October 22, 2011
— andy I just love it when the mask slips and these people let you see who they really are:
Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran told The Daily Caller on Thursday evening that President Obama should “refinance every home mortgage” without congressional approval in order to “reset the economy.”
That constitutional republic thing with all its separation of powers and checks and balances and stuff is so inconvenient.
Why, that unaccomplished SCOAMF of a benevolent dictator wannabe should just be able to do whatever he wants. His plans have all been correct so far, right?
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refinance all mortgages*
What a boon that would be to the economy!
*well, just the mortgages for those who typically vote Democrat
Posted by: soothsayer at October 22, 2011 12:25 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2011 12:25 PM (YdQQY)
Yes!
Government largesse that insures that there are no losers in a particular sector of the economy would be just great for the economy.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 22, 2011 12:26 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at October 22, 2011 12:26 PM (ieDPL)
Moran isn't down at occupy DC because they kicked him out for being too stupid and out of touch with reality.
Posted by: pep at October 22, 2011 12:27 PM (6TB1Z)
I don't even want to type the content -- the following six words make it self-explanatory:
Dan Savage's Letter to Herman Cain
Posted by: lu - proud Perrywinkle & on the look-out for a bear, mountain lion, & monkey at October 22, 2011 12:27 PM (zMt5Q)
Posted by: lu - proud Perrywinkle at October 22, 2011 12:27 PM (zMt5Q)
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Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 22, 2011 12:31 PM (UTq/I)
The economy would have already "reset" if they had just let the Banks fail, let GM & Chrysler fail, let the mortgages that were in trouble be foreclosed on.....it's happened before. ....It would be brutal for a while, but then we would already be in recovery.
Instead, all they have done with the bailouts is postpone and prolong the agony.....and spread out the misery for years and years, instead of a few months.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 12:31 PM (OEMhx)
Nothing stopping any private individual from making offers to homeowners[sic] with their own private funds.
Go on, Barry, put that billion in bribe money you're soliciting for 2012 to some good use.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 22, 2011 12:33 PM (lGVMg)
I'll bet my leftnut that young QGKaddafi will achieve room temperature by the time I hit the "Post" button.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 22, 2011 12:34 PM (sqkOB)
My Congresscritter at work,,,,ugh! He has the freedom to say anything because his congressional district is majority Dem. Yes, he is dumber than a box of rocks but my neighbors will keep re-electing this buffoon over and over.
Posted by: stillers at October 22, 2011 12:35 PM (cLdIL)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at October 22, 2011 04:26 PM (ieDPL)
for real.
Posted by: trailortrash at October 22, 2011 12:35 PM (xllDV)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 22, 2011 12:36 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2011 12:36 PM (UlUS4)
Christine O'Donnell endorses Mitts for Prez.
Tea Party gonna be pissed
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Did she endorse him or just donate money to him? The ABC Blog kind of just says the latter.
Does CO'D have a PAC?
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:37 PM (5H6zj)
no shit, eh?
They had billions of dollars, probably in cash and gold.
Didn't they learn anything from Saddam? All GQKaddafi had to was "pretend" to make concessions. Or just leave.
Now he's dead.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 22, 2011 12:37 PM (sqkOB)
The economy would have already "reset" if they had just let the Banks fail, let GM & Chrysler fail, let the mortgages that were in trouble be foreclosed on.....it's happened before. ....It would be brutal for a while, but then we would already be in recovery.
Instead, all they have done with the bailouts is postpone and prolong the agony.....and spread out the misery for years and years, instead of a few months.
Exactly. It's almost like they're unaware of Japan's experience starting from the 1980s. Protect the banks, drag out the pain for a decade or two. It's like not setting a broken leg, but rather taking pain killers, trading the temporary pain of setting the leg for the long-term pain of a poorly healed one.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 22, 2011 12:39 PM (+F1KP)
Does CO'D have a PAC?
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 04:37 PM (5H6zj)
Yes, the money all the "freedom fighting TRUE CONSERVATIVES" raised for her went to her PAC.
She took money out of said PAC- and gave it to Romney.
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 12:39 PM (Yxi4M)
“Yes, I contributed to Romney,” she said. “While I am still undecided, I am leaning more and more towards Romney. Voters are craving strong leadership, Romney has it.” “Right now, I’m 70 percent behind Romney,” she said. “I will absolutely max out if he’s the nominee.”
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:39 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:40 PM (5H6zj)
Y-not, you realize she doesn't really have any money of her own, right? She's been living off her campaigns for a while now.
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 12:40 PM (Yxi4M)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at October 22, 2011 12:42 PM (gwDMH)
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 04:40 PM (5H6zj)
Or, 99% of the "conservative" leadership is actually...
well, lets say they don't like the people who put on the sunglasses.
I put mine on at a Cain event and he turned into Romney. The guy behind him turned into Romney. The American flag behind him? An image of Romney's hair.
Seriously, if you just put on the glasses...
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 12:42 PM (Yxi4M)
Being irrelevant must be so hard on someone that craves attention.
Posted by: lu - proud Perrywinkle at October 22, 2011 12:43 PM (zMt5Q)
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Sure.
I am not a witch O'Donnell sympathizer. But I was just curious if she was putting her personal brand (such as it is) on Mitt or if she was doing it more arms length via her PAC.
I guess she's looking for work in the new administration.
Which brings up something. Isn't it illegal for POTUS candidates to promise positions in their administrations? I thought I read that somewhere last time.
