[surfer]

I am sick of hearing all the deflection to deregulation when the core of our melt-down was Freddie and Fannie and their outrageous lending practices supported and protected by Frank, Dodd, and Schumer.

If I have made any mistakes please clear them up for me with your comments. Thanks for reading.

[presently no screen name]

You left off clinton - he pressured banks.

[DJ Taylor]

Here’s a new on on the subject; it’s new to me anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0

[Hillarys nightmare]

Hey Brother, Thank you for the headlines! You'll never see this reported on by the MSM, for if they did, you can bet that Obama's goose would be cooked, and the same could be said of every Democrap in both the house and the senate.

But I'm afraid that none of this matters now, because the majority of our elected Republicans are far too interested in just getting along with the Dems than standing up and pointing the finger where it should be.

Also,there are far too many apathetic Americans out there who live only for NASCAR, or either the Life Time channel, and they hear a sound bite by one of the MSM, and that's all they will ever know about anything going on outside their little world.

And with an electorate like that, what hope do we have?

[boycott]

Barney Frank and fannie mentioned together is a scary thought. :<(

[nomad]

Our talking points should reflect that it was not deregulation but re-regulation,namely the CRA and its revocation of standard loan practice.BTW,I love the graphs on “Burning Down the House”,does anyone have a “works cited”for that video,they`re visual and easy to follow,they`d be good for sound bites.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Consider your editorial peer reviewed.

It passes muster.

[Retch_Sweeney]

The Fox news channel covered this earlier in the evening, some professor-like man talking to the guy whose hour, or half-hour it was...covered all the bases you covered here, from FDR, LBJ, Carter, right up the line. The mystery is why would the financial institutions buy all these risky mortgages, apparently group them together, and sell? them again in increasingly larger groupings of mortgages...and sell them to who? And why? Why buy mortgages that were rated at something like 50% chance they’d fail? And who would buy ‘em? Shrug.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Linking this to the Timeline Project / Link List of Bailout History

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093845/posts

[tazman3]

PING

[ForGod'sSake]

I am sick of hearing all the deflection to deregulation when the core of our melt-down was Freddie and Fannie and their outrageous lending practices...

Not defending Fannie/Freddie nor any of the Dims who enabled their fiscal tomfoolery, but there are other, maybe greater influences in the subprime mess, to wit----->Investment Banks Provided Subprime Lenders with Critical Funding.

[narses]

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxVZTKq1vA

See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4 for a really good 10 minute video about the problem.

Demoncrats - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

[AFreeBird]

We were just discussing on another thread, an hour long Fox News Special: Saving Our Economy: What'$ Next [MUST SEE] that covers a lot of what you've just posted. It's been on yesterday and today. The Next and LAST showing that I can see, is 10pm ET TONIGHT (10/5/08). So for those of you who've missed it, try and catch it. And if you can corral a lefty or independent to watch it with; do so!