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I am hearing stories on a certain talk radio show that certain members of our government, and some outside of our government are actually holding America hostage and are causing this stock market drop and that if we do not pay this ransom, they will short our markets 5000 points or more.

They said they are telling our government if we do not pay them, they will kill our economy.

DO NOTHING DEMOCRAT CONGRESS. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT. THEY DON'T CARE IF WE GO INTO DEPRESSION. SOMEONE WILL SEND THEM A WELFARE CHECK SO THEY CAN GET ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE.

Botched the election. Remember, the Supreme Court put him in to the Presidency, not the people.
Botched his own company.
Botched Democracy. Remember? You are either with me or against me!
Botched the was in Iraq. The war was illegal. Still is. It’s a prolonged occupation now or is it an oppression?
Botched the capture of Bin Laden. Oh yes, he can run. Oh yes, he can hide.
Botched the USA Economy.
Botched Botched Botched Botched
Botched the Geneva Convention Wanna try Waterbording?
Yep, Mission Accomplished

Bush you have FAILED THE NATION< YOU HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE FAILED AS A LEADER YOU HAVE FAILED TO HELP ANYONE EXCEPT YOUR RICH FRIENDS

we the people do not want socialism, in our banking, or in our government. NO BAILOUT MEANS NO TO SOCIALISM. no obama means no to socialism.

media:

stop trying to manufacture our opinions! we do not want to bail out a couple of greedy people with .7 trillion dollars. Everything you print is in favor of a bailout. stop it!

it would be much cheaper to bail out every american who needs bailed out.

NH Mom

#1 Obama also called for action at least two years ago.

#2 The same people who help Bill Clinton save the economy after Bush Sr screwed it up are backing and will be helping Obama.

I watched Howdy Doody deliver another rant today to bail his friends in lower Manhattan – what a fool. Let 'em eat cake.

I'm glad to see that the fear that he has used to motivate Congress for so many years has finally fallen on deaf ears.

Anyone in Congress who votes for the second, third, fourth, etc. draft of this foolishness should polish off their resume and get ready to look for another job.

The inattentive public is now attentive and is taking copious notes.

Paling half of bush and McCain = disaster.

convict

Hey Elm, You impeach and convice Bush of I don't know what, you have President Cheney, which is fine with me but I suspect it would make your head spin.

while bin laden is safely resting in his cave, america is drowning...deeper and deeper.....
do you need more of this failed government?

The republicans have thrown their leaders under the bus and are now only concerned about their own re-election. These fools deserve jail time. It is amazing how they all supported Bush in the Iraq war and now they can NOT do the right thing. If anyone in America re-elect these same fools, then we are falling into the trap that they have set.

Every Wilson September 30th, 2008 10:33 am ET

In response to that message, you may want to check your facts. Obama will NOT be cutting taxes. The president does not directly do that. Congress does. Whether or not he WANTS tax cuts is another story, but in the end he himself will not be giving them. End of story.

And isn't it amazing that congress takes the bush bailout, changes it to THEIR liking, and than votes it down? I love democrats. They're blaming Bush for this and screaming about McCain but when they have a "solution" they don't actually go through with it.

Bush, you can stop talking now. Seriously, you mean absolutely nothing to us. In fact, when you do speak up about something, we are likely to oppose you, simply because we know you're an idiot and that your stances must be flawed somehow or another.

Do yourself a favor. If you really want something done, shut up.

Georgie wants this money very badly, much too badly which makes me suspicious. With conflicting words flying everywhere, it would be better to simply hunker down and wait till a new administration arrives. It seems this is a last gasp effort for the Bushies to milk the last dime from our nation. Just 3 months & 22 days till Independence Day from these crooks so we ay get a fresh set of crooks!!!

see what happens when you vote for the C student who you would most like to have a beer with. Out of principle, lets vote for the smart guy that actually took his studies seriously and excelled at academics. If you voted for bush you obviously can't pick a president very well. Do the country a favor and let the people who didn't vote for bush elect the next president.

WELL MR.BUSH WE ARE DISAPPOINTED IN YOU!

Bush needs to be impeached and the repugs needs to be thrown out of the house & congress.... they made this mess and now they are not doing their part to fix it.... and Super McStupid stop his camp and ran to the white house to fix the problem, got on the air and stated it was done, and then turn around and said it is not done do to the Dems.... he is no flip flopper he is just a liar!

Obama 2008

Bush has that deer in the headlights look. He does not have a clue as to what is going on with the economy. He thinks everything is fine. His advisers tell him that there is something wrong and he gets this dumb look on his face.

Every Wilson September 30th, 2008 10:33 am ET

I am tired of hearing and reading the republicans fanning the flames of fear that Obama will not cut taxes! The truth is he's cuting taxes for 95% of Americans!
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Really? You're kidding, right? You do know that 40% of Americans pay NO TAXES. Liberal math, as usual, does not add up. Those who don't pay taxes can't get their taxes cut any more. Any checks cut to these people would be an expense. An expense we do not need to take on!

Want to know something scary? Check out the connection between ACORN (Obama's voter fraud unit) and CPUSA. Google it: "ACORN and CPUSA"...scary stuff!!

There might be "change" coming but it's change we've seen before. Thing is it's failed in Cuba, U.S.S.R. and anywhere else it has been tried. It's a disgrace so many are falling for Obama and his "change"...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened

There should be no bailout. I support Obama. We should not act from fear.

Why should the American taxpayer bail out these reckless Wall Street parasites? Why not some of Bush's and Cheney's rich oil tycoon buddies both here and abroad? O, I forgot-they're all getting corporate welfare and can't afford to! CRIMINALS!!!!!

Hey OBAMAMANIACS. Your taxes will go up most certainly. It's the Democrats way . Most credible economists warn that raising taxes during an economic downturn only makes the situation worse. Given our current economic situation, Mr. Obama's tax plan is the equivalent of pouring gasoline on a fire. Thanks Obama we will -BURN- BURN!

There should be no bailout. I support Obama.

I hope that President Bush appreciates how much easier this decision would be, if it wasn't for his history of seeking non-existant WMD. We have a hard time knowing who to trust. Or deciding when a crisis is a crisis.

I am glad the bailout failed. I am proud of the Demorcrats and Republicans who had the forsight to realize that the bailout is not a viable solution. The fact that the plan failed is evidence that for once, something is going right with our government.:the system of checks and balances is working.

This is nothing more than this administration's SCORCHED EARTH policy of taking everything of financial value and leaving us the average paycheck to paycheck (while it lasts) American NOTHING!
Our Treasury has been looted, our young will be forced into indentured servitude and forced to fight unecessary wars paying this debt. While the "haves" and "have mores" (W's self-proclaimed "BASE") jump with their golden parachutes and speculated profits. It's amazing how those getting so royally screwed by this group of criminals...the very ones that will vote for him and his minions will do so because he is a "good man".
From the pulpit, main street, and the halls of Congress we have heard these lies because he has thrown the religous and far right a few bones.
This really needs to stop...

IMPEACH BUSH!

If you think Bush was bad, it'd be a lot worse if we let McCain-Palin take office.

McCain is fake, incapable and too old to learn anything new. Sadly Palin is plain blank in the brains.

Mrs. Bush says she's a quick study. The proof says otherwise.

And we're NOT stupid.

Obama/Biden for America.

Anyone think he is back to drinking again? I have thought so for the past several months. Who could blame him? He had ruined his family name, ruined our country, ruined our economy, and set his mark on the history of the presidency by claiming the worst president ever award. Hell, I want a drink now.

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With all due respect, Mr. President, how does it feel to be "disappointed" just like we Americans have for the past 8 years? Doesn't feel good does it.

Hey GW wake up, it's time to pack your things and move back to Texas.

Isn't it time to help homeowners and small businesses? Wall St. is not the real economy.

Please let the efforts be over. There are so many reasons this bailout is bad, not least of them – it is NOT the responsibility of the average taxpayer. It is really time for us to "eat crow" and move on. We made myriad risky decisions over the last few decades. This problem cannot solely be blamed on Wall Street, mortgage lenders, big business or politicians. Consumers who gambled on rising paychecks to pay their rising mortgages are also to blame. Consumers buying more house than they could reasonably afford are partially to blame. I didn't make any of these risky bets and neither did most people I know. We don't want to pay for the mistakes of all of these other people, businesses and politicians. In addition, survival of the fittest applies to Wall Street as well.

This Bush Presidency has unraveled before the world and everyone to see. The Bush endorsed Paulson bailout needs a bailout.

What irony!

Along with the wording of the Bailout, submit all records to the American Public on the monies these characters, like Dobbs and Frank, received from the very ones who now want the Public Citizens to take on their debt. Finding out these hugmongous amount of monies these Politicians received through so many years, is uncomprehensible. Thats one reason why the public and Mr.McCain were raising questions on the Bailout.The urgency of the Democrats and B.H.Obama to immediatly force this bailout , is plain to see why. But yet they demean and slander Mr.McCain for wanting to include the American Citizen. Go Figure.

Your President Bush looks like Mr. McGoo whenever he opens his mouth. He has ran this country into the ground, as a matter of fact, He and the entire Republican party has slept with Wall Street and the oil companies for years now, that's including McCain.... and now they want us to trust them for another 4 years? NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN. I say fire the entire Republican party and start over because it's obvious they've had their hand in the cookie jar for too long and did nothing but fatten their own pockets. SHAME PRESIDENT BUSH, Shame McCain AND NO MORE OF THE SAME.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

If Bush and Paulson didn't try to cram a package down our throat for "NO OVERSIGHT" which is the usual republican approach, they would not have received so many protest calls and his own party may have voted for it. As it is, the ones up for re-election soon are too afraid to take a stand opposed to the consensus of the voters, as if that is going to help them this time around. It's a little late to say I have to go with my constituents.

NOT!

Oh Bush is such a wonderful leader... he led this country right off a freaking cliff! And now McCain (his buddy) wants to finish off the job for him! Please give me a break, theres no way in the world I would vote for McCain, I couldn't even vote for Bush when I was a republican let alone vote for him and barbie! Look whats happened! My mutural fund in fried this morning. This is affecting everyone! The republicans couldn't even help us in our greatest time of need and now there doing the blame game and I'm suppose to say "oh thats why it failed" I DON'T THINK SO! Get back to work and get this thing going!

Every Wilson: Good unbiased, balanced viewpoint. Way to stay calm and collected in a heated political conversation. Also, thank you for using Caps Lock excessively. I love reading all those capitals and imagining you shouting them in my face!

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Put some major regulations in there, before you try to take my money and give it to some rich jerk who scammed America.

I agree with Lou Dobbs. Democrats and Republican alike are full of selfish politics. When is ever going to stop. Everything had been grid locked in Congress since the days of Clinton. It's STUPID!!! I don't know why people are so mad at BUSH and the Republicans, Democrats have done their share of FEEL-A-BUSTERING too. AND BRAG about it.
Don't these people that bought too much house share most of the blame. OH, I WANT A BIG HOUSE TOO! IS THE GOVERNMENT BUYING FOR EVERYBODY????

