Political opportunism?
By clrumfelt
@clrumfelt (5597)
Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
September 18, 2008 11:33am CST
I heard a snippet of commentary from a liberal newsperson yesterday about how glad Obama is because of the bank failure crises because now he will get a chance to talk about the economy. The idea is it will possibly help him with his election prospects if he can talk more about economic woes and point the finger at his opponents. I find it sort of callous that someone would be glad the world economy is in such a mess just because they may get another rung on the ladder of their climb to the top. Look at how many people are going to suffer through this mess, that has been more than 40 years in the making, if I understand correctly. Reform is long overdue in the way financial affairs are conducted and the finger must be pointed at everyone in politics for the past 40 years who has not been a vocal proponent of reform. It is not to be laid at the doorstep of one or two administrations.
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Did Obama himself say that he was glad or was this just that person's editorial opinion? Liberal or conservative, we need to pay more attention to what the candidates say and less on what others say about how the candidates feel about this or that subject. I don't believe for one minute that any of the candidates are "glad" that our economy is in such an upheaval right now because this narrows the focus of the public's attention so, where both candidates shine in other areas, are dimished by our concern for economics.
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@clrumfelt (5597)
• Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
19 Sep 08
It was said by the liberal comentator but Obama has carried out her statement with gusto! She was telling the truth, but he sure isn't!
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
20 Sep 08
She was telling the truth that Obama as "glad" because he spoke about the situation this country is in? A trained monkey could have predicted that both he and McCain would be all over it, each blaming the other. That does not translate into "glad" unless one has a very vivid imagination.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
18 Sep 08
Who was in the White House then? Let me see Lyndon B Johnson and was not he a Democrat. It seems like most of the presidents except for a few were Democrats and they all want to blame the Republicans? It seems there is a lot of blame on a few administrations and not on the majority. The whole economy is a mess because they removed the gold standard, now American money does not mean much and
Canadian money is better and that is not saying much because our money did not buy much before.
So Obama is campaigning for god and wanting to reform it and take credit for fixing the world's economy. No conceit in his family, maybe his parents should have made wall mirrors all around his room and then we would not have him around, he would still be at home.
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@clrumfelt (5597)
• Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
19 Sep 08
You are right there is a lot of blame to be assigned to politicians for the FM & FM failure, and the failure of the slew of banks after them--a domino effect, no doubt. They are all so intertwined that none of them could stand on their own. The assigning of blame, however, must be laid at the feet of politicians over the past 40 years who have done nothing to fix the problem and ensure something like this didn't happen. It cannot be laid assigned to John McCain, however, because he has petitioned Congress several times in the past few years to do something about the problem, but no one listened to him.
