The bailout plan had many more supporters on the Democratic side of the aisle than on the other.
Obama supported the bailout. With Obama possibly in the White House and a Democraicly controlled congress, I hope you can undertsand some skepticism about funding 'good ideas'. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I can't take any such concern seriously while we are flushing > money down the toilet on Wall Street. (Cue Greek chorus whining that > it is is necessary). I mean. Did we bail out the automakers too? I > have lost track, or is this no longer considered news? How many > trillions have we committed in the last month? > > We have spent enough money on bad ideas; perhaps now we should fund > some good ones. > > my .02 > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:01 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Okay, I know I'm going to regret posting this story but I can't help > > but ask for reaction to the *whole story* (as written) from those who > > are committed to supporting Obama. I ask this not as a way of > > challenging your support of him or his position, rather as the > > question, "were you aware of these numbers, their proposed sources > > (and the identified re-use of sources), and does this change your > > stance in any way?" > > > > Note the source as well - CBS correspondent Wyatt Andrews. He is a > > long-respected and award winning journalist working for CBS. > > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/29/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4557520.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4557520 > > > > One thing that I find astounding is the rate of growth of the cost of > > promises that have been made. During the primaries, Obama's promises > > would have cost a mere $330 Billion... now he's up to $1.2 Trillion. > > > > Until Later! > > Hatton > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
