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Biden Lied About Supporting 'Clean Coal'

Politics | Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:23:12 am PDT

Last night Joe Biden claimed he had “always supported clean coal.” Here’s video proof that this was another blatant lie.

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1 rednaxela  10/03/08 9:24:02 am reply quote

Biden lied, kids died.

2 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:24:24 am reply quote

How can you tell when Joe Biden is lying?

His lips are moving.

3 Sharmuta  10/03/08 9:24:30 am reply quote

Joe's pants are on fire.

4 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:25:15 am reply quote

re: #3 Sharmuta

Joe's pants are on fire.

That was just his reaction to meeting Sarah.

*ducks

5 x-wing  10/03/08 9:26:17 am reply quote

And he keeps getting away with it.

/pulling what little hair I have left out.

6 Sharmuta  10/03/08 9:26:31 am reply quote

I loved that Sarah called him on this.

7 Charles  10/03/08 9:26:40 am reply quote

And look at how he tries to frighten the girl he's talking to: "it's gonna ruin your lungs."

8 newsjunkie_ky  10/03/08 9:26:44 am reply quote

EWWWW! the way he leans in and touches people.
What a smarmy man.

9 buzzsawmonkey  10/03/08 9:26:52 am reply quote

re: #3 Sharmuta

Joe's pants are on fire.

Clean methane!

10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  10/03/08 9:27:19 am reply quote

I think you are all missing the proper nuance.

When he said he was against clean coal, he really meant it, at the time.

And when he says he is for it, he really is for it, at the time.

Silly conservatives with their set values and inflexibility.

11 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:27:19 am reply quote

I suggest the McCain campaign pick three of his finest lies and shoot a spot.

12 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:27:42 am reply quote

re: #7 Charles

And look at how he tries to frighten the girl he's talking to: "it's gonna ruin your lungs."

How much you want to bet he is a smoker?

13 x-wing  10/03/08 9:28:03 am reply quote

re: #8 newsjunkie_ky

EWWWW! the way he leans in and touches people.
What a smarmy man.

I hope she showered after that. That old person smell is tough to wash of.

14 CommonCents  10/03/08 9:28:34 am reply quote

re: #7 Charles

And look at how he tries to frighten the girl he's talking to: "it's gonna ruin your lungs."

Nice approach. "Vote for us or die!" This must be the polar opposite of "Liberty or Death".

15 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:28:40 am reply quote

Isn't lying is a sign of poor character?

16 pat  10/03/08 9:28:52 am reply quote

I remember this tape well. The man is an idiot. A dangerous idiot.
As for the lying part, debate rules for the Obama team a bit different than those for anyone else.

17 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:29:05 am reply quote

a - pimf

18 CIA Reject  10/03/08 9:29:32 am reply quote

re: #3 Sharmuta

re: #4 Ford_Prefect

And his nose is growing.

What?... Not his nose?... Oh....

19 Sharmuta  10/03/08 9:29:37 am reply quote

re: #7 Charles

And look at how he tries to frighten the girl he's talking to: "it's gonna ruin your lungs."

It's all they have- fear mongering. It's how they keep women from voting for republicans- they fear monger the abortion issue. So why should the energy/environment be any different.

20 lawhawk  10/03/08 9:29:47 am reply quote

Hey, he's for clean coal for China, but not the US.

He also makes it absolutely clear that he believes global warming is manmade.

It's nice to see that the science really backs that up. COx emissions increase, but the temperatures have declined over the past decade. Something is amiss when we're incessantly told COx is the cause of global warming. Maybe it has something to do with this.

Meanwhile, how come we had perp walks for Tyco, Worldcom, and Enron, but when Fannie and Freddie engaged in the same kinds of accounting fraud and executive compensation, no one is lifting a finger (via the Anchoress). Better yet, no one is questioning the role that Raines or Johnson had in the scam.

21 ErnieG  10/03/08 9:29:51 am reply quote

re: #12 Ford_Prefect

How much you want to bet he is a smoker?

His boss is.

