Not Clinton, not Carter. It was Roosevelt. We were doing just fine under Hoover.

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Not Clinton, not Carter. It was Roosevelt. We were doing just fine under Hoover.

ER — 9/19/2008 5:39:47 PM (archived)

The timing of this financial meltdown, just before the election, is about as perfect as the timing of "The China Syndrome", just two weeks before Three Mile Island. Maybe God is a Liberal.

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Anyone still think unregulated capitalism is a viable financial system? - Bowser - 9/19/2008 3:33:49 PM
- re: unregulated capitalism - TB - 9/20/2008 12:47:41 AM
  - Check out deriatives, margin, leverage. - Bowser - 9/20/2008 1:10:32 AM
- We SHOULD have known when Bush said, "NO MORE BAILOUTS." - Bowser - 9/20/2008 12:08:22 AM
- Can't do any worse than the regulated system that created this mess. - Lee - 9/20/2008 12:01:46 AM
- "U.S. bailout is bitter pill for free marketeers" - Bowser - 9/19/2008 11:49:57 PM
- It's perfectly fine if one accepts that the strong make up their own rules, and are allowed to eat alive the weak. (n/t) - z - 9/19/2008 5:51:12 PM
- re: You just donâ€™t get it - SteveS - 9/19/2008 4:13:35 PM
  - Jimmy Carter was the problem. Not greed as McCain says. Former President Jimmy Carter. - Bowser - 9/19/2008 4:17:57 PM
    - And I TOLD him at the time, I said "Jimmy, be careful!" - McFly - 9/19/2008 5:41:59 PM
    - Not Clinton, not Carter. It was Roosevelt. We were doing just fine under Hoover. - ER - 9/19/2008 5:39:47 PM
      - I swear, I swear! - ER - 9/19/2008 5:46:34 PM
        
        Of course God is a liberal; She has a heart. - Eri - 9/19/2008 11:51:17 PM
    - re: You still don't get it (n/t) - SteveS - 9/19/2008 4:24:50 PM
      - He can't. - TB - 9/19/2008 5:36:24 PM
        
        Hilarious. Kinda reminds me of Bush Senior blaming the LA riots on Lyndon Johnson (who had been dead for 20 years) (n/t) - z - 9/19/2008 8:08:44 PM
        
        I am fairly certain that, even as you wrote that, you knew it was a pile of horseshit - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 6:05:18 PM
        
        "goes back a lot further..." - McFly - 9/19/2008 5:52:32 PM
        
        Not you too. - RobVG - 9/20/2008 4:56:06 PM
        
        They do miss Tom. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 6:08:40 AM
        
        "Leftus-vomitus"? - Lindy - 9/21/2008 4:17:42 PM
        
        It's not just about Bush. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 11:38:11 PM
        
        126 buttmonkeys can't be wrong. - ER - 9/21/2008 11:16:50 AM
        
        I guess it all comes down to powers of perception. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 10:51:35 PM
        
        Name names - RobVG - 9/21/2008 3:14:05 PM
        
        "You know I don't mean you." - Mary Anne - 9/21/2008 5:47:58 PM
        
        At least here, you guy's are battling ghosts. (n/t) - RobVG - 9/21/2008 6:10:50 PM
        
        Yes, with all the slimey ectoplasm associated with them. - Mary Anne - 9/21/2008 6:54:19 PM
        
        You've never called me those names, - ER - 9/21/2008 4:16:24 PM
        
        Brushes - RobVG - 9/21/2008 5:55:21 PM
        
        I'm going to let you and MA have the last word. - ER - 9/21/2008 6:06:54 PM
        
        Did we forget our PMS meds today? (n/t) - Eri - 9/21/2008 5:15:02 AM
        
        Because Tom is incapable of joshing those he debates with? - alcaray - 9/20/2008 11:25:40 PM
        
