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schmiss in ontd_political

A Republican regulator liberals love

Jul 05, 2009 13:44

The Contrarian
Sheila Bair and the White House financial debate.

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george (h.)w. bush / bush family, economy, timothy geithner, treasury department, bailout, deregulation, barack obama, banking, mortgages

Comments 14

bellichka July 5 2009, 18:54:43 UTC

I know you're predicting like three comments, bb, but it's so looooong and dry :( I need scandal or revolution to keep me entertained. Having a rough time comprehending more than 140 characters.

schmiss July 5 2009, 18:55:52 UTC

It is scandal though... in a way... Geithner vs Bair! There's even a Batman photoshop. And the additional hilarity of a Republican being more liberal than Summers and Geithner! And the Girl Power factor. Also.

bellichka July 5 2009, 18:59:54 UTC

I did like the Batman photoshop.

syndicalist July 5 2009, 18:56:27 UTC

Yes, I do like her a lot. I remember seeing an Elizabeth Warren interview last year, when Bush was pres., and she was touting Bair's proposals, which no one in the GOP (or even Dems, it seemed like) were paying attention to.

missmurchison July 5 2009, 20:05:14 UTC

Bair and Warren have been two people who consistently made sense.

squid_ink July 5 2009, 19:50:06 UTC

she's fierce

Why there's been such a political focus on making sure we're not unduly helping borrowers but then we're providing all this massive assistance at the institutional level, I don't understand it," she said. "It's been a frustration for me."

She said this at a press conference with Hank Paulson and Bernanke looking on.

FDIC Chief Raps Rescue for Helping Banks Over Homeowners

___closetome July 5 2009, 20:30:20 UTC

We need more Republicans like her.

schmiss July 5 2009, 20:42:33 UTC

I'd settle for more Democrats like her as well.

hinoema July 6 2009, 05:01:24 UTC

Yup yup.

orbitaldiamonds July 7 2009, 22:08:22 UTC

FOR REALS.

I read the whole thing and I was like, "Dude, she needs Geithner's job."

jmintmilano July 5 2009, 20:56:29 UTC

"Geithner and senior officials at Treasury believe that the root of the crisis was liquidity"

No. The root of the crisis was GREED. Greed by corporations. Greed by mortgage lenders. Greed by banks. Greed by consumers. GREED

sabzi_nic July 5 2009, 21:18:38 UTC

yes yes..so right. That's why even people who couldn't afford it were given loans.