22 x-wing  10/03/08 9:29:51 am reply quote

re: #15 unrealizedviewpoint

Isn't lying is a sign of poor character?

Guess that would depend on your definition of lying ;>}

///

23 shug  10/03/08 9:29:54 am reply quote

Joe,

Santa Called.
Expect clean coal in your stocking this year .

24 ploome hineni  10/03/08 9:30:13 am reply quote

re: #16 pat

I remember this tape well. The man is an idiot. A dangerous idiot.
As for the lying part, debate rules for the Obama team a bit different than those for anyone else.

Chariman of the freekin SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMITTEE

and chose by the Obamafreak, because of his

deep knowlege and experience

/WE ARE DOOMED

25 newsjunkie_ky  10/03/08 9:30:32 am reply quote

re: #13 x-wing

I hope she showered after that. That old person smell is tough to wash of.


He has been in the senate for 35 years, that smell is even harder to get off.

26 Irene NYC  10/03/08 9:30:50 am reply quote

Biden should keeps his hands off of young women.

/I could say more but won't

27 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:31:00 am reply quote

The old dem standard lie: "they're gonna take away your social security." hasn't surfaced yet.

28 x-wing  10/03/08 9:31:17 am reply quote

re: #25 newsjunkie_ky

He has been in the senate for 35 years, that smell is even harder to get off.


LOL

29 Pullus Iulius  10/03/08 9:31:36 am reply quote

re: #7 Charles

And look at how he tries to frighten the girl he's talking to: "it's gonna ruin your lungs."

Shoulda said "And it can make your hair fall out. See?"

30 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:32:24 am reply quote

re: #25 newsjunkie_ky

He has been in the senate for 35 years, that smell is even harder to get off.

Kind of off topic. What does everyone think about term limits for congress? I think it is time.

31 littlerinkus  10/03/08 9:32:30 am reply quote

Doesn't this sound like to anyone else that he isn't saying he doesn't support clean coal but the United States as a whole isn't? He says "We don't support clean coal! China is building 2 new dirty coal plants a day" so isn't he saying the U.S. isn't supporting clean coal around the world, not that he doesn't support clean coal?

He definitely lied about a lot of stuff last night but I think this one might be getting twisted a little bit....

32 arethusa  10/03/08 9:32:30 am reply quote

Does anyone besides me think he should have brought that young lady dinner at least before he pawed her?

33 maddogg  10/03/08 9:32:39 am reply quote

He supported clean coal for China, not us.

34 Vergeltung  10/03/08 9:32:47 am reply quote

re: #13 x-wing

I hope she showered after that. That old person smell is tough to wash of.

ah, that's not nice man. no need to be unkind to the older crowd. we'll all be there someday.

35 RTLM  10/03/08 9:33:08 am reply quote

~OT:
AFP uses Tina Fey pic from SNL skit in actual news article on Sarah Palin.
LINK

36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  10/03/08 9:33:10 am reply quote

re: #27 unrealizedviewpoint

The old dem standard lie: "they're gonna take away your social security." hasn't surfaced yet.

What SS? The Dems have already given away every dime I could ever put into it.

37 pat  10/03/08 9:33:27 am reply quote

re: #24 ploome hineni

I would say fully 50% of Senators come across to me as if they were in the early statges of dementia. Another 10% clearly are demented.

38 bnichols10  10/03/08 9:33:52 am reply quote

A shorter version should be made into a commercial and put on the air in states like PA from now until election day. How can you trust anything this guy says?

39 JacksonTn  10/03/08 9:33:55 am reply quote

OT but where in the hell is Howard "The Scream" Dean? I have not seen his face anywhere. I never watch MSNBC and rarely CNN so maybe he is hitting those channels but he use to be everywhere.

40 sammysdad  10/03/08 9:33:59 am reply quote

Lies you get away are the same as the truth.

41 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:34:02 am reply quote

re: #31 littlerinkus

That is your first post in 9 months? Watch out for some backlash.

