Rshermr
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That's right.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business/worldbusiness/21iht-admin.4.18853088.html?_r=0
"We can put light where there's darkness, and hope where there's despondency in this country. And part of it is working together as a nation to encourage folks to own their own home."
- President George W. Bush, Oct. 15, 2002
Eight years after arriving in Washington vowing to spread the dream of home ownership, Bush is leaving office, as he himself said recently, "faced with the prospect of a global meltdown" with roots in the housing sector he so ardently championed.
There are plenty of culprits, like lenders who peddled easy credit, consumers who took on mortgages they could not afford and Wall Street chieftains who loaded up on mortgage-backed securities without regard to the risk.
But the story of how the United States got here is partly one of Bush's own making, according to a review of his tenure that included interviews with dozens of current and former administration officials.
From his earliest days in office, Bush paired his belief that Americans do best when they own their own homes with his conviction that markets do best when left alone. Bush pushed hard to expand home ownership, especially among minority groups, an initiative that dovetailed with both his ambition to expand Republican appeal and the business interests of some of his biggest donors. But his housing policies and hands-off approach to regulation encouraged lax lending standards.
You gotta stop. Republicans believe that one old and fat gay Jew, Barney Frank, had more power to run this country than the entire Republican Party.
"...Old and fat gay Jew..." Really, R-Derp? It's always interesting when one of you "tolerant" liberals pulls back the curtain and reveals your real feelings about homosexuals and Jews.
I may call them faggots but I want them to be able to get married, share social security with their spouses, adopt, not get fired for being gay.
We may make an occasional jew or gay joke but that doesn't make us as bad as you not even close.
Since I also want them to be able to get married and have the same rights as everyone else...but I don't tell "jew or gay" jokes or refer to them as "faggots"...you'll have to explain how it is that I'm worse than you!
To steal a line from Love Story...it seems that being a Progressive means never having to say you're sorry even when you're a homophobic anti Semite.
I may not be better than you. I'm just better than all the Republicans you side with.
Very modest of you. But you are better than oldstyle. You try to be honest and rational, oldstyle does not bother.