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I find these recent Obama (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by zyx on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:30:34 PM EST
campaign talking points to be aggravating:

Obama attacks Bill Clinton's economic legacy

Also, wrt foreign policy, he says he'd emulate Bush's dad, JFK, and "in some ways, Ronald Reagan".

This is WAY getting on my nerves!

Linky stinky (5.00 / 1) (#4)
by stillife on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:38:46 PM EST
But I do agree with you re: Obama attacking the Clinton legacy.  Call me a sentimental fool, but I look back with nostalgia on the good old days when the Republicans were the enemy.

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I read the FT article last night (5.00 / 2) (#10)
by zyx on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:46:55 PM EST
and thought about it some.  Yes, during Clinton's admin, banking was deregulated, especially in 1999 by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was passed overwhelmingly, and which broke down barriers between investment banks and commercial banks, and which probably does have a good deal to do with the nasty pickle that we are in now with rotten mortgages.  BUT to lay that at Bill Clinton's feet exclusively is 1) a stretch and 2) nasty campaigning for a (D) and 3) overlooking a lot of misbehavior by a lot of people who are not Bill Clinton.

And 4) just disgusting, in my book.

I think there is a lot more to say, but the MSM sure isn't.


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But there was the S & L's (5.00 / 1) (#15)
by BarnBabe on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:24:22 PM EST
We all forget that the S & L bailout was under Bush Sr. That was when banks were failing and other banks became Super banks because of it. And one of GW's brothers was also involved. I look at my Income Tax forms in the 90's and I see making a very decent salary, my 401k and my Ameritrade account flourishing. We also had respect in this world and a President who was more popular when he made a mistake than one who is a saint. Why is that? Maybe because the middle class was given a fair chance and doing well didn't and care about the other stuff. That all ended with Bush 43.

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drat (5.00 / 1) (#5)
by zyx on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:40:55 PM EST
http://tinyurl.com/23dacn

and I thought I had finally gotten the link thing.

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His refusal to take money from lobbyists? (5.00 / 1) (#8)
by stillife on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:43:35 PM EST
That's rich.  Thanks for the chuckle.  

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The whole lobbyist (5.00 / 2) (#14)
by facta non verba on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:23:16 PM EST
thing points to the disingenuous nature of the Obama camp. Take his wife's law firm Sidney-Austin, the world's sixth largest in terms of revenues at over a billion pa. They are a registered lobbyist but not all lawyers are registered lobbyists. So who contributes to the Obama campaign? Those who are not registered lobbyists. Even though the law firm is a partnership where revenues and the bonus compensation is pooled. So the work of one translates into the profit of all. Still Obama can claim that he does not take money directly from lobbyists. He does, indirectly.

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