Thanks, FRiend.
I ALWAYS thought the expert timing was contrived on the Left to win the election with the Help of Barney Frank..but I do not think they ever realized when playing this dangerous game the disasterous consequences it would have to the whole economy, even to their own net worth. They needed a good diaster and they got one; but the pebble skipped across the water too many times before it finally sank. The ripple effect was to be eventually felt world wide.