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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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>>Because Sen. McCain, Pres. Bush, and many other Republicans were smart enough to realize the problems we could be facing and the Dems were not? <<
Ha-ha-ha, that may be what they want me to believe, but I'm not that gullible. McCain did next to nothing. He's got nothing on the Democrats on this one.
Show me some evidence that he DID something relevant. Show me similar evidence that the Democrats did nothing. Frankly, without turning to such reliable sources as the Republican campaign ads, there is nothing to be found either way.
From what I've learned, what it all boils down to is that everyone was trying to make it easier for low income families to buy homes.
Sopal
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>>I think I need another long break. I can feel my blood pressure rising! Think I'll send out some claims now and contribute to "free healthcare" in America. That always calms me down! ;o) <<
An old, cold war joke:
In Russia, healthcare is free...and you get what you pay for.
LOL
>>From what I've learned, what it all boils down to is that everyone was trying to make it easier for low income families to buy homes. Deregulation, low interest on government loans, etc. All with good intentions. <<
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there've been good intentions. The Conservatives have done a very effective job of undermining the middle class for several decades now. Helping low income people buy homes would not be consistent with that agenda.
I do know that Romney was delusional enough to believe that everyone in Massachusetts "should be able to buy a home in Lynnfield" (an affluent small town near Boston). When he was in office, it was before the bubble burst, so house prices were exorbitantly high. Being able to buy a first home anywhere was challenging enough, there was just no way Joe Schoe could afford an expensive town. He just didn't seem to get it. IMO, he just didn't care.
And yet the Dems can't get things done when they're in control.
"Because Sen. McCain, Pres. Bush, and many other Republicans were smart enough to realize the problems
>>Show me some evidence that he DID something relevant. Show me similar evidence that the Democrats did nothing.
You don't want evidence that he "did" something relevant.
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