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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:
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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>>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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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
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.
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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