GOP using Wall Street $$ to blame Dems for Wall Street
Man, this is so wrong on so many levels:
House Republicans in several tight races want voters to know that Democrats are the party of Wall Street.
The only problem: big banks are helping foot the bill for the ads.
The National Republican Congressional Committee’s ads in New York and North Carolina blast Democratic candidates for supporting the Wall Street bailout and allowing executives to pocket big-time bonuses, and in one case feature a banker burning money with his lit cigar.At the same time, the NRCC has taken in a record haul from investment, securities and commercial banks. So far this cycle, the industry has contributed $7.1 million — that’s up more than $2.7 million since the 2010 election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Goldman Sachs and its employees are the top private-sector giver to the Republican Party committee, contributing $388,450 this cycle. Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
The levels of cynicism at work here are impressive. The Wall Street types, for example, clearly know who their friends are and who will protect them, and are saying so through their money. The Republicans in turn clearly know that their rich friends aren’t very popular with voters, who understandably blame Wall Street for creating the biggest financial collapse in some 80 years, and for managing to walk away with their own fortunes intact while millions of innocent people lose their jobs, homes, careers and futures. And together the GOP and its Wall Street sponsors conspire to blame it all on the Democrats, who are hardly blameless but whose biggest failure in the wake of the crisis was to fail to press hard enough for real reform.
Amazing.
– Jay Bookman
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October 1st, 2012
9:45 pm
“A new survey shows Mitt Romney with a commanding lead over President Barack Obama among doctors, with Obamacare helping to sway their votes.”
Oh those “eeeevilllll” doctors !
barking frog
October 1st, 2012
9:48 pm
I’m in holiday 5 miles from
Tarpon Springs and it is
pouring rain. Think i’ll say
so long from the frog on
the blog at the bottom of
the AJC.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
9:51 pm
Frog
I’m on the east coast N of Miami
Batten down the hatches.
USMC
October 1st, 2012
9:55 pm
“You, of all people, should never talk of superiority complexes or hubris without taking a look in the mirror.”–That Bama Fan
-Says the Alabama Crimson Tide Fan!
Replicant
October 1st, 2012
9:56 pm
Nukes are bad.
RAMZAD
October 1st, 2012
9:57 pm
Democrats are just so wimpish. They allow Republican propaganda to run unchecked, and sit back and jut allow these things to happen. The story about Republicans caught voter registering only Romney supporters is suppose to be on every network every day, but there is almost no mention of
it.
I am delighted that Republicans are so desperate that they are resorting to bribes, cheating, crookery, voter suppression, the Liberal Media conspiracy, attacks on pollsters for imaginary skewed surveys and sampling.
I wish Democrats would wake up and smell the Revolution.
G Mare
October 1st, 2012
10:02 pm
Redneck convert@9:19, smile!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:03 pm
Replicant:
Nukes have kept us from WW III, WW IV and probably WW V.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:04 pm
USMC:
The August 2012 issue of VFW Magazine had a great article about the “last” Infantry Unit to leave Vietnam.
The article noted it was a unit from the 3rd Bn., 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (U.S. Army) which left in August of 1972.
We know the Marines were the first “infantry” when they landed in Da Nang in 1965. Now check out this letter from the October
2012 issue of VFW Magazine:
“I was a Marine infantry platoon leader with “K” Co., 3rd Bn., 9th Marines, based on Okinawa. From May to August 1972, we
(a Marine infantry company) were stationed at Bien Hoa Air Base in a support mode. Because no Marine riflemen were supposed
to be in Vietnam then, my MOS (0369) was changed to air wing security. E.A. Sulweski, Toledo, Ohio”
It figures ………………..
Anyway, we all know Marines were the last to lift off the roof of the embassy on April 30, 1975.
Semper Fi !!
Replicant
October 1st, 2012
10:08 pm
Número 0311
In the wrong hands, they could end the world. They should be reduced and or eliminated.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:10 pm
Replicant:
Reduced is fine but never eliminated.