Can't we just wait for Bush and his group to get out of office. We could start with a fresh President and some new ideas and new people. This man has not done nothing right in 8 years.

Like the Titanic – it sank – get over it.

During the S&L debacle of 1989, the taxpayers were on the hook for $1.4 billion. Dumbya's brother Neil oversaw Silverado Savings when they lost over $1 billion.

This mess is the legacy of Reptilican deregulation..Suck it up, babe!

Like he really cares??? he dont care it will not be his problem anymore in 3 months! he is a failure!! WORST PREZ Ever!!! EVER!! so far! and you MCCAIN/ PALIN VOTERS OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THINGS FOR A CHANGE!!!!!

YOU ARE KINDA LOST....THE 95% IS A LIE DEAR...WAIT AND SEE...YOU AND I WILL SUFFER TOGETHER BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT....HOLD ON...IT IS GOING TO BE A REAL SCARY RIDE...YOU THINK IT IS BAD NOW...OH GOODNESS....

More of the same from John McShame

John McLame says, “I don’t know much about the economy, I still need to be educated”

“It would be acceptable if we had to stay in Iraq for another 100 years.”

We need to “bomb, bomb, and bomb Iran”

“I have voted with Bush 90% of the time because he has been right 90% of the time”

Sarah Failin says,
“I have foreign policy experience because you can see Russia from Alaska and I went to Mexico on vacation once.”

“I welcome any investigation into my past because I have nothing to hide, oh never mind I will not meet with any investigators for any reason ever.”

She believes the Bush Doctrine is a “World View” hahaha

She says she said “No Thanks” for the Bridge to nowhere when she was actually the one who got it approved

She says we may have to go to war WITH RUSSIA

She decreased her own responsibilities when she was the mayor of a town small enough to be run by a fifth grader

I think they should give the American people the $700 billion, let us spend it from the bottom up. Let us just start the economy again. It's obvious from the top down it's not working so how about from the bottom up.

Go Juanito! I agree wholeheartedly. Nancy Pelosi , Barney Frank and Chris Dodd had such a huge hand in the loan and mortgage crisis which is at the center of this mess. Did they think we would forget? They disgust me.

LET THE CONSEQUENCES BEGIN. NO BAIL OUT!!!

Every Wilson: You need to cut down on the caffeine intake there...

I don't believe calling a person by his name is name calling.. oh I guess it is.. And by the way the name is not why I won't vote for him, but I will never call him by anything else. It is what it is.. Hussein Obama.. I at least am using the real name not like the other McCain name calling I've seen. Go ahead and vote in the least qualified person ever, but the name will still be the same.. Hussein Obama..

The party is over......GW.......

For all of you who think this proposal is to just help Wall Street put on your thinking caps. Do you ever borrow money for a house, a car, or an education? Do you have any money in a 401(K)? Do you have any money in the bank? Like it or not there is a direct connection between Wall Street and Main Street!

Simple Solution for the bailout and financial crisis.

All residential mortgages across the US could be reduced to 5% (no refinancing or closing costs). This would reduce the average americans financial burden which in turn would increase their ability to spend which in turn would stimulate Wall Street. The Banks would still profit but at a lower rate which is better then foreclosing and taking huge losses. Then institute mandatory regulation on all new mortgages generated.

They have shredded our constitution
They have destroyed our economy
They have ruined our reputation as a society of laws and not men
They have bankrupted our treasury
They have nearly broken our military
They have repeatedly lied to us (how else could they sell their destruction?)

Country first? What I would like to know is which country? Whose country?

It is a shame that the President had to read his response off cue cards. If he really feels what he is saying and is informed of the issue, then he would not need someone else to write his responses. We need real leadership in this country right now not some podunk cowboy who has lost his ability to spread fear as was his normal plan.

Barack Obama and John McCain say that they are going to cut taxes, and end the war and all this good stuff...lets kick back to reality here guys. We dont know that for a fact. The republicans had no guarantee that this $700 billion plan would work so why should we bet a trillion dollars to try it out? maybe the tough guys in congress and the fancy bmw riding politicians should give us the people a word and opinion in this situation dont you think?

No BAILOUT!

Sorry W, nobody trusts or believes you anymore!

chaos

this guy, couple of months back said economy is doing great, now he has a plan for 700B to feed wallstreet criminals saying economy is in trouble.

Oh look the market is UP today. Looks like the failure of this bill did not kill the financial system. Thank you house republicans for showing some common sense.

The British statesman Edmund Burke, considered to be one of the "founding fathers" of modern Consvervatism, once said:

"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

Shame on those of both parties in Congress who forgot Burke's sage advice yesterday.

Nancy Pelosi is not the problem people on Main Street the real American People called our Washington Congress people and said vote No and we told them not to bailout Wall Street.

Those that supported this Bailout are not Main Street Americans .
Republicans and Democrats voted together to defeat this 700 Billion Dollars .

So for those attacking Pelosi get a life.

MorningStar September 30th, 2008 10:06 am ET

Bless is the country where Bush is the president! This man is so wonderful: republicans and all those who voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004 should be very proud. Look how much the country is better today! Please vote McCain and Palin oh wise and inspired republicans and you who live in red states, this country need four more years of Bush-McCain leadership.
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Bravo! Nice use of sarcasm!

Money to the people! Since we can't fix this problem from the top to bottom – let's try and fix it from the bottom to the top. I'm not claiming this idea – but I have heard about it and it makes sense.

Lets see-

What started this whole mess? Oh, that's right, it wasn't deregulation, it was the policies put in place to artifically lower interest rates and make excessive levels of credit available to those who wanted to buy homes but couldn't afford it. If you do some research, you'll see that it started well before Bush took office (I'd say by who, but I know that using his name negatively would be blasphamy) No doubt Bush has mismanaged this country in every way possible, but the blame goes further than that-

Will "Posturing Pelosi" kill the next attempt at a bailout with more attacks on the President and Republicans????

Maybe they just need some more help from McCain. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Bush administration did not work because he lets the left wing nuts influence him too much if you ask me. CLINTON SET ALL OF THIS UP and OBAMA AND BUSH supported it....OBAMA was third in line to benefit....you know that and if you don't you haven't done your homework guys...THE REASON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS NOT WORKING IS BECAUSE WE GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH MONEY....CUT TAXES AND CUT SPENDING...GO TO WORK AMERICA...AND STOP CRYING ABOUT BUSH...GO AHEAD AND SWING LEFT AND YOU WILL CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE....YOU STILL DON'T GET IT...I WOULD SAY YOU NEVER WILL, BUT IF OBAMA GETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU MAY FINALLY GET IT...AT ALL OF OUR EXPENSE...IT IS SAD.

1) The bankers have gone on a credit "strike". They are refusing to lend money because they won't get a hefty enough return. The government should break this "strike". Do what some European countries are doing – nationalize the banks if they won't free up credit to small business, homeowners, etc.!

2) The Black Caucus voted no because there is no provision for bankruptcy judges to change mortgage rates. Good for them!

3) There is nothing in this bill to stop foreclosures – if there is not a moratorium on that, then this bill should go nowhere. This is the people's treasury, not the banks! Hands off of it!

After watching both parties point fingers at each other instead of trying to be mature about it and comeup with a proposal that will benefit everyone...I'm thinking of nto voting for either party. Republicans and Democrats are all the same!!! they are no different.

I'm going independent!

Why would anyone trust McCain on the economy? Google McCain and Keating 5. It's hard to tell if he learned anything or not from this and maybe his Republican brothers and sisters in Congress don't respect his leadership in this regard!

Listen to Newt, Mr. Bush. He's got the best plan out there, dem or republican and totally non-partisan.

Voters should be given points [depending on their IQ level] to redeem towards the election process. THEN the ones with the most points would be smart enough to vote for a TRUE presidental LEADER like Barrack HUSSEIN Obama!

Because of a jewish holiday Congress can not deal with the issues?

Is America a jewish state?

Or maybe they have to wait for Lieberman to be present.

There are some really stupid republicants that post here. Accusing the Dems of not getting their act together when it was the Republicant-lead bill defeated by in-fighting amongst themselves. Nice try there though Tim in VA. Try finishing Jr. High before dropping out there buddy. Time to check out of Bizarro world.

Like this moron thinks anyone is listening to him? While I believe the failure of the bailout bill to be a good thing for the nation, it should also underscore the lack of leadership from both candidates. Neither Obama or Senator McCain were able to line up their parties behind them.

I don't know if anyone ever heard this proverb before, " A horse with too many owners die in the sun heat". This is what is happening now to America, Democracy has 1% disadvantage and we are now experiencing it. It is the fact that too many people have authority, and for a problem to be solved the majority have to agree with the solution proposed. If America had a legal dictatorship, Bush's proposal would have gone into effect without objection. But, dictatorship is not good, but should be allowed in time of emergency like this one we're facing now. But, this is not quite the problem still. There is some political game in all this. It is not that they can't solve the crisis, but both political parties are trying to take credit for solving the problem. After 8 years of Bush's crisis-bearing regime, democrats want to keep this record of his undisturbed, so to give democrats a good name. And Republican would love to have at least an "A" among all the "F" they have to boost their GPA in the political essay. So, all the talk about punishing the CEOs liable for this crisis is BS. They are all fighting for credit; in the meantime, the country is "titanic". This is ridiculously outrageous. In this case, I believe that this crisis will outlast Bush's term. So the presidential candiadates ought to start acting from now.

I guess I'm still confused about the whole process. I'm thinking if this is such an important bill why did we put congress people in charge of designing it; I don't believe they are experts. I understand we need to do somehting but why not come up with the brightness and smartest people in the financial world and lock them in a room and have them work out a solution. Hopefully they can clean it up and keep it to the bear minimun and we can save the economy, save some money and who knows maybe make some money in the process. Government is never the people you put in charge when you want to save money and be efficient, so I say let's go to the experts (Warren Buffett, etc) and let's see what they would do.

We need to bailout Main Street America not Wall Street

oh Bush be quiet the stock market is up because the bailout didn't go through. Who wants to be taxed to death on their investments.

The Do-Nothing congress did it again.....NOTHING! President Bush proposed something, they changed his proposal and then said they not voting for it. So they in fact voted down their own proposal! I listened to both Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank yesterday and they both nauseate me. Isn't it ironic, they represent the freaks of society. That's why they will do just about anything to derail this administration.

Good – at last our Congressmen are listening. Punish the people and businesses that need it not all the little people. Let the speculators suffer. Tough love.

Craig

Oh Bush be quiet the market is up today because of no bailout. Who the heck wants to be taxed to death on their investments.

I can not wait until NOVEMBER 4, 2008 for this man to leave office and our new president Obama can clean this mess up that this administration has left our nation responsible for irresponsible spending and Maverick style policies.

NO BUSH NO McCAIN NO PALIN AND NO CHENEY.

GO AND GO QUICKLY

Stock markets are going down. Banks are closed. People lost their homes and jobs. All these happening under Republican administration. Bush who was unable to run a company and made it bankrupt. Now he did the same to his country.

