Bush was right up there pushing the ownership society with no downpayment mortgages expressly aimed at affirmative action homeownership goals.
Sure, Fannie and Freddie were big, corrupt Democrat honeypots, but Bush was unfortunately for goosing the number of bad mortgages written just as much as the Democrats.
“Bush was right up there pushing the ownership society with no downpayment mortgages expressly aimed at affirmative action homeownership goals.”
That is just not true. Go back and read his actual proposals. I don’t have time to look it all up right now but will later if you want me to.