42 newsjunkie_ky  10/03/08 9:34:16 am reply quote

re: #30 Ford_Prefect
I'm all for term limits.

43 CIA Reject  10/03/08 9:34:19 am reply quote

re: #20 lawhawk

Hey, he's for clean coal for China, but not the US.

He also makes it absolutely clear that he believes global warming is manmade.

It's nice to see that the science really backs that up. COx emissions increase, but the temperatures have declined over the past decade. Something is amiss when we're incessantly told COx is the cause of global warming. Maybe it has something to do with this.


When he said he believed that global warming is all man-made I wish Palin had asked him, if that is the case, then why is it happening on Mars?

44 FrogMarch  10/03/08 9:34:46 am reply quote

The MSM isn't even mentioning this. Our nation is a travesty.

45 pat  10/03/08 9:34:55 am reply quote

A Best Of Biden vs Palin commercial could be hilarious. Calling Zucker.

46 Racer X  10/03/08 9:34:57 am reply quote

re: #35 RTLM

~OT:
AFP uses Tina Fey pic from SNL skit in actual news article on Sarah Palin.
LINK

Oh that is funny as hell. The media cannot even tell the difference between fact and fiction anymore.

47 Dianna  10/03/08 9:35:17 am reply quote

re: #20 lawhawk

Because they're Democrats.

Evidently, anyway.

Johnson and Raines are working with the Obama campaign; that makes arrests political. I'm pretty sure no one's going to arrest prominent people in a nominee's campaign.

48 opnion  10/03/08 9:35:38 am reply quote

Ya know , Biden does not creep me out & make my teeth itch the way that Obama does, but there is something wrong here.
Biden is either a pathological liar or delusional.

49 newsjunkie_ky  10/03/08 9:35:41 am reply quote

re: #35 RTLM

~OT:
AFP uses Tina Fey pic from SNL skit in actual news article on Sarah Palin.

50 ErnieG  10/03/08 9:35:56 am reply quote

re: #29 Pullus Iulius

Shoulda said "And it can make your hair fall out. See?"

"But don't worry. You can fix it with these neat hair plugs."

51 bnichols10  10/03/08 9:36:07 am reply quote

re: #31 littlerinkus

I think the quote that matters was "No coal plants here in America". Seems pretty simple to me.

52 Racer X  10/03/08 9:36:07 am reply quote

re: #40 sammysdad

Lies you get away with are the same as the truth.

Unless someone calls you on it. Loudly.

Thanks Charles!

53 Vergeltung  10/03/08 9:36:15 am reply quote

re: #31 littlerinkus

Doesn't this sound like to anyone else that he isn't saying he doesn't support clean coal but the United States as a whole isn't? He says "We don't support clean coal! China is building 2 new dirty coal plants a day" so isn't he saying the U.S. isn't supporting clean coal around the world, not that he doesn't support clean coal?

He definitely lied about a lot of stuff last night but I think this one might be getting twisted a little bit....

you are confused.

54 Dianna  10/03/08 9:36:19 am reply quote

re: #27 unrealizedviewpoint

The old dem standard lie: "they're gonna take away your social security." hasn't surfaced yet.

I thought it had already been trotted out by Obama at some townhall or other in Florida?

55 Kreuzueber Halbmond  10/03/08 9:36:46 am reply quote

If I made my living as a coal miner, and I heard Biden say this, I wouldn't vote for him. Man's not to be trusted.

56 ploome hineni  10/03/08 9:36:47 am reply quote

re: #37 pat

I would say fully 50% of Senators come across to me as if they were in the early statges of dementia. Another 10% clearly are demented.

lol

57 Dianna  10/03/08 9:37:26 am reply quote

re: #30 Ford_Prefect

Kind of off topic. What does everyone think about term limits for congress? I think it is time.

I think it reeks of the nanny state. We can't control ourselves, so we pass a law to protect us from our own choices.

58 maddogg  10/03/08 9:37:27 am reply quote

re: #48 opnion

Ya know , Biden does not creep me out & make my teeth itch the way that Obama does, but there is something wrong here.
Biden is either a pathological liar or delusional.

