With all the news about about the AIG bonuses, there are a couple of things worth remembering.
First, the GOP voted against the stimulus. Why? Because it won’t stimulate anything and the Democrats decided to rush it through without letting anyone read it.
This is what happens when you write legislation in secret then rush it through.
Second, will federal prosecutors indict Chris Dodd? Dodd sneaked in a provision to protect AIG bonuses. Congress, via Dodd’s last minute amendment, specifically granted AIG permission to give the bonuses.
Dodd, you will recall, got more money from AIG than any other elected official.
Obama was the second largest recipient. Did Obama know about the provision?
The GOP should just be sitting back and watching this mess play out. They voted against the Dodd provision. They voted against the stimulus.
The Democrats own this. They own the bonuses. They own AIG. Let them deal with it.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
Where's the Message?
jimmuy8 (Diary) Tuesday, March 17th at 11:25PM EST (link)How many GOP elected will say that tomorrowt? How many will make that position known? Because sitting back is nice if you can count on the truth getting out. We don’t have that luxury–we have to make sure the truth gets out. We have a media invested in ensuring the truth never, ever gets out.
Remember: “Good soldier” Arlen voted for the turd sandwich. That makes it “bi-partisan.”
Like father like son.
liberalrepublican (Diary) Tuesday, March 17th at 11:33PM EST (link)Time to measure Dodd for an orange jump suit.
“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”
Think the Democrats will want to actually READ a bill next time?
tsquare (Diary) Tuesday, March 17th at 11:37PM EST (link)Naaaahhhh…
Me Neither…
I wish
manstreammedia Wednesday, March 18th at 12:09AM EST (link)there were a way to efficiently spread this information around. They are not only blowing something completely out of proportion, but doing so with something of their own creation (I guess until the newspapers get the listserv commands to delete the written evidence from online papers).
Nemesis
INC (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 1:04AM EST (link)It's an
Mayhem (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 6:44AM EST (link)ownership society!
James Madison, Jim DeMint, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan… You get the picture.
Agree that Democrats Own This
dwarfmama (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 8:38AM EST (link)Disagree that Republicans should sit back and watch.
Republicans should proclaim from the housetops, over and over, “WE TRIED TO STOP THIS!”
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. (Samuel Adams)
Yes, the Democrats, and Specter, Snowe, and Collins.
Praying (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 9:23AM EST (link)Let’s not forget our favorite 3 RINOs. Just as elections have consequences, so does screwing your party solidarity.
No!!!11!1!!1!1! The Bilderbergers are coming
Problem is...
liberalrepublican (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 9:47AM EST (link)This crisis will end.
They always do. And there will be some form of recovery.
The D’s are going to claim victory for the natural business cycle.
And R’s are going to have to be ready to fight that.
Right now, I would say the D’s are in better shape to win that argument.
“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”
I do think this is an important point but on two levels
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Wednesday, March 18th at 10:03AM EST (link)The stock market and the general economy.
An imoending change in mark to market rules has been signalled by Treasury and that, along with the fact that the big banks are actually making money despite stock price falls since the crisis and bailouts, is causing a bull market and we may well have reached bottom on that. This could be quite good for Obama given people’s 401K’s etc, depending on how high the market rises. I suspect the top of the bull market will be quite limited given the lower expected corp profits and higher taxes.
As to GDP and unemployment, I think any growth will be anemic for 2-3 years and that unemployment will remain high as well and that this will hurt the dems.
Given the above and given the historical record of 1st congressional elections after a new president, I see major gop gains in the house and a few seats in the senate in 2010.
What the GOP must do is sustain their opposition to the carbon and energy taxes esp and the actions of the congress and obama that provide govt jobs but that prevent private sector jobs like the enviromentla wackos…
Plus, there is the prospect of inflation that would be all on the dems.
The best thing Obama and America has going for them is Bernanke.
see his 60 minutes podcast
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson