The Real Plan

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Tue, 09-30-2008 - 1:25pm

The real plan was for the Republicans to allow the bill to pass and then, immediately, hammer Obama.    I have included link to the actual Republican advertisement at the bottom:


 


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/RNC_ad_was_cut_sent_out_before_package_failed.html?showall


September 30, 2008
Categories:
 Republicans


RNC ad, was cut, sent out before package failed


The Republican National Committee's new advertisement critical of the the Wall Street "bailout" was produced and sent to television stations in key states before the package failed, officials at two stations said.


"Wall Street Squanders our money. And Washington is forced to bail them out with -- you guessed it -- our money. Can it get any worse?" asks the ad's narrator, as the words "BAILOUT WITH OUR MONEY" cross the screen. (The answer: Obama's plans would make it worse.)


The ad, however, seems to assume that it can safely attack a successful plan. And the reason may be the timing: Though it started airing this morning, the spot was released to stations yesterday morning, ad executives at stations in Michigan and Pennsylvania said.


Kae Buck of WLNS in Lansing said her station received the at at 7:55 a.m. Monday.  Luanne Russell of Pittsburgh's WTAE said her station received it at 10:49 Monday morning.


The ad taps into deep resentment of the plan, but it comes at a time when the candidate it supports, John McCain, is urging its package, and asking that it not be referred to as a "bailout," but a "rescue."


Asked about the ad's relationship to the congressional legislation, the consultant heading up the RNC's expenditure, Brad Todd, responded in an email that Obama is its focus.


"This ad is about Barack Obama’s spending plan," he said. "Last Friday in the debate he struggled to name even one spending proposal he would responsibly trim in light of the economic crisis and any potential bailout plan. Senator Obama clings to his big spending approach even today and our ad campaign will focus attention on that irresponsible position.">>>


The advertisement:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9j_epTmr2c


 


It would have been brilliant politics, except the vote didn't pan out.  


 


 


 


 

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-11-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 5:24pm
I thought we just established that a one time support of a failed bill didn't mean much? Which is it?

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Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 5:50pm
No this problem started way before 1999. Sides who was the President (oh wait a minute, you already know who that was)

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Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 5:53pm
LOL, what was it you said Obama did to prevent this crisis?

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Registered: 09-26-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 5:59pm
That's why I indicated it was "veto proof" because so many Republicans were drooling at the thought of Deregulation - remember
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Registered: 12-07-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:00pm

>>Why do you think McCain supporters keep mentioning that failed bill?


Because Sen. McCain, Pres. Bush, and many other Republicans were smart enough to realize the problems

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Registered: 07-15-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:04pm
And, yet, though the Republicans controlled Congress under a republican president in 2005, the bill didn't even make it to the floor.
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Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:05pm

<>remember


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Registered: 07-15-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:07pm

Here's a relevant portion:


The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act, Pub.L. 106-102, 113

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Registered: 07-11-2006
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:31pm

You don't seem to be listening - McCain did nothing relevant yet he claims to have.

Obama, as far as I know, isn't claiming to have done something, BUT he is generally in favor of regulation, as most liberal are. So it's reasonable for me to assume that he is being consistent in supporting regulation.

McCain did next to nothing.

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Registered: 09-25-2008
In reply to: sopall1953
Wed, 10-01-2008 - 6:32pm

Egg-sactly.

Those big, scary, awful minority Democrats, with their minorities in both the House and the Senate, just absolutely BULLDOZED those poor, honest, hardworking, pro-regulation Republicans: the GoOPers didn't WANT to spend money like drunken sailors!...the Democrats made 'em do it. They didn't WANT to abandon the Fannie/Freddie Bill that's been so ballyhooed here...but strangely not followed-up-on by the all-Republican government....the Democrats made 'em do it. They didn't WANT to deregulate everything from here to maternity.....those vile, evil, dastardly, minority DEMOCRATS made 'em do it!!!!!


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