Judd Gregg: We’ll go bankrupt under Obama’s budget
posted at 1:00 pm on March 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Man, when he said he’d be a bad fit for Team Barry, he wasn’t kidding. The whole clip’s worth watching but skip ahead to 4:40 if you only want the red meat. Tell us how you really feel, Judd. Left unmentioned in this discussion of mass bankruptcy: The new Obama proposal that might empower Treasury to “seize and wind down” struggling institutions. What could go wrong?
Oddly enough, he spends a solid minute or so earlier in the segment defending Geithner after having basically called him a liar just last week. Residual guilt over having left The One in the lurch at Commerce, maybe?
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Go after the Thief-in-Chief with everything you have…
beatcanvas on March 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Gregg is so awesome. Where was this man all these years?
Palin/Gregg 2012
promachus on March 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM
This guy was going to become Sec. of Commerce. How do you go from accepting a cabinet position to this in a few weeks? I’m glad he’s out there saying this, but Senator dude, let’s show a little consistency here.
angryed on March 22, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Heck, no man should do this to this generation.
Dusty on March 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM
And yet, it won’t stop them from doing it. All these guys need to go.
trigon on March 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Wow he was actually allowed to rant without the usual interuptions.
Go JUDD!!
Love the airplane analogy…. HA!
katy on March 22, 2009 at 1:08 PM
This thread is about Gregg, not Dear Leader and his boy wonder, Geithner.
genso on March 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM
That’s why Obama’s election is ultimately a failure of our education system. For a generation to vote itself into virtual slavery via enormous debt in exchange for a few pleasant speeches, that generation must be incredibly ignorant.
Ultimately, it’s not the over-35 crowd that will suffer the most from all this; it’s the twentysomethings and those younger, Obama’s biggest supporters, whose futures will be crushed under a mountain of debt.
blue13326 on March 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Nice to see you post your legal disclaimer before clocking in and blogging for Axerod getalife. Continue.
portlandon on March 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Ok , so no need to worry then..
the_nile on March 22, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Obama is just doing what he is told to do. If the masses are bankrupt then they are easily controlled as he surely is. This concept has been here since the beginning of time and has evolved into the possibilty of becoming reality when greed and corruption erodes the values system in its path. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste and the elitists that own “The One” up are manipulating the future of the world into the direction of no return.
volsense on March 22, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Oddly enough, he spends a solid minute or so earlier in the segment defending Geithner after having basically called him a liar just last week. Residual guilt over having left The One in the lurch at Commerce, maybe?
Does no one else see a problem with the above. I mean if you think a man is a liar why would you have anything nice to say about the man? If you think the man is doing a good job why call him a liar. The whole think comes out as a big game that is just being said for the TV. I would not be surprised if they both have drinks after this with each other. And that IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS COUNTRY> Our politicians play a game. None of them mean it. I doubt the dems and Obama really nor the reps really believe that the economy is in the tank. that would explain why they passed that stimulus bill. If you don’t really believe the economy is in bad shape why not use the crisis to advance your agenda.
It is just a big game to our elites. Both reps and dems. A big game. No sense of national duty, honor. No drive to rally around the flag to protect our country from economic implosion. Nothing but a big game. We are soo screwed.
unseen on March 22, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Our assh*le president is far more concerned about his celebrity status, what Europeans think of us, and how his legacy will be read by future generations of indoctrinated government schooled people.
Incompetent president and administration all the way around.
jdflorida on March 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Nothing inconsistent here about his actions. He took the position in good faith–later on found out what was going on and decided on principle that he couldn’t be a part of the train wreck, withdrew his nomination, and is now sounding the warning klaxon. To me, that sounds like a man of principle.
Matt Helm on March 22, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Sec.of Commerce…..
BELOW his pay grade.
