(CNN)– The Democratic National Committee launched a television ad Friday accusing Republicans of appealing to Wall Street for campaign money in exchange for stopping proposed financial regulation from being passed.
"They're at it again, promising Wall Street 'we'll have your back'," says the narrator in the 30 second spot, citing a Wall Street Journal article published Thursday.
The ad, which cites Republican fiscal policies as a major cause of the economic recession, features a picture of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, RNC Chairman Michael Steele and House Minority Leader John Boehner with the slogan "the era of putting Wall Street over Main Street is over."
It will air on national cable.
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Of course they are at it. The know who butters their bread.
Yeah! Sock it to em!!!!
The DNC needs to purge their own ranks too of sell-outs. They keep talking about being anti-lobbyist and trying to align with Main Street. Yet Landrieu, Nelson, Bayh, Lincoln and Baucus are more concerned about lining their pockets with campaign $ and scoring points vs doing the right thing for ALL Amercians. Not just cutting back-room deals for Louisiana or Nebraska for free Medicare.
Taratatataaa, I'm loving it!!!!!
It's 2010 Democrats. Time to:
1. Support your DEMOCRATIC President.
2. Stand together as one in matters of national concerns.
3. Stop being REACTIVE and be PROACTIVE.
4. Grow a pair. NOW USE THEM!!
Keep calling them out. When will people get the connection that the GOP is not interested in middle class America, except as consumers of its Tea Party hate, fears and lies. Get smart America and vote them out.
Some more bull from the immoral Democrats.
Forget about Wall Street or Main Street, anyone know a good bar with some hot women? Hillary is getting a little wide in the hips and she is ussually out of town. Let me know, and we can hook up!
Turn up the heat! Let's bring it to a boil !
"the party of no", "wall street over mainstreet'....yadayadayada.....oh wait, is obama giving another speech again?.......that's right, we're going to hear about "jobs created or SAVED" again.......obama, the dems and the dnc just can't stop campaigning......i'm telling you, if they actually did some work and stopped spending overtime on the SPIN machine, they wouldn't be in so much trouble...........OMG, the "ONE" is starting another speech....i gotta go....have a nice day
I think it is about time the Dems became alot more agressive in attacking the GOP..There is no way, with the majority the Dems have that they should ever be on the defense..Also the Dems should get in line and work toward compromise between themselves in order to move Pres Obama's agenda, and stop fighting..Healthcare should have been passed last year when they had 60 votes, so lest not blow the chance this time thru reconcilliation or by any means necessary..Dems should not lose site of why they were given the majority by the Amercian People and lets get the job done swiftly..Also we can only hope for bi-partisianship, but lets ne realistic..It is not going to happen and move on..I can tell the Amercian people could care less about bi-partisianship at this time..They are hurting, and only want to see real action and results..Who cares about bi-partianship at this point..
SOS with the democrats always pointing fingers and not excepting any responsibility for anything bad that has ever happended. Never any accountability with the dems, it's always the other party. People that act like that in the business world get a lable put on them and then fired.
These two parties the Democrats and the Republicans have a monopoly on our government. I sure both sides will love bashing each other over these petty issues in order to distract you from their true self of representing a Plutocracy. But the truth is there is no difference if you vote Democrat or Republican Liberal or Conservative. We will get the same we have always received from big brother, the people who can attract the billions required to be elected are not getting that money from the people. Both of these parties are bought and paid for by the Special interest groups, PACs, Unions, Wall Street, banking, global Corporations are all contributing billions to re-election funds that undermine the people's representation
I say in 2010 ask who is funding your representative? Look to see where the money is coming from? If the money comes from outside your voter district then who do you think they will represent if they are elected or re-elected? We need to bring these professional politicians back into line.
Vote them out, if they are in office vote them out this fall no matter what party they belong to and in the next election and every election going forward until they become the servants of the people once more.
LOOKS LIKE LARRY DARREL & DARREL lol LOL dumb dumb and dumber . the three jerks, the three liars . the three goose stepping morons . the three that support CEO big bonus's the list goes on and on . and they will loose at the end of the day .. hopefully
mr Obama has brought change to america and change is good
"At it again"? When was the Republican Party never all about protecting the rich person and expecting the middle class and other working people just to suck it up. Republicans, generally, have never cared about anything other than the wealthy. Evidence, Bush tax cut which cut taxes mostly for the wealthy, Bush policies that protected Wall Street and to Hell with Main Street, the current effort to make sure that average people remain the subjects of the insurance industry. Our Republican members of the Congress are all bought and paid for by wealthy donors. Why are we surprised. "At it again," no, they never stopped socking it to working Americans.
