star, it's really a shame that you never seem to give President Obama any credit in what's a terrible time for the country. He walks into office on January 20th, not quite two full months ago, he's done so many positive things on so many fronts, he's actively involved across the board (closing Guantanamo, banning torture, giving us a firm date for the end of combat operations in Iraq, ending federal funding restrictions on stem-cell research, actively revamping the healthcare system, enacted a pay freeze on all White House staffers making more the 100K, has given a detailed plan for overhauling the nation's public school system, etc etc etc). Every week he's involved in a new issue. Our reputation globally is being repaired: we're allies again, not bullies.
When you were on your holier-than-thou Cincinnati Tea Party kick - saying you were not republican nor democrat, just an american concerned with the fiscal policies of the country - I smelled a rat. Let's take a walk down Memory Lane, shall we?, to remind us just how non-partisan you are:
In spectacular twist of irony, liberals trash D.C.
(this thread had little to do with environmental concerns, and more to do with trashing liberals)
Self-serving and vile Democrats owe an apology
Connection between democratic leadership and poverty
Democrats attempting to abolish 401(k)'s
U.S. buying stakes in banks may actually work
(oh, I'm sorry! This was the period you were IN FAVOR of bailouts - because Bush was still in office.
In this thread, you gave your typical economic mumbo-jumbo, except skewed for "W":
star writes: "Since the gov't is buying preferred stocks, the common stock will not be diluted. This will provide the capital needed for banks to extend credit and [unfreeze] the lending and credit markets; without harming common stockholders."
On this same thread, lucky8 made a pithy comment:
"Wow I'm suprised there aren't any repubs in this thread screaming socialism...irony")
Liberal disappointment and backlash; digesting reality
Insecure Obama taking shots at radio host
Thanks for giving Obama a modicum of support, starman. Were he a moderate conservative doing the
very same things (as your support of bailouts under Bush proves), you'd be singing a different tune.