Deregulation of business institutions caused all these problems. McCain always cries for deregulation. Then only his crooks can go away with millions of people's money!

Bush is a failure. Then how McCain, follower Bush, will be better for America?

I am tired of hearing and reading the republicans fanning the flames of fear that Obama will not cut taxes! The truth is he's cuting taxes for 95% of Americans! The wealthiest (top 2%) will have their taxes go back to what they were in the 1990's (they can afford this!). WE HAVE HAD EIGHT YEARS OF BUSH TAX CUTS THAT DID NOT WORK! WAKE UP AMERICA! HE FLUSHED 2 TRILLION IN SURPLUSES DOWN THE TOILET AFTER TAKING OVER THE PRESIDENCY! NONE OF HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE WORKED! JUST LOOK AT OUR ECONOMY! WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU GIVE MONEY AWAY WHEN YOU OWE CHINA OVER 2 TRILLION! NOW WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY WE OWE ARABS, EUROPEAN BANKS, INDIA OR JAPAN UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION! THAT IS HOW THEY ARE PAYING FOR THESE TAX CUTS, BY MORTGAGING OUR COUNTRY AND CHILDRENS FUTURE! I DO NOT WANT MORE OF THE SAME! Now, REPUBLICANS ARE BLOCKING AND SABOTAGING A BAILOUT OF MAIN STREET! THE WHINERS, BABIES CRYING FOR ATTENTION, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE JOHN MCCAINS CAMPAIGN RELEVANT! AMERICANS 401K HAVE LOST 1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS WHILE REPUBLICANS AND JOHN MCCAIN CLAIM COUNTRY FIRST! THE NEW REPUBLICANS AND JOHN MCCAIN ARE NOW DEMANDING OVERSIGHT AND REGULATIONS AFTER DEPLOYING THEIR PLATFORM OF DEREGULATION AND NO OVERSIGHT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WANT OVERSIGHT OVER iRAQ WAR EXPENDITURES, FINANCIAL MARKETS AND WAS AGAINST REGULATORY REFORMS! BUT NOW WERE ARE SUPPOSED TO TRUST THEM! THEIR TAX CUTS HAVEN'T WORKED! JUST LOOK AT OUR ECONOMY! THEIR POLICY DEREGULATION HAS NOT WORKED! JUST LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL MARKET AND FORCLOSURE RATES! THEIR FOREIGN POLICY HAS NOT WORKED!JUST LOOK AT OUR FRACTURED INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD DUE TO OUR COWBOY DIPLOMACY!

The answer is simple. Whatever Bush suggests we should do the exact opposite in order to rescue to the country. If he's for the bill I am against it plain and simple. What a deadbeat!

I think that Congress has time to craft a better bill that will be less risky and more helpful to the average American rather than those that have made bad investments.

It's really odd that the Democrats appear to be supporting this lameduck Republican president while the Republicans are not. In addition the Republicans don't appear to be supporting their presidential candidate either. Do the Republicans have a leader?

The problems in the US are having global consequences so I think some action needs to be taken. I'm just not sure what and I don't want to give the government another blank check. Our economic and global future is at stake so I'd prefer Congress not act rashly.

The house reps and dems who voted against the bailout should be ashamed of themselves. Either they are idiots or misinformed on the ramifications of the failure of the bill. Even their constituents have not properly wieghed out the pros and cons of the bill and were thinking, for wrong reasons, they were bailing out the banks' CEOs who mismanaged the nations financial systems. While this may be true without bailing out the system will cripple and collapse beyond repair. The sufferers will be us not the politicians who voted against it. Most of them are rich.

We need a proper solution to the financial crisis.

Its a blessing that the bailout plan failed.

The root cause of the financial crisis is…….

deregulation.

And until proper measures are put into place to protect the average American and everyone else in this world……

greed will continue to spiral out of control and…..

the financial crisis will only worse.

Deregulation is the root cause……it must be addressed!!

Whatever solution is agreed upon, IT MUST ADDRESS PROPER SAFEGUARDS (REGULATION) AGAINST GREED ON WALL STREET AND IN THE HOUSING MARKET.

How can Senator John McCain and President Bush, both out right lie these two are the king and the prince of out sourcing american jobs and giving companies tax breaks for doing so. Let not mention Cindy McCain and Andrew McCain cause the failure of Silver lake State Bank in NV. Senator John McCain leaves out the important part.. Let not mention the Money that also inocent Gov Sarah Palin took from the Excutive of Veco... Where's her tax return..We Need Answers.....

That's right blame Bush you uneducated "blame Bush crowds". That shows you how little you know.

Question, Who enabled mortage backed securities?

Bill Clinton!

Why are we in this mess? MORTGAGED BACKED SECURITIES.

Get off your MYSPACE PAGE and look it up!

make no mistake.

It was the repugs who promised that they had the votes and then failed to come up with them because they didn't like hearing the truth that Pelosi was speaking.

They are responsible for this mess and now they are acting like scared, hurt little girls, wringing their hands in despair.....this doesn't surprise me since their Republican leader mcliar hides like a little girl behing Palin. The repugs disgusts me.

How can Senator John McCain and President Bush, both out right lie these two are the king and the prince of out sourcing american jobs and giving companies tax breaks for doing so.

Let not mention Cindy McCain and Andrew McCain cause the failure of Silver lake State Bank in NV. Senator John McCain leaves out the important part.. Let not mention the Money that also inocent Gov Sarah Palin took from the Excutive of Veco... Where's her tax return..
We Need Answers.....

How can Senator John McCain and President Bush, both out right lie these two are the king and the prince of out sourcing american jobs and giving companies tax breaks for doing so.

Let not mention Cindy McCain and Andrew McCain cause the failure of Silver lake State Bank in NV. Senator John McCain leaves out the important part.. Let not mention the Money that also inocent Gov Sarah Palin took from the Excutive of Veco... Where's her tax return..

We Need Answers.....

Senator Pelosi did not blame the House Republicans yesterday. She made a comment about bush's administration. When she began speaking she actually said she was proud of everyone for all working together. I watched the whole speech on c-span.

Maybe she should of just let saying anything negative alone for the time being, I will say that. But, I believe the republicans are very aware how close they all are to all being kicked out of office and they needed a scapegoat. They are also very aware that many people would not of heard the whole speech, so they ran with the Pelosi excuse.

It just really shows how we the American people need to make our voices heard more often. Make them accountable for their actions by staying on top of what they are doing and e-mailing them often.
We can never forget that these politicians work for us. We give them power when we elect them and we can take it away.
It is the brilliance of democracy and we need to make it work for us!

CNN won't put my previous post on becasue I slammed them for being pro-liberal!!!

Anyway, the rich get richer and scratch each others back at the tax payers expense. The Congress is both Democratic and Republican. They are too busy pointing fingers at each other to care about us, the main street. I am an independent and looking for sound voting advice, not, pro-liberal advise. I am sorry to say that I cannot rely on CNN for this reason. Obamanomics scares me as well does deregulation, which McCain voted for. The Bush administration got to go down as one of, if not the, worst in history. However, I don't see any winner out of the next election. Both candidates are bad. We just got to vote for the best of the worst. That means research and watching the debates. McCain most definitely won last Friday but the pro-liberal media had Obama the winner. All Obama needed to do was show up and they already picked him as a winner. Personally, I am tired of all the lies by government. It's still the best country to live in, despite politician greed. But, that is how they got there anyway, isn't it? Let's vote them all out and start fresh. Maybe Lou Dobbs will enter the ticket and run for President. He seems to be the only common sense respectable person on CNN anyway. Dobbs for President. Definitely not Obama and I also question McCain.

Bush and Obama both have one thing in common: No Judgment and No Experience to lead this country whatsoever!

It seems that people here in DC, many on the Hill, are confused after yesterday’s bailout problem. Most are not even excited about the upcoming debate on Thursday. It is like everyone is in a daze. I have not seen this many people silently afraid of the future in my lifetime. No one seems to know what to do. It is like you no longer need an MBA to understand why Economics is truly the dismal science. This crisis is proof that Obama has been right from day one. This is a “defining moment in our history, and there is a “fierce urgency” for a need for change, right now. Now even McCain has taken up Obama change message. Yet why some still fail to credit Obama for having the foresight of understanding when he forecasted the magnitude and seriousness of the failed Bush Policies and the “tearing one another down” politics is beyond me. I am shocked that the more Obama tries to stay above the fray, how everyone continues to do the very things he has been speaking against. He seems to be the only serious candidate with a clear understanding of the root to the problems here in DC. He is clearly better then John McCain, but some stubborn people refuse the accept it. They are like addicts in denial. You would think that someone has destroyed their religion, for them to admit that Obama is the best chance we have. People need to realize that if Obama goes to the White House, it is not an indictment against them personally. A vote for Obama, in most cases, is a vote for yourself.

How about a vacation for Bush, Cheney, McCain and his entire campaign advisors at Gitmo? I hear the water boarding is fine there.

He has been such a wreck on America I wish he could just leave everything alone and wait till Obama takes office. We cannot withstand more of Bush emergencies or John McCain's rescue attempts. Please someone save us from these idiots.

The last census had us at about 300 million strong. Why not give us a million $ each and we can stimulate the economy ourselves seeing the money is ours to start with. This is a lot less then 700 billion.

They only want a bail out for the rich. I say no,not this time. Do the above and we all will benefit.

Why isn't John McCain suspending his campaign?

Because the fundamentals of the economy are strong!

Blame Pelosi-

I am not saying that it is the right REACTION by repubs, but, Pelosi you are an idiot!

I hope CA wakes up and boots this lady out. "Oh look a wound on a sleeping giant, let's poke at it and see if it wakes up".

A 3rd grader knows better you waste of tax payers money!

I don't care who you are, a dem or a repub, but come on! Her actions were very childish. As were the repubs, but, what came first the chicken or the egg! No excuse for either one. However, this woman wants to lead? How, by saying "nanny nanny boo boo" with her fingers in her ears!

It is funny how they did not put anything in the bill to stop this from happening over and over and over. My My maybe they should ask Pres. Clinton and Carter who started the programs for people to get loans they can not afford and pushed the banking industry to do it or be penalized, what to do now? Hummmmm I do wonder how the House who has been in control of our taxdollars and our laws since 2006 and under The Democratic control can blame the sitting President Bush for all the woe?

Republicans are True Americans, something you left wingers are not accustomed to. Before we make intelligent statements, we have to send you back to Spelling 101. So you can comprehend.

The GOP needs to rethink their party . Its the party of the out of touch . They don't care for anything except power and the plug has been pulled

Hey Jack Carlson: Simple. George W. Bush is at fault. Period.

Look, folks, we're in a mess because certain factions believe in a dogma that markets are magically wise. Current events have more or less conclusively proven this dogma to be false.

What's at stake here is nothing less than the solvency of the businesses most of us depend on for jobs. We have to take action to buy some time here, because most businesses today need credit to cover operating expenses, including payroll. If we do nothing, millions of jobs can be lost very rapidly.

