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"This was a Congress-caused crisis, beginning during the Clinton administration, with Democrats leading the way into the crisis and blocking every effort to get out of it in a timely fashion."

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"If you at our local daily newspaper continue to let Americans believe — and vote as if — President Bush and the Republicans caused the crisis, then you are joining in that lie. If you do not tell the truth about the Democrats — including Barack Obama"

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Card's a dixiecrat, like Zell Miller and Strom Thurmond, a throwback to the old south legacy of hatred and intolerance - not that he doesn't have a point, mind you, but on this one he's really dodging the issue that it was a complete fuckup of corruption on both sides of the aisle.

I mean, it's good to see someone rake over the Dems who participated in this mess, sure, but to do it while glossing over and misrepresenting the role of the other party is at best, dishonest.

I don't think anybody involved should get a free pass, especially not Barney, who's such a sleazebag that any ethics committee worth a damn would have booted his ass long before now, but if you're going to point fingers, then leave party out of it, cause this one is sheer greed, and that's a factor that's not limited to one party, not by a longshot.

Is it really too much to ask that someone lay the smack down without partisanship ?

Cause I'd damn sure like to see it, and I ain't seein it here.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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Originally posted by Storymark:

If I remember right Congress was controlled by the Republicans during the Clinton administration. They had a veto-proof majority, as I recall.

I didn't know Obama was in Congress during the Clinton years?

I also find it amusing how he takes Obama to task, for having received contributions from Fannie and Freddie, but leaves out some rather important details:

1.Obama received contributions mainly from employees, the little folk in the company - NOT the CEOs or the corporations themselves.

2.Davis was paid $2 million over five years as president of an advocacy group set up by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

3.Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae paid Davis's lobbying firm $15,000 a month up until the end of August.

4. The firm was kept on the payroll because of Davis's close ties to McCain.

5. McCain lied when he said that Davis hadn't had any connections to either company for years.

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