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The Great Depression is Here.

By Delaware Dem September 19, 200867 Comments

Let's be clear, without this massive bailout, the economic system of the United States would collapse into a depression worse than the Great Depression. The system would "meltdown." The Dollar would be…

Massive Bailout

By liberalgeek September 19, 200875 Comments

There really is no other way to describe it. The US Government will essentially buy the bad mortgages that are sitting on the books of the US banks and will…

Where’s Bush?

By pandora September 19, 200819 Comments

The stock market plunges, people are losing their jobs and their homes, and our fearless leader is nowhere to be found. Politico sums it up.

“I will continue to closely monitor the situation in our financial markets and consult with my economic advisers,” President Bush said Thursday in a two-minute address from the Rose Garden.

That’s right, two minutes. Delivered, according to the official White House transcript, from 10:15 a.m. EDT to 10:17 a.m. EDT. Maybe you missed it. Maybe you were at work. Maybe the president doesn’t care.

Maybe that’s the problem.

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The Senior Vote and Privatizing Social Security

By pandora September 19, 200836 Comments

Cafferty sums it up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN00rFIn8ig[/youtube] If there's any issue guaranteed to make Seniors sit up and take notice it's Social Security. How will the McCain camp spin its way…

Bob Barr as a Serious Spoiler

By liberalgeek September 19, 20088 Comments

There was a time, not too long ago, when Bob Barr could have played spoiler. He was taking enough GA voters that McCain would lose the state to Obama. Some…

Dudes! Good Luck With That!

By cassandra_m September 18, 20083 Comments

George "Macaca" Allen is headlining a GOP Minority Outreach Rally in Virgina. Are they doing this on purpose, or what?

Oh, no she didn’t! Palin/McCain

By pandora September 18, 200815 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKQDyL5gzc[/youtube] Freudian slip? I think not.

QOTE

By Donviti September 18, 20087 Comments

What is the current GOP Platform and how have they exercised it?

Welcome back…

By Donviti September 18, 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU[/youtube] I thought I was going to use this one sooner to be honest....

You Are A Sponsor of Man United — UPDATED

By cassandra_m September 18, 200827 Comments

Kevin Drum over at Mother Jones asks: Now that you, the American taxpayer, more or less own insurance giant AIG, it turns out that you, the American taxpayer, are also…

American Socialism for the Rich

By cassandra_m September 18, 200827 Comments

This was made after the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout and before Lehman Brothers. After I saw this, I noted that I didn't hear one peep from the fake free marketers…

Oh, That’s a Relief. Wait…

By Delaware Dem September 18, 200817 Comments

From the Huffington Post: The McCain campaign insisted Thursday morning that the Senator meant what he said when, during an interview on Spanish radio, he refused to commit to a…

Tracking Polls 9/18

By Delaware Dem September 18, 20084 Comments

Research 2000: Obama 49%, McCain 43% Gallup: Obama 48%, McCain 44% Hotline: Obama 46%, McCain 42% Rasmussen: Obama 48%, McCain 48% And CBS/NY Times says Obama 49%, McCain 44% (9-12 to…