You people are sick! Nothing but a bunch of communists! And you as well as Obama have no clue as to how to turn this country around. You people thrive on false and manufactured numbers. The only followers Obama has are the uneducated followers that do not know they are being sucked into marxism under their leader, Lord Screwball Obama. His day will come when he can return to the hood. Very soon!!
What a bunch of bunk. Recessions are a part of the economic cycle and if the nation has the misfortune of having Obama President for a second term, there is sure to be another recession before he leaves office. All government can do regarding a recession is tweak it at the edges to try and reduce it's severity and duration.
As for Wall Street, Obama and the Democrats want Wall Street to fail and be torn down. That would take us all down with them. America will not surrive without a strong Wall Street, nor will it without a strong Main Streeet. A smart common sense goal would be for both Wall Street and Main Street to be successfull. Wall Street is not an enemy to America. An enemy to Wall Street would be an enemy of America.
When Obama said "yes we can" he also talked about the uphill battle against the opposition, and how wall street cronies would be jumping behind the Republicans. We knew this wouldn't be easy. I hope that who stood behind Mr. Obama in the election continue to stand behind him through tough times instead of becoming a "fair weather friend."
I believe that the group we know as "Wall St" owns the Republican Party.
Republicans, especially the Tea Party bigots = ZEIG HEIL!!!! Stupid Palin says she'll donate her speaking fee to the "cause". Believe that and I have swamp land in Arizona for sale. The Rethuglicans ALWAYS have the backs of Wall Street, but the blind sheep that follow them can't see it.
GOP = protect wall street, protect insurance companies, no regulation -- let the good times roll for the wealthy.
More negative campaigning. We independents gave you Democrats a chance in 2008 to better than Republicans, not to lower yourself to their levels.
Seems to me that both prties work for Wall Street! Why else give them billions of taxpayer money without regulations first! Still no credit, high APR's, increasing fees to bolster the bottom lines as unemployment increases and folks struggle to survive. It is as plain as day for those who look at the actions rather than the rhetoric. Mostly All Liars who have been too long at enriching themselves at our collective expense. Read: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein and it will all be crystal clear. Peace
All you have to do is look at the stock market drop since Scott Brown was put in office. Americans know that with this Tea Party person in office with the republicans, financial reform will never happen now. There is no point in continuing to hope for improvement in the financial sector so why bother. Better to pull all of your money out and save yourself. republicans care only about big business and tea party people don't understand.
America's Conservative leadership is completely corrupt. They are selling their services to big donors.
From their own point of view, though, the nation is divided into winners and losers The upper class are the winners. The middle class are the losers. The lower class is beneath their notice. To the Conservative mind, winners deserve anything they want. Losers deserve whatever they get.
What do you think, my fellow losers?
The era of Democrats insulting the intelligence of the American People is what is over.
When Main Street prospers, Wall Street does well also.
Such a shame they never return the favor, don't you think?
The truth will set us free...
But as usual, the dems just don't punch up the message with "body blow" rhetoric that the rethuglicants constatly use use against them.
Take heed dems – Nice guys finish last, so....GO FOR THE THROAT!
If the DNC can keep this up all the way until November, we'll get all of those obstructionists out of Congress.
The congress has been controlled by the democrats for three years. How is it that Republicans can promise anything to Wall Street. The demorats have been promising main street the world for three years and this is where they have led us. Check out the numbers on Wall Street again today. We are sinking under the demorats and nobama due to their tax and spend ways.
Gee, so much for that bi-partisan spirit of co-operation! Time for the Republicans to make some ads about all the backroom deals they made with big Pharma, healthcare companies, hospitals, etc. As well as all the lobbyists Obama has in his administration, especially from Goldman Sachs!
Any body notice that the government released two employment numbers today that wildly contradict each other?
On was the jobs numbers report that 20,000 jobs were lost in January. It is based on a survey of 370,000 employers.
The other was the unemployment rate which went down from 10% to 9.7% and is based on a survey of 110,000 homes. The results of the survey projected 541,000 new jobs in January.
At least one of these reports is way of base, both can not be accurate.
And to top it off the government also released numbers that say 8.4 million jobs were lost during the recession, up from a previous estimate of 7.2 million.
Anyone know which, if any of these numbers are credible?
And how about Obama's promise that if the stimulus was passed unempolyment would not go beyond 8%, that did not happen, even if the new number of 9.7% is accurate, the stimulus has long past failed to deliver on Obama's promise.
So how about Obama's claims on how many jobs have been created or saved? Anyone think those numbers are credible?
