Will Republicans vote for the Countrywide cronies’ mortgage bailout bill?
For heaven’s sake: NO! NO! NO!
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Tim Carney: It’s the “Bank of America bill on steriods.”
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Are there any Republicans left? Really. We now have 2 party system, Democrats (old Republicans) and Enemies of the State (Democrats.)
Everyone in our government is OWNED by the bankers. Heck, the Federal Reserve, which is as Federal (as in part of our government) as Federal Express, is designed to enrich the bankers and banking system at tax payer’s expense. Countrywide is simply another charter member of the “Good ole’ boys club” which literally controls every aspect of the global economy. Party affiliation is moot. The pin-striped suits in Congress owe their allegience not to the Constitution but to the highest bidder.
I am afraid they are politicians. The Repubs are becoming more liberal by the year so the answer would be:
YES! YES! YES!
Michelle,
Just picture Bob Barr wielding veto power, guaranteed to reduce the size and spending of government.
Wake me up when the nightmare is over. Oy.
I am disgusted. There is only a few, count em on one hand, in our government that have any concern for the governed.
I don’t know why the politicians are so gung ho to bail out irresponsible borrowers. The reality is that there are a lot more responsible borrowers than irresponsible, and the responsible ones don’t want to foot the bill for the irresponsible ones. This is a bad bill but more than that I believe the politicians are misreading the politics of mortgage bailouts.
The politicians KNOW what they are doing because many of THEM are being BAILED!!!
We’ve been “drinking LOTE” for a very long time.
LOTE Any One!!!???
For Crying out loud, this is like a bank being robbed and the government is busy making deposits.
Too bad he bolted for a third party that will be lucky to get 5% of the vote, just enough to possibly tip the election to the Marxist.
Granted, if he stayed in the GOP, and the five or so conservatives/pseudo-conservatives split the vote of the base, and Giuliani, the other clear RINO, put all his eggs in the Florida basket, McCain still would have had the undivided Democrat cross-over/independent/Northeastern Republican-lite vote, and still won the nomination.
The Republicans don’t deserve to win this year, but it sure seems like a flat out communist is harsh punishment for this country.
It’d be nice in future years if the GOP moved a real Republican state like Texas or Oklahoma up in the primary order, to minimize the effect caucus states and Northeast states with questionable conservative bona fides have on the nominating process. New Hampshire used to be a good test, before all the Massachusetts libs moved in and took over.
You are going to have to do a pretty good imitation of Rip Van Winkle to pull that one off.
Sad
My guess says that they will indeed vote for this illegal redistribution of funds to bail out corporations they forced into this problem and then try to nationalize the economy (ultimately resulting in the loss of a free market economy.
Hopefully I am just paranoid and delusional but I doubt it.
It is all too clear just how deep the corruption goes in the US government. Much like Russia, you can’t do anything about it when the only people who could help you are in it up to their necks as well.
Ron Paul is looking less crazy every day !!!
The Washington Cleptocrats (both Dem and Repub) are sooo behind the curve on whats going on with the current economy, it doesn’t matter what they try to do. They’ll throw another couple hundred billion dollars trying to fix something they don’t understand and can’t control.
Hey Congress: If you people are so smart, how come none of you saw the mortgage crisis coming (as many people did)? Do us Americans a favor, get out of the way and let us fix the problems. Go back to your VIP sweetheart deals, your pandering, your cleptocracy, and leave us the heck alone.
Appreciate the thought, but have to remind you that we saddled the country this the Bushes.
Make that “with” the Bushes. I know better than to send without proofing.
Re: Ron Paul and Bob Barr
I assumed about eight years ago, when the Dem leadership was cheerefully guiding their ship over the Niagara Falls of Marxism, that the Dems would be the party to splinter, with the more normal Dems saying “enough!”. It didn’t happen, I guess because the more reasonable Dems (going back to the 1960s, but including Ronald Reagan, Bill Bennett, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Zel Miller) had already left the party.
Instead the Repubs are the party splintering, with a strong subset of the party, with McCain and Graham leading the way, wanting to occupy the role of the old Democrat Party before the infiltration by Soviet agents took full effect.
BTW, I accused somebody of being a Moby before, and he probably isn’t. I can understand the frustration when the party goes chasing liberal voters by latching onto ANWR and global warming hysteria. Clue to John McCain- you can’t out-liberal Obama, and will only lose votes from the base if you try.
Maybe that explains McCain’s flip-flop on offshore drilling- he finally realizes he can’t outlib the Marxist.
Again, I agree McCain doesn’t deserve to win, but I don’t think the country deserves four years of a radical Marxist with terrorist friends who may be sympathetic to Islamic terrorists, who was raised as a Muslim himself by his Muslim stepfather, be given whatever he asks for by a Congress fully controlled by communists.
But revulsion to the RINO tendencies of McCain is far from proof of being an Obama Moby.
If Obama wasn’t so bad, voting third party to express displeasure with the GOP wouldn’t be a bad idea. But in this case, we have an old Harry S Truman Democrat running against a Henry Wallace Progressive (pro-Soviet) Democrat, and it is important the communist doesn’t win.
#9 Maybe if ALL the primaries were on the same day there’d be some better choices!
The simple answer to every “crisis” manufactured or created by these vermin is DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY INCUMBENT!!!! This completely changes the House and enough Senators to shake them right down to their sleazy VIP status…It does not matter one bean whether the result is a democrat government or a republican government, at the very least we will have cleaner representation while they are learning to become “replaceable incumbents”…think it over…
Too bad Jeb wasn’t the Bush that ran for President. I’d heard 10 years ago he was smarter, and more conservative, than GWB, but GWB was the eldest son, and GWB has ruined the running of a Bush for office, at least until Jeb’s son, the one in the Navy, is old enough to run for office.