Neal4007 on March 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM
The way he ended with his very firm “no” to reconsider rerunning makes me doubt if he believes what he actually said. Anyone saying that the US is basically going to collapse as a country in ten years and then quit before getting really anything done (in the most important election year to stop/slow the collapse, natch) doesn’t sound sincere.
Not trying to cast aspersions on his character, but it doesn’t add up (unless there are personal/family reasons left unsaid).
amkun on March 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Well, the obama adminstration seems to have found a way to reward Olympia and Susan and at the same time warn Gregg–in typical Democratic fashion. They have decided to move the NH, VT and ME Postal District out of Manchester NH and into Portland Me.–putting 90 or so NHerites out of work. This could back fire though since the Dem hold here is tenuous at best and this sort of power play will resonate.
jeanie on March 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM
I ranted about this point in a letter to Sen DeMint last night. Congress is not sacrosanct when this country is threatened by socialism. They need to be less polite and more open in their statements.
genso on March 22, 2009 at 1:20 PM
The fact that Gregg has seen what goes on behind the scenes and left just emphasizes the fact that the Obama administration is a facade for either gross imcompetence or pure evil. It would be irresponsible for him to stay quiet.
portlandon on March 22, 2009 at 1:23 PM
And none of your truths will matter a bit. What will get him on Rushmore is his race, nothing more. The man could club baby seals on the WH lawn and the MSM would claim they had it coming.
Limerick on March 22, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Sorry republicans, this clown is as full of crap as the Dali Bama, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, etc., they are nothing but LIARS!!!! They ALL KNEW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!! They’re LYING!!!!!!!
RealDemocrat on March 22, 2009 at 1:25 PM
If the truth were known, We are Bankrupt.
We have Debt that is larger than our Assets.
If China wanted to cash in right now they could shut down
the Nation. Period.
old trooper2 on March 22, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Anyone have any idea how to download videos from CNN?
DJ Tablesauce on March 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
As unseen wrote, the above description by AP does describe a strange reality. THe only thing I can think of, is that some are trying to walk a very fine line. How do you go after the ONLY guy at Treasury, without killing the markets, making things worse. Ergo, the guy’s a liar, but here’s why we need him, routine.
Weight of Glory on March 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Sounds like typical heavy-handed Democratic Party politics. Hopefully New Hampshirites will remember it.
Matt Helm on March 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
You get screwed out of directing the Census and become personally PO’d with Obama.
Illinidiva on March 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
We prefer Confiscator in Chief.
I don’t know what he means by “more definitive.” It’s all wrong. Get out of the business of business and get back into the business of governing. I DO like his finish though. Well put. No why don’t the patriotic Democrats oppose his budget?
Mojave Mark on March 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Well, the obama adminstration seems to have found a way to reward Olympia and Susan and at the same time warn Gregg–in typical Democratic fashion. They have decided to move the NH, VT and ME Postal District out of Manchester NH and into Portland Me.–putting 90 or so NHerites out of work. This could back fire though since the Dem hold here is tenuous at best and this sort of power play will resonate.
jeanie on March 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Up here in Northern Ohio,I heard the postal district is closing it’s Mansfield station and consolidating it into the Akron area.No great surprise as many companies streamline,hopefully to be more efficient.
Neal4007 on March 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM
If anyone bothered to look at the roll call tally from last fall’s vote on the bailout. They would see that most Republicans voted against it(at least in the House) and most Dems voted for it. Of course the driveby voters attach it to Bush and think it must Repubs idea.
the most laugable thing ever in the future will be when Dems try to blame Repubs for being for corporate welfare. I’m sure it won’t stop them from trying since their whole agenda is based on failed policies and lies in general.
gsherin on March 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM
I’m tired of double-speak from these “best and brightest” MBA’s…”The country will go bankrupt” has to be preceeded with, “They’re on the right track” is absolutely ridiculous. It’s why Sarah Palin was refreshing…plain talk! Tired of having to look for the meaning of the word “is”.
luvstotango on March 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Sent the link to all my teen and young adult relatives.