Which numbers comming from the White House are accurate and which are not? It is clear at least some are way off base.
Pot calling the kettle black. It's a bit ironic that the people who are now doing such a good job of watching Wall Street's back are the very same people accusing the other side of the same.
Ah yes, more of the Whiner-In-Chief Barry Soetoro's famed "non-partisanship". Is it 2012 yet?
What do you expect from a bunch of jerks
I beg to differ with the DNC. Both our political partys sold out to Wall Street.. What we the people need to do is clean up our congress by getting rid of our professional politicans and do it by pushing for Term Limits.
Yep, Republicants were in charge when the US economy tanked. We have them to thank. I'll vote Democrat over Republican because the Republicans don't know how to work with others and also don't know that they were voted in office for the people, not themselves.
These Republican global corporate Loyalist are obstructing America from moving forward. They have different plans for American workers as demonstrated by the corporate loyalist on the Supreme Court who have acted under color of authority (black robes) aiding global corporations to impact our lawmaking and elections with this unlimited cash bribery.
Republicans want America to continue down the old deregulated (i.e., lawless) Reagan Trail of 1890’s “Horse-and-sparrow economics” promising if we feed a horse enough oats some are bound to pass through to the high-end and trickle-down onto the trail for the sparrows, as they ignore how it all got lost in the Bushes; the George Bushes. We just traveled down that wilderness path and look were it got us. Bushwhacked!, and yet Republican global corporate loyalist still argue that if we remove the remaining laws regulating global banks and global corporations they will use all that money they take and create jobs with it. What they don’t tell you is that the jobs these global corporations offer are building high speed rail systems and the worlds tallest buildings everyplace in the world but here and that the workers overseas have universal health care.
Say something negative about the black man, the hispanic man, gays, lesbians and people like Tom Tancredo(Tea Party) think that's what White Americans want to hear to put them in office. Unfortunately, they are so far wrong. White Americans are sick and tired of the racial overtures, they are smart and progressive people who have no need to use racism and hate to get ahead in life, they use their brains.
I am with the Repubs! Wall Street creates jobs – not Washington and lord knows we need jobs in this country!!
I am sure the DNC ad will also point out that employees and PACs associated with Goldman Sachs contributed $994,795 to Obama's 2008 election campaign while only giving the McCain campaign $230,095. They could also acknowledge that Sen. Reid of Nevada received more campaign contributions from securities firms than casinos in his last election cycle.
Tax cuts don't create jobs, they create bubbles. Real economic growth comes from investment in infrastructure - physical, human and informational - which is mainly done by government because the capitalists can't seem to find a way to turn an acceptably large, acceptably quick profit on it. Unfetter the capitalists and they quickly run the whole darn economy into the ground (see: the last thirty years).
I think we've had enough of that GOP small government / tax cut / no regulation nonsense for a while.
About Right. All they want is money and at this moment the large wall street firms have it. They would sell out to foreign governments to make shur the OBAMA Administration fails.
hmmm, Dems are in charge in the WH and are the majority in the house and a majority in the senate..with a SUPER majority in the senate up until about 3 weeks ago. Yet, republicans, who are powerless in DC are hurting the economy? interesting.
I guess the DNC is playing follow the lying, incompetent, inept, leader they have in the White House. See Obozo is lying about that bipartisanship also. The libertard fools are either complicit in these lies that the idiot spouts or are totallay incompetent also.
For eleven months the Repubs and their massive political machine have been not only the "Party of NO" but have done and said everything possible to block the work of the Congress and the government.
In spite of all the negative actions, the policies of the Demos have started to turn this country around..unemployment continues to drop and the US economy grew at a record pace in the last quarter of 2009.
With the news of today we see that unemployment numbers continue to decrease when the Repubs were hoping they would increase...and what are the Repubs response..MORE NEGATIVE ADS.
However, todays news brings us even more serious actions by two Neo Con Repub Senators, Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions. They have taken the action of putting holdings on presidental appointments so they can attempt to black mail the administration into awarding military contracts to a foreign company. The Senators have have a personal interest in seeing the the foreign company receive the contracts rather than a US MANUFACTURER . This is nothing but ...BLACKMAIL
This act shows exactly what their number one objective is...TO GET RE ELECTED...they don't care about anything other than that..Which is what the Republican party has been all about..since Jan.20, 2009.
Perhaps some have forgotten that while Repub party it had the majority in Congress and White House, it's policies screwed up the strongest economy in the world and rushed us into two of the longest wars this country has ever faced...Net Result...a finanical crash that has affected every American family and one totally unecessary war which has hurt tens of thousands of American families.
