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Title: Yes, Palin Backed the Bailouts
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Washington Independent
URL Source: http://washingtonindependent.com/68578/yes-palin-backed-the-bailouts
Published: Nov 24, 2010
Author: Dave Weigel
Post Date: 2010-11-24 21:23:26 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 5680
Comments: 21
Why has MSNBC embedded one of its top on-air talents with Sarah Palin’s book tour? That’s a good question, but I thought Norah O’Donnell’s grilling of a young Palin fan was a fair use of the network’s time. O’Donnell asked Jackie (no last name given), who was wearing a T-shirt criticizing the bailouts, if she knew that Palin had supported them. Jackie refused to believe it. “The reason I ask you,” said O’Donnell, “is that I think there’s some confusion about Sarah Palin’s policies.” It wasn’t a man-on-the-street interview with a dopey tourist being asked a surprise question, of the kind John Ziegler conducted with Obama supporters to “prove” that they had no idea what Obama believed. Jackie was a political activist with a political message. And the history of the bailouts has really been mangled by conservative spin since September 2008, when, in a panic, most Republicans (in Congress) supported them. When former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gave a speech at the Value Voters Summit this year and attacked “bailing out banks,” few people in the crowd remembered that Romney had supported the bailouts. By and large, I’ve found that Tea Party activists and conservatives do not forgive Republicans who supported the bailouts — there is a lot of anger toward former President George W. Bush, and more toward former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. And here is what Palin said about the bailouts in her debate with Joe Biden. People in the Senate with him, his colleagues, didn’t want to listen to him and wouldn’t go towards that reform that was needed then. I think that the alarm has been heard, though, and there will be that greater oversight, again thanks to John McCain’s bipartisan efforts that he was so instrumental in bringing folks together over this past week, even suspending his own campaign to make sure he was putting excessive politics aside and putting the country first. In September 2008, McCain suspended his campaign to go to Washington to help negotiate a government response to the financial crisis, resulting in a $700 billion bailout bill. And here is what Palin says in “Going Rogue” about the bailouts, on page 270. I don’t think you can avoid the conclusion that Palin supported the bailout package. If a Palin supporter doesn’t know this, it’s perfectly legitimate to find out why. And yet The Weekly Standard, not alone in the conservative media, takes this exchange and makes it all about a brave 17-year-old girl battling back against an “ambush” from MSNBC.
John McCain thankfully has been one representing reform. Two years ago, remember, it was John McCain who pushed so hard with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform measures. He sounded that warning bell.
[T]he House of Representatives rejected a Bush-backed economic bailout plan in a vote in which two-thirds of Republicans voted no. The impression this made on the electorate was not helpful to our cause. Millions of Americans were poised to go bankrupt or lose their savings, and the perception was that Republicans had failed to respond.
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#1. To: badeye, skip intro, rhino, rudgear, brian s, lucysmom, jwpegler, no gnu taxes (#0)
Everyone keeps making the mistake in thinking that facts matter to Palin supporters. If she now says she was against the bailouts, then she was always against the bailouts.
said O’Donnell, “is that I think there’s some confusion about Sarah Palin’s policies.” Didn't Dave have his ass canned from his last job for lying? Confusion is nothing unusual for fookin libtards!
Do you have a political position other than hate? -You share Cheney's national airline security policy. -You oppose Obama's desire to reduce deficit spending. -You are pro large international corps such as GM , getting tax breaks.
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Can anyone copy and paste where Sarah Palin said she supported the bailouts? anyone.
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Then paste a source of the ," I can see Russia from my porch", quote too!
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You're a joke.
I'd like to see that one, too! The libtards are just lying sacks of feces.
I like how these will start coming up in SERPS! ”I'd like to see Bush with a bullet in his forehead . “ Fred Mertz posted on 2005-07-09 Fred Mertz Liberty Flame, Liberty Post said- He would Like to see Bush with a bullet hole in his head.
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Hmm, I didn't see responses 2-5, let me guess - blufartsky, mad dog and whitesands (99% of my filter list).