They keep the barbarians at the gate !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:10 pm
Headline: “Egyptian women fear regression on rights”
Come on ladies …………… take a big, deep breath of that “Arab Spring” !!!
getalife
October 1st, 2012
10:12 pm
scout lives him some dictators but not freedom.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
10:15 pm
We stand for freedom not dictators scout.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:15 pm
“scout lives him some dictators but not freedom.”
getalife: Where did you go to school? That’s not even a correct/complete sentence !
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
10:15 pm
here kitty kitty
meow meoooow
cat lovers must see:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-47912034001/the_presidents_of_the_united_states_of_america_kitty_official_music_video/
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:16 pm
313 MPG, production VW. Detroit, you’re behind again.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/vw-bulli-production-hopes-dead-313-mpg-xl1-coming-next-year/
Mary Elizabeth
October 1st, 2012
10:17 pm
Continuation of thoughts on money and “evil.”
Once societal norms are accepted that those who have money are superior, then it follows that CEO’s and mangement of corporations are superior to workers as human beings, or that the powerful in governmental circles are superior to voters. Both of these perceptions are not consistent with this nation’s original tenets that “all are created equal.”
These perceptions of superiority of CEOs in the business world, or of the powerful in governments must be refuted by public declaration of ordinary people, as I am doing this evening.
“I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.”
Abraham Lincoln, Extemporaneous Address in Philadephia, February 22, 1861
Source: “The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence,” by Forrest Church
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:22 pm
Mary Elizabeth
No one has stated CEO’s are “superior”, as you so indelicately state.
“Created equal” does not mean we must all live out life the same way as Liberals see fit.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:24 pm
“I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.”
If only Obama understood these words
Wilbur
October 1st, 2012
10:26 pm
Obama and the dems took FAR more money from big wall street bankers in 2008 than the republicans even as they bashed the republicans for being in the pockets of the banks. The irony of Jay’s complaint is as rich as his hypocrisy.
The good news is that Jay is familiar with the position.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:31 pm
VA oopsie
http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2012/10/01/va-wasted-762000-on-training-conferences/
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
10:31 pm
Jm:
“Created equal” to libs. simply means “shared misery” ………… except of course for the wealthy elite libs.
JamVet
October 1st, 2012
10:33 pm
Obama and the dems took FAR more money from big wall street bankers in 2008 and the GOP took FAR more money from big wall street bankers in 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984 and 1980. And will do so again in 2012.
Now what was that about hypocrisy, Wilbur?
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
10:34 pm
Geeze,welcome to the 21st century.
Money is not evil.
People are evil.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:35 pm
Scout
Yes, created equal does not mean we all end up the same
Silly liberals
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:36 pm
Jammies
VA money to part it down….. Wheeee
getalife
October 1st, 2012
10:36 pm
“Second AMERICAN AIRLINES Flight Returns To JFK After Row Of Seats Comes Loose.” drusgey spam.
.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:37 pm
Party
getalife
October 1st, 2012
10:38 pm
con logic, the dems do it so it is okay.
Brilliant cons.
JamVet
October 1st, 2012
10:40 pm
I only speak English. Not Billboardese.
Tell it to your bumper sticker buddy. He’ll get it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy8iUI_ayuo
getalife
October 1st, 2012
10:41 pm
I will take you to school scout.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:41 pm
” , the dems do it”
Of course they do
Bill C does anyway
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
10:42 pm
““Second AMERICAN AIRLINES Flight Returns To JFK After Row Of Seats Comes Loose.” drusgey spam”
I’m curious…why do you do that for legitimate news stories? I heard that one just this evening on Atlanta channel 9
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:44 pm
“I will take you to school scout”
I think scout has already graduated and has a car of his own (I’d guess)
But that’s nice of you….
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 1st, 2012
10:46 pm
“…but whose biggest failure in the wake of the crisis was to fail to press hard enough for real reform.”
***********************
As if it would have mattered with Mitch McConnell & House republicans vowing to see to it Obama is a 1 term president at all costs. They would have effectively blocked anything more meaningful than what did get done. Even if it meant more people loss their jobs, homes, careers and futures. This is not in dispute. McConnell is there on youtube for all to see.
That for me was the moment I gave up on the GOP. I voted for McCain in 2008. But the idea of the GOP to put this as the number 1 agenda above all else was so repulsive I finally said enough. The GOP is not working for me. Their unwillingness to compromise to the point of harming those they are supposed to serve is all I need to know about the GOP and the rich bisturds that control them. Never again. I am gone and will not be back.