And their response remains the same...NO...NO...NO...
Good ad! Democrats, you have to speak up! Otherwise the hate-mongers on AM radio and Faux News will keep lying to America!
GOP= Grand Obstructionist Party!
Those DemoKKKrats are at it again.
It's about time. The Dems have been in a crouch position taking the Repubs punches for the past year. I do not want counterpunching. I want the Dems to carry the fight to the opposition. Go get the b**tards.
Wasn't Goldman Sachs Obama's biggest supporter. It would seem that he owes them a few favors himself.
Not to mention, the free coverage here.
Republicans and Democrats are equally corrupt.
I wish the dems would hit these idiots harder than we're doing.. Republicans play nasty, dirty, ball, and don't mind waddling in the mud. I would love for my fellow dems to get down right nasty with them....
Sock it to 'em, DNC!
Oops, I guess I'm showing my age there.
These neo-con republicans will sell out the people of the United States for their own profit. The recent Supreme Court decision forced by the republican nominated justices, could put control of the U.S. in the hands of a candidate backed by foreign interests. These republicans will have made their millions however by political prostitution.
Excellent. The Grand Obstructionist Party, AKA the Party of NO was in the White House when Wall Street was raping America and the Republicans were doing nothing about it. The GOP is also responsible for the huge deficit and they were doing nothing when dictator Bush was spending billions and billions on the two insane wars. But now that a Democrat is in the White House, they have emerged from their comas and now are deficit hawks. Republicans are hypocrites. alll of them..
Cool ad Dems, but let's not throw stones while you are living in a glass house. Most of you Dems in congress basically gave Wall Street 700 billion to bail hem out of their mess that they created and not once did you consider that Wall Street will always do what they do, pad their pockets with loads of cash and in turn do nothing for main street. So this ad is the pot calling the kettle black. You should have put these regulations in place first. But you didn't because the same guys you are critizing for paying themselves insane amounts of money in bonuses are the same guys who are paying for you to stay in office. Hypocrites! We need to get rid of this two party system and demand term limits on all government officials
"For Sale- – AMERICA," leave it to the repugs and we'll lose it. Shameful!!
Good. It's factual. It's the truth. It's about time they are called out for supporting Wall street over good fiscal policy so that the giant corporations can make obscene money off of us.
All their yap about the little guy is just that. They have always supported business interests over the ordinary man..
The vote is Mass must have awakened the DNC. I thought they had won the 2008 election and closed shop. Thank God there is life still there!
Is this to cover up the growing distain for the liberals Porkulus Package which people are now realizing was a huge give a way to special interest groups. How many jobs was it going to create??? I know, I know its not all spent quite yet. But where is the jobs? The housing market is going to hit a dead end when tax breaks expire. No more cash for clunkers which front loaded car sales for several months. This will be a long, long campaign season for Liberals.
I can't wait.
what a bunch of loosers.the party of no and rich.WOW IM EXCITED AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF REPUBLICAN RULE.they are still spewing same old worn out lies
LMAO. If the Democrats can't blame Global Warming–they just blame republicans. Rather than taking the initiative to solve problems of their own creation–the Democratic Congress voted for TARP 1 and unfunded liabilities like the War on Tactics (Terror)–their gut response to all things is to blame republicans. At least their creating work among Ad agencies via a propaganda spewdem campaign. It's not that Americans don't like politics–we just don't like blithering idiots in politics.
70% of wall street's donations went to democrats.....
Umm....do you have any idea how much Obama has taken from Wall St. in the past 6 months for contributions? Let's start with a $10K per plate dinner for 300+ here in NYC in Septebmer that was essentially billed as "attend, or else". Not to mention the passes that Geithner has given the big banks over the past year. Let's face it, both parties have an interest and are in bed with these guys. To single out Republicans only is naive. It's politics.
just look at the stock market drop since scott brown was placed in office. americans know republicans did this with their bailouts.with this teabag person able to stop all help for americans we realize best to get your money out while you can.
The GOP supports a government “Of the corporations, by the lobbiests, for the shareholders.”.
Sorry DNC, but your ad accusing the Republicans will not stick this time because the American people know better!!! We are and have been paying closer attention to politics because we want Pelosi, Reid and a few other thugs out of Washington NOW!
those racist left wing jerks cant stand micheal steel because of his color,,,they cant control him like they do obama,,, its all talk ,, they trash colon powell too ,,,, democrats talk a good game but there hate runs deep..
did anyone expect the lying repugs to change their tune? they are the same ones that helped bush destroy this country.