Nah, I like a drawn out Belmont Stakes kind of primary, that gives candidates a chance to stumble and show their flaws early. Just that the arrangement this year, with open primaries early, gave too much momentum to the RINO.
BTW, if all the primaries were the same day, and you had two RINOs, Giuliani and McCain, (at least Giuliani was kind of philisophically consistent, although his multiple donations to Planned Parenthood made him a complete non-starter) splitting that vote, and the religious social values con but economic and foreign policy lib Hucklberry, the experienced and good on all the issues but with a less than perfect past as Guv of MA Romney (also hurt by anti-Mormon prejudice), real conservatives like Tancredo and Hunter, Fred Thompson, who may have been a real conservative, fiscal conservative but doesn’t work well with others and aligned with 9/11 conspiracy nuts Ron Paul, all attracting some segment of the base vote, you might still wind up with the RINO as nominee.
I guess the sweat heart deals some of our Congress critters received are going to pay off big time to the irresponsible lending industry. The founding fathers have to be spinning so fast in their graves that you could hook up an electrical generator to them. I will be voting to oust every incumbent in office I see on my ballot in November provided I can afford the fuel to drive to the local polling place, it really is time to throw the bums out.
Completely misleading and biased story from San Francisco
McCain’s support among GOP women shows cracks
aka, for California ‘Republican’ women whose number one issue is abortion, Obama is their man.
#17:
Good thing it’s up to the states to decide when they hold their elections. I mean, if you appreciate the Constitution, that is.
McCain’s support among GOP women shows cracks
An unfortunate choice of words, especially when emanating from San Francisco…
It doesn’t matter if the Republicans vote for it or not. If they vote for the bailout, the Dems just use it to point out how Reps are helping out their buddies in big corporations and if they vote against it, they just want to screw over the little guy. Either way, without an unbiased media, we lose.
I’ll disagree with that. The states of Florida and Michigan tried to control their destiny and look what happened.
Of course Republicans will vote for this bill. There is no difference between the (R) and (D)’s. Plus with all the fun privacy invading legislation packed into that bill, how could any of them resist?
Bailouts! Check
Privacy Invasion! Check
More Bureaucracy! Check
Enhanced Government Power! Check
So tasty…
My favorite part? The bit about all mortgage brokers having to register their fingerprints with the Federal Government. Well, that might be trumped by the new bit about every transfer of money, be it Credit/Debit Card, Paypal, google checkout, etc. must be given to the Federal Government. Talk about Orgasmic!
In all seriousness, why would the GOP vote against this. Just mention ‘National Security” and they will fall all over themselves to forsake everything they are supposed to stand for to vote for whatever horrible bill is currently in front of them.
#22 yeah great, so by the time it got to my state – the only one left was McCain. UGH. One of the least of my choices – if I’d had one.
A house is not a home. Happens to be one of those cliches that are true (i guess like all cliches that’s what makes them cliches, but i digress)
A house is not a home, so if the bank forecloses because you (and your family) couldn’t afford the mortgage, then MOVE OUT and rent a cheaper apartment for God’s sake!
Go to Craigslist, it’s FULL of apartmenets for rent…. save up and somedayt move to the palace you stupidly took out a loan you coudn’t afford on…
freakin entitled society….
I cannot believe that MY senator, Shelby, is so stupid as to put his name to this abomination. I have lost all respect for him and will not vote fo him again!
This bill is even worse than we first believed. Did you guys now that THIS WEEK, it was inserted into this bill that EVERY credit card or paypal transaction will be reported to the government? In this day of ID theft, giving the government all that data with no plans to safeguard the data is a very sobering idea. In addition, what the hell are they going to do with all that data? This is like giving the government the ability to give ALL of us rectal exams, it is so invasive. Check out this report on this bill here
Here is the link. I guess I don’t know how to use the link button here.
http://www.freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=2571
The report is titled:
Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and All Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions to the Government
Broad, invasive provision touches nearly every aspect of American commerce.
#25:
disagree with it all you want, but states are sovereign and they get to set election dates, not political parties. the parties do, however, get to decide how to award their own delegates. no political party can dictate when a state can hold an election.
I know it shouldn’t, but it amazes me the flowery language used on the committee’s website for this bill. Part of the bill is the HOPE(!) act:
Congressional legislation that doesn’t cost taxpayers anything? They must have followed that rainbow over D.C. yesterday and found the leprechaun with the pot of gold!
And the dumbfounded republicans will wonder why their numbers will be less than 40 senators in the next Congress. Spineless bed-wetters. All of them. They have earned their minority status.
The seed of an uncontrolled national government was planted many years ago, and now it is maturing. The American people have seen fit to remove all the safeguards against tyranny, and now the government runs amok. The sad part is that there are many people cheering. I’m reminded of a quote by Franklin to a lady after the Convention, who asked if they had a monarchy or republic, “A republic, ma’am, if you can keep it.” Sorry, Ben, we couldn’t keep it.
Good God, I certainly hope not but I don’t have much faith in any of them sitting up in DC.
Good God, I certainly hope not but I don’t have much faith in any of them sitting up in DC.
Yikes, sorry for the double post.
Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said
You said it Ed.
By the way I’m having second thoughts about my opposition to McCain. Stay tuned.
Yeah, right, BAIL THEM OUT!!! News this AM here in PHOENIX. 27 indicted for FRAUDULENT home mortgage schemes in AZ. Could get up to 30 years and fined as much as $1,000,000.00. Gee, PHOENIX, where housing prices in 2005 increased 55% in one year. This should be interesting to watch. Oh, and contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and put this BOONDOGGLE to BED, where it belongs…