“I’m very disappointed,” House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in a statement after the vote. “The Republicans killed this.” -- Bloomberg News
Did they really?
What about the 95 Democrats who voted against the plan? All Nancy Pelosi needed to do was get a few more Democrats to vote for the plan. Why couldn't she do that?
Here's a different view of what happened:
You can make your own conclusions.
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The way the media might use this to manipulate voter opinion is to run a story with a headline: Barney Frank: "The Republicans killed this." Technically that is reporting the news -- who is blaming whom. But if they do not also run a headline of some Republican blaming a Democrat, then they are basically by omission making it look like Barney Frank is right. If they used just added one word, "Barney Frank claims the Republicans killed the bill." That at least makes it a slightly more emotionally neutral so as not to present Frank's opinion as accepted fact. But still, the way it is written in the story can lend weight to the claim and create the impression that it was the Republicans fault. How different the story about the failed bailout bill would sound if the headline were: "Nancy Pelosi's Colossal Failure" which again technically would be correct since she is the Speaker of the House and she should have been able to get the Democrats to vote with her. But this headline would leave a negative impression on her.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Award: The Best Forum so far in the 2008 Campaign
By far the best forum for hearing from Obama and McCain without spin or distortion is the Saddleback Civil Forum. There was one hour with Barack Obama with questions covering many issues. (During this hour, McCain was kept in a room so he would not be able to hear any of the questions ahead of time.) And then there was a second hour with John McCain with the exact same questions. Neither candidate knew what would be asked before they came on.
MEDIA L.S.D. wants to make a special note of this excellent and fair format that provides clear information to Americans for use in comparing and evaluating the two candidates. Much thanks to Rick Warren for hosting this forum.
Check Youtube and follow the related links to hear the complete number of interview segments:
NOTE: If you have the time, listen to the entire 2 hours without cuts or compilations. That will give you the clearest picture.
By the way: Please don't be influenced by the fact that Obama's picture is in the video. He was interviewed first simply by a coin toss. One way the media attempts to manipulate people's feelings is they label a negative sounding word or title next to picture of one candidate, and a positive sounding word or title next to another candidate.
If someone were reporting this blog post, they would try to manipulate things this way: "MEDIA L.S.D. gives Award to Saddleback Presidential Forum" and then put the picture of the candidate of their preference being interviewed instead of showing both candidates and the moderator in a joint picture. That way the good feelings would go to their preferred candidate. The words "presidential" and "award" would then be associated with the one candidate over the other.
MEDIA L.S.D. wants to make a special note of this excellent and fair format that provides clear information to Americans for use in comparing and evaluating the two candidates. Much thanks to Rick Warren for hosting this forum.
Check Youtube and follow the related links to hear the complete number of interview segments:
NOTE: If you have the time, listen to the entire 2 hours without cuts or compilations. That will give you the clearest picture.
By the way: Please don't be influenced by the fact that Obama's picture is in the video. He was interviewed first simply by a coin toss. One way the media attempts to manipulate people's feelings is they label a negative sounding word or title next to picture of one candidate, and a positive sounding word or title next to another candidate.
If someone were reporting this blog post, they would try to manipulate things this way: "MEDIA L.S.D. gives Award to Saddleback Presidential Forum" and then put the picture of the candidate of their preference being interviewed instead of showing both candidates and the moderator in a joint picture. That way the good feelings would go to their preferred candidate. The words "presidential" and "award" would then be associated with the one candidate over the other.
The Cause of the Crisis 2008
Obama claims that it is McCain's "deregulation" that is too "risky" and contributed to the crisis.
But who refused to have tighter regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? (See article) The Republicans were warning of the danger of lack of accountability in Fannie and Freddie; they warned about a huge amount of lobbying and political contributions coming from Fannie and Freddie; they warned about the disproportionately high executive bonuses. The Democrats who controlled the Congress refused to allow tighter regulations and now in 2008 we have seen the result of that intransigency:
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Here's another good analysis of the record:
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Following is a pro-McCain video. But it is worth watching because the facts of the connections between Obama and Fannie May and Freddie Mac stand up to scrutiny.
Jim Johnson former CEO of Fannie Mae. Franklin Raines, also a former CEO for Fannie Mae. Both are advisors in Barack Obama's Campaign
It is also undeniable that 3 years ago in 2005, John McCain already was very concerned about the lack of regulation and accountability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Take a look at what he wrote about it -- shown in this video.
But who refused to have tighter regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? (See article) The Republicans were warning of the danger of lack of accountability in Fannie and Freddie; they warned about a huge amount of lobbying and political contributions coming from Fannie and Freddie; they warned about the disproportionately high executive bonuses. The Democrats who controlled the Congress refused to allow tighter regulations and now in 2008 we have seen the result of that intransigency:
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Here's another good analysis of the record:
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Following is a pro-McCain video. But it is worth watching because the facts of the connections between Obama and Fannie May and Freddie Mac stand up to scrutiny.
Jim Johnson former CEO of Fannie Mae. Franklin Raines, also a former CEO for Fannie Mae. Both are advisors in Barack Obama's Campaign
It is also undeniable that 3 years ago in 2005, John McCain already was very concerned about the lack of regulation and accountability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Take a look at what he wrote about it -- shown in this video.
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