This is really hilarious since it was none other than the current Democrat administration that gave all that money to fat cats at big banks. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Oh they are so full of crap; Goldman Sachs, Lehman Borthers, et al are HUGE doners to the DNC and democrats in general. They
The sad thing here is than many people will see this DNC propaganda, and believe it. How easily the masses are fooled.
Big money fat-cat Rethugs stick together like glue. No wonder the GOP doesn't want to do anything to reform Wall Street, health care insurance or the banking industry. Those are the people who fund their coffers and help them win elections. Guess those of us who earn under $250,000 a year don't count to the 'thugs.
It's funny. During the time Clinton was President we had a balanced budget. We also had Republican control of the house and senate. Another one ot those things that make you go, hmmmm.
The GOP are business people. That's to be expected. Precisely why we need a new and totally different party, with a different set of ideals, that neither seek personal enrichment, nor give away the country to social programs.
Can a leopard change his spots?
Really? And I would LOVE to see the contributions from big business from all donley candidates...let's see some of that transparency.....
The thing is: there is no difference from a Chris Dodd and a John McCain. They are the same. The republican or democrat label matters little. They both are corrupt to the core.
The 2 Party illusion is really one party. If there is a 2 party system in this country it's rich and poor.
This is a Great Idea. Keep up the pressure!
Good. Everyone who votes should know just what the Republicans have done to this country for way too long.
If people are unset with how things are going then they need look no further then the fear/hate/obstructionism/purity ideology of the Republicans.
If you want real change to take place with the Republicans acting as they are then vote for either a true Democrat or an Independent in 2010/2012. Do not as the voters of MA. did and reward the Republicans with their hate/fear/obstructionism/purist actions.
Republicans thrive off of Wall Street. They don't care about middle class and poor people. Never have, never will.
The party of NO wants more money to fight the regulators. They are not the party of NO but the party of GREED. We need to get the lobbyists out of our lives !
Again? They never stopped. It was started a decade ago and hasn't let up. When will the smart people realize the republicans just want to protect the profits of insurance companies and wall street? That's their true base, the big money in this country. Not us.
1. Of course, it means nothing that Obama received millions of donations over the internet that were never verified. None of those were illegal donations from foreign people, I'm sure.
2. The major cause of the recession were subprime mortgages pushed by Democrats that ruined the financial markets. Sorry, DNC.
i would love to see how much $$$ the DNC and Obama got from Wall Street. If the RNC has a brain it will respond with this info and send the DNC packing.
With the "liberal media" bias, good luck gettng this to see the light of day. Now if you want to spout your opinion about abortion, I hear they are still looking for spots to fill the SuperBowl time slots. Wake up, the media is owned by 5-6 major multinational conglomerations who dictate what they can and can't say. Look at it this way, Fox "News" Channel is carried on basic cable pretty much everywhere (MSNBC, who is as biased as Fox is not), Rush Limbaugh likewise is also across the radio dial in every state... I am a liberal and there is no liberal media (unless you go looking for it, I stream progressive radio on my computer, there is no progressive radio programming in central Ohio). Why are people afraid of "big government", but they will hand over their rights to transnational conglomerates? Listen to both sides of every story, and make your own decisions. Demand the truth, regardless of whose politics it favors, Americans have always decided matters for themselves. Why are we allowing ourselves to be led like a pack of frightened sheep?
didn't Obama make a huge backroom deal with the pharmaceutical companies so they would support Obamacare??? Duh.
The Steele guy looks just like a motivational speaker your work place might hire. I just hope he doesn't live 'in a van down by the river"
It's a good add, it shows two out the top three senators we need to make a concerted effort to inform the public about. All three are up to their chins with special intrest groups, carry the GOP montra to a whole new level, and fail to represent their constituents over their prefered lobbyist.
The senator missing from this article is Senator Grassley, the GOP stooge that held the health reform comittee up for a long time adding in all the big pharma and big insurance perks (then voted against the bill anyway).
If one of these tired old senators is from your state please vote them out of office in November. They don't represent you anymore anyway.
The Democrats have had control of Congress since 2006 and have had control of the Presidency and a healthy majority in both the Senate and the House for over a year now. All you will hear is that the Republicans are to blame; and their Liberal base will bleat this to the four winds as loudly as they can. In an attempt to get Republican law makers to vote for Liberal measures, which the majortiy of constituents who voted them into office oppose, they are labled "obstructionists" and designated the "Party of No".
It’s understood that this is the best the Liberal wing of the Democratic party can do. Please just continue to do it with the results we have seen in elections in Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, ……
They can run, but they can't hide. Expose the liars and hypocrits.
