Thursday, February 26, 2009

Follow the Money...

The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1&fmt=18

For low-quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1

Let's see...according to the clip, who was one of the biggest obstructionists? In other words, people were warning about Fanny and Freddie. And who was one of the people saying there wasn't a problem?

Barney Frank. Here's what I wrote earlier:

"But, to get back to the article at hand.... Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has been accused of a conflict of interest in the Fannie Mae meltdown. And he may actually have such a conflict. Here's a link to the article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html

" "I am the only member of the congressional gay spouse caucus," [Herb] Moses wrote in the Washington Post in 1991. "On Capitol Hill, Barney always introduces me as his lover." "

The two were, in fact, lovers from 1987 to 1998. During their time together, however, Herb Moses was a top exec at Fannie Mae and, in fact "helped develop many of Fannie Mae’s affordable housing and home improvement lending programs."

Oops? No confict of interest? Now let's assume that Mr Frank was a Republican. We'd never and I do mean never hear the end of it. No double standard??"

Here's THAT link: http://gregb1967.blogspot.com/2008/10/barney-frank-conflict-of-interest.html

But who was another one? That same Mr Schumer that told us that we don't care about pork.

You wanted change? Is this the change you wanted?

(H/T: Safhire)

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