I thought those were the two greatest assets in a Democratic candidate...

59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  10/03/08 9:37:49 am reply quote

Sarah Palin porn film made by Larry Flynt

The Hustler founder has made an X-rated movie using an adult-film actress who resembles the governor of Alaska.

Flynt's team had posted an anonymous advert on the website Craigslist just days after Mrs Palin took the Republican convention by storm last month.

The ad read: "Looking for a Sarah Palin look-alike for an adult film to be shot in the next 10 days."

The actress would be paid $3,000 (£1,700) for the part.

Flynt's spokesman confirmed to the New York Daily News that the film had been shot, but he would not yet reveal the title.

60 solomonpanting  10/03/08 9:38:13 am reply quote

Is Biden in favor of nuclear power?

61 galloping granny  10/03/08 9:38:23 am reply quote

re: #15 unrealizedviewpoint

Isn't lying is a sign of poor character?

No, lying is a sign of no character.

62 RTLM  10/03/08 9:38:32 am reply quote

re: #49 newsjunkie_ky

What does the headline say?

I have no idea.

63 Sharmuta  10/03/08 9:38:36 am reply quote

If Sarah had said she was against clean coal in a rope line, we'd still be hearing about it.

64 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:38:56 am reply quote

re: #43 CIA Reject

When he said he believed that global warming is all man-made I wish Palin had asked him, if that is the case, then why is it happening on Mars?

There's no need to broach. That war is lost. Global Warming is reality, no matter how big a lie it is.

65 arethusa  10/03/08 9:38:58 am reply quote

re: #59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sarah Palin porn film made by Larry Flynt

How the heck many people are there out there who look like Sarah Palin? Tina Fey; a friend of mine; and this porn actress. At least.

66 maddogg  10/03/08 9:39:17 am reply quote

re: #59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

67 ErnieG  10/03/08 9:39:33 am reply quote

re: #37 pat

I would say fully 50% of Senators come across to me as if they were in the early statges of dementia. Another 10% clearly are demented.

Reader, suppose that you were an idiot. And suppose that you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

- Mark Twain

68 soccerdad  10/03/08 9:39:41 am reply quote

just keep putting up stuff like this Charles. The MSM will NOT do it. We need resources to be able to send to our undecided friends.

69 lipsticked pig  10/03/08 9:39:57 am reply quote

Forget about Biden's lies and misstatements (Yeah, I know thart means to forget about most of what came out of his mouth, but I digress). I am more concerned with the TRUE things he said!

He actually said he wants courts to be able to adjust the PRINCIPAL of a mortgage as well as the interest rate.

Holy Crap!

He and 0bama have said they want to protect people from foreclosure before, this is unbelievable.

Let me see if I have this straight. We are in the middle of a major financial crisis brought on by banks losing untold amounts of money because people can't repay the loans they gave (for whatever reason). And 0bama and Biden want to take away the banks ONLY RECOURSE for recovering some of their losses? Sure, people can't repay their loans, but no Mr. banker, you have no way of recovering anything. You can't take the home you technically own and hopefully sell it to a better credit risk to recover some of your losses.

WTF?

And adjusting PRINCIPAL? OK, so I bought a house for 300k with a 0 down loan, and now it's value has dropped, so it's worth only 200k. I can't pay my mortgage, and declare bankruptcy. The nice judge alters mt mortgage to 150k and lowers my interest rate. Great for me. The bank just lost 150K with absolutely NO CHANCE of ever getting it back. That sure will help with the financial mess we've got going on now!

I still can't make my payments, but now I can sell and pocket 50k. Nice. Hey if the market rebounds I just made 150k. Thank you mr. judge. I'm so sure that no judge anywhere will ever see that as an opportunity for corruption.

At least with foreclosure the bank can recover some of the money it loaned out, and if the market rebounds, it can recover all of it.

70 Walter L. Newton  10/03/08 9:40:00 am reply quote

re: #35 RTLM

~OT:
AFP uses Tina Fey pic from SNL skit in actual news article on Sarah Palin.