Once we have taken steps to stabilize the status quo, we have to discard the "magical market wisdom" dogma, and take a realistic, pragmatic look at regulation. We can live in a market economy, but markets have their limitations, and they need regulation to keep them from oscillating as wildly, as they are currently behaving.

This is a solvable problem, if we tackle it rationally; if we waste all our time shouting at each other, no good can come of this situation.

Change is upon us today. Will we change our ways, or fall by the wayside?

I am tired of sending my tax dollars to fund abortions for people who don't even pay to live in their own houses....Vote OBAMA, and continue to murder innocent children and pay for everyone else to flourish and to sit on the porch while I go to work...no thanks. I think all republicans, democrats, and independents that are voting no to the bailout should ban together and if it goes through ...WE don't pay mortgages or anything else. Who will bail us out.? YOU GUYS?...ha that is a laugh...excuse me but I have to go to work now...enjoy your day mooching off of others, and I really hope you and BARACK? is it? and Nancy enjoy explaining to GOD when you die how you supported a president who votes to murder children....just wait.

The Republicans did not let anyone down. There were 95 Democrats who also voted against this bailout. Why are Liberals so content to only point fingers and not try to work with Republicans? Democrats have as much blame for this situation and probably even more of the blame. McCain came out this morning with an idea to increas the FDIC insurance on bank accounts to $250,000 and a few minutes later Obama appears on TV stealing his idea and taking credit for it. He has no shame and he certainly has no ideas of his own.

Main Street demands your resignation Pres. Bush. You are an incapacitated leader and you have allowed corruption to fester in our nation's government.

I am with you on this one, "Tiaunia, Texas"!!!

The GOPS:
1.) GOPS feelings first
2.)Money second
3.)guns
4.)religion fanaticism
5.)Country last

Just know – if you voted for this man, the last 8 years are your fault.

Isn't this a switch? The tough guy bully boy didn't get his way and now he has to beg with hat in hand! Let the banks fail and let the "free market" that the conservatives love so much run it's natural course!

Ahhhh, poor George is disappointed at the legislative process!!!

Well, let me tell you something George Bush and all the fools in your Administration and Congress - WAKE UP!!!

You and your corporate cronies on Wall Street caused this fiasco. Now you want the American taxpayer to bail you out!!!! NONSENSE.

Let the chips fall where they may. Risk takers need to loose everything they've got. Let the market correct itself and at the same start stringent regulations on this sector of the economy will jail-time for future offenders. And those in Government that fail to do their job should join them!!!!

Now what is necessary is for all incumbent members of Congress to be voted out of office immediately.

George Bush and Congress should be on prime time TV apologizing to this country for their ineptitude and failure to protect his country.

Case closed!!!

Hey Larry from Wisconsin,

I've got news from you ... if McCain and Palin are elected that is when we will all be on welfare (except maybe me, because I may very well move to Canada), because with his "leadership" and his "knowledge" on the economy this whole country will be in a black hole.

To Glenn, Batersville, NC: Desparate homeowners who should never have had a house mortgage approved are partly responsible for helping create this mess. Even Bill Gates cannot continue to purchase what he cannot afford. Americans, stop purchasing what you cannot afford!
Plastic money is just that–plastic money. And to those who make loans: Stop giving away lollipops. It's not your responsibility to make adults feel good.
Finally, there's been enough greed by everyone–haves and have nots–to go around. It's time we worked together. At this point, we don't need to talk about who "struck the match." We need to put out the fire. We can deal with those who "struck the match" later, in a bill. This can be done, if Congress, where money bills originate, will be responsible. (This brings up another point to all of those Congress members who are saying, "NO bailout." Why weren't you watching our money in the past eight years as you're pretending to do now?) This might mean that they do something that the people back home don't want or like. Hey, we're all somebody "back home." Those of us who want this issue resolved immediately also have a voice–and a vote that we'll use if Congress doesn't play ball and stop playing politics. We're going to use the first vote in November. Just remember, some people are seriously thinking, not just bad-mouthing. There are some of us who are deeply concerned about how this relates to the global econmy, as well as the US economy. There are some of us who are not just concerned about ourselves, but about our society and how we survive. There are some of us who believe that we have a responsibility to a greater cause that to ourselves. We're not children, so let's not act like children.
I approve of Obama's suggestion to expand FDIC coverage.

This crisis didn't happen overnight. This has been long coming. It took a lot of time to get things to where they are now. To think that we must rush $700 billion to fix it now is, IMO, foolish. It took a lot of time to get us in this mess, and regardless how it gets fixed, it's going to take a lot of time to reverse it.

And IF we do bail them out and if I'm understanding things correctly – that the government would own a stake in the companies bailed out – then I don't care if the CEOs and upper management have contracts in place now saying that they get so much money a year and so much in their golden parachutes. IF we give ANY money to bail these companies out, then one of the conditions is those contracts are null & void and new contracts will be put in place with greatly reduced salaries and no golden parachutes. And if the CEOs and upper management don't like it they can quit – with no severance.

SAVE THE RICH SAVE THE RICH "NOT WITH MY TAX DOLLAR" CONGRESS SHOULD FORCE ALL CEOS OF ANY WALL STREET FIRM TO FORK OVER THIRE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES AND IF THEY ARE LONG TERM SHARE HOLDERS LOSE STOCK OPTIONS REDUCE WALL STREET SPENDING AND TAKE FULL CONTROL OF ANY FIRM THAT IS ON THE BRINK OF FAILURE AND ALL PROFITS RETURNED TO US THE TAX PAYER IF OUR GOVT GETS IN THIS MESS THEN WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO PROFIT LIKE THE LOSERS OF WALL STREET

Bush, you are FIRED !

Hey Bush, you campaigned as a conservative... how about ACTING like one for a frikkin' change?

Liberals who hate Bush have no idea the level of contempt we true conservatives feel for this tool... and I voted for the guy twice.

We need a change, alright... we need conservative change. We need to let the market sort this out. Government needs to step the hell away and stop meddling.

Count em off... gas prices, drilling, environmental regulations, mortgage meltdown, credit market woes, excessive taxation... count em... every one of these problems is caused by government meddling... and now these same tools who "botched the operation" want you to agree to a new treatment plan to fix what they themselves broke in the first place. Liberals, stop financing your social engineering schemes with the public's money.

Well, Bush and McCain: You need to talk to your base. Period

Less than 50% republican yes vote on the bill s not acceptab;e.

Period.

Regardless of party affiliation, anyone on here that considers themselves an American should just vote against the incumbent. America, you have a chance to get rid of the whole den of thieves in the House, and 1/3 of the Senate in a little over a month from today. DO THE RIGHT THING!

I will CROSS party lines and vote against the guy that's there now. We constantly complain about how lame Congress is, "except for our guy, he's alright 'cause he brings the bacon home"

If over 50% of Congress returns this year, we'll know that the country is as corrupt as the group of fools that are there now.

We need to start a movement! NO INCUMBENTS!

Go away Elmer Fudd! You are such an idiot!

It is a very sad thing for america people just dont understand this bill, its not a bailout for ceos MAIN STREET WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE please people educate yourself, But what is the most sad thing is OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS LIED TO US SO MUCH (iraq wmds) that he has no credibility with the american people they dont TRUST him so they think this is all bush and bs sad sad that we ended up with a president like this NO MORE LIES NO MCCAIN NO WAY NO HOW!

I think people who are against the "bailout" do not even understand the scope of the problem. This goes well beyond home foreclosures and will affect credit in our country and in turn businesses, our markets, jobs, etc... If you think people are just blindly saying the sky is falling, then you haven't actually read the news this past week and seen the unthinkable happen in the financial world (failures of one of our largest banks, AIG rescue, Lehman gone...)

Wake up Congress and get your butts back to DC and vote in favor of the bailout. It may not be the politically correct thing to do- but it is essential to our national well-being. Frankly, any constituents who don't want to use federal money in this instance, just don't get it..

The American people and the rest of the world are so ashamed of Bush , he needs to just resign effective immediatly . He is a crazy /mad greedy man with no brain what so ever , i can't believe the american people voted for him twice. USA will only have change once the average america will change his/her attitude first then can there be a change in america...not before

still some people are double gussing obama whats wrong with you people he is trying to show you the light and you guys are just not seeing it.................STAND UP FOR ONCE FOR YOURSELVES!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS THANK GOD I AM CANADIAN I LOVE MY CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY GOD BLESS CANADA....

All of these posts that are blaming George Bush and the Republicans are neglecting to identify the Democrats that have allowed this failure to materialize. Your posts are uninformed biased untruthful rhetoric as you are Republican haters for your liberal reasons. Let's have an investigation into this crisis to identify and name those who truely should shoulder the blame!

LEFT WING NUTS...AND NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK...I AM JUST LAUGHING....THIS IS PATHETIC....HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU PEOPLE MAKE? no bailout......pay for things and you won't need credit...here is a concept, if you can't pay for it with cash, you don't need it.....i say let it ride....when ole obama gets in it will really be fun...i am just waiting watching and getting ready to move to canada or europe....

the fish stinks starting at the head and Bush is the head. This is all his fault and the GOP .we need another proposal–with a ceo cap of 200k , no more. more consumer protection

Goodbye Bush and take all the GOP with you , you deserve them.I don't like Pelosi , she's an idiot , but she did tell the truth yesterday . The GOP ran this country into the ground for 8 years , they need to shut and and go away.

How could Congress take a day off? These are guys are more concerned about getting re- elected than doing the job they were elected to do. We need to put term limits for both the house and senate to max of 10 years

To Noah and Larry Wi:

Do you seriously think that Republicans are so immature that they would vote against the national interest because Speaker Pelosi spoke the honest truth about the incompetence of the last 7 years? Well, yeah, you're probably right. They are that immature, plus the incompetence thing.

I don't suppose you would consider the foolish deregulation to have any bearing on the situation, would you? Instead of a bailout, banking and market regulations need to be restored. Oh, and Republicans in Congress need to do one more thing: GROW UP!

Time to go back to the drawing board and start from scratch. Increased FDIC insurance coverage. Trickle-UP economics. Reasonable regulations and actual independent oversight for all. Too bad if Wall Street can't handle it and banks fail.

George W. Bush...THE WORST SOCIALIST IN THE WORLD!!!

The only people dumber than W are the IDIOTS who voted him in. I hope this country can survive the last few months of his rule. Hopefully he is about out of ways to destroy the United States. Lord knows he's done all he can to Un-unite us.

The responsible thing to do for the economy right now would be for Bush and Cheney to resign in disgrace.The markets might surge.

1989- Neil Bush loses a billion bucks at Silverado Savings during the S&L debacle. This one cost the taxpayers $1.4 trillion nationwide.

2008- Andrew McCain (Maerick's kid) presides over the 11th bank failure of the year, Silver State Bancorp of Nevada. This one will cost the FDIC deposit insurance fund between "$450 million [and] $550 million," according to AP.

Republican Deregulation IS BAD FOR AMERICA! WAKE UP!!!!