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Did I miss something here? Are we not at the point where this debt is being passed on to future generations? How are they to pay for it if there is no one left to tax?
N4646W on March 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
old trooper2,
Correctomundo, we are already bankrupt. We here in California know this and the reason is for the WASTING OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND OTHER RESOURCES on the Illegal Aliens and their Anchor Babies!!!!!!
….Consider, for example, this dark, but perhaps realistic, projection by University of California at Santa Barbara economists:
“The… economy will likely continue to decline for another two years, perhaps longer. We expect the number of California jobs … economic output … retail sales [and] tourism revenues will fall throughout the forecast horizon. There is no measure of economic strength that provides even a glimmer of hope for California’s economy in the near term, none.”
The UC Santa Barbara forecast has California’s unemployment rate, now more than 10%, nearing 14% by next year, which means another half-million workers would join the jobless ranks.
California has a baseline general fund budget of about $110 billion a year. Revenues, without the recently enacted tax increases, are at least $25 billion less. Even the tax increases will erase only about $10 billion of that annual shortfall.
If the UC Santa Barbara forecast and other similarly gloomy forecasts hold true, the Capitol will soon be looking back at Taylor’s dour scenario as the good old days.
RealDemocrat on March 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
I heard Kathleen Parker say on the Chris Matthews show this morning that the blue dog democrats were going to help Obama get his budget through – no price to pay – and they are going to try to get it through as intact as possible. I had hopes that they would be helping to put a stop to this budget as it is. It appears they are just talk. If she’s right, and she seemed very sure of her reporting, this is very bad news.
LaurieM134 on March 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Taxation as a weapon??? Enjoy the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
RealDemocrat on March 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I thought the Dems were all about doing it for the children. Seems to me they’re doing it to the children instead.
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Although it is nice to see someone trying to rein in the budget I totally disagree with his approval of the handling of the financial institutions and other “troubled” companies. We should have stuck with tried and true procedures for those companies. I don’t believe in “to big to fail” and I am afraid we are going to prove on a national scale.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Sorry. Stopped listening.
portlandon on March 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
I am pretty sure that the folks that got us into this mess, be it Congress and the captains of finance and industry have educational pedigrees that would delight Ms. Parker, Mr. Frum, Mr. Brooks and Ms. Noonan. Which is why I hang on their every word./sarc
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Soon there may be nobody left to lend to America
Wethal on March 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM
As a Nevadan, I want every person in this state to see that video. I remember it when it happened. This dolt needs to be taken down. I think that in Nevada the time is ripe. Trouble is, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on the scene who is easily recognizable. Most will vote based on name recognition so it will have to be someone dynamic.
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM
WARNING, this link brought up a pop up for a virus protection installation. A few weeks ago, a pop up came with the Microsoft looking page saying I needed a virus scan and removal. It infected my computer and it took me a week to ferret out what virus it was and get rid of it.
DO NOT OPEN THIS LINK! I’m sorry I did and hope I didn’t let something in that will make me crazy over the next week.
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
To paraphrase:
Keep your Dope, keep your Change.
bloviator on March 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
The editorial Lib-Tards at the New York Times are piling on the lunacy of the stimulus bill. Brainwashed libs everywhere are saying the NYT were never liberal in their reporting. One blogger even suggests that Obama encourages constructive criticism on his positions. I guess that explains why he changes his position at the slightest hint of rebuttal. This removes all doubt that liberalism IS a disease.
volsense on March 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Weight of Glory on March 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM
There is no fine line to walk. I understand what they are trying to do but it sends the message to the Americian people that you are not serious about the problem.
It is time for the politicians to pick a side, draw out their line in the sand and stand firm on one side or the other. If you think the admin is lying then you call them out and keep calling them out. If you think it is a good idea for ther gov to nationalize the nbanbks then you defend the bonuses and tell the americian people there will be more of that coming down
unseen on March 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Kalifornia is for sale. Anyone want to buy it? Oh, disclaimer, you HAVE TO TAKE the legislature with it – sorry, package deal.
