should be ashamed.

A sad day for America.

If by chance, McCain/Palin win this election, we will be as extinct as the dinasaurs. If we survive, I'll never vote again!

Abby, lol. You must have gone to school on the little yellow bus with the special wheelchair ramp on it if you believe the Dems are responsible for this. It's like republicans want to believe the last 8 years didn't happened and that history only stretches back to last Tuesday.

But you'll see what Dems do when they have a fillabuster-proof majority in the house and senate and a President that won't veto everything that doesn't help his buddys personally.

Wake up Abby.

Main Street, Wall Street, and the government were all responsible for this disaster. Greed, ignorance, and lack of oversight by the government are a dangerous combination. And as usual, many suffer for the few. . .

I saw nothing wrong with Palin's non committal IF we HAVE to…. comment on Pakistan.

It was not truly off message for the McCain campaign- and it was similar to but NOT as overt as Obama's stand. Actually… one could say that Obama's position is the "Bush doctrine" of strike them first where ever we see them – and also Israel's position toward the Iran threat.

To me it just proved that Palin has her own thoughts and is no "yes" man- but is her own woman.

Biden, too has many times stated a position that was inconsistent with that of his running mate.

I worry about this deal no matter how they put it together.

The House GOP are right. You cannot simply "buy" the stuff at more than market value. Let the market take some of the hit it deserves.

The House GOP are wrong. Insurance "guarantess" is likely to amount to the something worse than outright buying the stuff. What stopping them from submitting a claim for the FULL value.

so the people that have wrecked our economy through greed and mismanagement and rewarded with a bailout deal? Meanwhile, the people of the country that have been suffering the most through layoffs and foreclosures now have to pay to fix it? i dont get it…i guess their are people a lot smarter than me out there…we are a bunch of sheep being led to slaughter. god help us all. this is the worst example of throwing good money after bad that ive ever seen.

Hey, my financial system is in trouble too – who wil bail me out?

I have spent all my money to pay off my mortgage on schedule and now I have a house paid off but I'm broke as I lost my job and the town wants my house for back taxes.

No chance to re-finance w/o job, no money to pay taxes. Hate to lose a $500K house for a lousy $5,000 default.

BTW – do we have enough trees in Alaska to print all those billions of dollars needed for bailout?

hey sarah palien,

——-i can see corruption from my house…u r the lady of shame.

there must be someone in washington with half the brains they were born with to put an end to this nonsense. it isnt obama or mccain. just another fixed election where we get to choose the lesser of 2 evils. its a sad time for americans.

I wonder if McCain will admit he is wrong about the economy and about starting the Iraq war. I think if he can call Obama out on the surge he should be able to admit the trickle down theory doesn't work and that going to war was a fraud as well as an unneccesary drain on our economy.

The ONLY way I'll ever be for this bailout is if they take the money from the Pentagon's budget.

According to an analysis by the independent Tax Policy Center, the tax plan Obama has proposed during the campaign would increase taxes in 2009 on the wealthiest 20 percent of households, while offering tax cuts for the other 80 percent.

Thhis really sounds like one of BUSH'S TRICKs to get a lot of excitment at a time when noone can afford to say stop lets look at the facts. The timing is too funny to be for real. The fact that McCain tried to make BIG Political Capital out of this event shows that it may be just staged. This financial problem has been around for a long time and many people have lost their homes already but now just days befor the electin it is a CRISES. OH PLEASEEEEE.

Obama has been talking about the problem for over a year but McCain and Bush kept saying the FUNDAMENTALS WERE SOUND and everything was ok FREE MARKET is the BEST MARKET Cut back o n regulation. Now McCain tries to act liek he was for more Regulatin all along LIE LIE LIE. Need to get them out of power NOW.

Just a thought:
Instead of bailing out these rich CEOs why not give all of those Homeowners who have paid on time a chance to Refinance at the Fed Rates that they privately give to banks????
The GOV will still make money and people will pay less on their mortgages and that will stimulate the money flow.
I know, dumb idea but it is my two cents. I bet Wall Street will take the cash and Still declare Chapter 11 in a year or so and we will be left holding the bag.
The rich always take care of the rich!
Elect the man with just one house!
Barack in 08!

How would Bush know; according to him he didn't see it coming.

Bush and his cronies are cleaning out our money before they leave the house.

The financial institutes are taking advantage of the bailout and are trying to profit from it by re-defining there loans so that they can get money for them.

