Financial Meltdown Could Help Barack Obama's Campaign

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maxx acai berry of 10:00AM May 06, 2010

barack obama is what we need for this country, he will actually lower our taxes and do great things for america. so please vote for senator obama in two days.

Gemma of MA 12:39PM November 02, 2008

were in outstanding debt to a whole great number of countries including mexico that bothers us so much trying to make a run for our borders. bet that number is going to decrease now hahaha!

brian of OH 5:41PM October 29, 2008

stfu dude go preach else where church boy. you guys are all retarded. ytou think that that is how we got in this mess. lol any1 remember free trade? anyone know were not in iraq against terrorism or oil based reasons? duh! think. watch c-span. LISTEN!

brian of OH 5:39PM October 29, 2008

barak obama will win!

of 2:29PM October 14, 2008

THE REASON FOR ALL THE GREED AND CORRUPTION ON WALL STREET AND IN WASHINGTON IS A LACK OF CONSCIENCE. MONEY AND POWER CORRUPT ABSOLUTELY, THEREFORE WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THOSE MAKING THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE LORD'S WILL BE DONE!!!

BOB MURPHY of CA 6:02AM October 09, 2008

HERE IS A QUICK 10 MIN VIDEO THAT IS FACTUAL AND VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW WE GOT IN THIS MESS. IF WE UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE WE WILL UNDERSTAND WHICH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE REALLY ACTING IN OUR BEST INTEREST WITH THIS VOTE..... PLEASE WATCH THIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o

george of MD 4:44PM September 29, 2008

Sorry folks but we are all to blame by continuing to elect the bozos who spent our grandchildrens' money by running a giant deficit spending program and unfavorable balance of payments on the world market. By pretending that the federal government does not have to pay back all the money that was borrowed and the dollar would stay sound anyway. That the dollars we printed and shipped overseas would not be used to buy American companies. That we could spend more on failing schools and that would not result in a populace that can no longer compete on the global market.
Wise up and vote many of the entrenched Senators and Representatives out...both Republican and Democrat alike. Only fear of loss of cushy jobs can get Congress to really address the actual problems with real tough solutions.
Look in the mirror and tell yourself that all of us must do some very unpleasant things over a long period of time to fix the current mess which has been growing worse for over 50 years. Both Congress and all of us share the blame for failing to pay as we go.

Sam of OH 5:20PM September 23, 2008

I had an annuity in AIG for a long time. Two years ago I read something in the paper that scared me so I sold it. AIG tried to talk me out of it, but I told them I was a widow & needed the money to live on. They sent the check. If a nobody like me thought something was wrong that long ago, why didn't the govt. see it?

Norma Ryder of IL 1:32PM September 23, 2008

If a voter is thoughtful and will look into the history of this mess, they will necessarily find themselves supporting the Republican ticket. This could not have happened without Fannie Mae buying up subprime mortgages and holding them in their own portfolio. Banks and Wall Street originated these loans because FNMA was buying them with taxpayer subsidizing the risk. George Bush was out in front on this issue calling for regulation of FNMA in 2003. In 2005, Alan Greenspan told Congress that failure to fix FNMA would result in "placing the total financial system of the future at substantial risk" Senate Bill S.190 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s190:)was drafted to heed Mr. Greenspan's call. John McCain was a cosponsor and forceful advocate (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r109:1:./temp/~r1090ZWtOi::). All of the Republicans on the committee voted for it, all the Democrats voted against it. Barack Obama was present. Yes, this whole mess could have been avoided if the Congress had followed John McCain's call to action

Greg of NJ 12:12PM September 23, 2008