I wonder how many people that have so much to say could sit in the Whitehouse for one day without losing their minds – yes the job is that tough folks.
We have not been attacked since 911 when 3,000 of our people were murdered – diversion to Iraq worked.
Democrats blocked legislation in Congress to stop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from causing this problem.
Are some people ever naive.
Joanne Buck
Minneapolis, Mn

Bush needs to go put a tennis ball in Pelosi's mouth. Remember Pelosi failed to get 94 of her own Democrats to vote for this bill. She is a poor leader and should resign.

I cannot believe we are STILL discussing bailing out the people who put us in this mess!!

$700 BILLION dollars to go to the wealthy.. I havea better idea, take that $700 BILLION dollars and divide it evenly among those who filed taxes last year, it would work out to over $300 thousand for each person. Now with $300K I could pay off my mortgage, keep my house, pay off my other bills, my children could pay off their school loans (they all filed taxes last year) and still hav more money to pour into the market, and that will leave plenty of money availiable for companies to borrow... we would all win, well except for those fat cats who hired GW Bush and all the rest of the lobbiest bought and paid for governmental officials....

Obama the REAL maverick!

McCain is now copycatting Obama's FDIC idea. What a little sh-t.

As a life long republican for 30yrs who voted for this idiot Bush,i sincerely apologise for my mistake i will be voting for Obama and sending money to him.
Republicans deserve no vote in november they have ruined this country and they are in for a rude awakening come november.

If the American people really thought that Wall Street deserved a bail out, why haven't they invested in the stock market? Congress needs to keep it's hands out of this. If you are a company in a free market and you cannot convince people that you are worth investing in, and you go out of buisness TOO BAD! That is how the Free Market is supposed to work. If we allow a check from the government on this large of a scale we have effictively traded Capitalism for Communism.

Everyone here, particularly you toe-sucking Republican toady trolls should watch "Taxi to the Dark Side", it will make you particularly "proud" of what America has become under Bush.

Get over yourselves, losers.

George Bush isn't the reason that you bought houses you can't afford and ran up your credit card debt. You are! Not the president, not the banks, YOU.

And if you aren't a loser, let your representative in Congress know that you do not support the bailout! Say no to Socialism and command economics!

STOP CENSORING ME CNN!

You know what... How many times in the last year have you gone to the bank to take out a loan?

Exactly.

But we're the one's that the Republican's are blaming for letting the bill go down in flames.

Well, that's not true, even though, if it were... I'd understand.

Barack, don't expend any of your politcal capital to help pull their heads out of their butts. Let'em rot and let John Mccain take his own bullets. Sure he puts the country first. Kind of like a bank robber puts the hostage first. He puts the hostage right in front of him to deflect or absorb any incoming fire. That's how he puts country first.

Bush hasn't done one single thing right in the last 8 years. Why should we trust him now? Anything he has is hands in is bound to be a failure. My gamble is not on Bush that is for sure.

Your disappointed?
How about 85% of the American Population casting your disapproval as President ? Oh excuse Me, Thats John McCain's ratings !
When You first ran for Govenor in Texas, Your Daughters questioned whether You had the Intelligence to be Govenor.
You should have listen THEN !
Maybe , Rupert can Bail You Out? Whats $700 Billion ?

Congress should be cleaned out. The status-quo good-old-boy system of power addicts is hurting Americans more than they could ever imagine.

George W. Bush is so much like Alfred E. Newman, (who, me) I have said for years that Bush is the worst President in our history. I personally feel that he is responsible for the Iraq war and the death of our 4000 plus troops and untold Iraqi deaths. This man should be charged as a war criminal and if found guilty he should be hung.

Obama wants to raise fdic rate from 100.000 to 250.000, now that is totally STUPIED, It would turn into a revolving bailout,automatic. I can't imagine him being president, I did't think you could find a person worse than Bust, but Obama is one.

Is it just me, or has Bush looked like he's about the throw up every time we've seen him the past week?

Is he drinking again?

Get over yourselves, losers.

George Bush isn't the reason that you bought houses you can't afford and ran up your credit card debt. You are! Not the president, not the banks, YOU.

And if you aren't a loser, let your representative in Congress know that you do not support the bailout! Say no to Socialism and command economics!

Bush-McCain-Palin: Country First!
They are heros! They have all the answers!

If only Republicans had supported a leader that they would actually support and follow. Do you think it's just coincidence that all the Repubs in the house aren't listening to Dubya right now? McCain isn't really their chosen leader either... he's just another figurehead like Dubya, someone to prop up in the White House.

And THIS is the party you people want in the White House for another 4 years??? What a joke!!!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!! VOTE SMART... NOT SENILE!!!!

We'll need a new WPA
bread/soup kitchens, street vendors, transition from cars to horses, no phones, no electricity–the depression is ....

I'M leaving the ticker to pull up videos of Tina Fey as Gov. Palin, and Gov. Palin as herself.

I NEED A LAUGH THIS MORNING.

Let's blame George. After all, not much has happened during his years in office.
Tech bubble bursts right after he comes into office and somehow this is George's fault...don't figure.
The twin towers come down and the government starts spending huge sums of money for security. Remember that the government is Congress...Demcrats and Republicans.
Kuwait is invaded by Saddam and our nations sources of energy are jeopardized.
The Taliban make their mark and we come to the rescue in Afganistan.
We invade Iraq to secure our energy needs. Yes people...we need to protect the oil so you can drive your cars all over hell. Why Iraq you say. Because they live next door to two of our oil suppliers.
The list goes on and on and Congress was always on board giving their stamp of approval.

The votes fell out as they should have.
The following is who these people shoud view as their constitutents

President–USA
Senators–State
Representatives-People in their constituency

This is how they are elected. This is where they need to look to.

Because the Representatives actually represent the people, they need to look at this from the individual point of view.

This bill did nothing for the man on the street, but it did for Wall Street. They need to look for a way to trickle up with the wealth, because it sure doesn't trickle down.

what I would vote for is " politicle genicide "of the republican party.

It's over Busg. We are all worth less today. No voter will vote for an incumbant Nov 4th. We are a second tier country now. Broke and an easy target. The Republicans let us down again. Our homes are worth less, our retirement is worth less, 20% of us will lose our jobs before the end of the year and it is a downward spiral.
Conservative you are a supid bunch of undereducated bigots.You ruined it for all of us. Wait until you ATM doesn't work & rationed gas. It is coming.

What is going on Bush?

He looks like a kid with a broken toy.

Broken by the GOP and its deregulating madness.

Thanks.

My friends.

Paulson and Bernache will look good in orange jumpsuits.They created this mess in order to control everything,Wallstreet,mainstreet,and Pennsylvania ave.

Here is what Obama should propose to get Republicans on Board:

Americans may, for a period of 12 months, cash out their deferred compensation plans with no penalty of tax consequences, provided that (1) they either pay down their mortgage balances, (2) use the money to refinance their existing mortgages and for closing costs, (3) use the money to purchase a home, or (4) use the money to bring their mortgage arrears current and refinance their mortgages.

This would stimulate the economy and forestall the increase in foreclosures and the slide in home prices.

Now, that would be change we could believe in!!!

Hey, Truly American (and other name callers on this board), you are not going to change my mind by using Barack Obama's middle name like it's a bad thing. I love this country for it's diversity, I don't look down people that are different, and, quite frankly, think it's very racist and anti-american to do so. How about stopping the name calling and start making intellegent statements, or are you incapable?

Let's see when did you switch sides Obama after your buddy Bill Ayers
leader of the Weather Underground Liberation Terrorist Group got tired of setting bombs at Government sites or was it after ACORN got probed by the FBI for unethically bullying banks to give poor credits borrower loans. Good job Obama you and your clonies brought this
economic meltdown to our Country!!!!!

Bless is the country where Bush is the president! This man is so wonderful: republicans and all those who voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004 should be very proud. Look how much the country is better today! Please vote McCain and Palin oh wise and inspired republicans and you who live in red states, this country need four more years of Bush-McCain leadership.

The Republicans who got us into this fiasco with this President and his cronies aren't even adult enough to step up to the plate and fix this pending economic disaster. I don't think they even understand the problem and its far-reaching scope. Heaven help America if people continue to vote for these dim-witted Republicans who care more about snooping into people's morality than about the viability of our economy or about our leadership at home and abroad.

And lets not forget that Bush's Iraq war has placed a huge and unsustainable burden on our economy . It costs billions of dollars a month and is unfunded which means that this Iraq war debt will have to be paid in the future. Bush has destroyed our economy, our international prestige and influence, and (by weakening our economy and making us dependent on Chinese credit) our national security.

Congress has to take immediate action to rescue our economy. Voters need to remember that it is important to elect officials who are smart enough to understand the complex problems that face our nation.

Republican for Obama? ROLE? what is up with that...can you say bad for america?

Go ahead and give Bush his crying towel, he expects to get everything he wants, must have been spoiled as a child. He is a big part of the problem, if you give the top 2% of the rich a huge tax break, they'll think they can do no wrong.

The problem with this whole schism is that congress is trying to restore value to corporations that are worthless while doing nothing for those who have suffered for the last 30 years as a result of their greed and control of the market. It's gone. Face it. It's time to regroup.

There is enuf blame to go around, however John McCain did author Legislation to rein in FAnnie Mae and Freddie Mac (root of this entire problem) in 2005 and 2007....Democrats blocked it.
Now tell me who is at fault?
Jack Carlson
Seattle WA

i swear most of the people on this blog must be far left loons who really dislike Bush and anything republican. Look at the facts (oh don't bother me with those). Blame is shared by all–Bush, and the congress, particularly the democratic chairmen in the house and senate responsible for this oversight. Moreover, Ms. Palsoi gave the go ahead for 95 members to vote no on the bailout because it would impact their reelection chances.

Its time for both parties to put the people first and stop all the finger pointing. As a student of history, this reminds me of the Roman Empire and its final days when the senate was corrupt and did not care about the people.

I get the feeling that the media and Washington have cried wolf once too often. They keep telling us we don't get it,- we get it- we just don't want to pay for it-- their ignorance once again got us into a mess, yet they have the nerve to talk down to us.The stock market is the equivalent of gambling, and this time the house won. Every person that invests knows that there are no guarantees that they won't lose their money. The only way I would support a bailout is if every CEO of the bailed out companies was fired out right, and an intense investigation, by real investigators, was written in as a precondition to recieving a bail out. No money until the bad apples from top to bottom were weeded out -period.

We are Capitalists. Does no one remember that. If you take huge risks, get yourself into situations you shouldn't then it is YOU who pay the price. It is not my responsibility to bail you out because you made bad choices. The markets will correct themselves naturally and however painful that may be it is necessary in a free market society. Get your hand out of my pocket!

excuse my french (yeah, i said french) – f you mr. bush. your credibility is shot and you don't understand the problem anyway. please keep your mouth shut and let the adults handle the problem.

Is it to late to impeach this excuse for an intelligent person!!