You are witnessing the greatest robbery in American History.

Just imagine what 700 Billion could do for us…. just imagine…

Keating 5 started this mess with deregulation way back. Come on CNN, when will the truth come out? November 5? A lot of people don't even know what Keating 5 involved. INFORM US.

Abby wrote, "May God Bless our country. It seems it is the DEM's – and their 'leaders' that got us in this mess – now they want to be involved in helping to 'fix' it!"

Abby, you are delusional. I recommend that you check yourself in to a good psychiatric institution and plan on a long stay. I am not particularly partisan, but the only thing the Democrats did to get us in this fix their timidity in pointing out the disasters that Republicans were setting us up for. What Democratic leader proposed the deregulation of the banking and credit industries? What Democratic leader has proposed a $700 billion dollar gift to those industries as a reward for their absolute lack of foresight? What Democratic leader told us that the "free market" would always make the right decision?

GWD had no choice but to bail out the country after the crooked democrats caused the mess. I hope the FBI can get the democratic culprits including Obama and his gang. Voter fraud by ACORN, Freddie and Fannie fraud at the highest Democratic level. If you vote democratic, it will be "more of the same."

I'm surprised he managed to say ex-tra-or-din-ary TWICE in one sentence !!!

Once the vote has been secured and implemented, it is time to take a look at how and who are responsible for this financial Pearl Harbor. Only when those guilty are brought to trial will not only the American people feel some justice has been served but a little jail-time will go along way to deter others from lining their pockets with the taxpayer money. This must not be swept under the rug —- the American people want justice.

A Senior Southern Lady

It's an extraordinary agreement for corporate America. Who else but large corporations can make these kinds of errors in judgment and then have the American taxpayer come to their rescue? And who will this bill enrich? Not middle America. This is another bill of goods sold to America by political hacks that are more interested in lining their own pockets than in really doing the right thing for our nation. Another bite out of the taxpayers pocket with nothing in return. Typical.

John McCain and Phil Gramm really need to take the credit for creating the mess. I would only hope that the Republicans have finally learned a lesson on ecomonics.

I really can't approve of a bill that Bush is recommending. Hasn't he broken this country enough?

How can we, as Americans, look at this situation as anything but shameful. As we sit in our homes and worry about whether or not we can retire, pay bills, buy grocieries or how we can weather the next medical problem that could face us – those in the House and Senate still have the better health coverage. This bailout money could have been better used in a number of ways, but due to Republican deregulation and the absence of intelligence in the Bush administration we are basically screwed. My husband and I cannot forgot what the past eight years has done to the future of our country. The very idea that McCain used this crisis to politicize his campaign disgusts us. We WILL NOT be voting Republican this year – we WILL be voting for Obama/Biden.

How did the DEMs get us into this. The Bush ownership society is to blame for this. He is the one that pushed legislation encouraging lenders to give loans to anyone. Where can you put the blame for this on the DEMs? I want specifics?

The sad truth about this bail out is President Bush is paying his buddies back before he leaves office.

He should just leave the White House and go th e the Big House..

Jail is the best place for this Crook.

America is be ROB EYES WIDE OPEN!!!!!

Help, Help, I am beiing Rob by the President and theres nothing I can do about it….

It doesn't go far enough. It is better than the proposal written in crayon by the Bush administration, but unless there is a clear requirement to put in changes to *fix the broken system* then Congress will forget about taxpayers on Nov. 5th.

This is our window of opportunity to demand the Wall Street make changes in how it works. After the election any promises and pledges will be forgotten.

Dems didn't do this Abby – Keating 5 started it way back with all of their deregulation – republican McCain involved.

Barney September 29th, 2008 9:17 am ET
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One final move to get more money for his wealthy republican friends. Take from the poor so the rich don't have to feel what we do.

BULL !!

***Speaking at the White House, Bush called the proposed measure "an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem."***

Now just 2 week ago, everything is just fine. I guess he still wants us to go "shopping" now. What a nimrod!!!!!

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2008. Change is comming.

I counldn't comment on Clinton. Bill Clinton knows Obama is not qualified and so does anybody that has followed Obama's campaine. He is a slick lawyer and has no experience, just words. I can't believe people are falling for his rhetoric. He will destroy this country.

