This is pretty rich. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Joplin) heard McCaskill say at one of her town hall forums that “the country tried the strategy of George W. Bush and now, ‘we’re in the ditch.'” Blunt was all like, “Nuh-huh!” According to Blunt, Bush warned us repeatedly about lax mortgage regulations, and we just didn’t listen. And Congress (with Blunt in the leadership) stopped Bush. And Bush stopped himself. Or something.
In the real world, of course, Bush ignored the warnings of mortgage regulators and touted the virtues of the “free market.” And Blunt voted against stricter mortgage regulations that only came up when Democrats gained the majority in the House.
on just about, um, well…
after wrecking the economy, trashing the constitution, weakening natinal security, those who were demonstrably culpable during their numerous years of total power, point their dirty little fingers and invent reasons why the other guy did it.
Remember in 2008 when they claimed legislation against red-lining was responsible for the housing bubble bust because it “forced” lenders to work with minority borrowers? Nevermind that that particular legislation from the 1970s in no way forced lenders to loan to unqualified borrowers — that was accomplished by the Republican congress in 2002. That was the first manifestation of this dishonest series of attacks which have become more and more flagrant every day.
My favorite liar is Kit Bond who has droned on and on about government waste and mismanagement. Now that Gates (a Republican no less) is actually doing something about just that type of fiscal mismanagement with his plans to rationalize military spending, Bond, whose only claim to success is his ability to bring home $$, including lucrative military contracts, starts running his mouth with dishonest drivel about weakening national security.
…country down here in Greene County (I’m here visiting Mom&Dad) — it must have been a warm front generated from his mouth, ie alot of hot air.
It’s incredible and totally shameless that he would try to exonerate his party’s and Bush’s role in pushing for policies that caused the economic collapse.
Unregulated free markets run amok — here’s the facts on Blunt’s support for the legislation and free-for-all mindset and that has saddled generations to come with heavy debt…
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) voted in 1999 to roll back banking regulations — that is, repealing the Glass-Steagall Act; the open invitation for Banksters to turn the finance sector into a gambling hall.
Today, he seems to regret not being able to supply those kinds of opportunistic options for Wall Street anymore, as today he said,
By my lights, these kinds of “opportunities” we could do without.