Comments on: Will Republicans vote for the Countrywide cronies’ mortgage bailout bill?

By: pueblo1032

pueblo1032 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:56:38 +0000

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…

By: love2rumba

love2rumba — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:58:47 +0000

Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said

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 said it Ed.

By the way I’m having second thoughts about my opposition to McCain. Stay tuned.

By: terrig

terrig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:17:59 +0000

Yikes, sorry for the double post.

By: terrig

terrig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:17:38 +0000

Good God, I certainly hope not but I don’t have much faith in any of them sitting up in DC.

By: terrig

terrig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:17:37 +0000

Good God, I certainly hope not but I don’t have much faith in any of them sitting up in DC.

By: graysonret

graysonret — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:47:10 +0000

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.

By: zorro

zorro — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:56:30 +0000

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.

By: bluedog

bluedog — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:49:10 +0000

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:

The HOPE for Homeowners Act: Creates an initiative within the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to prevent foreclosures for hundreds of thousands of families at no estimated cost to American taxpayers.

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!

By: khan

khan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:46:07 +0000

#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.

By: karenhasfreedom

karenhasfreedom — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:45:20 +0000

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.

By: karenhasfreedom

karenhasfreedom — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:43:29 +0000

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

By: riplag

riplag — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:38:45 +0000

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!

By: max

max — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:15:45 +0000

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….

By: babbledabble

babbledabble — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:06:40 +0000

#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.

By: Ahh a Lion!

Ahh a Lion! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:03:50 +0000

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.