Kalifornia, like Detroit, is the newest Worker’s Paradise.
GarandFan on March 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
If you think the gop are not involved in this disaster, you are not being honest.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
SIGN FROM THE ORLAND, FLORIDA TEA PARTY YESTERDAY:
“My Grandchild is Already $35,000 in debt thanks to the Government”
Lourdes on March 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM
I do hope you all understand that these Socialists have until 2010 at the earliest to totally destroy America as you knew it. They will not just peacefully go away.
old trooper2 on March 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM
The U. S. is nearly bankrupt even without BHO’s budget!
I’m for term limits, and of the belief that attorneys should be barred from holding public office!
GFW on March 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Neal4007 on March 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM
This is not a consolidation , it is simply a geographical move. Everything except the locality will remain the same. Also, Manchester is more centrally located in the three state region. No….it’s payback, pure and simple.
jeanie on March 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Ok, you do have a point. The GOP as we know it is DOA.
old trooper2 on March 22, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Folks, if it’s true, DON’T USE IT!
RealDemocrat on March 22, 2009 at 1:53 PM
If you think the gop are not involved in this disaster, you are not being honest.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM
agreed a pox on both their houses
unseen on March 22, 2009 at 1:53 PM
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Yeah… I too had to have my BS protection on while opening this clip. It didn’t have to be set too high though as it is easy to tell when Dingy Harry is lying…
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RalphyBoy on March 22, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Gee, kid, you said the exact opposite on one of the other threads here. At least be consistent.
Begala’s not getting his money’s worth from you. He should ask for some of it back.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 1:55 PM
[LaurieM134 on March 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM]
I wouldn’t worry too much about what Parker says. That discussion was about Kathleen Parker putting a question to her 8-Ball and what came up in the window. Sixty Dem House members and, separately, three Dem Senators just sent letters to Obama telling him to pound salt wrt his proposed budget.
I can’t remember the last time Parker ever did any actual reporting, least of all the investigative kind. She’s an opinionist, a very bad one and frequently late to the story.
Dusty on March 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
President Obama on February 3, 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsau0Wc2UQ0&feature=related
So, if Senator Gregg is “Bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions,” what does that make President Obama?
Is the President also bought and paid for, or incompetent?
Or, is there some other rational explanation for why the President nominated the Senator?
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Genso, Amkun:
祗園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響きあり。娑羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理をあらわす。
おごれる人も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢のごとし。たけき者も遂にはほろびぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。
“The sound of the Gion Temple bells echo the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.”
- Tale of the Heike
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Also, at this point, Senator Gregg has the best credentials of any Republican to get his voice heard by the MSM, then actually reported to the people, instead of being buried.
Please keep at it.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Taxation as a weapon??? Enjoy the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
RealDemocrat on March 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Sorry folks, I copied the wrong link, it was this one.
Soon there may be nobody left to lend to America
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Democrats have never had a problem with corporate welfare.
Remember Democrat Lyndon Johnson?
He started out as a State Senator in Texas, then worked his way up to Washington. He ended up being both Vice President and President.
In 1936, Lyndon crawled into bed with a Texas firm called KBR, and stayed there for the rest of his days, including after they were bought by the evil Halliburton. And as President he gave them all sorts of non-bid work during the Vietnam War.
But he got a pass. Had a “D” after his name, after all.
Bill Clinton gave Halliburton no-bid contract work during his war of choice as well. And also got a pass.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Bush ran up the debt for 8 years with an ill advised war in Iraq and tax cuts for the uber wealthy, where was the cry for fiscal restraint then? I’ll tell you, it wasn’t there. But now under a Democrat president, conservatives are foaming at the mouth about deficits. Lets see, deficit spending for tax cuts and mistaken war, check, deficit spending to try and get out of recession, not so much. Mangled thinking by conservatives being the cause of electoral defeats,CHECKMATE
athensboy on March 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Again, if you think the gop are not involved in this disaster, you are not being honest:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2008-213
Newt admitted both parties are to blame and calls it the Bush Obama plan.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 2:10 PM
athensboy,
Ok noone said deficits under Bush were a good thing. The difference is under Bush the worst one like $450 billion and under Obama they will be over $1 trillion for the next 10 fn’ years!
