It’s hard to believe the economic change we need will come from the CEO of the Titanic (Fannie Mae).

Pcoop on September 17, 2008 at 9:53 AM

Ugh…I just threw up in my mouth a little.

It comes down to responsibility.
Egfrow on September 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM

Perhaps I’m being to general in my terminology. My main point was that “greed” is not a good thing and always leads to negative consequences.

So, we should trust John McCain with this economic problem? Someone’s not thinking right.
jim m on September 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM

I would like to paint a picture of two Presidents, Hoover and Roosevelt to show that a knowledge of economics will not ensure prosperity; while a knowledge of foreign policy does ensure victory.

To say that President Hoover was well versed in economics is an understatement. After an education in mining engineering, he was the head of the Food Administration in WWI, member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration post-war, and finally Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. Yet he failed to prevent the worst collapse in American financial history.

As a counter-point, look at President Roosevelt, who served as Secretary of the Navy under Wilson and perservered through a devastating disease. He went on to lead the United States to victory in WWII.

You tell me, which is worse: having a President who is not intimately familiar with economics but is truly courageous and has a strong military background or an elitist President who is clueless in foregin policy?

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM

Amen sister…
+1

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

Hinmahtooyahlatkek on September 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM

I believe this maybe the perfect irony. An Obama supporter who thinks that all McCain has is talk.

Orwell would be proud of Obama’s sole accomplishment–convincing the multitude that the exact opposite of the truth is the truth.

Remember Obama is building his reputation on his promise to doing something, anything, in the future.

He has no past record of sucess in any arena to point to. There is nothing he can use to convince anyone of anything. It is all a promise. Talk, No record.

Senator McCain & Governor Palin stand up and fight for us.

Loxodonta on September 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM

You might as well expect rivers to run backwards

While liberals shout blame as they pocket campaign contributions from failed lending companies, Senator McCain & Governor Palin have a record of success at fighting corruption and getting reforms passed into law.

This is why McCain/Palin will win on Nover 4th.

I’ll reform Wall Street and fix Washington. I’ve taken on tougher guys than this before.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

It’s a change of style that emphasizes the “straight talk” theme and attempts to make a personal connection to the voters watching it.

My father was the first to see through the schemes of this man. My father had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

Freeze his ass.

LtE126 on September 17, 2008 at 9:50 AM

Thank you. I’m gonna have that mental image in my head all day now. Ewwww.

Pcoop on September 17, 2008 at 9:53 AM”

Okay…okay.

How about not in front of his computer…but staring at his Andrew Sullivan beefcake poster?

“This may be one of McCain’s best ads of the campaign. Direct, optimistic, forceful, and serious, he’s making the case for tested leadership in a crisis.

We may not need Johonny Mc’s commissions or leadership on finance reform after all; Chris Cox has finally moved.

As of tomorrow; criminal short sellers will be felonious toast, if they don’t come up with the “greenbacks”.

They have driven good companies into the dirt for their personal gain; no more!

Hooaah…!

That was a candid omission that perhaps should not have been said, but it was.

I do not think the alternative has any better grasp or any grasp at all of sound economic policy based on his socialist tendencies. I will take John McCain steering economic policy advisors in a capitalist market over Obama steering socialist/redistributionist economics anyday!

So, we should trust John McCain with this economic problem? Someone’s not thinking right.

It’s probably an effective ad though… Sigh.

Good response, My issue though is that people are falling for the Premise that Wall Street is to blame for poorly managed and operated companies. Wall Street are just the junble worker ants of the economy. The tree of capitalism must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Wall Street and Fallen Companies.