Comments on: Economic meltdown: Who/what is to blame?

By: Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » How Democrats helped enable the current economic crisis

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:36:57 +0000

[...] that might have helped prevent the situation we find ourselves in now, but the Bush administration led the way on the issue as well – as early as [...]

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:24:21 +0000

Here’s my question: why aren’t the Democrats all lathered up about the mismanagement and corruption at Fannie and Freddie? Normally, even the slightest hint of impropriety has them racing for the MSM cameras and microphones to yammer about how we need a special prosecutor, or Congressional hearings. Henry Waxman, for example, has made a career out of running non-stop politically motivated hearings.

But now, suddenly, they want to be quiet and reflective, and avoid digging into the root causes of the problem?

Reminds me of the Sherlock Holmes mystery, Silver Blaze:

‘ Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?’

‘To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.’

‘The dog did nothing in the night-time.’

‘That was the curious incident,’ remarked Sherlock Holmes.

But in fairness, maybe they have more important issues on their plate at the moment. Maybe they need to find new ways of calling Sarah Palin a pig, or some equally critical emergency.

By: Marshall Art

Marshall Art — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:58:40 +0000

Sis,

Thanks for this. I’ve read a bunch of the links and even a few links linked from the links you’ve linked…ahem…especially good was a link to Mark Levin. Long story short, I’ve learned a lot here about this situation and feel far more up to speed.

What I’m not hearing, however, is an objective report of what might befall us if this questionable bailout idea doesn’t come to pass. Naturally things will suck, but if any specifics are easily available (or if I haven’t gotten to the right link yet…I will eventually) that would be great. Though I don’t much like the idea of bailouts in principle, this is a case where I’m just not sure how to feel about it. Anyone?

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:44:49 +0000

Interesting…..considering Joe Biden is blaming the Bush tax cuts for the meltdown. Big surprise there.

I wonder if the NY Times or CNN will “FactCheck” this little gem.

I kid, of course.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:42:40 +0000

To paraphrase a commenter at HotAir: “Greedy people simply like to loan money to people who are unlikely to pay it back.”