7 Responses to “Obama style Halloween”

1. Joe the Trick or Treater Says:
   October 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

   I have a child who is hoping to one day have over 100 pieces of candy. Does that
   mean that you will give him less?

2. Truth Teller Says:
   October 29th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

   This is just another example of republicans choosing to hear what they want. There is nothing like being ignorant and spreading that around. Luckily, you idiots are going to lose this one, and the U.S. (not to mention the entire world) will be so much better off for it!

   P.S. If your going to be pissed at “spreading the wealth around”, why don’t you start with 700 billion that just got yanked from our pockets and given to the “poor” banking industry. Thanks for that GOP!!!

3. Ray Milward Says:
   October 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

   @TT

   Just so you know, we have a democratic majority in both the House of Representatives as well as in the Senate. The republicans in congress can’t do anything if the democrats don’t let them. The bill didn’t pass the first time, and almost didn’t pass the second time. The republicans were mostly against it. The democrats were mostly for it.

   Before you go off saying I’m just some right wing idiot, let me point out that I’m a lifelong democrat. We only have our own party in congress to blame for the bailout

4. Truth Teller Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:19 am

   You are absolutely correct. I should have worded that better. The point I was trying to get across is this; The deregulation of the banking industry was pushed by the right. They created a breeding ground for corruption in high level trading of mortgage backed securities.

   Also, I shouldn’t have thrown in the “you idiots” part. I was wrong for stating it that way. That kind of mentality does nothing to help the divisive nature of our country at the moment or bring people together. I was guilty of the same ignorance that I was trying to condemn. So for that statement, I apologize.

   We all need to do everything we can to spread the truth and focus on the areas that we agree instead of harping about the ways we differ.

5. Josh Duffy Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

   You’re incorrect TT. The democrats are blaming the republicans for the crisis because they wanted deregulation. However, it’s really the fault of both parties.

   The republicans wanted deregulation of Fanny and Freddy. The democrats passed regulation forcing lenders to loan money to people who couldn’t possibly pay it back (to be fair and not racist). The result of these two ideals colliding is the crisis we have now.

   For you to blame this on republicans is to show that you’re purely partisan and not an independent thinker. Quit paying attention to biased media outlets and either do the research yourself or consult with unbiased experts.

   One good source is Dick Morris. He’s not a republican (he actually worked for Bill Clinton’s administration as a close adviser). Morris is respected by both the left and the right. See what he has to say about economic issues.

6. Truth Teller Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 3:30 am

   You’re incorrect JD.

   While it’s true democrats like Barney Frank were working towards making it easier for lower income families to get affordable home loans, it’s the predatory lending that got us into this mess. In other words, they “tricked” people into getting bigger loans than they could afford knowing they were going to sell that debt (bundled with other bad loans) off to other banks. Then those banks resold it, and again, over and over. It’s like hot potato. Until whoever was left standing with it at the end got screwed. Except not really. They just walked away with the money while people lost their homes.

   And let me tell you something, when you say that’s not racist, you are implying that it was poor black people that couldn’t pay their bills. That is not only indicative of racism, it’s also complete ignorance. It wasn’t just black people that got taken in by this. It was everybody.

   You’re correct in thinking that I’m partisan. I am a liberal atheist democrat from NC. And absolutely proud of that. But, I get my information from all sources that I can.

   If you think that I don’t know that Dick Morris is a political analyst for FOX News, your the one that is miss-informed. Stop watching the “truly biased media” and start thinking for yourself.

7. Adrienne Randall Says:
   December 23rd, 2010 at 9:40 pm

   I have a child who is hoping to one day have over 100 pieces of candy. Does that mean that you will give him less?

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