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To: Gargantua
"It's all on tape, viewable for anybody who wants to see what really happened."

I agree with almost your entire post and most of us here at FR should be pretty familiar with all that, except that I personally don't believe that Barack Obama, Acorn, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are smart enough to have created this mess on their own. Evil as they all are, I suspect they are mostly puppets or useful idiots.

And it IS all on tape, in fact, many of the best bits were also in this movie. Some important ones were missing, though. I admit that I was quite irritated that Barney Frank's infamous protestations against regulation for Fannie and Freddie were not included. (My mood improved when I realized most of the audience also noticed that particular lack.)
14 posted on 10/24/2010 4:19:37 AM PDT by EasySt (Join FreeRepublic Folders - The mind you save might be your own...)
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To: EasySt

Obama choice helped Fannie block oversight
National security adviser tied to discrediting of probe
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By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times,October 13, 2010 here
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UNDER SCRUTINY: Thomas E. Donilon worked as a registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae from 1999 to 2005.
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Years before Fannie Mae foundered amid a massive accounting scandal, President Obama’s choice for national security adviser oversaw an office inside the mortgage giant that orchestrated a negative publicity blitz to fight attempts by Congress to increase government oversight, records show.
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Thomas E. Donilon, who won the job as national security adviser this month, worked as a registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae from 1999 to 2005 at a time the company’s officials insisted finances were sound. He also earned more than $1.8 million in bonuses [from Frannie Mae] before the government took over the troubled company in the wake of an accounting scandal.
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Mr. Obama, who railed against lobbyists on the campaign trail, hailed Mr. Donilon’s appointment last week, but made no mention of his time as a registered lobbyist.st wee


19 posted on 10/24/2010 6:43:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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