View Poll Results: Bailout or Let the Market Work Itself Out?

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    Member Member Azi Tohak's Avatar
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    Default Re: BAILOUT: Yes or No?

    FYI Gentlemen: Working in Saudi my TV news source is BBC World News. I really like them, but last night while I was watching the vote, the anchor blamed Republicans for the failure. She didn't even mention that 40% of the Dems voted no. Not once.

    I wonder if this is because Bush has given all Republicans a bad name or if BBC World News wants a Democrat president for the USA.

    At any rate, back on topic: I still know so little about all of this I don't even know which way I would have voted. Personally, I am inclined to think that the market can (eventually) sort itself out. We've been due for another recession anyway. Yuck.

    I do think it is interesting to speculate on the future. Will the USA still be a superpower? Is it still a superpower? The country has been brought low not by wars (even if they are costly) but by some greedy bastards on Wall Street.

    Azi
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    Mark Twain 1881

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    Default Re: BAILOUT: Yes or No?

    Quote Originally Posted by Azi Tohak View Post
    FYI Gentlemen: Working in Saudi my TV news source is BBC World News. I really like them, but last night while I was watching the vote, the anchor blamed Republicans for the failure. She didn't even mention that 40% of the Dems voted no. Not once.

    I wonder if this is because Bush has given all Republicans a bad name or if BBC World News wants a Democrat president for the USA.
    The vote was:

    Dems Reps
    Yes 140 65
    No 95 133


    Rep no votes nearly equalled the Dem yes votes, even though they're the minority party.

    So how does it constitute a foreign conspiracy to influence our Presidential outcome by saying the Reps were primarily responsible for stopping the bill? They were. People are getting hypersensitive and tossing around the term blame. You guys should be proud the Reps stopped it, the bill in its current form is crap.
    Koga no Goshi

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