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Frank Speaks Frankly
September 22, 2008 8:17 PM
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. -- chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and of the main Democrats negotiating with the Bush administration on this $700 billion Wall Street bail out -- was asked at a briefing today if Congress needed President Bush to be more out front on this bill.
"Quite frankly, I don't know that that would help us pass the bill," Frank said.
- jpt
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Biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression and we get name calling and allusions to Barney Frank's sex life. You people must be the one's buying up the gold.
Posted by: Brooklyn Democrat | Sep 23, 2008 10:39:59 AM
Bahney Fwank is one of the major co-conspiritors in the Fannie and Freddie debacle, killing legislation along with his buddy Dodd in the Senate that would have prevented this whole mess. Now they're going to fix it? Hahahahaha! All they're doing is further politicizing the crisis! They're loading up this immoral bailout bill with even more givaways to irresponsible people who go in over their heads, you know, their constituents! Wake up, people! They're giving away your grandchildren's future!
Posted by: Woody | Sep 23, 2008 9:33:58 AM
Michelle community service? What community service? Pulling down hundreds of thousands at that hospital her husband pushed taxpayer money to?
Cindy McCain's charitable work throughout the world is well documented should you care to do an internet search. But I'm guessing you'd rather not know what a gracious and giving person she is.
Posted by: marylou | Sep 23, 2008 9:32:16 AM
Bill Massey: Man have you got it right, I like the tea party part. So let history repeat itself and begin the party in Boston. There's a bunch of these bums living right there in that area to throw overboard. After that Texas, then move on to San Francisco.
Posted by: bombem | Sep 23, 2008 8:59:52 AM
It would help if Barney Frank and Chris Dodd would resign in disgrace! They have lied to congress over and over again about the state of Fannie and Freddie. Legislation was introduced in 2005 and killed in 2006 by the democrats that would have given existing regulators power, but Frank & Dodd wouldn't have it. Finally, when the housing reform was passed Frank was sure to leave a clause for Seller Funded Down Payment assistance for more fraud could be had at the taxpayers expense.
Posted by: ubu1991 | Sep 23, 2008 7:57:14 AM
His Oil Controling Advisors, are telling McCain to Lie? Why? So they can use scare tactics with Oil Prices.
Is this a corporate Country Take Over?
Did McCain choose Palin to help stp crime in America? Then why is her state in so much trouble? If Alaska Oil Companies already have so much oil surplus, as Palin puts it, Then Why is McCains Oil Tycoons not allowing Alaska to share? To raise Oil Prices? To make a quick buck, of Americas expense? Why is McCains Tycoons STILL conroling the Oil Markets, when the American people can not afford a tank of gas?
ASK HIS ADVISORS AT THE NEXT RALLY.
Stand UP for AMERICA, and NOT OIL.
Vote 'NO' To McCains Advisors!!
Posted by: historyforgotten | Sep 23, 2008 3:17:44 AM
Folks, this is going to turn into a train wreck if Bush and the GOP don't agree to significant new regulation and oversight. Bush is asking the Dems to assume all the political risk here. This is going to take more time to hash out.
The administration's proposal amounts to a colossal heist, and possibly the end of American capitalism as we know it. The problem is, the alternative may be a bullet in the head for the US economy.
The truly sick thing is that GOP lawmakers may vote against the bill, and tar the Dems as the Bush/Pelosi Bailout Party. Look for this to collapse if there's not bipartisan consensus. And then run for the hills.
Posted by: Tungsten | Sep 23, 2008 12:28:22 AM
Darn right Bush is bad news. Really bad news
But Barney Frank, Jim Johnson, Jamie Goerlick, Christopher Dodd, Nancy Pelossi, Obama, what did they do?
Country Side
Sex Scandals in the basement
Looks like they got a little money out of Fannie and Fred, pushed their political agenda pushing banks to make bad loans for their political gain. But is not their fault.
Obama Leader at what??
Politicians on either side of the fence are liars, and people who drink the political Kool Aid of their party at the expense of their country, what do you call them.
Liar??
not in touch??
Are we going to stand by and watch these morons on both sides destroy our country, time for a tea party and get the lot of them out of there.
you can label me angry at being taken again by both sides. Time for real change
Posted by: Bill Massey | Sep 22, 2008 11:02:01 PM
This puppet "BUSH"and his masters have pretty well destroyed our economy,and a good bit of our Consitution with lies........
Posted by: AL | Sep 22, 2008 10:26:15 PM
Time to clean house...out with the bums and start with Barney Frank....HOUSING CHAIRMAN? ....
Jezzz ,,,I remember when he claimed he didnt even know about a porn operation happening in his own basement....
Throw out Chris Dodd and Chucky Shuemer also...
Talk about pathetic...Harry Ried and Nancy Pelosi are Demo party "leaders"..
Posted by: neville | Sep 22, 2008 10:20:03 PM
Clifton, you are right on about Michelle. She is a graceful, gorgeous lady and a class act.
Ms. McBeer in her pounds of makeup on the other hand looks remarkably like a working girl. An old one.
Posted by: George | Sep 22, 2008 9:36:51 PM
"Michelle has more beauty and grace than any first lady in decades. Not just her appearance, but her long record of community service. And she looks a lot better in her Ford Escape Hybrid than Cindy McBeer looks in her Lexus, that's for sure!"
gag
Posted by: notafool | Sep 22, 2008 9:18:58 PM
Barney Frank is the most ignorant, despicable, and dangerous person in the country.
And that includes Obama.
Posted by: notafool | Sep 22, 2008 9:13:53 PM
Michelle has more beauty and grace than any first lady in decades. Not just her appearance, but her long record of community service. And she looks a lot better in her Ford Escape Hybrid than Cindy McBeer looks in her Lexus, that's for sure!
Posted by: clifton | Sep 22, 2008 9:05:25 PM
Go Barney, he knows that anything with Bush's face on it is associated with disaster. The best thing Bush should do for us all at this point is agree to what the democrats want on the bill quickly and get out of the way. It's amazing how a treasury and SEC asking for a trillion dollar bailout over their own lack of intelligent regulation and response to the crisis are now trying to dictate that they are above oversite as they handle taxpayer money.
Posted by: CapC | Sep 22, 2008 8:30:11 PM
No surprise. After the last 8 years, who would trust Bush or ANY Republican?
Repubs have proven themselves UNTRUSTWORTHY.
McCain has proven himself UNTRUSTWORTHY.
Don't they know?
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
OBAMA = LEADER
McCAIN = LIAR
Posted by: Ed from MA | Sep 22, 2008 8:26:25 PM
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