I think that's a good idea to add them to my list. I've got no one bozo'd at the moment.
The site is far more enjoyable to read without seeing their comments.
Liberals are such pussies!
Some more quotes from our dear Sarah expressing her support for bailouts: October 21, 2008: Katie Couric Interview in 2008: I've added them and I agree with you. Thanks for your suggestion. I know Whitey and Yukko are going to be gnashing their teeth. LOL
Holy Shit, cutesy Katie in 2008! You liberal pukes are such desperate pussies!
If-then. The then never occurred. Please Kos ... er I mean play again. In its current form she opposes the bailouts
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Says the man embarrassed by his own words. I-would-like-to-see-a-bullet-in-his-forehead-fred opposes the Constitution and supports political violence. Fred Mertz of Liberty Post and Liberty Forum said- ”I'd like to see Bush with a bullet in his forehead . “ Fred Mertz posted on 2005-07-09
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I may have to add whitesands. It just keeps repeating itself, over and over.
Why do you liberal pussies bother posting here?
Congressman Grayson! Hope you had a great final Thanksgiving as a Congressman! (laughing)
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Obviously a trick question....(laughing)
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#2. To: go65 (#0)
Author: Dave Weigel
#3. To: go65, Badeye, Ibluafartsky, Nebuchadnezzar, no gnu taxes, A K A Stone, Capitalist Eric (#1)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#4. To: go65 (#0)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#5. To: All, *Comedy Central Party* (#4)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#6. To: WhiteSands, A K A MrsBadeye (#5)
#7. To: WhiteSands (#5)
Then paste a source of the ," I can see Russia from my porch", quote too!
#8. To: Fred Mertz, Fred Mertz, Fred Mertz Would Like to see Bush with a Bullet hole in his head, I-would-like-to-see-a-bullet-in-his-forehead-fred (#6)
(Edited)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#9. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
You're a joke.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#10. To: go65 (#9)
#11. To: Fred Mertz (#10)
I think that's a good idea to add them to my list. I've got no one bozo'd at the moment.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#12. To: Fred Mertz, go65 (#10)
I think that's a good idea to add them to my list.
#13. To: All (#0)
I don’t think you can avoid the conclusion that Palin supported the bailout package.
"Now, as for the economic bailout provisions and the measures that have already been taken, it is a time of crisis and government did have to step in playing an appropriate role to shore up the housing market to make sure that we're thawing out some of the potentially frozen credit lines and credit markets, government did have to step in there."
Th..the alt.. as I say inaction is not an option we have got to shore up our economy. This is crisis moment for America. Really the rest of the world also. Looking to see what the impacts will be if America were to choose not to shore up what has happened on Wall Street because of the…the ultimate adverse effects on Main Street and then how that effects this globalisation that we’re a part of on… in our world. So the rest of the world really is looking at John McCain – the leadership that he’s gonna provide through this and if those provisions in the proposal can be implemented and make this proposal better make it make more sense to taxpayers than again, John McCain is gonna prove his leadership.
But ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy um helping the… oh – its gotta be all about job creation too – shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans and trade we’ve got to see trade as opportunity not as competitive um scary thing but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today we we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity – all those things under the umbrella of job creation – this bailout is a part of that.
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#14. To: go65 (#11)
#15. To: go65 (#13)
Katie Couric Interview in 2008:
#16. To: go65 (#13)
So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#17. To: Fred Mertz, I-would-like-to-see-a-bullet-in-his-forehead-fred, I'd like to see Bush with a bullet in his forehead Fred Mertz (#14)
I know Whitey and Yukko are going to be gnashing their teeth. LOL
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#18. To: go65 (#9)
blufartsky, mad dog and whitesands (99% of my filter list).
#19. To: Skip Intro, go65, WhiteSAnds (#18)
I may have to add whitesands.
#20. To: go65 (#1)
Everyone keeps making the mistake in thinking that facts matter
#21. To: WhiteSands (#3)
Do you have a political position other than hate?
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