Are you not smart enough to see where that might be a problem? Or are you just about being Obama’s buttboy regardless of the consequences?
gsherin on March 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Even the moonbats are starting to get scared.
logis on March 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Lou Dobbs ran a segment with figures from Opensecrets.org regarding who on Capitol Hill gets the most from these bailed out institutions. Judd Gregg and Roy Blunt barely received any money as ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee and House Minority Whip, respectively.
Do you want to admit now that Chairman Frank and Chairman Dodd have blocked regulation on their committees, as well as moving forward legislation that has created a lot of this systematic risk that we are facing?
According to Opensecrets.org, the Web site for the Center for Responsive Politics, on the Democratic side from 1989 to present, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd has accepted a total of $13,205,556 in campaign contributions, both in PAC and individual money, from the finance, insurance of real estate sectors.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has accepted a total of $2,494,611 in campaign contributions from the same sectors. In Frank’s case, top donors include employees from the American Bankers Association, the company that’s just bought Washington Mutual, JPMorgan Chase, and the National Association of Realtors. In the case of Senator Dodd, top donors include Citigroup, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase. Dodd and Frank now play key roles in bailout talks.
chunderroad on March 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM
That’s why Obama’s election is ultimately a failure of our education system. For a generation to vote itself into virtual slavery via enormous debt in exchange for a few pleasant speeches, that generation must be incredibly ignorant.
blue13326 on March 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I disagree with blue. Our public education system is not a failure, it has accomplished what it was always meant to. Indoctricnation of the greatness of the state. The public education system was never intended to teach children to think, it was designed to teach children to follow the will of the state. Look at what is being taught in schools and prove me wrong.
I have a highschool aged cousin who learned in “school” how wonderful it will be to have healthcare just like Canada. How was the information presented??? Why with the movie Sicko of course. Science is an inconvenient truth.
See it’s working. How much of how conservative libertarian
types think and act were learned in “school”?? We had to unlearn it first to really educate ourselves.
Remember Bill Ayers, (the man causing disaster causer), is now teaching the teachers. He has admitted that his philosophy never changed… he merely took it to a new forum!
Sorry to be so off post here, education of our children is an issue that makes me just want to scream.
kringeesmom on March 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM
The proposed level of taxation is Class Warfare.
old trooper2 on March 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM
What is your point? No one is denying that there is plenty of blame to go around. When all this crap comes to a boil, I fail to figure out what satisfaction you are going to have repeating the same old tired lines. Are you going to suffer less than the rest of the nation because you think you figured it out?
And you’re stupid to. For no particular reason, you just are.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Over his career, Gregg has taken more money from Blue Cross/Blue Shield than from any other donor. Last time I checked, they’re not a “failed company”.
And according to Open Secrets, Gregg took no money in 2008 from AIG.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Oh no! I’m agreeing with getalife!
PrincipledPilgrim on March 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Comparing this to Bush is ridiculous. This financial disaster has left the Fed firing up the printing press as a last ditch effort to get the credit market rolling. This is the last chance to stave off depression. The only hope of that working is government cut back spending at the same time. Arguments from Obama supporters that Bush did it so Obama can do it are all but ensuring depression that Obama will own completely.
I think this president is so tied to ideology that he is not willing to see the forest through the trees. He will go down as the largest failure as President ever. If Obama supporters want that then by all means keep arguing Bush did it so Obama can.