Bush is a corrupt man. His Daddy got him this job and just let him loose on our country for eight long years. The whole bush family is a sham. They should be kicked out of our country. unfortuntaley I can't think of another country that would take them!!

Eight years is enough, No to McCain and Palin

Once you lie – everything that comes out of your mouth is perceived as a lie.

McBush – no more lies!! But we can't expect that from the Republicans can we? Or the Republican nominee – we've all seen McShame's lies. Nobody believes any of these crooks anymore.

Pelosi sucks, she has the power to mak her dummycrats do what ever. We need to vote Republican, we can't all be on welfare!!

Thank you very much to the House members representing Texas...well except that one idiot Repub who actually voted yes...to this coporate welfare check. All this gloom and doom about the world will end as we know blah blah blah crap from the White House and a few talking head economist! Please! So what if the credit market freezes...good, we need to get back to spending money that we actually have versus spending money that we borrowed. If some Americans had not had a sense of entitilement and actually lived within thier means, we wouldn't be in this mess.

The Democrats should have selected Clinton. She understood the economic problems long before they made headlines and she called for action over two years-ago. The left wing caucus goers failed our country and the superdelegates did too.

Hillary Clinton was (and is) our best hope.

Obama is not what we need. Go ahead and vote for him. Wait and see...The Democrats put us in this mess. CLINTON...Do your homework guys. Obama yells change, but it will be for the worst. It will go in the toliet...and when it does, we independents will say ...TOLD YOU SO!!!

The game is called "Monopoly",this is when the big boys use our money to buy the rest of the board out and give us the finger.

People ,

see if your congressman has supported the bailout and flood them with calls. Tell them that they will be voted out

If the President is for it, we shoud be against it. He's got Nixonian approval ratings and not a lick of sense.

wall street has enjoyed this party for much to long, it' s time to crash this party for the RICH!! IT'S TIME TO SUPPORT THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA!

The Republicans caused this proiblem and now they're the ones refusing to clean it up.

A couple years ago I went to the bank to buy mutual funds. They sbhowed me the chart that shows that if you're invested for 20 years, stocks do well despite intervening big events (Great Depression, 9/11, etc.). On the chart they also showed what party was in office. I noticed that the ecnomy consistently does better with Democrats in office. I remarked about this and the bank manager agreed.

The Republicans have amazingly been able to convince themselves that Republican economic policies are superior despite all the facts to the contrary. Reagan-Thatcher trickle down economics have been proven NOT to work. As we have also seen, Bush/McCain free-for-all econmics also does not work.

Check put the latest hypocrisy about Country First. The Republicans put politics first by refusing to bail out the country from the mess they created.

We tried to warn folks about Bush. He bankrupted businesses before he was president. Now he has done the same for the country. Don't be fooled again. NO WAY – NO HOW – NO MCBUSH/PATHETIC

Can we just give Bush a Paid leave of absence for the rest of his term? The best thing he can do for our country right now is leave Washington, and go to Crawford today.

Barack Obama! I know it's risky, but please step in...we need you! We need your leadership. We need your steady hand, your integrity and your intelligence right now more than ever. You're going to be spending the next 4 – 8 years cleaning up after Bush anyway...you're just getting started a little earlier...

The problem with the Republicans is they have lied so often to so many even if they told the truth now no one would or should believe them.

John McCain's entire campaign has been one screw up after another and he gets caught in lies almost every day of the campaign and even after the lies have been exposed he keeps telling them.

All the above commentary is the truth and every honest person knows this so what are Amercians thinking in this most crucial time of their lives. Obama should be ahead in the polls by 50 points if people supported their futures and their country's future.

George Bush and his failed and illegitimate economic policies have put us in this crisis. Bush is the worst President ths country has ever had. McCain is the worst Presidential candidate this county has ever had. He has offered the American people nothing, except lies.

Look, people, when the Dow dropped 777 points....... that was OUR HARD-EARNED-MONEY BEING LOST. NOT WALL STREET'S!

The AMERICAN PEOPLE, LOST $1.2 TRILLION yesterday!

We CAN NOT afford more! Please become INFORMED! DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Talk to people who understand finance, if you don't!

CONGRESS, GET SOME BACKBONE! HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING RATHER THAN LOOKING OUT FOR "NUMBER ONE" LIKE THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE!

Hey Georgie,hows that i am a "Uniter not a Divider" thing working out for you?

Aaaaw! Bush is disappointed. Gee, does he have any sense of responsibility for the deregulation that brought this crisis upon us? If so, it would be the first time he takes responsibility for any of the mismanagement or failed policies of the last 7 years.

Honestly, do any of you out there seriously believe that this wasn't known by the Administration long before they hit the panic button? I don't know if they thought they could hold off until just before the election and use it to some sort of political advantage, in which case it may not have been a crisis until they created it. Or did they hope to hold off until after the election to avoid political fallout?

Either way, the deregulation of the markets created this mess and restoring the regulations is necessary to return confidence to the market. If the Republicans don't want to restore regulations, then I suggest they continue their policy to "let the markets regulate themselves" and leave the U.S. Treasury out of it.

Paulson needs to pack up his little bag of tricks and go home. He's part of the problem, not the solution.

Bush is disappointed? WOW. After 8 years he is finally getting disappointed at something. I must employ one of Senator McCain's favorite expressions. Bush "JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND".

IT'S A SHAME WE ARE IN THIS MESS. HILLARY SAID IT BEST, AND I QUOTE: NO WAY NO HOW NO MC CAIN/PALIN "MC PAIN"

LETS GET THIS OVER WITH AND ELECT BARACK OBAMA

AMERICA LET'S ROLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worst President EVER!

He is the worst President in history, unless-

McCain is elected and, God forbid,dies (I dont wish that on anyone-even that disgusting Bush). Then Palin would actually end up ast the WORST ever.

Sweetie wrote:
September 30th, 2008 9:02 am ET
I think it is a sad day in America when our Majority Leader in Congress costs this country over a Trillion dollars that will not be made back for a very long time…….

Sweetie, Thank You!

Thank you for the laugh. We need more comedians like you commenting on these forums... The educated and informed posters are so boring.

No Bailout! The banks that invested in the mortgage-backed securities KNEW that they were gambles. Let them take the loss. Change the bailout to focus on REAL people and their real mortgages!

Meanwhile, McCain proves that being a 'maverick' and 'bucking your party' translates into absolutely zero pull in Congress. Spend an entire campaign talking about how great you are, unlike your party, and they aren't exactly willing to follow you. He should have stood up against this bill; maybe then some of the house republicans would've voted for it.

Were so sick of the Democrats and Obama we could Puke!! Shame on Nancy Pelosi and those democrats in congress, for two years in control what you got to show for your selfs?? Take those low down democrats and that Freak Obama Home with ya Sick O's!

I am only reporting now Perot's rumor/information about McCain because of today's New York Times story. Perot told me that McCain had a gambling problem and he had uncovered details that McCain was bailed out in the late 1980s from a big gambling debt by his wife, Cindy.

If true, it raises a question as to whether McCain's gambling might ever have put him in a situation where he was pressed to repay his debt through Senatorial favors.

Don't nobody want to give him $1.00 let along $700 Billion this is just stupid trick he is trying to play on the American people. Look if anybody needs to be bail out it's me. I have a student loan that Iam trying to pay off. And I don't even own a house or how is this helping me.

NO BAIL OUT STOP THE GREED STOP RIPPING OFF THE TAXPAYER "JUST SAY NO" THE TREATS AND SCARE TACTICS MUST END DON"T GET FOOLED AGAIN WALL STREET WILL RECOVER ON ITS OWN CALL/EMAIL EVERY CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN YOU CAN AND MAKE IT CLEAR WE WILL GET RID OF ANYONE WHO VOTES YES. ENOUGH ENOUGH IT IS ALL JUST ANOTHER LIE TO TAKE MORE AND MORE FROM US, OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, TIME TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE THOSE ON CAPITOL HILL DO NOT REPRESENT US

Let it ride. We need to be in a crunch for a while...TOO MUCH CREDIT ANYWAY....that is what is wrong the country to begin with. It will be tough but we will make it. Wall Street, mainstreet, Highstreet, or lowstreet....bail yourself out...FREE ENTERPRISE...Natural Selection is best...VOTE NO TO BAIL OUT...Americans are tired of working, paying for gas, and taking care of others by helping them get or keep houses they can't afford while they work more than two jobs to further their education without borrowing money...THIS STINKS....

Yes, they are, you idiot.

No Bailout!
No Hussein Obama!

And thankfully no Bush. =)

If you are unhappy with the way your representative voted, phone or email them. They are listening.

Turn about fair play. When a lot of these homeowners were going to these greedy lenders asking for help deferring payments they were told "I'm sorry there's nothing that we can do" and there goes their homes back to the bank of mortage company's. Well now that they are in trouble they should be told "I'm sorry there's nothing We can do".

Laissez-Faire economic policies have to work both ways – on the way up AND on the way down.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER

Did Bush forget his "Mission Accomplished" banner for his "I've solved the financial crisis" speech yesterday? That's probably why it failed, because the banner worked really well in Iraq........

Try to get Bush and the Republicans off TV – no credibility world wide and they are slowing down the recovery

as one English person put it

It is like THE FOX GUARDING THE HENS

Do you suppose Nancy knew what she was doing when she scolded the Republicans before the vote as if this whole debacle was their fault. Perhaps she knew that they would respond with a no vote and then they would look more and more like those responsible for this mess. I seem to recall that Chris Dobb and Barney Frank head up the banking committee and have been milking this cow for some time. I also see that Obama is connected to Acorn and look at their history with banking and financing and what they have contributed to bringing this house of cards down.
If there is blame, I think the Democrats would be wise to stop pointing their crooked fingers.

Dubya is for the bailout..which means that there is something 'fundamentally' wrong with the bailout plan

If Bush had not squandered his credibility over the past 8 years with a series of mistakes, maybe he could lead us out of this mess.

Also, I want to see what all these "populists" who want to let everything fall apart say when they've lost their job due to the government's failure to act. It is precisely that inaction that caused the Great Depression after the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Sorry, Mr. Bush, no more blank checks for you.

The markets seem to be doing fine today, go figure.

I wish I could tell about so many of my political friends are marveling at the fact that I had predicted this in 2004. "Bush will destroy the economy and send us into a Depression."

They thought I was crazy in 2004. Now they look back and understand why I had said that then.

He really looks like Alfred E Neuman's Dad!

Quotes from today's TIME article:

"Do not be fooled. The $700 billion (ultimately $1 trillion or more) bailout is not predominantly for mortgages and homeowners. Instead, the bailout is for mortgage-backed securities... they have bearing only on the holders of these securities themselves. These are ridiculously risky claims with little value for society... Follow the money. Average Joes and Janes are not the holders of the other side of complicated, over-the-counter derivatives contracts. Rather, hedge funds are the main holders. The bailout will involve a transfer of wealth — from the American people to financial institutions engaging in reckless speculation — that will be the greatest in history."

Since when did this imbecile care about what's going
on outside the oval office?