71 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:40:23 am reply quote

re: #55 Kreuzueber Halbmond

If I made my living as a coal miner, doing anything, and I heard Biden say this, I wouldn't vote for him. Man's not to be trusted.

72 bnichols10  10/03/08 9:40:27 am reply quote

re: #57 Dianna

But looking at it from the other side you have people who are in office for decades who stay in by earmarking money all over the place and doing favors so they continue to get re-elected.

I'd support term limits. Get in, do your job and go back to being a citizen. I despise some of these guys that have been in for decades.

73 Ford_Prefect  10/03/08 9:40:30 am reply quote

re: #57 Dianna

I think it reeks of the nanny state. We can't control ourselves, so we pass a law to protect us from our own choices.

The way I see it, it is not so much protecting us from our own choices but from the choices of neighboring states. I live in CT and I am tired of trying to figure out why Massachusetts keeps sending Kennedy to Washington. Or why CT keeps sending Dodd for that matter. I keep voting against him but it just doesn't seem to help.

74 redc1c4  10/03/08 9:40:54 am reply quote

these threads are coming out almost as fast as the lies from Joe's mouth.....

75 opnion  10/03/08 9:41:00 am reply quote

re: #43 CIA Reject

When he said he believed that global warming is all man-made I wish Palin had asked him, if that is the case,

76 Occasional Reader  10/03/08 9:42:03 am reply quote

Why is he groping that girl, and then jabbing his finger in her face?

Bizarre behavior.

77 Celtic Templar  10/03/08 9:42:11 am reply quote

re: #43 CIA Reject

When he said he believed that global warming is all man-made I wish Palin had asked him, if that is the case, then why is it happening on Mars?

And it's going to get worse, Global Cooling is our next boogeyman (but this may be real), not caused by humans:
NASA Ulysses

78 sarah  10/03/08 9:42:16 am reply quote

Even CNN was saying that Biden won. They seriously make me want to puke.

79 soccerdad  10/03/08 9:42:33 am reply quote

re: #59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

80 Dianna  10/03/08 9:42:44 am reply quote

re: #64 unrealizedviewpoint

Nonsense.

It's a lie. People are realizing it's a lie; I actually heard several people groan at one of those vapid "and fight global warming" bits tacked onto some ad the other day.

Never let a lie go unchallenged.

81 Wm T Sherman  10/03/08 9:42:45 am reply quote

So he's a casual liar. Lies at the drop of a hat about things that can easily be fact-checked. Adds faux detail, structure, and imaginary context to his lies, which qualifies them as bullshit lies. A dyed-in-the-wool silly bastard.

Honest question: Does it matter?

If it hasn't turned him out of Congress in 30 years, is it going to matter now?

The most well-funded, relentless Republican advertising campaign imaginable, using Biden's own recorded statements, might nudge a few swing voters.

Yeah, he's full of shit. He's a clown. Does it matter? Can it be made to matter?

82 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:43:12 am reply quote

re: #74 redc1c4

these threads are coming out almost as fast as the lies from Joe's mouth.....

Choosing threads made easy, compliments Joe Lyin' Biden

83 Kreuzueber Halbmond  10/03/08 9:43:32 am reply quote

re: #71 unrealizedviewpoint

Except for hair plug technicians. Their jobs are safe.

84 JSK1121  10/03/08 9:43:53 am reply quote

Will McCain/Palin PLEASE call out the dems when it comes to Fannie, Freddie and CRA? Who cares if it seems racist to some, most middle Americans will see it as Jessie Jackson-esque whining. Besides, McCain/Palin won't get any of the black vote anyway.

Hit 'em hard or lose, that's pretty much what it comes down to.

85 Vergeltung  10/03/08 9:44:10 am reply quote

re: #78 sarah

Even CNN was saying that Biden won. They seriously make me want to puke.

what do you mean "even"? of course they would call it that way. what do you expect? that is not called the Communist News Network for nothing.

