Posted on 09/17/2008 9:20:36 PM PDT by BarnhartBlog
This Blog is specifically intended for liberal Democrats Charles Schumer, of New York, Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Barney Frank of Massachusetts. I want to know from you three and others like you who share your ideas of what government should be, where in the "Sam Hill" were you gentlemen as the current financial house of cards was starting to show signs of folding?
Don't bother trying to answer, your excuses will ring hollow because I know where you were and what you were up to before the stock market crashed on "Black Monday." So pay attention you three twits!
Shame on you Chucky, you are the Chairman of Congress' Joint Economic Committee and a vocal critic of the Bush administration, shame and you Chris Dodd, you are the Senate Chairman of the Banking Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, you Mr. Dodd, you got sweetheart loans as did your liberal friends like Senator Obama that most Americans have no ability to get, with special clauses which include no penalties, low interest rates, no fees etc. that brings me to Barney Frank, you are the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee and you promised the American voters in 2005 and 2006 this would not happen on your watch, but each of you sirs, you all lied!
Did you three think that conservative Bloggers and radio talk show hosts like me have forgotten that President Bush, and Senator John McCain tried to get you and the rest of the House and Senate to pass new sweeping oversight legislation back in 2003 and again in 2005?
Bush and McCain supported the creation of a new agency within the Treasury Department that would have had the power to oversee the financial dealings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and change the current legislation that historically left that power within the oversight of congressional committees which at the time were in the hands of Republicans, not Democrats. It is important to note that both Bush and McCain recognized the problems that poor oversight and mismanagement posed and that was at least part of the reason why they wanted to put the oversight of the banking, mortgage, home loan and insurance industries into the hands of the Treasury Department not partisan congressional leaders of either party.
Why didn't you three or the "Dali-Bama" push for the passage of sweeping banking, mortgage lending and loan insurance reform legislation back in 2003 and 2005? Bush, McCain and hundreds of economists saw this disaster coming, but oh no not you!
Simply stated it was because Schumer, Dodd, Frank and your cronies like Reid, Rangel, Murtha, Boxer, Diane "Franken-Feinstein", Hillary "Rotten" Clinton, and Nancy "Stretch" Pelosi were too busy concentrating on blocking every piece of legislation on the Presidential wish list just to make the administration look bad. The plan was to keep the public and the news media focused on the war in Iraq, all in an effort to swing power back to liberal Democrats prior to the election.
Well you three back benchers it worked and thank you for this mess we are in. Now you and so many others on the liberal left, including Senators Joe Biden and Barack Obama want to cry foul... and it stinks sirs.
President Bush and John McCain saw this coming and you three did nothing, just because you clowns were in the middle of a big power grab you all chose to sit on your hands while leading in the charge to do nothing! You and so many others like you on the left refused the pass the FDIC Banking Reform Act of 2005 H.R. 1185 and you also refused to pass the Mortgage Regulatory Reform Act of 2005. Each of you claim now that Republicans have supposedly pushed us into this mess, yet you all continually blocked the passage of proposed Republican legislation to prevent it, just so you could win an election!
Mr. Schumer you made the move on your own accord in June to leak letters you had sent to federal bank regulators, saying that the financial position of IndyMac Bank "poses significant risks to both taxpayers and borrowers" and then went on to ask “if federal regulators were prepared to take measures that would help prevent the collapse of IndyMac or minimize the damage should such a failure occur." After that little note of yours Senator Schumer sent shock waves through the financial sector there was a $1.3 billion dollar run on the bank.
Less than one month later IndyMac was seized and the house of cards that congress could have prevented in 2003 started to fall and fall fast. At the time it was the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The banks employees and investors blamed Schumer for IndyMac's failure calling the leaking of the of the letters "reckless and grossly irresponsible." Over 50 former IndyMac employees, sent a letter to California Attorney General (and confirmed fellow moonbat) Jerry Brown stating that "Because of a malicious, politically motivated act of Charles Schumer, our lives have been shattered."
Did Jerry Brown do anything? Will he? He said late last month the answer is "no." Why?
Because he and other nutty liberals want to try and hold Republicans accountable for the mess when it was Republicans who tried to get congressional Democrats to reach across the aisle and alter the current course of events back in 2003 and again in 2005. House and Senate Democrats, including Schumer, Dodd and Frank have accused the Bush administration of doing nothing to keep people from accepting loans they could not actually afford. Then to try and sweep this and all the other financial ruin under the rug and make the problem go away it was Schumer, Dodd, Frank and others that pressured the President to sign the Mortgage Relief Act a month ago.
Bush threatened to veto the bill and he should have, but he didn't, he caved as did hundreds of other Republicans and it is really disturbing, there is no excuse that justifies the bail out. Too bad too because the entire affair is the responsibility of a faulty banking system, poor banking management, underfunded investment groups who were flipping financially unstable properties, wretchedly poor congressional oversight and poorly qualified buyers.
Where is the individual responsibility in any of those scenarios, are we supposed to always bail out those who constantly survive on the misuse of the tax milk that flows like wasted water from the nipple of "Uncle Sugar?" The bill is now forcing all American citizens to back billions of dollars in bad loans, it amounts nothing more than taxation without representation. When he was originally asked about the affair Schumer refused to comment personally, instead he sent a spokesman out on his behalf to deny the allegations, "IndyMac's downfall was inevitable after years of high-risk lending."
That is true, but Schumer, Dodd and Frank were the Chairmen ultimately responsible for Federal oversight of IndyMac, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and others; they willingly allowed all this to take place on their watch just for the eventual political gain. Not to mention they helped lead the charge in 2003 and 2005 against at least two bills that could have helped prevent some of the current economic woes in the US.
Alas, it was all too tempting for those three morons to reach for the brass ring of congressional power by screaming about the Iraq war when the real train wreck that was about to derail and demolish our economic prosperity was just around the bend and in sight.
If the liberals in Washington DC can jack our economy up this badly in a short few years since they took control, one can only imagine the nightmare that awaits us in regards to health care, education, border security and our national defense.
Millions of Americans want to know what your excuse is gentlemen...Were you asleep at the wheel or just stuck on stupid?
Posted by John Barnhart on September 17, 2008 at 03:56
none of the above - criminal
Uhhh.... BOTH?
Neither. They were telling regulators to look the other way. Gotta get those poor folk in homes ya know. It just ain't fair that the poor don't have homes.
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