This is true it was in the Wallstreet Journal on Feb 4, 2010 page A6.
It's shameful because the GOP tells America they are made at Wallstreet yet they court them and tell them per the paper that they and i quote
"At dinner, John Boehner said congressional Republicans had stood up to Mr. Obama's efforts to CURB PAY and IMPOSe NEW REGULATIONS. The Republican leader also said that he was dissapointed many on Wallstreet continue to donate their money to Democrats."
also quoted
"In discussions with Wallstreet Executives, Republicans are striving to make the case that they are BANKS 'BEST HOPE OF PREVENTING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS FROM CRACKING DOWN ON WALL STREET"
The article also says the follwoing about ERIC CANTOR
"I sense a lot of dissafaction and a lot of buyer's remorse on Wall Street, said Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va) the second ranking house member
CNN can we have coverage on this appears that the DEFICIT is not of great concern to the Republicans as we are being told by them on every chance they get to run to the cameras
How about some "additional reporting"
The American simply want to the truth from both parties
Too bad the Democrats didn't go back far enough to show how much Clinton's actions contributd to thje current financial meltdown, especially in the area of the housing market.
The current mortgage crisis came about in large part because of Clinton-era government pressure on lenders to make risky loans in order to “make homeownership more affordable for lower-income Americans and those with a poor credit history,” the DC Examiner notes today. “Those steps encouraged riskier mortgage lending by minimizing the role of credit histories in lending decisions, loosening required debt-to-equity ratios to allow borrowers to make small or even no down payments at all, and encouraging lenders the use of floating or adjustable interest-rate mortgages, including those with low ‘teasers.’”
Also the changes in tax structures by Clinton made it profitable to make a business out of buying and selling houses.
No Wall Street = No Jobs for Main Street! I know this is a difficult concept for a community organizer to understand....
Like this will put even the slightest dent in the decline in Democrat polling and election results?
At least Wall Street is a capitalistic endeavor. Better to spend our money there than on Socialist reform.
Dnc, pelosi, aclu...etc listen up it's over....
We may not like the republicans either but your methods of fixing this mess has not only scared businesses and individuals into not spending money but your bankrupting our nation "saying your fixing it"
So all must go this year from both sides
Where is the backbone and character of the republican party....to help the problems in the country?????? These people are against America!
The republicans are being called out because their lies just can't cover up all their blunders...They call the President a socialist and expect the American people to buy into their nonsense. Karma will happen- no matter how they try to hide it.
Deparate act, from a desparate party.
I guess the DNC didn't get Obama's memo asking everyone to be nice to each other!!! hehehehe
Yep, Change You Can Believe In !!!!
"...Republican fiscal policies as a major cause of the economic recession..."
The Democrats lie!
The bubble that burst was caused by Democrat-led legislation and liberal arm-twisting, including:
1) The Community Reinvestment Act passed under Carter and ramped up under Clinton - owning a home is expensive, and if a person can't afford it, they never should have been politicized into buying one.
2) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Barney Frank's pet projects, which are now basically insolvent but being propped up by the Feds. What a nincompoop!
The American people have awakened from their "hope and change" coma, and aren't going to be fooled by this propaganda.
The Treasury Secretary puts Wall Street ahead of Main Street, so Republicans aren't the only ones.
DNC Head Little Timmy Kaine just keep loosing elections.
Hey Congress and President Obama: Please present your plan for paying off the national debt. Explain what steps you will take to ensure future generations will not be enslaved with the debt you continue to rack up at an unsustainable pace. Explain why increasing the debt ceiling and continuing to borrow from China or print more money without any more value to back it up does not represent a threat to our national security. Please put all other political objectives on hold until you address the debt.
LOL – I absolutely love the published photograph of John Boehner, Mitch McConnell & Michael Steele...They look like Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir respectively...LMAO...{:o)
Good. Kick em where it hurts. Not that it matters. The Republicans have no shame. They will take the money, then deny that it affects their decisions.
They are.
It's just amazing how we all voted for change...it proves just how impatient we really are. We'll pay for it again, just like we did for the past eight years of Republican rule. Shame.
The rich will get richer.....we're about to vote in a new batch of republicans to line their pockets with gold. Shame on us all.
It's not that the GOP is at it again - it's that they never stopped! They want Wall Street to the detriment of Main Street. After all, that's how they're lining their pockets while the rest of us go hungry.
