Barney Frank RAT-MA now calls homeownership emphasis 'a mistake' (the problem is 'society's' fault)

Wicked Local ^ | 10/28/08 | Jim O’Sullivan

[Flamenco Lady]

Hey Barney, liberal politicians including you, judges, attorneys, and “a certain community organizer” made the mistake about home ownership for everyone. The banks, their employees, and most Amercans all told you guys it was ludicrous to loan money to people who couldn’t afford it, had bad credit, no down payment, etc. The banks only started loaning the money to ineligible borrowers after they were forced to do so!

[Gay State Conservative]

Something to do with this? Or, was that where this guy tanked?

You are correct,Sir/Madam....on both counts.M. Stanley Dukakis (which is how one Boston talk host refers to him) hails from the town of Brookline,Massachusetts which (still) proudly claims him as a native son.Today Brookline is represented in Congress by Barney Frank,the Senior Senator from Chappaquiddick and that other guy who "tanked",John F'en Kerry.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The GOP had control of both houses and the White House for overten years and they didn't do a damned thing about this.

I share much of your frustration about the GOP but there are several things you should consider. When the Republicans were the majority it was by a very thin margin. The Dems blocked everything by either filibustering or using other procedural devices to block legislation. Even speaking out loud and clear is not very effective if the MSM doesn't carry it.

We have been in the middle of a Leftist conspiracy for years and it has intensified in the past ten. The GOP has not been bereft of good conservatives but overcoming the media has become almost impossible.

[RedMonqey]

Even speaking out loud and clear is not very effective if the MSM doesn't carry it.

While it is certainly true of the MSM, I cannot and I challenge you to find ANY mention of the FannieMae/Freddie Mac fiasco BEFORE the dam burst on the congressmen/senators' OWN WEBSITES, their speeches back home in their districts and local media which is not so biased, or any speeches on C-SPAN during their one minute speeches.

True this isn't much but Newt Gingrinch started the GOP take over of Congress with such tactics.

Their SILENCE is deafening and the leadership should have their feet held to the fire.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

In 2003 President Bush and the conservative Republicans made a major effort to enact legislation to regulate and straighten out Fannie and Freddie. They were rebuffed by the Dems.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Do a search using the key words President Bush Fannie Mae 2003 and you will find tons of information. The MSM just did not cover it.

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"I must object to your characterization of Barney Frank's chutzpah for not accepting responsibility for the financial mess. It insults the word chutzpah."

-- Comment on Bill O'Reilly's website

[RedMonqey]

I’ll give Bush some credit. However milquetoast statements buried in yearly budgetary meeting is hardly a clarian call to action.

I give him a D+ for effort.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I was responding to this:

While it is certainly true of the MSM, I cannot and I challenge you to find ANY mention of the FannieMae/Freddie Mac fiasco BEFORE the dam burst on the congressmen/senators' OWN WEBSITES, their speeches back home in their districts and local media which is not so biased, or any speeches on C-SPAN during their one minute speeches.

I led you by the hand to get the pertinent information, most of it about more than "... milquetoast statements buried in yearly budgetary meeting... " but you seem uninterested in the truth, preferring instead to defend your already established presumption without the necessary research.