tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post7965953269047216420..comments2024-03-28T13:48:19.009-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: How George W. Bush Destroyed the Economy In Only Eight Short YearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-75633794338430670402010-12-28T17:18:47.305-05:002010-12-28T17:18:47.305-05:00@Anon/Phil H.
First off, the GOP had both Houses ...@Anon/Phil H.<br /><br />First off, the GOP had both Houses for only four years and never had a filibuster-proof majority. 2001-2002 saw (thanks to Jim Jeffords, remember him) the Dems take control of the Senate.<br /><br />The testimony makes it clear what happened:<br /><br /> - Dems threatened filibuster of important legislation<br /> - The media and he Dems conspired to make the GOP's demands for fiscal sanity look like racism (pay special attention to the CBC testimony) in the video that's linked<br /><br />Net net: there was no way to overcome the Countrywide cronies of Dodd and Frank.<br /><br />They were too powerful to overcome.directorbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205733284944340787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-57956320089369634452010-12-28T16:39:37.020-05:002010-12-28T16:39:37.020-05:00George W. had a solid majority in both houses of c...George W. had a solid majority in both houses of congress from 2001 to 2006...so, why couldn't he have done what he wanted to re. these things? Where is the evidence that congress turned him down? phil.hersey@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-30959790290977442812010-11-17T21:43:45.997-05:002010-11-17T21:43:45.997-05:00@Brad -- no one is talking about "Republicans...@Brad -- no one is talking about "Republicans" doing it.<br /><br />Constitutional conservatives will do it.<br /><br />The Framers had it right.<br /><br />They wanted to limit the power of the federal government to prevent overreaches of the sort Democrats love to engage.<br /><br />That is why we must return to the rule of law.directorbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205733284944340787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-59169809302243346232010-11-17T17:41:31.507-05:002010-11-17T17:41:31.507-05:00You gave a great summary. I like how blunt and hon...You gave a great summary. I like how blunt and honest you are, but i don't agree with you.<br /><br />I agree with pretty much everything Midloo said in the sixth comment.<br /><br />The whole system is corrupt and no amount of Republicans in the house or senate are going to fix the problem.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-32495066817486036282010-11-06T10:10:35.969-04:002010-11-06T10:10:35.969-04:00Love how you overlook the ramifications of a war e...Love how you overlook the ramifications of a war economy, reduction in the tax base and record spending.....you speak with forked (and angry) tongue, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-90740833268432915032010-10-28T14:14:03.344-04:002010-10-28T14:14:03.344-04:00*sigh*
Oh please. Why not stop rooting for you...*sigh* <br /><br />Oh please. Why not stop rooting for your team and recognize that the whole system is corrupt and no amount of Repulicans in the house or senate are going to fix the problem? <br /><br />Keep generalizing and summating your way along if it makes you feel better, but you need to dig a little deeper if you want to actually help anyone who isn't worth more than a few million dollars in this country.Midloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207427935833465000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-8074315221779309382010-10-26T05:55:57.601-04:002010-10-26T05:55:57.601-04:00@DougB -
GOP only had control of congress for fou...@DougB -<br /><br />GOP only had control of congress for four years during Bush era. 01-02 (Jim Jeffords defection was GOP) and 07-08 (Pelosi/Reid) Dems were in control.<br /><br />Threats of the filibuster and media-fueled accusations of racism in campaign ads were the fears by the GOP.directorbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205733284944340787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-17496320132311459382010-10-25T22:02:34.235-04:002010-10-25T22:02:34.235-04:00> From 2001 to 2008, the Bush administration tr...> From 2001 to 2008, the Bush administration tried more than 18 times to bring Fannie and Freddie under heel.<br /><br />But why didn't they? I'm on your side, but I want to tell my liberal friends why those 'Acts' or Bills did not pass committee, especially with the Republicans in control of congress at the time. Thanks.<br />Doug B.Mr. Punky Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803908903656739128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-29033101207280162162010-10-25T10:00:10.707-04:002010-10-25T10:00:10.707-04:00Great analysis, Doug - you're the king, baby!Great analysis, Doug - you're the king, baby!Brumfieldhttp://www.newsfromdoswell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-92073896667020622012010-10-24T15:58:48.187-04:002010-10-24T15:58:48.187-04:00Spot on for identifying the Dems responsibility. ...Spot on for identifying the Dems responsibility. Too bad the congressional Reps bought into Bush's big spending ways and pushed the budget to the edge of the cliff the Dems have since jumped off of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-8662942891013858022010-10-24T15:24:22.180-04:002010-10-24T15:24:22.180-04:00Excellent summary, thanks for getting my blood pre...Excellent summary, thanks for getting my blood pressure up again.<br /><br />Krugman, Mark Thoma, et al continue to peddle the line that Fannie and Freddie had nothing to do with the meltdown, mostly with intellectual sleight of hand. The claim is that Fannie and Freddie were not pushing subprimes at the height of the crisis, therefore they are off the hook. It's very dishonest on the part of these hacks.<br /><br />Secondly, I have to give some points to Artur Davis, who to my knowledge is the only Democrat to admit culpability in retrospect. This quote is from Oct 2008, when he was quoted on Hannity and Colmes:<br /><br />"Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues, I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I defended their efforts to encourage affordable homeownership, when in retrospect I should have heeded the concerns raised by their regulator in 2004. Frankly, I wish my Democratic colleagues would admit that when it comes to Fannie and Freddie, we were wrong. By the way, I wish my Republican colleagues would admit that they missed the early warning signs that Wall Street deregulation was overheating the securities market and promoting dangerously lax lending practices. When it comes to the debacle in our capital markets, there is much blame to go around for both sides."<br /><br />At least there is one principled Dem in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com