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Ugh: “Why McCain Goes Easy on Fannie and the CRA”
Soft-headed.
Liveblogging Crap Sandwich 2.0: The House bailout debate; Update: SWALLOWED, 263-171
Scroll down for updates…11:44am Eastern Flip-flop count = 2 3 4 (R’s: Wamp, Biggert, Coble, Barrett) 5 (D: Edwards) 18 (see below for full list as of 12:29pm Eastern)…and make sure you scroll down for Maxine Waters’ remarks bragging about the unprecedented loan modification and mortgage-meddling provisions in this crap sandwich: “We’re in charge!”…exactly how [...]
California holds a gun to our heads
Oh, for crying out loud.
Timed to put pressure on the House to swallow Crap Sandwich 2.0, Arnold Schwarzenegger puts the feds on notice that California “might need an emergency loan of as much as $7 billion from the federal government within weeks.”
LAT:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, alarmed by the ongoing national financial crisis, warned Treasury Secretary [...]
Dear Congress: Put the gun down now
No fear.
Kill the bailout: Operation Hold The Line
No time to go wobbly.
The Senate votes: Crap Sandwich 2.0 with sugar on top passes 74-25
Swallow.
Kill the bailout: The vote draws near; Lindsay Graham quivers; watch Sanders’ tax-the-rich surcharge
Crap Sandwich 2.0.
Oprah Winfrey’s irresponsible mom countersues store for giving her credit
“Unconscionable.” (Photo source)
Kill the bailout: Dodd makes me gag
Craptastic.
McCain will support earmark-stuffed Senate Crap Sandwich; Obama: Me, too!
No Earmark Left Behind.
Read the Senate bailout bill here
Crap sandwich redux. Plus: Your e-mails.
Memo to McCain: Stop using the Sonic credit scare story
Debunked.
The diversity housing racket in Berkeley
Shakedown.
Flash: Senate bailout vote scheduled tomorrow at approx. 9pm Eastern; shamnesty tactics all over again
Risen from the dead.
Rush: God bless the anti-bailout Republicans
Amen to this.
Here’s a helpful list of the Republicans who don’t deserve any thanks or praise: The 65 who took a dive.
As the bailout water-carriers try and drum up support for a do-over, watch their language.
The same people who tried to tell you that amnesty was not amnesty are now trying to whitewash “bailout” out [...]
CITI forks over $1 million to…La Raza!
Crisis? What crisis? Banking on open borders is alive and well. Just announced today at the shamnesty-promoting National Council of La Raza (The Race) website:
CITI AND THE CITI FOUNDATION AWARD $1,000,000 TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
Grant Supports Ongoing Capacity Building for Local Affiliates
Washington, DC– Citi and the Citi Foundation presented a $1,000,000 grant [...]
The People’s House can’t take your e-mail
Try back later.
Carnage in the markets! Carnage in the markets! Carnage in the markets! Oops, never mind
Don’t look now, but stocks are down a whopping 1 percent in Germany and are flat in Britain and France.
U.S. markets are poised to open higher. Update: Dow up more than 200 points in early trading.
Most Asian stock markets are holding up well too. The Shanghai Composite closed down just 0.2 percent; the Hang Seng [...]
Bailout fallout: Bush to speak at 8:45am Eastern
You can pretty much write what he’ll say in your sleep: Doing nothing is not an option. The costs of inaction outweigh the costs of action. Homeownership must be “preserved.” “Stability” must be achieved. Americans are suffering. We need bipartisanship in this volatile time.
Translation: More special-interest goodies for the next bailout bill!
The AP wire reports:
Top [...]
Lie of the day: McDonald’s can’t get credit!
McChicken Littles.
Some perspective for the Chicken Littles
Today’s stock market drop is a record point drop, but does not even crack the top 10 single-day percentage drops in American history.
Let’s stop pounding the panic buttons.
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On FNC right now, Neil Cavuto emphasizes that lending is going on and puts a damper on Heather Nauert’s panic-button heaving about credit-freeze anecdotes.
Are there businesses getting turned [...]
Nancy Pelosi’s bailout attack speech on the House floor; Update: Pence statement added
I noted it during my liveblog of the House debate. Here’s a video sample of her crap sandwich. As I mentioned while it was happening, she received multiple rounds of applause on the floor before and after her spittle-flecked statement.
And as I mentioned while it was happening, what did the GOP crap sandwich swallowers expect?
I’ve [...]
Breaking: It’s official. House rejects Trillion-Dollar-Plus Crap Sandwich; roll call vote added
Up in flames.
Flash: Senate bailout vote on Wednesday
It was just announced that the Senate bailout vote will take place on Wednesday, not later today.
That’s time.
Time is money. Your money.
Call your Senator: 202-224-3121.
WWMD?
What will McCain do?
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Obama will return to Washington for the vote.
Crap sandwich, crap numbers
“We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
Fannie, Freddie get federal grand jury subpoenas
The crony pseudocapitalists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been served federal grand jury subpoenas. Better late than never:
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage finance giants that were taken over by the government this month, said on Monday they were subpoenaed for documents as part of a federal grand jury investigations into [...]
Kill the bailout: The House floor debate is on; Bill fails
No cash for trash.
Hensarling: “If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed.”
“I cannot in good conscious support this legislation.”
And now: L.A. $5 billion housing plan
“Si, se puede.”
“Buy my s**tpile, Henry”
Full of it.
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