AUTO-BAILOUT (Brian Lerhrer-Andrea Bernstein: 2-18-09 :Here (and listen to my voice as first caller too!)
BANKING CRISIS: Frank Rich (op-ed) says on Brian Lerhrer, "there's plenty of blame to go around, especially since many consumers partook of the good times, specifically with the large amount of derivatives associated with the consumer credit card market (6 mins,30 seconds to 7:00 in link above on 2-23-09).
Republican Intransigence :
Frank Rich Interview on Brian Lerher 2-23 (see link above) 16mins 15 seconds into segment they discuss how,"
various republican governors are 'living in the past, and are seeming to bet for the country to fail (betting against the stimulus working) and almost ROOTING for more economic disarray and disaster, and,Well (mark breathes...) Frank Rich said it for me today.
at the same time, they are standing up for an ideology of being "deficit hawks" that they completely disregarded for the entire eight years of the Bush administration. Not just the trillion or so dollars spent on Iraq, but also on the Bush tax cuts.
And so now they're standing up for a principle that they didn't stand up for before, at a time when it's particularly questionable, and they look like complete hypocrites.
I think what we've got here is a southern, regional largely white male, aging party which is consigning itself to the margins of American politics...
And I don't think thats a good thing for the country, I think we need a serious opposition (party) to any government that we have.
And he concludes... These people are drinking their own kool-aid. Newt Gingrich was crying in the back of the plane during the Clinton years, I think it's just going to blow up in their faces, it already is.
These people are drinking their own kool-aid.... I think it's just going to blow up in their faces...Republican governors are 'living in the past, and are seeming to bet for the country to fail...Thanks again Mr Rich, for your words (again!) backing up my predictions.
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