I want to see him debate Polar Bear Barbie and see if
either one of them can answer a question without a
translator.

This is Bush and his gang last chance to grab more from us for their own benefit. All they do is entice fear into Americans, make us panic and they walk away with the money.

Tell you what, George: Consider this a truly huge "no confidence" vote not only on your administration but on Congress as well. Bluntly, we don't trust you, any of you. We think you're trying to protect irresponsible companies and their CEOs at the expense of the taxpayer. We think you're trying to, soviet-style, centralise the economy and bring it under government control. We think most of you, Congress and the Administration, are too dumb and too ignorant to know what to do and are just parroting the people who caused the problem in the first place–people who's first concern is that they get out of this with their personal fortunes intact.

Go to hell, George. And take the idiot Congress with you.

Nancy Pelosi is a disgrace. This problem is almost exclusively the fault of the Democrats like Dodd and Barney Frank because they forced banks to make loans to people who could not afford those mortgages and told us for years that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were perfectly OK. In the meantime, John McCain went in front of the Senate back in 2005 and said we needed to increase regulations on Freddie and Fannie or else risk a collapse of the system. He predicted it and Barney Frank andh is cronies voted against those regulations. Now Pelosi has the gaul to blame Republicans????????

Let me see now:

Republican President seeks emergency bailout
Republican Treasury Secretary sent to persuade Congress
Republican-owned financial institutions at risk
Republican administration’s economy crumbling
Republican candidate for president claims he saved the day
Republican members of Congress kill the bill
Republicans at all levels blame Democrats

I'm confused. How comes Prez, Bush was able to declare and go to war without the consent of the UN; move arbitrarily from one battlefield to another without no one's approval, liberate the Iraqi people from an oppressing regime to the detriment of America, and yet he is so powerless when it comes to relieve his own country and people from a national crisis? Yes I'm confused.

I am SO looking forward to January 20 2009.

Bailout did not materialize and what happens?

Dollar strenghtened, oil price dropped

Keep up the good work – NO BAILOUT !

Bush has spent over 1/3 of his presidency on vacation. Could this be the reason this country is failing?

It seems that people here in DC are confused after yesterday’s bailout problem. Most are not even excited about the upcoming debate on Thursday. It is like everyone is in a daze. I have not seen this many people silently afraid of the future in my lifetime. It is proof that Obama has been right from day one. This is a “defining moment in our time”, and there is a “fierce urgency” for a need for change, right now. Now even McCain has taken up Obama change message. Yet why some still fail to credit Obama for having the foresight of understanding when he forecasted the magnitude and serious of failed Bush Policies and tearing one another down politics is beyond me. I am shocked that the more Obama tries to stay above the fray, how everyone continues to do the very things he has be speaking against. He seem to be the only serious candidate with a clear understand of the root to the problems here in DC.

Stock market has rebounded almost 250 pts in early trading. Let the business who got us into this mess get themselves out! Bail out desperate homeowners, not greedy businesses and Executives!

The economic brains claim without this bailout "we wont have car loans", this only affects people buying cars they can't afford. Maybe the buyers should remember a vehicle takes you from point A to point B safely, economically and dependably and they start at $5,000 used. I'll bet car dealers lower prices with the lower demand. "No school loans" University tuitions are out of control, lets hope fewer school loans wake up the powers to be to this fact. "Bridge Loans", business number one expense is payroll, if companies need finacing just to make payroll they have a cash flow issue and their business model has some serious flaws.

I understand from listening to some of the Representatives, that many of the Democrats were insisting on inclusion of the RIGHT TO VOTE for people who have lost thier homes due to this crisis; or due to the hurricanes. The Republican Party is planning to challenge any votes cast by people who are not still in their homes. It is another dirty trick by Republicans trying to rig the election. Americans should be allowed to vote, regardless if they have been displaced, due to the greed of Wallstreat or the acts of nature.

The fact is, that the Democrats said from the beginning, that they would not use thier Majority to force through a bailout, if the plan did not have bipartisan support. The Republican Party is acting in a shameless manner and trying to prevent Americans from voting and having their votes count; because of man made or natural disasters.

The Republicans won't support it because they are cowards and want to try to use people's misery to gain power.

DO NOT give that devil and the market a dime. Let them fall then we can start making it work for the people. Greed has gotten us in this mess and greed should be left to dry out.

All the McCain camp has left is to step up the constant lies about Obama, and it will get really ugly these last five weeks. McCain has done everything wrong that a candidate could possibly do, and he is still generating over 40% support. In five weeks we must say "NO!" the ineptness and idiocy of the last 8 years.

this is a major abyss, and no one seems to no where the bottom is,mr. president tear this "Wall" down.

If he says it is so it must be true......NOT!!!!!!! He is just trying to ensure his legacy does not include the beginning of the second Depression in America's history. His economic policies have destroyed this country and he is trying to delay the inevitable until he is out of office so he can say "everything was going good while I was in office"

Vote for BAILOUT !

Give my money, please, to be mismanaged !

the money will dry up in a short few weeks !

What then? MORE BAILOUT !

GOOD!! Our country needs HELP!!

WHERE IN THE WORLD HAVE OUR HOUSE MEMEBERS GONE? A NOTHER DAY OFF TO CELEBRATE A HOLIDAY ! WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT TAKING OFF! AS A DEMOCRAT I AM SO MAD ! WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP AND WE NEED IT NOW! NANCY PELOSI MUST BE THE BIGGEST MORAN I HAVE EVER SEEN! PLEASE SOME ON HELP US !!!!!

Obama wins by a huge landslide in November.

Can anyone ever trust the Republicans again?

McCain sites with the Republicans and wants to carryout the current administration's failed policies.

How can anyone trust McShame

GO AWAY, BUSH!

AND TAKE MCBUSH WITH YOU!

I am SO looking forward to January 20th 2009. Worst president ever, period.

THE AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE ARRIVED AT IS THAT GEORGE BUSH IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED.

HE IS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER....

I can't wait until this man is out of office! He is the worst President in the history of the United States! I don't want to hear anything he or his Republican rejects have to say.

I read that banks in Europe are starting to experience the same failings as ours. This is just a game of economical musical chairs and we are all going to be left without a seat at the table except the CEOs, who own the seat, the table, the house and the car.

And shame on Eric Cantor from my home state of Virginia yesterday. I admit Nancy Pelosi is a tool, but to blame her for the House Republican's vote yesterday, that was sophomoric and quite frankly, petty. Stand up and say, "The Bill stunk!"

Do you recall when President Bush went on television to sell his Iraq war, and he told us all those lies, and scared us into believing the war was as necessary to our survival as oxygen? Well, when President Bush addressed the nation last week and presented his desperate plea to "rescue" Wall Street, the similarity was striking - only this time the cash grab is even more obvious than the billions of dollars in no-bid war contracts he has given out to companies like Halliburton.

Call your senators and state reps. Let them know that you are a voter and you are not interested in selling out your future or your children's future to "save" the people who have already profited from the destruction of our economy.

This from a man who said the economy was strong not long ago along with his protege McCain. If Bush and et al in the Republican ranks had kept their eye on ball we wouldn't be in this mess.

Mr. Bush–you've already gotten a response from the people.
I know it's not the ACTION results you expected–but the results are the will of the people. The people who overwhelmingly reject this scheme!!

Let the system correct itself–all of OUR economic fundamentals are sound.

We (the people) cannot borrow more than we have collateral for–why should banks that guarantee their loans based on worthless paper be any different?

NO bailout!! LET THEM FAIL and be bought out by stronger, smarter companies! We have a capitalist economy, not a socialist one!

Whether this is the "best" thing we can do, or not, the fact is NOBODY TRUSTS BUSH! I consider myself an independant but with this president's past deeds and his "entire" administrataion's arrogant disregard for the law, why would we believe anything he says?!? He did not acknowledge any kind of a financial crisis until late summer (along with "fundamentally strong"McCain)! What a disgrace! And some of you can't wait to put McCain (economy clueless jr.) in office! SHAMEFUL!

Here's some advice Duh-bya. See if you can get your whiny, infantile members to change their mind. They were "insulted" by Pelosi's remarks. While not the best thing for her to do, the petty GOP foot-stomping shows just how partisan they are. After all those years of running Congress, it hurts to be in the minority don't it??

01.20.2009!!!!! The STOP of this maddness!!!

And your term as president isn't over, either.

Well, why instead of a bailout.. charge them 24 to 29% interest,compound daily more like a loan or a credit card interest.. like they charge every single person.. and yes I think we need change in this country.. a younger generation in the white house instead of the same old people..

This refers more to Obama's plan, but I think it fits here as well!
I don't get it: do people against Obama's proposal and the bailout realize that if there is no bailout, they might go to the ATM one morning (maybe tomorrow) and the bank doesn't have money and their accounts are gone? The FDIC protects our accounts! It will protects the taxpayers money. Is it possible that there are so many stupid people out there that haven't yet realized that the crash of these financial institutions will take our money with them? That the amount of money that will be needed to rescue the economy will just increase exponentially from yesterday on???

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ALL OF THESE APATHETIC REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WERE WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN TO INVADE IRAQ!

Bush thought he coud get out of town before this happened. Now he is caught in his own MESS and his party is running away from him.

Bush and his cronies lied about WMD and Saddam being partnered up with bin Laden. Got us into a war we can't get out of. What did we do? Nothing. Cheney and Rove committed TREASON by outing a CIA agent. What did we do? Nothing. The Patriot Act was shoved down our throats, rendering our Constitution worthless. What did we do? Nothing. Suddenly, now, constituents are calling their representaives, making their voices heard. NO BAILOUT. Well, if we believe Bush and the administration, there's going to be a huge crisis if we don't "do something." But who's going to believe Bush now? "Oh, what a tangled web we weave. . ."

The democrat house/representatives will let this country go down the tubes to make a political statement. You people need to run Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, Schumer out on a rail. I have liked Sen Dodd very well even tho he is a democrat, but he out-and-out lied last week to the American people when he and the others said on TV that the bailout deal was agreed.

Mr. President why not get the opinon of the next President Obama and your worries will be free. Your own party have let you down so now take the advice of a democrat who knows how to lead.

We The People ... say NO BAILOUT !

Give it up Bush! Saving these companies and the CEOs sends the wrong message. They were wrong for the way they operated so they should suffer for it. I do not believe it will harm America the way you want us to believe it well.

What can you say, Bush is still Bush. Only three months left in his term. Thank God.

Well, let's hope not. If the sky was really falling last week, it's still falling this week.

We need a bailout to keep ourselves from the widespread pain of another depression, but it needs enough Democratic provisions to bring justice as well, and that means punishment for the pillagers from Wall St.

The Republicans in the House put their own reelection ahead of the country yesterday. By sending a message that they will not follow the direction of Bush, Cheney, McCain or Boehner, they believe they have positioned themselves positively among their voters. While I look at the overall lack of leadership of the Republicans with humor, I find it hard to think what they have done to America.