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Bush ran up the debt for 8 years with an ill advised war in
The Bush deficits were not caused by the war, but by liberal policies since the 60′s that obligated the federal government to steal money from the states to fund programs and bureaucracies that it had and has no constitutional authority to implement.
Defense of this nation is one of the enumerated responsibilities of the federal government, studying why pigs smell is not. Defense is a legitimate reason for the federal government to levy taxes, but on the states, not individuals.
Also, the tax cuts for everyone who pays income taxes did not cause this financial quagmire. Those cuts were directly responsible for months and months of continual growth during the Bush administration. This financial mess is a predictable consequence of living above one’s means, fraud by both corporations and individuals regarding assets and income and uber intervention into the free market by government.
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 2:18 PM
If you can’t show how the GOP is responsible for this economic crisis, then you are spreading propaganda.
chunderroad on March 22, 2009 at 2:19 PM
I am running with Norton 360 and pop-ups blocked.
No pop-up, no problems when I viewed it – and HOWLED AT MY OWN SENATOR. The same one who said he was “for E-Verify.”
fred5678 on March 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Athensboy has no idea what you just said, but he will be back to faithfully repeat his idiotic talking points that the Iraq war and tax cuts for the wealthy brought down the US economy. No figures or logic. Just invective.
chunderroad on March 22, 2009 at 2:22 PM
One of many traditional stories that shaped the culture of Japan. Our society does not have the culture of tribal war to influence it. Instead, we have political wars that destroy the culture of the country rather than build and enforce it.
genso on March 22, 2009 at 2:23 PM
I made a mistake with the link I copied. A few posts later I corrected it. Sorry:(
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 2:23 PM
I know with the way transportation is nowadays that it doesn’t really matter where the office is, but to any average person it makes sense that it is in Manchester because it’s pretty much right in the middle. Putting it in Portland doesn’t really even make sense.
Why would you even bother moving it? Hopefully the people of New Hampshire question the point and reasoning of the move as well. Then maybe New Hampshire will get back to being sane. Then again after having lived in New Hampshire for a year (right before the election) I’ve seen that it’ll be tough to get people to snap out of it (especially when you have people from MA moving north).
MobileVideoEngineer on March 22, 2009 at 2:25 PM
I know. Kind of like all the other lib posters, they refuse to deal with logic or rational thought, instead they continue their ridiculously inane comments or run and hide.
That’s okay. I imagine that many of the conservatives here post responses to those bozos with the intention of reaching and, hopefully, educating the lurkers who choose not to post or who have not had the opportunity to register yet.
Jvette on March 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM
So then, if Senator Gregg received no donations from AIG, who could possibly have inserted that line in the Stimulus Bill, specifically authorizing the AIG bonuses to be paid?
Could it have been some other Senator (party affiliation unidentified) who was bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions?
And after that clause was inserted, why or why would President Obama have said the Stimulus Bill had to be passed right away?
Could it have been some other President who was bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions?
Hmmmmm . . .
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Of course that’s why we do it. Also, because it’s fun to destroy the Left’s lies with facts, instead of silly allegations.
Take our sad friend getalife here. On today’s Geithner thread, she posted something about Gregg saying that O’bama’s financial plan was good, and then she explicitly asked if Gregg was bought and paid for.
When it was pointed out to her that immediately after Gregg said that he also said O’bama would bankrupt the US, she ran over to this new thread and claimed that in fact Gregg was bought and paid for-the exact opposite of what she had just claimed on the other thread.
I can forgive her, though. It’s hard to think straight when one is dizzy from so much spinning.
Del Dolemonte on March 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM
How DARE you insinuate that things are a disaster!! Dear Leader would not approve. Why did you stray from your talking points that all was well, fluttering in pixie dust?
Conservative_SAHM on March 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM
What really should scare you is I believe some in the White House such as Summers, Volcker and maybe Geithner know that all this borrowing, and printing of money which we use to buy US treasury bills… It’s all going to lead to massive inflation.
