McCain - Palin

by **JackT** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:44 am

Epsilon wrote:The flags on Wall Street should be flying at half-mast today. R.I.P. Merrill Lynch.

Didn't BoA buy them?

by **Epsilon** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:54 am

Yes. Time will tell whether it is a good or bad thing, just that
history on Wall Street will be changed forever now.

by **JackT** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:35 am

Frank The Bunny wrote:Gosh, what party was in the White House when all those bad loans were made?

So are you saying that with Democrats in the White House, financial instituions will not make bad loans, or that they won't suffer the consequences of doing so?

Also, Barack Obama is the second biggest recipient of political money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the past 10 years. Even though he has been in office for only four. Number one? Chris Dodd. Number three? John Kerry.

Which is not to say Democrats are responsible for what is happening. By the same token, I think blaming it on a Republican White House is silly. I notice you did not provide any causal link between the two, but just an insuation that would impress only those predisposed to believe such things.

by **black francis** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:46 pm

Jack when you pull out the stats it gives me a partial.

by **insanejane** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:07 pm

could it have anything to do with Afghanistan and IRAQ?

by **zabird** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:36 pm

JackT wrote:Didn't BoA buy them?

I believe they did. They also bought Countrywide. Gulp.

by **Epsilon** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:28 pm

It was quite the day in the financial markets today, exciting yet exhausting.
For those of us in that business, it was a milestone not soon forgotten.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:29 pm

JackT wrote:...just an insuation that would impress only those predisposed to believe such things.

Yeah. Palin & McCain haven't spouted any of those lately, have they?

by **insanejane** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:11 pm

blame Clinton:

http://www.cfr.org/publication/15404/#4

by **JackT** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:19 am

Frank The Bunny wrote:Yeah. Palin & McCain haven't spouted any of those lately, have they?

Yes, politicians do that as a matter of course. We aren't politicians, though, are we? At least I'm not.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:17 am

JackT wrote:Yes, politicians do that as a matter of course. We aren't politicians, though, are we? At least I'm not.

I'm Adolf Steven Morrissey Hitler - running in 2010 for your local congressional district. I don't know where you live... but I'll find out, and move there. Oh, did I mention I'm also a "hockey mom"?

I do find it funny that I can post about buttholes & boobies, swishers & sasquatch... but as soon as I talk about politics, I'm expected to back up what I say with 'evidence' and show 'integrity'.

by **JackT** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:33 am

Frank The Bunny wrote:, I'm expected to back up what I say with 'evidence' and show 'integrity'.

No worries, I don't think anybody expects that.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:37 am

JackT wrote:So are you saying that with Democrats in the White House, financial instituions will not make bad loans, or that they won't suffer the consequences of doing so?

No, I'm saying that the current mortgage scandal and the s&l scandal in the 80's were both a result of Republican-driven deregulation.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:39 am

JackT wrote:No worries, I don't think anybody expects that.

You're a douchebag (but so am I)

by **JackT** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:56 am

Frank The Bunny wrote:No, I'm saying that the current mortgage scandal and the s&l scandal in the 80's were both a result of Republican-driven deregulation.

I don't believe that to be accurate.

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