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.

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.

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.

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

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!!!