I did not support the bailout because I felt Bush and his appointees Paulson were devoid of integrity, economic knowledge and I was suspicious of their motivations. It was too reminiscent of the run up to the Iraq war. I was extremely distrustful of the bailout.

However, today I hear that Warren Buffet has stated that the bailout is absolutely necessary, so, albeit, reluctantly, I do now support the bailout bill.

How that man can hold his head up is amazing to me. He has taken this country to within an inch of its financial ruin, he took us to war, without provacation and he has lied to us over and over again.

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For $700,000,000,000 shouldn't the taxpayers see a few "Perp Walks" ???

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Thank McCain for slowing down the process and bringing it under more scrutiny, even though it may have cost him in the polls. Now, Reid, Pelosi, Franks, Dodd and Co. are trying to take all the credit, after blaming the Repubs, of course. Where were they 2 years ago when McCain tried to introduce legislation for this same issue??? Like them or not, the House Repubs are the ones that looked out for the taxpayers…….. don't believe those Dem liars for one second.

Here is what Pres. Bush left off his quote:
"an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem."

"That me and my Wall street buddies caused"

CNN AN ALL THE OTHER NETWORKS SUPPORT THERE MUSLIM AND ALL HIS TERRORIST TIES.

CHICAGO POLITICS AT ITS FINEST HOUR , MONEY TALK S

BS WALKS , THAT IS YOUR CHICKEN LITTLE NEWS MAFIA

Money should have come to "Main Street" not to Wall Street.
If the totalt that has been given out in bail outs had been given as a one time, one per family, check to the taxpayers it would ahve allowed payments to be made, houses purchased, investments made and the would have helped stimuate the economy.
it would ahve allowed those with housing issues to pay up the mortgages or perhaps pay them off.
I have seen this poropsal in differnt places but apparently neither of the candidates, nor the congress think that we the public , whom they work for, can handle something like this.

This is an extraordinary agreement indeed. The Paulson-Pelosi-Reid bill will lead us into at least a decade of recession.

Ugh, I forgot he's still the president.

I am shocked by the article of Rollins.
He is just a lobbyist for McCain, give him
the credit for fighting still and tels us that Barack
Obama failed to win on economics during
the debate. What debate did he have seen?
Bad journalism again. When I read the articles
today, not only McCain is out of tough but also is CNN.
Perhaps you can full the Americans but surely not
the people here in Europe!

Ted van Tol, The Netherlands

Where's the story of the family telling Obama to STOP wearing their child's bracelet that he touted at the debate? The father told Obama not to wear it and stop using it as a campaign talking point, yet he still is using it????? CNN went out and found the little girl from Hillary Clinton's 3am ad and made a huge deal over the fact that she was now voting for BO, yet you don't cover the PARENT of a DEAD SOLDIER asking Obama to stop using their child's name and story on the campaign trail, and BO refuses the request of the family and just continues to do so?????????

CNN – ALL BIAS, ALL BULL

I was under the impression that the high dollar CEO's was going to be limited in compensation ???? WRONG, this is another deal where the rich get richer and the taxpayer gets screwed.

Bush Translation: I can't believe you fell for it again! Don't you know, when ever I put a bill out, I'm pulling one over on you?!?!

Obama can't even call himself a great community organizer. And he followed McCain back to Washington just to say how much they were in the way..

What else is there??

CASH GRAB

No bailout bill should provide provisions for bonuses for failed company executives, or any form of Golden Parachute. Anything less is an insult to us common people who are going to have to foot the bill.

It's a set up! Don't support it. If Bush wants a bailout then give 700 mill of his oil fortune.

It is Corporate Welfare.

May God Bless our country.
It seems it is the DEM's – and their "leaders" that got us in this mess – now they want to be involved in helping to "fix" it!

I'm so glad that John McCain, the next war czar of America saved us. It must've been his glorious stories of D-Day that got all of Congress to rank and file behind this bill.

ONE NATION

This can't be good. Id Dubya is pushing it, this plan has to be a disaster.

Everyone is to blame,with our "Keeping up with the Joneses" attitude.

Extraordinary, all right. I personally would like to know how he and Cheney and their friends figured out how to stick it to us just one last time. We may never know. Thanks, Mr. Bush. And to all those who voted for this joker, try not to pick the guy you'd most like to have a beer with in the future, for all our sakes.

Well, it places an extraordinary burden on the average American taxpayer, so I guess he didn't misspeak.