86 Walter L. Newton  10/03/08 9:44:11 am reply quote

re: #79 soccerdad

It means they are scared. And they should be.

I don't believe Flint made this film. I want to see a link to the video. Oh, nevermind.

/sarc

87 ORD neighbor  10/03/08 9:44:18 am reply quote

"That depends on what the meaning of 'truth' is..."
/paraphrasing and sarcastic.

88 sarah  10/03/08 9:45:01 am reply quote

re: #85 Vergeltung

Its just sickening is what I was trying to get at. :(

89 unrealizedviewpoint  10/03/08 9:45:02 am reply quote

re: #80 Dianna

Nonsense.

It's a lie. People are realizing it's a lie; I actually heard several people groan at one of those vapid "and fight global warming" bits tacked onto some ad the other day.

Never let a lie go unchallenged.

I guess Cap-N-Trade supported by McCain/Palin ain't real? Myself, I like Cap-N-Crunch.

90 pat  10/03/08 9:45:15 am reply quote

I suppose some of you caught O'Reilly going nuts on Barney Frank. Wow.
[Link: deathby1000papercuts.com...]

91 Dianna  10/03/08 9:45:27 am reply quote

re: #69 lipsticked pig

Well, provided the readjusted interest rate isn't ridiculous, the bank will still make about triple the principal (or more) from the buyer in interest.

92 Cognito  10/03/08 9:45:35 am reply quote

re: #76 Occasional Reader

Why is he groping that girl, and then jabbing his finger in her face?

Bizarre behavior.

It really is. She seems to be a bit of a twit, but she's young. He comes off as a hectoring, intimidating old man.

93 ploome hineni  10/03/08 9:45:57 am reply quote

...............do you suppose banks are deliberately witholding credit

to get this bailout passed?

94 Irene NYC  10/03/08 9:46:26 am reply quote

Well, I understand CNN, etc. claiming Biden won, but what's with Charles Krauthammer in this article today?

I know he didn't take to Sarah, but really, it's a bit much to pretty much completely ignore her the day after the debate. He was also pretty sour about her last night in post-debate analysis, all things considered.

95 pat  10/03/08 9:47:02 am reply quote

Mort Kondrake said Palin won by a landslide. But then Kondrake actually caught the Biden lies.

96 Vergeltung  10/03/08 9:47:15 am reply quote

re: #88 sarah

Its just sickening is what I was trying to get at. :(

I hear ya! I watch through the prism of presuming all the Alphabet news channels are in the tank for the left, and only really remove the prism for FOX or my (former) daily read, the NY Sun.

97 Dianna  10/03/08 9:47:19 am reply quote

re: #73 Ford_Prefect

The way I see it, it is not so much protecting us from our own choices but from the choices of neighboring states. I live in CT and I am tired of trying to figure out why Massachusetts keeps sending Kennedy to Washington. Or why CT keeps sending Dodd for that matter. I keep voting against him but it just doesn't seem to help.

In the end, you want legislate your desires. At least you're not trying to get the judiciary to do it for you.

I'm not pleased with this notion. I've always thought it was a ridiculous abdication of responsibility on the part of the citizenry.

98 maddogg  10/03/08 9:47:32 am reply quote

Its time for McCain to cut the shit and use some of the supertanker full of ammo available to him to sink the cardboard candidates. It's stupid and silly for an election between a man and an invertebrate leech to be this close. Ridiculous.

99 Walter L. Newton  10/03/08 9:47:40 am reply quote

re: #84 JSK1121

Will McCain/Palin PLEASE call out the dems when it comes to Fannie, Freddie and CRA? Who cares if it seems racist to some, most middle Americans will see it as Jessie Jackson-esque whining. Besides, McCain/Palin won't get any of the black vote anyway. Hit 'em hard or lose, that's pretty much what it comes down to.

I think, at the next debate, McCain should go all out monkey crazy on this topic, any reasonable chance he gets. No matter if you are for or against the bailout, the fact is the Dems have more to do with the meltdown than anyone.

