Comments on: Obama, McCain Weigh In On Wall Street Woes

Obama Blames Crisis On GOP Policies, McCain Calls For Overhaul Of Regulatory Oversight

[aldon61]

I think the bill you refer to was introduced and drafted by Gram and James Leach, both republicans. The bill undid a 1933 "new deal" regulation passed by democrats. It may be true America has an anything goes mentality but don''''t blame it soley on democrats.




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Posted by dinkydog1 at 02:14 PM : Sep 15, 2008

You''re right, they''re both putting their dip-sticks into america''s crankcase.

[dinkydog1]

Thankfully, McCain and Palin will clean up this financial crisis, created by the lib-Democrat, financial deregulation-signed-by-Bill-Clinton, mess we are in. The Democrats have moved America to a ''''''''anything goes'''''''' moral, financial and political ideology over the past 45 years that is finally coming to a head. America needs a stronger conservative identity.


Posted by whatwhy001 at 01:40 PM : Sep 15, 2008

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I think the bill you refer to was introduced and drafted by Gram and James Leach, both republicans. The bill undid a 1933 "new deal" regulation passed by democrats. It may be true America has an anything goes mentality but don''t blame it soley on democrats.

[aldon61]

Seriously..Best wishes to all you over there, it must be a mess. I know what it''''s like.

Oh, and remember aldon61...if it wasn''''t for democrats there probably wouldn''''t be hurricanes.


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Posted by rktsci3127 at 12:36 PM : Sep 15, 2008
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We might be on opposite sides of this election, but it sounds like we both have the same sense of humor. Keep cool guy!

[omega40]

Another shallow, simplistic viewpoint. You''''re talking about a Republican party, of the Reagan era, that is way to the left of the Democratic party of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s from a financial perspective.

Posted by whatwhy001

Yeah, right. Dwight D Eisenhower would be considered a leftist by the standards of today''s Republican party.

[DCropp]

McCain has campaigned saying we must have corporate tax cuts.

Those cuts mean taxpayers have to pay more money.

McCain doesn''t understand. He''s taking money from us and giving it to corporations that gave their CEOs huge bonuses in good times. Now these corporations have their hands out for taxpayer bailouts.

[omega40]

Looking at the current financial crisis as something that started eight years ago is extremely simplistic. The mechanics of the crisis started with banking deregulations of 1999. The fundamentals behind it are rooted in the liberal, anything-goes American society born in the sixtys.

Posted by whatwhy001

It''s rooted in Milton Friedman''s supply side, market driven, trickle down BS embraced by Reagan and the Republican party.

[omega40]

Didn''''t say it wasn''''t. Point is the last tax cuts benifited only the rich and did nothing to stimulate the economy. What little tax savings the working class recieved we quickly whiped out by inflation and stagnet wages.

Posted by dinkydog1 a

Actually, the last cuts (rebates) were aimed at the poor and middle class and resulted in a significant bump in GDP. Had we actually manufactured anything over here we probably would have seen jobs created as well. The lesson, demand side economics work.

[dinkydog1]

Thankfully, McCain and Palin will clean up this financial crisis, created by the lib-Democrat, financial deregulation-signed-by-Bill-Clinton, mess we are in. The Democrats have moved America to a ''''anything goes'''' moral, financial and political ideology over the past 45 years that is finally coming to a head. America needs a stronger conservative identity.


Posted by whatwhy001 at 01:40 PM : Sep 15, 2008

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The financial deregulation was part of the republican "Contract on America" led by Newt Gingrich and his gang of dimwits. But your right Clinton did sign it. Does this make Gingrich a "anything goes" liberal too?

[jjreding-2009]

john43218 - if Obama has changed at all it''s because he''s been backed into a corner by the lies coming from the McCain/Palin/ROVE machine. McCain once upon a time promised to conduct an above-board, honest, decent, nonpartisan campaign. Just another lie from the Republican smear jockeys. Obama has tried and tried to run a decent campaign, but now even his staunchest supporters are calling on him to unleash the claws and attack in kind. Obama won''t resort to the out and out lies that the McCain camp puts forward ad infinitum (and I''m not an Obama apologist who''s blind to the fact that Obama''s camp has put out some misrepresentations as well - but they''re nowhere near as egregious as those from McCain and Palin. What kills me is that the Karl Rove smear machine attacked McCain when he ran against Bush in 2000. I don''t understand why he would suddenly get into bed with this monster after all the garbage he was responsible for during his tenure with the Bush regime. That was McCain''s first big blunder.

[omega40]

Thankfully, McCain and Palin will clean up this financial crisis, created by the lib-Democrat, financial deregulation-signed-by-Bill-Clinton, mess we are in.

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LOL, you mean the piece of legislation written by McCain''s financial adviser? Building a bridge to nowhere would be a perfect metaphor and campaign slogan for McCain/Palin.