Too bad Republicans couldn't muster up quite as much concern for those average Americans as they managed to find for their Wall Street pals.

I have one small problem with this proposal: The top 5 executives in the companies being bailed out will still see their contracts fulfilled if they are fired, and if a golden parachute is part of that contract, they get to keep it. When factories are 'bailed out' by companies overseas, those employees often do not get their contracts fulfilled, why do the tax payers need to fulfill executive pay for an employee who does a poor job when millions of people who lost their jobs through no fault of their own ended up with nothing?

Otherwise, giving out the money in smaller chunks as needed and having oversight in the process helps calm my fears a bit. I completely distrust this administration after the lies they told to get us into war and strip us of civil liberties – so no way would I have approved any type of plan that gave complete discretion to the people that I believe got us into this mess to begin with.

No pal, what's extraordinary is that you have not only made hash of the war on terror and allowed the American economy to teeter on the birnk of depression through deregulation and allowing the dollar to slide 8 years, but the fact that you are still walking around freely and not in prison for shredding the U.S. Constitution and war crimes including state sanctioned torture, thanks to your enablers in Congress…

Now to see whether or not it accomplishes anything.

This man could tell me that the sun rises in the East and settles in the West and I wouldn't believe him.
I wrote him off in 2000 and I have not been disappointed.

The question is…who read the agreement to George?

This bailout is a bad idea and we should let those inept Wall Street firms go. I'm all for nationalizing the financial system but not to the extent of not getting national health care.

I would not put much stock in what Bush would say about this agreement, especially considering his lack of knowledge pertaining to everything else he has screwed up. Since Sarah, the beauty queen has arrived on the scene,,,,,,America has reverted to the good old days of the THREE STOOGES,,,,,,BUSH, MCCAIN , PALIN

To all those who voted republican in 2000 and 2004, your responsible for the election of the party that has brought America to the brink.

So, do like the sane ones that did NOT vote for bush but now have to help pay the bill for HRH disastrous reign.

I suggest you do the same, by accepting responsibility, that you enabled the Moron, and now you have to pay the price!

Perhaps, you will remember this fiasco come November 4th.

Bush and the GOP are laregely responsible for the crisis the country is now in. However, do not expect even on republican to acknowledge that. I was amazed watching the Sunday polticial programs when so many Republicans kept trying to lay the blame for this mess on the Democrats in Congress, who have had control for the alst two years.

It was patehtic they way the Republicans tried to change the subject when the responsibility was thrown back on them for having had control of the White House and Congress for the previous 6 years.

Personally I think that Paulson should be forced to step down immediately, after having been one of the CEO's who received his $140 million dollar golden parachute after just two years at Goldman Sachs.

If that is not putting the wolf in charge of the hen house, don't know what is.

Everyone who does not see that the Dems are just as responsible for the economy as the republicans are lemmings.

Ignoreing a problem to gain political gain is just as bad as making a bad policy. Infact it may be worse since your hoping for people to suffer so you can get more power.

That was one very long and sad walk out of the White House that Bush made today. A walk no president would ever wish to make. Bush's legacy will only be seen as a failure.

It is critically important that America realizes that McCain's history shows him agreeing with Bush over 90% of the time on policies that got our country in this shape to begin with. McCain is Bush 3.

The Bush legacy: My administration failed miserably to do its job, thus we bankrupted the country, but I got everyone together to bail us out. History will not be kind to old “Dub-ya” I am afraid.

Its amazing how 65 million people voted for and support anything this guy does or says. People continue to support this war in Iraq when the terrorist were never there to begin with.

The Canadian MP was right when she called this man a "moron". Bush look at what you have done to our country and economy. Few people in the world respect us, we have spent a $1 trillion on a war and almost $1trillion to bail out your millionaire friends.

The worst president in US history. Let's not support his buddy McCain.

Change we need now. Obama / Biden '08

Enough is enough!!!! Now America knows why many were not impressed by Palin from the beginning. Her selection as the VP is a slap in the face to women everywhere and just shows how sexist John McCain is. Palin may be a nice person, but even conservatives now realize she should step down. Why are there not analysts coming out of the wood work to debate this issue. McCain has sold out the country with this political stunt. He used to believe in country first, but now it's just a tag line. He is quickly going from American hero to zero.

One final move to get more money for his wealthy republican friends. Take from the poor so the rich don't have to feel what we do.

BULL !!