Only, unlike the 1970s, there won’t be enough GDP growth here and in the rest of the world to enable the debt to be worked off quickly.
But, these guys know. Obama and the rest of his dummies choose to ignore this. Pelosi and Reid are the true villans here, along with Frank and Dodd. Obama has out-sourced his domestic policy to these dummies and the result we’re getting now is predictable. Unfortunately, none of these politicians is young enough to be around to see what it will do to my 10 year old niece. I worry for what her generation has to go through. I really do.
mngander92 on March 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM
This is NOT generational theft. It’s national suicide. There’s a difference. A big one.
progressoverpeace on March 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Technically, it’s not “public” education that causes all that. It’s NATIONALIZED education. For the first 200 years, everything worked pretty well with local communities handling the education of their own children.
The Department of Education was turned into its own ministry in 1979. There’ve been a lot of milestones in the march to Communize America. But I think that was the only one that is utterly irreparable.
Speaking of which; look at all the crap Carter and Clinton pulled during their last months in office. If Obama is STARTING OUT with this, what in the Hell does he have planned for the rest of his term?
logis on March 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM
The one and ONLY reason the Senate and House Republicans show support for Timmy is simple… they’re afraid of who ‘The One’ will nominate to replace him. They know they would surely get a pure socialist or Osama Bin Laden himself.
Griz on March 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM
For the life of me, I can not understand the liberal mindset. I understand the power grab by their leaders, but I can’t justify so much support for them.
genso on March 22, 2009 at 2:42 PM
I think part of the strategy is to get home values up high enough to sell off some of garbage mortgages legitimately. This is going to require some inflation. I heard someone say Bernanke went with this strategy because he understood there just wasn’t the political will to do what was necessary to get out of this disaster. The economists get that this is the end line strategy. This is exactly why Gregg is saying Obama staying the course with the budget in light of this is unconscionable.
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Tim and Paulson were right legally about the bonuses. They sued and it will be settled in court.
You will need to look at ALL the bailed out institutions to see the billions donated in the careers of the politicians.
I bet you will find Gregg took their money.
It’s time for blunt honesty people.
Yes, from our President too.
getalife on March 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM
What a chilling statement of the truth.
What can be done? And please don’t say wait till 2010. I don’t think we can last that long. It’s not just the economic factors, we also have to consider which of our enemies will attack us first. Obama = laughingstock.
Key West Reader on March 22, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Aside from the 25%-30% of dem supporters who actively hate the US and want nothing more than to see the US come crashing down, the rest suffer from mass hysteria and rampant stupidity.
progressoverpeace on March 22, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Potus ? i’m waiting for TOTUS to speak up..
the_nile on March 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM
I don’t envy the Republican men and women in congress right now, its a very difficult time for them. Its a thankless job. I hope for them, that in this struggle they will learn that then they do fight for small government the people will stand by them. But when they spend like Democrats they will be abandoned and the country sufferers for it.
Maxx on March 22, 2009 at 2:51 PM
We need to put pressure on our representatives to not let this budget through. I have a joy in that regard living here in the People’s Republic of Pennsylvania. If Obama pushes this budget through we are all in deep deep trouble.
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Mr. Teleprompter could loose his place while reading the teleprompter……………?
Seven Percent Solution on March 22, 2009 at 2:53 PM
So then, if Senator Gregg received no donations from AIG, who could possibly have inserted that line in the Stimulus Bill, specifically authorizing the AIG bonuses to be paid?
Could it have been some other Senator (party affiliation unidentified) who was bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions?
And after that clause was inserted, why or why would President Obama have said the Stimulus Bill had to be passed right away?
Could it have been some other President who was bought and paid for by the bailed out institutions?
Hmmmmm . . .
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM
That person was definitely a Dem. RedState had this on Friday:
Did Harry Reid Protect AIG?
He Was the Senior Man ‘In The Room,’ And He’s Not Talking
INC on March 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
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