Republicans are the party of Wall Street. A little known fact about Republicans is they love to balloon deficits and drastically increase the size of government. They took the US under Ronald Reagan from being the largest creditor nation to the number one debtor nation. Republicans also love to de-regulate the financial industry, so we can have boom and bust cycles. Another thing about the GOP is they are lousy on national security-9/11 occurred on their watch, they started an unnecessary and unfunded war in Iraq, and missed bin Laden at Tora Bora. Personally, I cannot see why any lobbyist would want to give a penny to the GOP, much less vote for them.
We all know that it's the DEMS are truly to blame. THEY HAVE HAD TOTAL CONTROL OF ALL BRANCHS OF GOVT.
Who is at it again? The labor market lost 20,000 jobs and the jobless rate dropped to 9.7. Amazing!
Said that they found 500,000 people working that had not been counted.
This is the reason that no one trusts the government. More lies.
The democrats still do not get it. Americans do not care what Dems think about the GOP. Americans do now want to hear from the party that controls all three brancehs of government that it cannot get anything done because of the minority GOP party. And Americans do not want to hear President Obama blame all his problems and those of the country on George Bush. If that is all the Dems and Obama have to offer, than move aside and get out of office and let somebody who can get it done have a chance.
One and Done for Obama
Bye bye to Reid, Dodd, Kerry, Frank, Pelosi, Liberman, Lynch, Markey, Specter, Burris, and about 40 other democratic do nothings
Funny, this doesn't seem like "change I can believe in", kinda seems like the "same ole same ole"
Who cares with the democratic insiders thinks. Take a look at what mericans think.
Virginia Governors rave - snubs Obama and goes GOP
PA race - ditto
Kenney senate seat in liberal MA - Obama flies in and Dems lose
Summer Olympics – Obama flies to Copenhagen and Chicago loses
The is 0-4 Obama Americans are no longer listening to you.
who is going to win the wisonsin senate seat ? anybody who runs who is not a Democrat
who is going to win the PA senate seat? Not Arlen Spectacle who became a Democrat
who will win Reid's senate seaT IN nEVADA - any REPUBLICAN THAT RUNS
wILL jOHN kERRY keep his seat in Massachusetts - NO way for Mr droopy jaw to keep his seat
Will barney Frank be back -- not even close for the Fannie Mae bandid
Democrats want us to believe that Obama is responsible for raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, but not the fact that unemployment is nearing 10% while he tries to cram a trillion dollar entitlement down everyone's throats.
Sure, Democrats, the GOP is at fault. Go buy a clue.
THE VOTE HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD' makes your propaganda machine useless DIMRATS. YOU have very little time before being bounced out on your collective bums so I'd suggest you use your time and money more wisely.
At it again, they never stopped stupid. And there not going to stop as long as the Dems are spending like crazy.
2010/2012 REAL Change is coming
"2. The major cause of the recession were subprime mortgages pushed by Democrats that ruined the financial markets. Sorry, DNC."
Not really. See, if those subprime mortgages simply failed, there would have been a bunch of foreclosures and that would have been the end of it. Bank gets the property, homeowner gets ousted.
What really happened is that "Wall Street" took those subprime mortgages, bundled them with regular mortgages to create securities, paid the securities ratings companies to rate them as less risky than they really were, bought insurance from places like AIG against the possibility of the securities failing, then engaged in credit-default swaps in order to create hollographic profits on paper thru a good old fashioned game of hot potato. When those subprime mortgages bottomed-out and failed because of their well-hidden ballooning payment structures, financial institutions left holding them went to insurers like AIG, who had improperly underwritten the securities based on their improper risk ratings, and demanded their insurance money...so guess what? AIG went bottom-up and so did the institutions left with the hot potatoes. If you don't recognize and understand that the above is Exhibit A in the case against Wall Street and deregulatory policy, then you're just vomitting partisan talking points and understand none of it.
Why dont we just turn this country back over to the The Republicans. According the the republican, we did great under GW Bush......the sad part of it all, I voted for the republican.
So let me get this straight. Democrats have been in power and have controlled the purse strings for three years now with a Republican minority, and they're blaming Republicans for catering to Wall St.??? Really? Here's the reality: Democrats know they're in trouble in November with the mid-term elections. So why not turn the tables and make Republicans the bad guys? Brilliant strategy, but the American people aren't that stupid.
Air America
2004 – 2010
RIP
"Brilliant strategy, but the American people aren't that stupid."
Really? Apparently they are...you know...seeing as how that's precisely what the GOPers have been playing as their hand for the past year. Misinform, misdirect, mischaracterize and voila...angry populace.
You can only target the independents. You can see from the comments here that conservatives get their talking points from Fox and have already made up their minds.
