Barack wrote a letter......

[formerlurker]

Barack Wrote a Letter . . .
The Born supremacy, and other meltdown myths.Article
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At the October 7 Presidential debate, John McCain said that Barack Obama had encouraged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make risky loans, and that Mr. Obama was the second largest recipient of campaign cash from the government mortgage giants.

 
APMr. Obama replied that he "never promoted Fannie Mae" and that "two years ago I said that we've got a subprime lending crisis that has to be dealt with." And that's not all. "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it," said the Illinois Senator.

There's more. Mr. Obama's March 2007 letter included a stirring call to "assess options" and boldly suggested that the two men "facilitate a serious conversation" about housing. He was even brave enough to suggest that "the relevant private sector entities and regulators" might be able to provide "targeted responses." Then in paragraph four, the Harvard-trained lawyer dropped his bombshell: a suggestion that various interest groups get together to "consider" best practices in mortgage lending.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523804578478175.html

[docstew]

this is leadership?  if this guy were a Soldier, he'd be the prototype career specialist because no Sergeant Major would ever sign off on him wearing stripes

[whiffleball]

I'll follow this up with an email I got this a.m.:

Could you get a job at McDonald's and become District Manager after 143 days of experience?

Could you become Chief of Surgery after 143 days of experience?
 
Could you get a job as a teacher and be the Superintendent after 143 days of experience?
 
Could you join the military and become a General after 143 days of experience?
 
Could you get a job as a reporter and become the Nightly News Anchor after 143 days of experience?

BUT....
'From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World .... 143 days.

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that's all it is - a start,
and strangely, a large sector of the American public is OK with this and campaigning for him.