Jm
October 1st, 2012
10:48 pm
Getalife and scout carpooling
That’s a visual….
JamVet
October 1st, 2012
10:49 pm
I remember when Republicans did not so outwardly hate this country and they occasionally had something good to say about her, her people and her government.
But now?
No way.
The worst of the worst…
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
10:55 pm
Off topic, but, does anyone remember like 2 years ago when Jay lost a bet to a poster “jt” and they were supposed to have lunch on Jay?
Did Jay ever take jt “jumping turtle” out to lunch?
That would be hilarious to hear that conversation.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:01 pm
“I’m curious…why do you do that for legitimate news stories?”
Just messing with Scout.
I tried to stop him from just posting drudge and use original thought on the topic but he refused.
jm,
“Bill C does anyway.”
He needs donations for his foundation to help people in the world.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:03 pm
What was the bet moonbat?
Ahem
October 1st, 2012
11:04 pm
Bookman: “Through the first three weeks of September, Knuckles, the money men had given more than twice as much to Romney than to Obama.”
They know who is going to win.
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
11:08 pm
“I tried to stop him from just posting drudge and use original thought on the topic but he refused”
Yeah? Well you should have learned a LONG time ago that you’re wasting you time and effort. All you are REALLY accomplishing is to annoy the rest of us. I skip over posters I don’t like. As far as I’m concerned you’re getting real close to joining that list.
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:08 pm
getalife:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zjADAK4ODg
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:08 pm
“I remember when Republicans did not so outwardly hate this country and they occasionally had something good to say about her, her people and her government.”
I remember too.
Imagine if the Dems played politics right after 9/11 like the gop are doing with Libya.
You would hear them screaming about being unpatriotic and anti American.
I guess they peaked being Americans back then and now are just a hate group.
Ahem
October 1st, 2012
11:09 pm
Did Jay ever take jt “jumping turtle” out to lunch?
Doubtful. Jay is a liberal and they usually lie; welch; or both.
Nothing personal, Jay.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:09 pm
getalife:
“I will take you to school scout.”
Now “that’s” a complete sentence. You are improving.
P.S. I can’t help it if you sometimes don’t like the MSNBC, New York Times, Washington Post, CBS headlines that Drudgeypoo posts. But rest assured, I will continue to make sure you have the opportunity to read them !
Still raining here …………. Wow !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:12 pm
getalife:
It should be gop “is” doing.
You need a question mark after Libya.
It should be anti-American.
Ahem
October 1st, 2012
11:12 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:09 pm
Ain’t it fun pushing their buttons. Keep the heat on, Brother. They are facing certain defeat.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:12 pm
“As far as I’m concerned you’re getting real close to joining that list”
Didn’t know you had a list but after the election I won’t post much.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:14 pm
scout,
Feel free to grade my posts.
It beats your mindless drudgy spam.
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
11:14 pm
“Didn’t know you had a list but after the election I won’t post much”
That doesn’t do much to make your “message” any less annoying NOW.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:15 pm
Headline: “Black mob hijacks store: ‘We own this’ ”
Well, here you go. Class warfare in action.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/black-mob-hijacks-store-we-own-this/
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:16 pm
Ahem:
…………………….
)
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 1st, 2012
11:16 pm
Jay is probably in bed. Like I will be shortly. Not in the same bed in case anyone would want to go there. But it would seem a better time to query him on whether or not he fulfilled a bet obligation would be in the morning. I suspect he would have as I also suspect Kyle would. Guys like Jay and Kyle probably enjoy a civil debate.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 1st, 2012
11:16 pm
getalife:
“Feel free to grade my posts.”
Oh, I will.
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:16 pm
getalife:
I thought the bet was lunch.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:17 pm
Doggone/GA ,
How am I annoying you?
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:18 pm
moonbat,
That explains it.
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
11:19 pm
“How am I annoying you?”
If you can’t figure that out from what I’ve said in the last few minutes you aren’t as smart as I’ve been giving you credit for.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:21 pm
Doggone/GA ,
That is not a reason. Please explain yourself.
