Comments on: Edwards Slams Bush Mortgage Plan

During Hometown Visit, Democratic Hopeful Says President's Proposal Doesn't Go Far Enough

[mudrose-2009]

JERSupporter: Asking Mudrose for factual evidence is like asking Bill O''''Reilly or Rush Limbaugh if they are willing to debate a subject. The neocon movement doesn''''t need facts or figures. They blurt out their hatred, and it is therefore fact.
Posted by marcodele

Oh, I don''t know. I''ve repeated the facts so often it''s rather redundant. The guy''s an ambulance-chaser. He has a house that is 30,000 square long and he tauts his feelings for the poor. Wow, if that isn''t right up there with that other elitist Al Bore, I don''t know what is. Facts, you want facts, go look them up. Hahahah.

[dogsoul]

"Yet others are just like you said spending 300 and 400 dollars on stuff like it is nothing. They just swipe the food stamp card and walk off. I have to worry that if it comes to more than my budget where can I cut a corner to make up for it. We also have 2 kids at home and the government doesn''''t offer us any help. "

Well, you have to realize that those individuals sold their vote to liberals in exchange for that money - unfortunately however, liberals puchased those votes with EVERYONE''s money... so not only does it cost you, but often times those fine folks on welfare raise generation after generation on welfare, many having 4, 5, 7 kids or more - often with multiple and/or absent fathers... so they raise children that are not only a burden financially, but also represent a good chuck of the crime element in today''s society as well...

[imissamerica]

I8c6,

I don''t hold it against the ones on welfare who actually need it. There are some that do and I would help them all that I could. People do fall on hard times and that is why help is there. It is the ones who are on the womb to tomb life plan that bugs me. You see these people who are capable of working but as soon as they are born the parents sign them up for SSI or whatever and it becomes a cycle. That takes from people who have real needs and who actually worked to pay these benefits in.

[marcodele]

JERSupporter: Asking Mudrose for factual evidence is like asking Bill O''Reilly or Rush Limbaugh if they are willing to debate a subject. The neocon movement doesn''t need facts or figures. They blurt out their hatred, and it is therefore fact.

[imissamerica]

One more thing , not only are they dressed in the best as well as the kids but the purse that holds that food stamp card is Coach, Dooney & Bourke etc. How do they do it?

[dogsoul]

Oh please, John Edwards is nothing but a smug cardboard cutout of an ambulance chasing liberal socialist lawyer... he''s as fake as they come - MUCH worse than Gore, Kerry - heck even HILLARY! You may not like George W, but he IS who he is... John Edwards is a ball sack

[imissamerica]

Strugglingto, you stated how I feel. My husband and I both work, pay our bills and have to watch how we live. I hate going to the store and worrying about how much it will cost and trying to live cheaply. Yet others are just like you said spending 300 and 400 dollars on stuff like it is nothing. They just swipe the food stamp card and walk off. I have to worry that if it comes to more than my budget where can I cut a corner to make up for it. We also have 2 kids at home and the government doesn''t offer us any help.

[dogsoul]

You liberals with your ''evil corporations'' mantras are truly ill informed socialist sheep...

Look, I didn''t WANT to have to pay a higher monthly mortgage than people who chose to go with adjustable ARMS - I didn''t WANT to have to buy a small 2 bedroom condo - but I DID. I paid MORE money for LESS home so that I had the security to guard against precisely what we''re seeing now... Look, all those people (and there were many) who bought early or bought on these low/no interest loans & ended up flipping their houses to make a killing... I don''t see THEM stopping by MY place offering to share THEIR wealth with ME... any why SHOULD they? THEY took the risk, THEY were in a position to take advantage - heck, I was just starting out - so I REALLY got screwed - I had to pay a MUCH HIGHER relative price for my little place than folks who bought 5, 10, 15 years earlier - and that went right into THEIR pockets... Anyone ever drive around or peruse the housing ads in the last 15 years & ask yourselves - My GOD, who BUYS these houses at these prices? Well, many of them are now in foreclosure begging for bail outs... they overbought - and don''t want to face the consequences of their own actions...

