tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8454877815638888973..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25453907128423019382008-10-01T16:22:00.000-05:002008-10-01T16:22:00.000-05:00Few have ever lauded the intelligence of Andre Carson, who was elected largely on the basis of his lineage.<BR/><BR/>It's been noted that those with reelection "challenges" tended to vote against the bailout, and Carson certainly falls into that camp!Hoosier in the Heartlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049824713120857184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53482723774060588342008-10-01T10:11:00.000-05:002008-10-01T10:11:00.000-05:00A majority of the Illinois Democrats voted in favor of the bill. And it's not like Bobby Rush has ever been close to Obama in the first pace, seeing as Obama mounted a challenge to him in 2000.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-17272538587304722002008-10-01T09:39:00.000-05:002008-10-01T09:39:00.000-05:00Maybe the republicans voted AGAINST the bill because it is a ROTTON BILL. What a concept!!<BR/><BR/>As opposed to democrats who vote FOR the bill because Pelosi or Reid tell them to vote for it, or they see $$$$$ donations coming from it, or they can take money from people who EARN it and give it to people who SIT ON THEIR A$$ watching their big LCD TV collecting "entitlements."Concerned Taxpayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952241910289966736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-15843916724222511652008-10-01T09:36:00.000-05:002008-10-01T09:36:00.000-05:00Explain something: Everyone gets upset when votes go right down party lines with little regard to anything else. Now the reps seem to be thinking about things more than usual and you folks get equally upset. What would you prefer?That's Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055781370575259510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76520278447768299632008-10-01T08:54:00.000-05:002008-10-01T08:54:00.000-05:00I think that everyone would agree that this entire problem is a direct result of the housing meltdown. Banks being forced to make bad loans to unqualified/risky home buyers, and then selling off the paper to other organizations caused the domino effect of collapse. <BR/><BR/>I will grant that greed on the part of Wall Street and the malfeasance of the government acerbated the entire situation, however it was the abuses of the system by groups like ACORN and other race baiting organizations that ultimately started the ball rolling.<BR/><BR/>It is ironic to note that the alternate media (quickly becoming the REAL media) is reporting on a case that a young attorney named Barack Obama was one of the litigators. In the case, Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank Fair Housing/Lending/Insurance<BR/>Docket / Court 94 C 4094 ( N.D. Ill. ) FH-IL-0011<BR/>State/Territory Illinois, as reported here: http://iusbvision.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/obama-sued-citibank-under-cra-to-force-it-to-make-bad-loans/, Obama and the firm he worked for sued Citibank for not giving unqualified applicants home loans. The case was settled out of court and the loans rolled forward.Shofarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797039592108775302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41135964508503992692008-10-01T08:14:00.000-05:002008-10-01T08:14:00.000-05:00And Barack Obama's own congressman back home in Illinois voted against the bailout.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-36866077350897960232008-10-01T08:06:00.000-05:002008-10-01T08:06:00.000-05:00None of Arizona's 4 Republicans voted for the bill. Only 4 of Texas' 20 REpublicans voted for the bill. Had only half of them flipped, the bill would have passed.<BR/><BR/>What does that say about the leadership of George Bush and John McCain when they couldn't even bring in their home state congressmen?<BR/><BR/>At least Nancy Pelosi got 60% of the Democrats, when she only promised 50%.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.com