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:23 pm
getalife, let LSU humiliate the Gators in the Swamp.
Hope to see you in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwPRm5UMe1A
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
11:24 pm
“That is not a reason. Please explain yourself”
I guess you aren’t as smart as I thought.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:25 pm
Doggone/GA ,
If you are going to insult me give a reason
Doggone/GA
October 1st, 2012
11:29 pm
“If you are going to insult me give a reason”
No
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:30 pm
I always thought being called annoying by someone who disagrees with me to be a compliment.
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:33 pm
how sweet.
getalife and Doggone are playing cutesy wootsey games. lol!
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:33 pm
Has anyone seen WALL-E?
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:34 pm
As far as Jay’s pi9ece is concerned. What else would anyone expect. Par for the course.
This is a high stakes election year.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:35 pm
Oscar,
Well, that was the point and the reason Kam does it too.
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:35 pm
Don’t remember ever seeing Wall-E. We must have different schedules.
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:37 pm
Don’t really understand Kam and why he does what he does. Don’t see it being productive. Only counter productive.
getalife
October 1st, 2012
11:38 pm
It is annoying .
moonbat.
Who is wall e?
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:39 pm
I know what a Wall-eye is.
moonbat betty
October 1st, 2012
11:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOVzXYEU3Bk
Oscar
October 1st, 2012
11:44 pm
moonbat
__
Now I find that music annoying.
Towncrier
October 2nd, 2012
12:05 am
“So let me get this straight: You’re trying to cite Wall Street’s reversal of financial support in the four years since 2008 AGAINST the Democrats as evidence that the Dems do Wall Street’s bidding?”
No…I was responding to your general assertion that “money talks”. You do remember saying that don’t you? Liberals need to stop whining about how much Romney has “raked in” compared to Obama if they are not going to acknowledge that Obama, BY CHOICE, took a path that allowed him to outspend McCain. Since you liberals love “fact checkers” so much, maybe citing one on this point will obviate any potential deflection:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/06/obama_reneges_on_public_financ.html
Just say NO to the Charter School Amendment
October 2nd, 2012
1:09 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ACS4PgDFA
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 2nd, 2012
4:00 am
Oscar@11:37
+1
seabeau
October 2nd, 2012
4:55 am
And all this time I thought that the real cause for the collapse was Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and Barney Frank,a Democrat!
Jimmy62
October 2nd, 2012
6:02 am
Funny, I don’t remember you complaining when Goldman Sachs gave Obama lots of money.
I and many other Tea Party types have been calling Goldman Sachs one of the biggest villians in all of this, and pointed out how many former Goldman Sachs people were behind the bailouts and current fiscal policy. But it’s only when they donate money to Romney that you notice.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 2nd, 2012
6:53 am
Good Tuesday morning to all y’all! Well wishes all around!
Off topic but this is sorta cool…I wonder how the GOP Christians feel about this…
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20121002/US.Souls.to.the.Polls/
AU Liberal in ATL
October 2nd, 2012
6:58 am
No surprises in this story. The glaring, blatant hypocrisy of the GOP has been their mainstay for years. As long as they continue to tow the ideological line their supporters are fine with. It doesn’t really matter what they do as long as they say what the sheep want to hear. Sheep aren’t the smartest animals in the barnyard.
TaxPayer
October 2nd, 2012
7:17 am
Nukes have kept us from WW III, WW IV and probably WW V.
Nukes don’t kill, people kill.
Jack
October 2nd, 2012
7:19 am
Money talks: An entirely new concept. Thanks, Bookman, I’d've never guessed that.
hiram
October 2nd, 2012
7:20 am
Chance of Winning if Election held today (Now-cast)
Obama – 97.8%
Romney – 2.2%
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nate-silver/
“Nate Silver’s November 2008 presidential election predictions—he correctly predicted the winner of 49 of the 50 states. The only state he missed was Indiana, which went for Barack Obama by 1%. He also correctly predicted the winner of all 35 Senate races that year.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver
hiram
October 2nd, 2012
7:25 am
Further discussion is not necessary – it’s over.
Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down…
TaxPayer
October 2nd, 2012
7:27 am
Lyin’ Eric. Well what did you expect. After all, he is a Republican.