[jersupporter]

mudrose - please give some solid evidence when you post and do not just state your biased and unresearched blasphemy. Stupid is, stupid does will get you in trouble every time. Name calling is always the first response for uneducated people and based off of your posts - it becomes quite obvious.

[marcodele]

Isn''t it funny how the straight, moral, family values conservative neocons keep focusing on other people''s crotches?

[jersupporter]

Only one candidate has always spoke the truth and that candidate is John Edwards. Despite many American people remaining naive and not understanding what and where the candidates stand on issues, many will still vote for the most trustworthy candidate - John Edwards. He is the only runner who can bring America back together and restore credibility to this great Nation. Do some homework citizens and then make a choice. Do simply vote for a candidate based off of party affiliation, *** or race is irresponsible and foolish. Get back to school and do some homework.

[stevex47]

mudrose,
"I think Edwards should put his head between his legs and amuse himself."

No thats what you right wing nutjobs do in mens stalls, and chase congressional pages on the floor of congress. America''s tired of your hypocrisy''s and lies.

[omega39-2009]

These Moron homeowners got in way over their heads, why bail them out?

Posted by cathomas71

Ultimately this isn''t a bailout for the homeowner, it is a bailout for the banks and investors that were going to see the value of the security on the loans they made tumble.

[omega39-2009]

They''''re not in control of their own finances? There was a single mom on ABC news who was making $32,000 a year, and she bought a house for $175,000 and it was being foreclosed on. She was obviously living way beyond her means.

When does personal accountability for your own finances come into play?
Posted by hungry1968

Well somebody had to say yes to a loan that should never have been made. It used to be that banks demanded housing not exceed 30% of you income, over the last few years, that has been increased to 70%.

[hungry1968]

Whereas individuals far and wide succumb to financial woes they are never in control of and never penalize themselves like this out of a attempt at profits.

Posted by ov442 at 09:15 AM : Dec 07, 2007


They''re not in control of their own finances? There was a single mom on ABC news who was making $32,000 a year, and she bought a house for $175,000 and it was being foreclosed on. She was obviously living way beyond her means.

When does personal accountability for your own finances come into play?

[jowand]

I''''ve met John Edwards and he''''s the right man for the job.
Posted by mrmazerati at 08:41 AM : Dec 07, 2007

Just another scum sucking bottom feeding lawyer.

[hillaryin08]

What about 95% of the home owners not in default? Shouldent we be the ones getting rewarded for paying our bills?

[strugglingto-2009]

hey all you out there that thinks helping the struggling homeowners is a bad idea. Some of us out here are truly hard working honest people who have fell into the slump because they are trying to pull the weight of taking care of people who are getting something for nothing...food stamps, welfare, free housing (through section 8 and other sources). I work hard and for the state as a matter of fact and I resent the fact that when I go to the grocery store even when I had 2 children living at home that I had to take a calculator and coupons and the woman in front of me is dressed in tommy hilfigher and using food stamps to pay for $300 and $400 worth of food with money left over. So get off your high horses because chances are i and others like me are supporting you too.

[ov442]

"We don''t need to bail out irresponsibile people. It''''s not good for government, it''s not good for the economy" --Posted by mudrose
Why do you say that?
Our Government constantly bails out corporations for mismanagement and fraud and irresponsible actions when they always do it for one reason profits for themselves.
Whereas individuals far and wide succumb to financial woes they are never in control of and never penalize themselves like this out of a attempt at profits. The speculators that walked away from their mortgages are Not being bailed out here. So you cant include them.
Besides corporations when they get bailed out by the government also skip town with a billions dollars in pension funds that the workers earned over decades.
And you think bailing out consumers which account for 75% of the GDP is bad for hte economy? You have no idea what youre talking about.

[infidel_us]

Oh, great.....Bush freezes for 5 years and Edwards'' ''brilliant'' alternative plan would freeze for 7. What a loser!!!