And the solution, in the long run is going to hurt us at sometime. We are goinig to feel this, one way or another, so McCain should target the criminals who are responsible.

100 Dianna  10/03/08 9:47:49 am reply quote

re: #89 unrealizedviewpoint

It's real.

They're wrong.

101 x-wing  10/03/08 9:47:55 am reply quote

re: #94 Irene NYC


His stock has dropped with me. I don't understand his thinking on this.

102 Irene NYC  10/03/08 9:49:16 am reply quote

Those claims made that McCain won't talk about the CRA for racial reasons?

Like he's getting any part of the black vote. What a joke.

103 Vergeltung  10/03/08 9:49:31 am reply quote

re: #94 Irene NYC

Well, I understand CNN, etc. claiming Biden won, but what's with

104 galloping granny  10/03/08 9:49:44 am reply quote

re: #93 ploome hineni

...............do you suppose banks are deliberately witholding credit

to get this bailout passed?

Nah, they wouldn't do that would they? Not any more than Congress would sit on the "crisis" and do nothing until just before the election - even though the fact that at least one big bank was going to fail was common enough knowledge that someone predicted it nearly three months ago right here.

105 JSK1121  10/03/08 9:49:50 am reply quote

re: #99 Walter L. Newton

I think, at the next debate, McCain should go all out monkey crazy on this topic, any reasonable chance he gets. No matter if you are for or against the bailout, the fact is the Dems have more to do with the meltdown than anyone.

And the solution, in the long run is going to hurt us at sometime. We are goinig to feel this, one way or another, so McCain should target the criminals who are responsible.

I hope you're right, but I highly doubt McCain will go after the dems at a town-hall style debate. He's bipartisan to a fault if you ask me, there's got to be a line drawn for him, especially when it comes to calling the dems out for fucking out economy.

106 saberry0530  10/03/08 9:50:03 am reply quote

re: #69 lipsticked pig

Forget about Biden's lies and misstatements (Yeah, I know thart means to forget about most of what came out of his mouth, but I digress). I am more concerned with the TRUE things he said!

He actually said he wants courts to be able to adjust the PRINCIPAL of a mortgage as well as the interest rate.

Holy Crap!

He and 0bama have said they want to protect people from foreclosure before, this is unbelievable.

Let me see if I have this straight. We are in the middle of a major financial crisis brought on by banks losing untold amounts of money because people can't repay the loans they gave (for whatever reason). And 0bama and Biden want to take away the banks ONLY RECOURSE for recovering some of their losses? Sure, people can't repay their loans, but no Mr. banker, you have no way of recovering anything. You can't take the home you technically own and hopefully sell it to a better credit risk to recover some of your losses.

WTF?

And adjusting PRINCIPAL? OK, so I bought a house for 300k with a 0 down loan, and now it's value has dropped, so it's worth only 200k. I can't pay my mortgage, and declare bankruptcy. The nice judge alters mt mortgage to 150k and lowers my interest rate. Great for me. The bank just lost 150K with absolutely NO CHANCE of ever getting it back. That sure will help with the financial mess we've got going on now!

I still can't make my payments, but now I can sell and pocket 50k. Nice. Hey if the market rebounds I just made 150k. Thank you mr. judge. I'm so sure that no judge anywhere will ever see that as an opportunity for corruption.

At least with foreclosure the bank can recover some of the money it loaned out, and if the market rebounds, it can recover all of it.


And don't forget the extreme decrease in revenue to the local and state governments because of the decreasae in property values!

107 redc1c4  10/03/08 9:50:09 am reply quote

it turns out that Katies Restaurant is closed.... and has been for 15 years.

maybe Joey oughta go back home more often?

108 Cognito  10/03/08 9:50:16 am reply quote

re: #94 Irene NYC

I think Krauthammer is spot-on almost all the time. I only say 'almost,' not because I know of any bad positions on his part, but simply because I don't know all his positions.

I think he's spot-on here, too.

109 CommonCents  10/03/08 9:50:17 am reply quote