Butch Cassidy (I)
October 2nd, 2012
7:31 am
It will be interesting to see after the debates if Obama continues to beat Romney like a drum, or if the debates will lessen the blows to a simple smack up side the head. http://www.electoral-vote.com/
stands for decibels
October 2nd, 2012
7:37 am
I wish Democrats would wake up and smell the Revolution.
As I’ve said a gazillion times: it doesn’t work that way, because that’s not where the money is.
When the Republicans make a harder right turn, the Democrats aren’t incentivized to stick to their stated progressive principles. They instead become more corporate and wh0rish. To expect them to behave differently is childish.
So when the Goopers go farther to the right, the Dems go right as well, because it is a) more profitable to them, and b) more socially acceptable.
This ain’t rocket science.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 2nd, 2012
7:40 am
Taxpayer
Good Morning!
I saw that Eric Cantor thing.
It’s an entirely new addition to the Republi-speak dictionary.
Voting for something you really don’t like is – according to the GOP -
not voting for it.
Greg
October 2nd, 2012
7:40 am
I do not understand the military voting problem. The military had no problem getting me to buy a U.S. Savings bond each month. They had no problem getting me to attend a politiical correctness meeting . They had no problem getting me to do anything. But they cannot seem to find a way to get ALL votes in on time . I don’t get it.
DownInAlbany
October 2nd, 2012
7:46 am
I guess it would be too much to ask that you report on the fact that JP Morgan has collected $100’s of million to process EBT cards (food stamp debit cards)? Oh yeah, JPM supports Democratic candidates…never mind.
Family First
October 2nd, 2012
7:52 am
Thanks for keeping us informed Mr. Bookman. Recently I have had to travel several miles away to take care of a sick relative. I enjoy reading your columns and staying abreast of current events!!
stands for decibels
October 2nd, 2012
7:55 am
DownInAlbany @ 7.46, blogspot.com is, as always, ready when you are.
stands for decibels
October 2nd, 2012
7:57 am
Somehow I’d missed this heartwarming tale of compassionate conservatism:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/cindy-nerger-kroger-food-stamps_n_1911069.html?utm_hp_ref=business
One Georgia woman is on the front lines of the battle for the 47 percent.
Kroger, America’s largest grocery chain, has transferred one of its store managers after customer Cindy Nerger accused the manager of mocking her for using food stamps, local news outlet 13WMAZ reports. Last week, she says, the manager told Nerger that her purchases weren’t covered by food stamps. The manager later acknowledged that food stamps covered all the items in Nergers’ cart, but reportedly went on to say, “Well excuse me that I work for a living and don’t rely on food stamps like you.”
Nerger spends 12 hours a day on dialysis and has been waiting for a kidney transplant for years, according to an earlier 13WMAZ article. Her family relies on the income of her husband, who only works part time so he can care for her.
She’s just one example of the many Americans propped up by the U.S. food stamp program, one of many government safety net options to become a hot button issue during the election season. Food stamp use has spiked 51 percent since October 2008, hitting an all-time high in June, according to a Department of Agriculture report released earlier this month.
Despite the growing number of Americans relying on government assistance to feed their families, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has proposed slashing food stamp spending and turning it into a block grant program.
one and only
October 2nd, 2012
7:57 am
your up and at them early, bet we beat you, getting up at 4am. crazy
stands for decibels
October 2nd, 2012
8:00 am
And all this time I thought that the real cause for the collapse was Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and Barney Frank,a Democrat!
Help is available if you’re willing to seek it, seabeau.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 2nd, 2012
8:02 am
DownInAlbany
October 2nd, 2012
7:46 am
I guess it would be too much to ask that you report on the fact that JP Morgan has collected $100’s of million to process EBT cards (food stamp debit cards)? Oh yeah, JPM supports Democratic candidates…never mind.
.
.
.
.
WELL isn’t that ironic.
AS most recepients are caucasian and most of it goes to red states….
You folks down in Albany must love ya’ some JPM, ey what?
kayaker 71
October 2nd, 2012
8:06 am
Granny, 8:02,
“most recipients are caucasian “…… what the hell does that have to do with the discussion?