Nothing George Bush has to say is of the least interest to me. It is his incompent management of this country that has put us in the situation in which we find ourselves. It is time to place an intelligent and clear-thinking president in the Oval Office and that is Barack Obama.

A Senior Southern Lady – Independent Voter

Pelosi and Reid can't control their own party. It was incredibly asinine Pelosi brought this bill to vote without knowing she had full support of the Dummycrats.

Why Buy out all the bad debt take the government should take the good with the bad. Then the chance of the tax payers making their money back are a lot greater. I also do not want to here either canidate talk about tax cuts. Instead work on a plan to pay off the national debt and with the interest we pay on the dept can go towards health care and social security.

If you would work with OBAMA and not McCain maybe something reasonable will get done???

I hope all you people that voted to put this man in office TWICE will re-think before you vote republican again.

This country has gone downhill to the point where we are the laughing-stock of the rest of the world.

DO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN – PLEASE – we can't afford more wars, more subpoena-dodgers, more secrecy, more bullying – we can't afford it.

Pelosi and Reid can't control their own party. It was incredibly asinine Pelosi would have brought this bill to vote without knowing she had full support of the Dummycrats.

Bush and McCain are horrible leaders. They are invoking panic and anxiety with their failed leadership on this issue. Obama is out there trying to show leadership saying everything is going to be ok and trying to get things done.

What we have here...is a failure...to communicate.

The war in Iraq, Katrina response Abu Graib, Alberto Gonzales, not finding Bin Laden, torture, spying on americans, outing of CIA agents, and now incredible job losses, banks failing, home foreclosures, and the stock marketing hitting the ground . . .

Do you think he knows that he has been the worst president in the history of our GREAT country??

I have a question for all of you on this blog who are blaming this mess on John McCain. What if anything has Senator Obama really done. I have only heard him bash the other side of the aisle. They both seem to agree that we need to do something. I know your rooting for Obama but come on, be fair here.

Why are you not mentioning Pelosi, Frank and Dodd. They have had control over the banking/finance of this nation since 2006. John McCain said in May of 2006 (see congressional record) that if something were not done about Fannie and Freddie we would face economic hard times....so the Dems killed the bill that McCain co-sponsored asking for oversight and regulation for Freddie and Fannie. In fact Dodd and Frank said that these companies were just fine. WRONG!

My 401(k) went down $600 last night....there is blame to go around on both sides of the aisle. Don't blame John McCain without blaming Obama as well.

Laura, Boston

This guy could quite possibly have the least credibility of anyone in America.

And this guy is still talking. He has definitely no SHAME for what he and his party done to this country!

People it is time to think twice before you vote this time. WHo is fault is it that our economy collapsed?

Of course, Republicans are playing the game now by excluding themselves from this mess. Weren't they the real problem makers along with this empty guy? WHo was controlling the congress until recently?

They finally failed all of us, the American people.
It is your job now to give them what they deserve on November 4th!

Be wise so think twice!

he is impotent to get anything done.

The Bush administration needs to quit calling "wolf". The American people are not moved by fear anymore. The bailout is not something Congress should rush on. I hope they do take their time in thinking this through before blowing our tax money.

The longer things go without exploding, the less likely people will be to listen to Bush and Paulson.

LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU BUSH, YOU MORON:

T.H.E. B.A.I.L.O.U.T. D.E.A.L. I.S. N.O.T. G.O.I.N.G. T.O. H.A.P.P.E.N.

I.T. I.S. O.V.E.R.

Where is BatMcCain's save-the-day leadership stunt? He almost suspended the elction to go to DC and save us all. Now it is all in ruins as we can expect with evrything Bush and McCain touch. That's what happens when people unqualified in economic matters try to deal with the economy. McCain is not qualified to be President!

GO OBAMA

That funny Bush I am disappointed by the outcome as well. I am disappointed that your policies and the lack of regulations and over sight has gotten us in this mess to begin with. No this is not the end of the legislative process but I am ecstatic that this is the ending of a miserable presidency.

The last time we gave this mental recession a blank check he got us into a big, expensive mess in Iraq. If the economy really needs to be bailed out, I say do it. But make sure someone else controls the checkbook, lest this bozo rob us blind again.

so? he needs to resign and let barack take over.

I just watched President Bush address the nation concerning the failure of the 700 billion doillar bailout. He does not get it. The American people chose Capitalism over Socialism yesterday by demanding the bailout be defeated. Will the President declare Martial Law if his bailout Plan is not enacted by Congress? After all, all of the laws are in place to enforce such a move. Will the MSM fall in line and support Martial Law with propaganda?

Geezer cannot even control is own party of which he is supposed to the the titular head.

How, can you manage a country if you cannot manage your own party members in a crisis!

No means NO! We want to let the market deal with it. Any more printed money will destroy the dollar. Wake up America, they are trying to destroy our dollar.

John McCain is not fit to lead. To answer the argument that he has command experience. The military is full of officers that only got a command because they knew someone. A person of sound judgment would never have picked Palin. McCain's country first claim is crap. He has done squat to help us veterans. Again, John McCain is unfit for command.

IMO, anyone who voted no on this is just wrong. It doesn't matter if it was the Republicans who voted against it because they felt something was wrong with it (they could have and should have gotten involved in talks earlier and let everyone else know the problems they had with it earlier instead of waiting until the last minute like they did), or if was someone who just wasn't going to vote for it period no matter what (doing nothing is not an option) or those 12 Republican idiots that were for it before they were against it who simply voted against it because they got their feelings hurt by what Speaker Pelosi said. No, I don't condone what she said and she shouldn't have said it, but are these people grown individuals or children?? Grown individuals who are members of the House of Representatives should not let this change their vote. If that was what changed their vote then they probably weren't going to vote for it anyway and were just simply looking for a scapegoat to place the blame on. These people need to stop playing politics and just vote yes on this bill because without it our economy is going to go straight down the toilet.

Does this mean Bush, the House Republicans, and McCain himself are going to try to inject McCain into the mix as the savior once again?

John McCain is not fit to lead. To answer the argument that he has command experience. The military is full of officers that only got a command becasue they knew someone. A person of sound judgement would never have picked Palin. McCain's country first claim is crap. He has done squat to help us veterans. Again, John McCain is unfit for command.

No mention about McCain's failure to lead his own party on the issue? But......but.......that nasty lady, Pelosi called us names......waaah!

Idiot! Worst president ever. Didn't listen to advisors, ignored waarning signs, partied while New Orleans drowned. Pathetic!

Let the financial institutions fail, and start the investigations from government to Wall St.

The 'Affirmative Action' of Fannie and Freddie are what started all of this...any bonehead can determine that.

The insistance by government (from the Carter Administration in 1977 til today's ) to do this instead of following sound, time-honored business pratices was a trainwreck that was bound to occur.

Do not allow the same people who insisted that 'all was well' to be the authors of the solution.

That means no Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, or Schumer.

Get rid of Pelosi and Reid while you're at it.

'Just say NO' to any PORK in regards to the solution.

Time for some heads to roll.

MCCAIN YOUR SUSPENSION DID US WONDERS!

who am I kidding?

You have NO CLOUT, LOOSER....

this is why the country is where it is today republicans, no leadership. lowest approval rating, he looked like a defeated person.

mccain is more of the same

Favorite Republican saying for eight years. JUST TRUST US

And that got us where?

CNN Please forget about BUSH and McBUSH, America is now looking at OBAMA for True Leadership. Can't wait for him to become President!!!!!

Republican G.W. Bush, Republican John McCain, Republican Sarah Palin all of you are REPUBLICANS on the failed Republican team. Republicans you are the SAD problem FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD, no one else but you. It's about time the circus and clown show the republicans have put on for so long to come to an end now. Republicans get out of the way YOU'VE MESSED YOU ENOUGH, let President Obama lead this country to POSITIVE CHANGE.

Obama President for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015………

This whole situation should be a wake up call to all those planning to vote for Mr. McCain. How is it that this national crisis needs such an urgent response when the problem has been building up for so long? They should have taken preventative action a long time ago!

It wasn't too long ago that McCain, Bush, Paulson, and Bernanke were saying that the economy was strong. How could the "so called experts" let this spiral out of control like this. In any other occupation they would be fired immediately for their poor performance!

I cannot believe this presidential race is so close!

Please post this message CNN.

at this point the only thing this loser needs to do is shut his mouth. lies.lies,lies and more lies. you have made a mess of the USA. just finish out your term in a basement somewhere. Because the next president (who I hope and pray will be OBAMA) will have to clean up this eight year mess.

ADVICE FOR JOE BIDEN.
Don't mess it up when the day comes for debate. Rememebr she is young and is the underdog; people usually sympathise with the underdog. NO PERSONAL RHETORIC,NO NAME CALLING, NO DESPISING, NO POMPOUSNESS; NO ATTITUDES;NO ARROGANCE; NO EMOTIONAL(NESS) NO ANGER. JUST FACTS AND GOOD JUDGEMENT. you hear me JOE? Take this seriously and dont mess it up for BARACK, he's already done his bit!!!

What a tool, You guys should bring out the firing squad for this guy and his cronies. People have been executed for alot less.

No matter you are the worst President of United States of America, I am sure you are better than John McCain.

What a tool, You guys should bring out the firing squad for this guy and his cronies. People have been executed for alot less.

One thing republicans can not stand to hear this year and that is, THE TRUTH. The majority leader did not say anything in her speech that was not the truth so no one should be upset.

Obama/Biden 08

Shut up!

Why do they even allow him to speak??
No one cares what he thinks, not even his own party

yes and its not going to be over until we get the GOP out of power you know the people that created this mess and get barack Obama and a democratic congress to fix the mistakes of the last eight years thank god that is soon. Down with the war mongering, economic catastophie creating Repugs... Go Obama our only change at changing things back to the good...

BUSH IS NO LONGER RELEVANT.

NO ONE CARES WHAT HE THINKS OR HAS TO SAY. HE, HIS ADMINISTRATION AND HIS REPUBLICAN BUDDIES ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WE ARE IN TODAY.

ONLY 36 MORE DAYS UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS NAMED AND I FOR ON CANNOT WAIT.

IF YOU WANT MORE OF THE LAST 8 YEARS, AND AN EVEN MORE UNCERTAIN FUTURE THEN VOTE FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE COUNTRY BEGING TO BE SET UPRIGHT AND START TO MOVE ALONG AGAIN, THEN VOTE FOR OBAMA AND BIDEN.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

Bush you are absolutely uselss.....send in Candy Rice....maybe they'll listen to her, cus they sure don't have one shred of respect left for you!

get off my tv bush you lieing idiot of a soooo called president THIS IS ONE PITTIFUL EXCUSE FOR HUMAN BEING CAINT WAIT TILL CROOK IS GONE

He really is Alfred E Neuman's Dad isn't he!!

I think that Congress should draft another proposal that includes Obama's recent suggestion of expanding FDIC coverage to families and small businesses. Although I hate the mess that extremist conservatives and weak liberals have allowed this great nation to fall into, I do believe that if something is not done, America will see a terrible financial recession. Something must get done!