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To: Don Hurst who wrote (589982)	10/15/2010 1:09:56 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1571929

Have you ever considered thinking for yourself? Or does arianna do it all for you?

To: Don Hurst who wrote (589982)	10/15/2010 10:38:18 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1571929

Barney's Big Lie As Fannie and Freddie took on billions in subprime debt, he insisted they were not facing "any kind of financial crisis," and urged more affordable lending. And he didn't just push for it via Fannie and Freddie, but also through the Community Reinvestment Act, which mandates banks make riskier urban home loans. In fact, he backed President Clinton's historic changes to the law, which forced banks for the first time to hit numerical targets for affordable mortgages. The tougher rules triggered an explosion in subprime lending. investors.com h/t jack straw

To: Don Hurst who wrote (589982)	10/15/2010 2:23:03 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571929

Don, > No doubt the "impact" you favor and wish for it to return. I don't wish for a return to "more of the same." I'm more or less resigned to the inevitability of big government trying to do more than it can possibly handle. Maybe you can provide a good explanation for the Tea Party's success so far? At least one that doesn't involve kooky conspiracy theories that even the White House is now promoting? Tenchusatsu

To: Don Hurst who wrote (589982)	10/15/2010 2:38:50 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1571929

Pat Caddell, furious over ‘hypocrites’ in the White House, unloads on Obama By Alex Pappas -- The Daily Caller \| Published: 2:14 PM 10/14/2010 \| Veteran Democratic operative Pat Caddell is unloading on the White House, saying he’s had enough with the president whose “hypocrisy” on campaign finance “is just mind-blowing.” President Obama has made a point while campaigning to call out conservative-leaning groups for hurting the integrity of elections by not voluntarily disclosing donors. Caddell says Obama has no room to talk. “My problem with Obama started the day he blew up public financing of presidential campaigns,” Caddell said in an interview with The Daily Caller. “He’s the man whose done the most to destroy whatever integrity there was in campaign financing.” Obama declined public funding of his presidential campaign in 2008. The administration’s attacks, Caddell said, on groups like the Chamber of Commerce and donors like the conservative Koch brothers reek of McCarthyism.“I was the youngest person on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. I take this stuff seriously. What they’re doing is Nixonian – it’s McCarthyite,” he said. Caddell, who has worked for a number of presidential campaigns, including Joe Biden’s in 1988, said making outside money an election issue is a risky strategy for the Democrats. “You’re 21 days out from an election and this is what you’ve got? That’s it? Nothing about jobs or the economy?” It won’t be pretty for his party, Caddell says. “Come the morning of November 2, they’re going to have a cold shower. It’s going to be an Arctic temperature.” Caddell also took a swing at Obama’s inner circle. “These are naive idiots who’ve come out of academia and have never done anything real in their lives, and they are actually in power,” he said. “These are the people we never let in the room when we had serious business to do. Now they’re running the country.”