        Nobody's perfect. - RobVG - 9/21/2008 3:23:19 PM
        
        Really? - alcaray - 9/21/2008 7:28:39 PM
        
        I must be blind... (n/t) - RobVG - 9/21/2008 8:15:01 PM
        
        No argument there. (n/t) - Eri - 9/22/2008 12:13:07 AM
        
        Rob VG... - Jody - 9/20/2008 7:37:23 PM
        
        re: Actually I think Tom didnâ€™t get run off - SteveS - 9/21/2008 1:51:24 AM
        
        Yeah, well, the one on the right is hogging all the food! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/20/2008 12:09:08 AM
        
        I hereby nominate McFly for "Post of the Year" (n/t) - ER - 9/19/2008 6:15:26 PM
        
        I'll second that nomination. (n/t) - Eri - 9/19/2008 11:52:50 PM
        
        Thank you...you guys are too kind! - McFly - 9/20/2008 3:19:43 AM
      - What is pathetic is that after 8 years and trillions of dollars and after having your face rubbed in it YOU dont get it... - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 5:35:10 PM
        
        re: Hey RLoser you talking at me again - SteveS - 9/20/2008 3:33:24 AM
        
        re: having your face rubbed in it. - TB - 9/19/2008 5:58:25 PM
        
        Who benefits? - Bowser - 9/19/2008 11:59:31 PM
        
        FDR and the beginning of the end. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/20/2008 12:35:27 AM
        
        People also tend to forget the political atmosphere of the 1930s. - Mary Anne - 9/20/2008 4:12:38 AM
        
        re: the political atmosphere of the 1930s. - TB - 9/21/2008 10:17:54 PM
        
        FDR and GW Bush - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 12:06:09 AM
        
        re: FDR and GW Bush - TB - 9/22/2008 4:05:00 AM
        
        Some more interesting excerpts from the platform: - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 4:16:16 AM
        
        You really believe FDR was all about the little guy? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 3:12:24 AM
        
        More than Mr. Bush is, for sure. - Mary Anne - 9/22/2008 3:56:03 AM
        
        You read the article! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/20/2008 4:59:42 AM
        
        Example #754 - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/21/2008 9:48:34 PM
        
        Why no one responds to you - Eri - 9/22/2008 12:22:48 AM
        
        Whoa! I figured it out! The Habitale Zone Code! - SDAi-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 3:45:07 AM
        
        You're now reduced to blubbering. (n/t) - Eri - 9/22/2008 2:24:22 PM
        
        Seeing patterns where none exist. Interesting symptomology. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/22/2008 4:18:10 AM
        
        No capitalization. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/22/2008 5:35:14 AM
        
        We are actually all the same person... - alcaray - 9/22/2008 6:24:34 AM
        
        Indeed, fellow traveler! - ARRELL - 9/22/2008 1:28:04 PM
        
        You have been whoring for them so long that you have just laid back and let them run a tab.... - ARRELL - 9/19/2008 7:02:03 PM
        
        Splash. (n/t) - TB - 9/19/2008 7:31:33 PM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2008 10:18:05 PM
        
        Sounds like you're guilty of the same thing you're accusing Tom of doing. - Lee - 9/19/2008 7:29:30 PM
        
        And Steve? - TB - 9/19/2008 6:01:03 PM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - SteveS - 9/19/2008 8:49:19 PM
        
        I enjoy the interchange/discussions/arguments - Eri - 9/20/2008 12:19:13 AM
        
        That makes no sense at all. - Lee - 9/20/2008 1:27:57 AM
        
        You make no sense - Eri - 9/20/2008 3:54:49 AM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - TB - 9/20/2008 12:02:01 AM
        
        Well... - Eri - 9/20/2008 12:25:56 AM
        
        Really. - TB - 9/20/2008 12:55:09 AM
        
        I don't let Mark tell me anything,. - Eri - 9/20/2008 3:01:56 AM
        
        re: Damn straight it is worth it - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2008 10:29:49 PM

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