Of course these domestic terrorists, the Republican Party, are at it again...they never stopped!
The Party of "NO!" continue to obstruct this country's forward progress, and that, in my book, is DOMESTIC TERRORISM. Period.
GOP: fearmongers, haters, racists...this is what your party now stands for...you must be very proud. And you wonder why you are called Tea Baggers...
If you think Republicans wake up in morning and honestly want to help the country and people like you and me – then you need your head examined. Oh wait, you can't afford that under your current insurance thanks to them!
They decided the minute Obama was elected they would say NO to anything and everything no matter what it was. And they got paid extra for it by the industries that stand to lose the most – Banks and Insurance companies.
The GOP will never denounce lobbying or they would have NO cash whatsoever to support their lust for power.
They claim they want "less government" – well that translates into less regulation and that's how we get screwed everyday by the banks, insurance companies, and airlines among other giants, EVERY DAY.
If I'm going to pay my taxes – I expect my government and it's politicians to WORK. So don't tell me that you want me to pay you so you can produce LESS results – because I'm not cool with that and it's not something you should be proud of you lazy s.o.b.s
If they put half the effort they do into screaming about gay marriage like they did into FIXING THE BUDGET then maybe we'd see some results. But this party would rather tell tax-paying citizens what to do in their bedrooms behind closed doors before they'd accept responsibility for the potholes in the road and the overpriced costs to get something as simple as a tooth filling.
And they keep screaming about socialism – which is not where we're headed but if it were... um, every socialist country doesn't have half the problems we do and oddly, twice the freedoms as a result.
Fools!!! How long does the Dems have to control congress before they take some resposibilty. For them its always the other guys fault. NEWSFLASH!!!!!!! Not everyone agrees with the far left policys the President is pushing. Yes not even his own party. The Democrats have been hijacked by the left and there is no room for moderate dems anymore.
@Sniffit – So what you're saying is the Democrats have no fault what so ever with the Wall St. bailout? And the angry populace is angry because of the poor job performance, back-room sweet heart deals from democrats. Not to mention spending us into oblivion while jet setting in military jets the way Nancy Pelosi has done.
Dominican mama 4 Obama
What? Celebrating over an ad? Only read what you like to hear?
Please read all comments and give some thoughts to different views. They widen your horizon.
There are other beverages than kool-aids.
I cannot get over the fact how Reid sank so low to "take" money from 49 states to give to one state Nebraska, in perpetuity, so that he can bribe the senator to vote for his "reform' bill. If a bill is good for everyone, it does not need bribing, from its own party member. Obama allows the back room deals with dem congress with Pharma, Insurance co., and gave favors to big banks.
Voting NO is for a reason.
I respect your choice to support your party, but call them out for unethical conducts. Dont just cheer them on no matter what, as you are doing. We are not enemies.
Republicans should do the same.
I work for ACORN, so I know what I'm talking about. So what if the economy is going into the dumper? Its worth it to get even with those Republicans. We sure showed GWB!
What Republicans? Democrats had absolute power for a year now and they continued the G.W. Bush bailout (Geitner, who did it under Bush) and conduct of war (Gates who did it also under Bush).
So where is and what is the change? We got inexperienced average Chicago politician in charge and things are just the same!
For those who don't know: Ole "Suntan Boner" (John Boehner) was in New York the other day meeting the Jamie Diamond, Chairman of Chase Bank who got a $15,000,000 (million) bonus after taking TARP money last year.
Ole Boner wants Jamie to fund the Republican campaigns (with unlimited corporate money thanks to the Right Wing activist "Supreme Court") in exchange for filibustering any attempt to pass financial reforms in Washington.
Hey TEA Baggers and Republicans how do you like that? One of your "Fiscal Responsibility" Pols, cutting a graft deal with the banks.
Good luck you guys.... you deserve the screwing you get!
I love how the liberal ties the GOP with wall street. Who does Tim Geithner work for? Where did he come from? No Wall Steert lobbyists in the current cabinet, right? Why don't t Liberals tie the Dems to big labor and GE? Too close to home perhaps? Too bad no Dem received Wall Street $$$ for campaigns! Too bad!
Wow!!! Who cares that these ads are put on cnn or msnbc? Noone is watching anyway!!! All of you should go to a tea party. You will find all three parties there. They are people seeking truth. You will not find truth in the current admin. They have been in power for years. All during the Bush years, the dems had the house and senate. They strong armed the banks into giving people who could not afford a house a loan. At least some of you should see the truth somewhere. And it ain't comin' from the white house!
BTW please don't call me a racest, thats getting old too!!!