#85 Mike W – For the first time, I agree with one of your posts. (Seppuku time!) I always said Obama told people exactly what he was going to do, but the people never realized what the ramifications of his policies would be. And yes, McCain never did pander to the masses enough. Fact is, McCain couldn’t hide his economic ignorance. Obama could.
#81 White Helmet – Now, I could be wrong about this, but I thought the SEC guys were appointed by Congress, and the Prez only got to pick which one would be the head. I thought the SEC was subordinate to Congress, not the Prez. Technically, so is the Prez’s cabinet. They have to be confirmed by the Senate, and can be called upon to report to Congress without exec privilege.
As for stopping the predatory lending, only Congress could act. The Prez has no authority in this area. Bush called on Congress to do this job more than 20 times! The lending was a result of Dem policies, not Pubs’.
Health care is NOT the job of the government. They did create this mess, by giving the AMA a monopoly in 1849. Break the monopoly and you reduce the cost of care, but that is all the government should be doing about it, except also getting rid of the stupid Employer Based insurance system.
Spending. Lots of it stemmed from 9/11, or have you conveniently forgotten about that? The bailout was heavily opposed by lots of Pubs in Congress. The conservatives there were less than thrilled about this gross idea. People were calling their Congresscritters screaming for them to vote “no”. The calls were, what, 90-1 against? They passed it anyway. Who did? Dems and RINO’s.
And so’s you know, Treas Sec Paulson is a Democrat. The bailout was his idea. Stupid Bush, being the RINO he is, had Dems in his administration! Powell and Rice were soft Pubs at best (Dems in disguise). Tom Ridge (DOHS) is pro-abortion. The Bush administration was an old-fashioned Dem administration. Why? Because there is no longer any room in the Dem party for actual Dems. The Socialists have hijacked the Dem party, thus forcing these guys to become RINO’s.
McCain, Giuliani, Romney, and Huckabee are Dems, too, btw. All the Pub front-runners were Dems. McCain with his stances on immigration, environmentalism, campaign finance, et al; Giuliani with his pro-choice, anti-gun, environmetalism; Romney with RomneyCare, Pro-gay, pro-choice (until recently); Huckabee with his increased spending and taxes in AR, and his college for illegals; they were all Conservative Democrats claiming to be Conservative Republicans.
Oh. I forgot Ron Paul, who is a Libertarian running as a Pub. He thinks Libertarians are the true Conservatives. The real Conservatives had no chance in that campaign, watered down as it was by all the Dems. Too confusing for the voters.
