Posted on 11/12/2008 5:32:05 PM PST by autumnraine
Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration... Developing...
LOL! Now that is a plan I would love to see put in action.
So, is this where we learn about forcibly whisking the Bush family off to some dasha somewhere, in that fine tradition of communists of yesteryear?
Amen
( only wish to God I was 20yrs younger )-:
Calling me a dumbass? This from the freeper that used to boast on his FR profile page of having the FBI called on him for making an alleged terrorist threat? If you are gonna throw around the dumbass names, look in the mirror first.
Bush, at 11:30 am on January 20, 2009, ought to issue a blanket pardon to every member of his administration: from interns to cabinet members.
Stick it, Pelosi.
Our Republic is collapsing before our very eyes. These people are not Americans. They are fascists bent on destroying us. We need to reel them in or we need to leave the union.
I thought the exact same thing. Bidens statement was a statement of fact and a terrorist hit is something he wouldn’t be so sure about.
Controlling the populace would NEED to be required since 50% of the country would go bonkers if this were to happen..
The only people who listened to third party protest voters are the Dems and boy, are they happy.
“Truth is, we should be investigating and prosecuting all the traitors in DC.”
Absolutely...most of Congress falls into this category. Throw in the Federal Reserve cretins as well for their outright theft of the prosperity for God knows how many generations.
I think we are looking at a complete nationalization attempt. This is just the beginning
And the young people in this country are to inexperienced to understand what is happening. They will support this thinking they are getting something while their parents are getting screwed and we all are losing our liberty.
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I agree completely. The most frightening aspect is the suffocating of free speech with the Fairness Doctrine. And if I were a socialist dem, I’d go for it. Why not? The republicans have never, since Reagan, fought back with any real zeal. I think that what happened in ‘94 with Newt was a blimp in the radar toward socialism. I fear the loss of our Republic. I really do. We are barreling toward destruction.
As if they will not have enough problems on their hands. It doesnt matter who is president..what is coming is not good. I hope they are seen as the bunch of partisan hacks they are instead of dealing with the crisis at hand. What did they say they had to contribute to these problems we face...NOTHING.
Yeah, I’m calling you a dumbass... but only because you ARE one. All this invective you’re hurling is doing ZERO good at all. The Pubbie Party screwed the pooch and no one is to blame BUT the party. Rabs and company did nothing but vote their consciences, a practice I HEARTILY recommend to you, except that you put party over principle and even over COUNTRY. That is a DUMBASS way of selecting a President.
Yes, actually, you did. Hell you did it again, right here:
Then I said may the next four years hurt you more than me and mine.
We did not assist Obama, you did.
Did I vote for Obama? No.
Did I campaign directly for Obama? No.
All *I* did was to patiently and consistently point out McCain's love of the Socialists and his love for tormenting conservatives.
Since we tried to stop the oncoming onslaught and you assisted Obama by voting third party, thus giving your vote to him, you should receive a bigger piece of the crap pie that is about to be served.
Stop the "onslaught"...by becoming like those whom you claim to fight against?
Your argument does not hold water.
Congratulations, you voted for a Socialist, and yes, you too will eat the crap sandwich served up by the spineless RINOs (including McCain) in conjunction with the Marxists masquerading as Democrats.
I hope to hell I do not see a Civil War in this country. I cannot see Americans once again taking up arms against fellow Americans.
I am worried about the fanatics that might take up arms for Obama. After all, he comes from a city where gangs close down business and get out the votes for their candidates. They have been paid by the candidates to do so.
I can see me marching in the streets. What a switch...conservative sit-ins, LOL! It will take activism on our part. We are going to have to move beyond posting and actually doing. Maybe a strong party leader will emerge from this.
But have fun blaming others over circumstances you don't control. It was clear that Obama's decisive victory represented a rejection of the Bush administration and the Republican Party which has abandoned its principles. Voters simply decided to chose the real socialism over the wishy-washy socialism that McCain represented. You need to stop bitching and start working on rebuilding, because your bloviating isn't going to change the election results.
Pre-pardon them for what? Imagined crimes? I say let them try it. The economy is is the crapper and they want to do a partisan witch hunt?
They won’t have Bush after January to hide behind. They have had control for two years in the house and senate and look at the mess they have made.
0 The least well off are going to face the most stringent terms for mortgages
Friday, 3 October 2008
Of all the characteristics of a successful politician, none is more essential than bare-faced cheek. Never has this been more evident than in the past fortnight, as senior Democrat members of the US legislature have sought to lay all the blame for the country's financial crisis on the executive arm of Government and Wall Street.
Neither of these two institutions is blameless – far from it. Yet when I see such senior Democrats as Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Christopher Dodd, Chairman of the Senate's Banking Committee, play the part of avenging angels – well, I can only stand in silent awe at the sheer tight-bottomed nerve of it. These are men with sphincters of steel.
What is the proximate cause of the collapse of confidence in the world's banks? Millions of improvident loans to American housebuyers. Which organisations were on their own responsible for guaranteeing half of this $12 trillion market? Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the so-called Government Sponsored Enterprises which last month were formally nationalised to prevent their immediate and catastrophic collapse. Now, who do you think were among the leading figures blocking all the earlier attempts by President Bush – and other Republicans – to bring these lending behemoths under greater regulatory control? Step forward, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.
In September 2003 the Bush administration launched a measure to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under stricter regulatory control, after a report by outside investigators established that they were not adequately hedging against risks and that Fannie Mae in particular had scandalously mis-stated its accounts. In 2006, it was revealed that Fannie Mae had overstated its earnings – to which its senior executives' bonuses were linked – by a stunning $9.3billion. Between 1998 and 2003, Fannie Mae's executive chairman, Franklin Raines, picked up over $90m in bonuses and stock options.
Yet Barney Frank and his chums blocked all Bush's attempts to put a rein on Raines. During the House Financial Services Committee hearing following Bush's initiative, Frank declared: "The more people exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness [at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae], the more people conjure up the possibility of serious financial losses to the Treasury which I do not see. I think we see entities that are fundamentally sound financially." His colleague on the committee, the California Democrat Maxine Walters, said: "There were nearly a dozen hearings where we were trying to fix something that wasn't broke. Mr Chairman, we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac and particularly at Fannie Mae under the outstanding leadership of Mr Franklin Raines."
I disagree. W allowed the Democrats to paint him as a criminal, and the Democrat media will convince them that prosecution is true justice. An all out news media campaign like the one waged in favor of Obama would do the trick.
Sorry EEE it was not a decisive victory, unless you look through he same glasses as the left. Victory yes. Decisive no.
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