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:43 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:45 PM (5H6zj)
WTF is this all about?
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at October 22, 2011 12:47 PM (4sQwu)
"Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 12:47 PM (5H6zj)
O'Donnell cooing over Romney?
That's like....'the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend' + 'hell-hath-no-fury'. ....A two-fer. .....Palin started bashing Romney back during the debt ceiling debate. Then both Palin and the Iowa Tea Party scorned O'Donnell in August.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 12:47 PM (OEMhx)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 22, 2011 12:50 PM (mFxQX)
29 Maybe Mitt puts something in his hair gel that hypnotizes some conservatives.
Having hundreds of millions of dollars can have a hypnotizing effect on some people.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 12:51 PM (OEMhx)
#41
When Palin endorses Romney, the sound of the head explosions at Hot Air will make everyone deaf from six websites away. ScannersScanners
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 12:51 PM (Yxi4M)
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 12:53 PM (Yxi4M)
41...So, will Palin endorse before the primary becomes fait accompli?
She's been throwing some support for Cain already. ....In between going on about 'crony capitalism'.
I can't believe she is still using that old phrase she dug up from the liberals, now that the Occutards have been putting it on their signs and chanting it. She must inwardly really have a problem with the concept of capitalism.....or is as clueless as some have said she is.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 12:56 PM (OEMhx)
Democrats and their Reset buttons.
I thought of something very similar years before I heard of Barack Obama. It was an Undo feature for life. You just hook a small appliance onto your belt or strap it to your forearm. There are only two buttons: Ctrl and Z.
The idea is that whenever you want to take something back, you just hit Ctrl-Z and the last thing you did undoes itself. I mean, the idea is freaking genius.
I never pursued a patent or any kind of development because it's a fantasy. You can't go to Staples and buy an Easy button and letter Reset over the top and bring it to Russia and push it and actually reset relations between two nations.
Are people in our government aware of this? That stuff like Wizards of Waverly Place is fun but it's only a TV show?
Posted by: FireHorse at October 22, 2011 12:59 PM (XFU/t)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at October 22, 2011 12:59 PM (7Iwef)
Forgive them, they know not what they do.
Posted by: Last Temptation of Obama at October 22, 2011 01:06 PM (23ihd)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 22, 2011 01:08 PM (Lpdzt)
Posted by: Hidajunshin at October 22, 2011 01:08 PM (MVVJU)
Posted by: volfan at October 22, 2011 01:13 PM (Wv02x)
O'Donnell cooing over Romney?
That's like....'the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend' + 'hell-hath-no-fury'. ....A two-fer. .....Palin started bashing Romney back during the debt ceiling debate. Then both Palin and the Iowa Tea Party scorned O'Donnell in August.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 04:47 PM (OEMhx)
Yeah, CO'D strikes me as spiteful. I can't imagine she has a long-term plan with all this. Maybe she wants to get back in the good graces of the establishment types so that they'll let her run for office and lose again or appoint her to dogcatcher of Sussex county.
The only shred of cred she has is as an outsider. She's of no use to Romney.
Posted by: AmishDude at October 22, 2011 01:13 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 22, 2011 01:13 PM (xOy1A)
Posted by: Tjexcite at October 22, 2011 01:14 PM (bHOFR)
OBEY. get free stuff at someone eleses expense. and wihtout congress and the seperation of powers.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 22, 2011 01:15 PM (O7ksG)
Posted by: davidt at October 22, 2011 01:16 PM (wFSX3)
btw-- The TEACHER'S UNION gives democrat candidates millions upon millions of dollars every election cycle. We should demand that money go back into the classroom. You know, for the children.
Instead we have failing schools, unfunded bloated teacher pensions, school programs are cut at every turn. All the democrat/teacher's union/left/money machine can do is whine about how they need more money and they need that money from the tax payer.
This must end.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 22, 2011 01:16 PM (O7ksG)
The lede is being buried here: why the hell is it that suddenly so many elected Democrats believe it's safe to go full retard Fascist in public?
FIFY.
Posted by: butch at October 22, 2011 01:18 PM (UIbD4)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at October 22, 2011 01:19 PM (ieDPL)
MORAN. "O" completes him.
Watching this man, ignorant as a stone, swing his dick and pontificate about economics, makes my arm twitch. The Slappy Hand of Justice is champing at the bit.
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at October 22, 2011 01:20 PM (SYrAh)
Posted by: Doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at October 22, 2011 01:22 PM (6QZ7V)
Jim Moran is a dumbass. Unelect democrats.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 22, 2011 01:25 PM (xOy1A)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 22, 2011 01:25 PM (5I0Yr)
59.....She's of no use to Romney.
Well it would depend on how far she is willing to let herself get used by him. ....She could be of use to discredit the Tea Party and make them look foolish.
Even though we political junkies know that she has fallen from grace with the TP.....the general public may not be aware of this. The Tea Party hasn't come out and made a big nationwide thing out of disowning her.....because it isn't a big nationwide organization. But the media acts like it is, and refers to it as though it is.....and the general public watches them.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 01:27 PM (OEMhx)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 22, 2011 01:27 PM (aD5Kx)
Sounds like something Hugo Chavez would blurt out. Only in English.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 22, 2011 01:28 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at October 22, 2011 01:28 PM (ieDPL)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at October 22, 2011 01:29 PM (KttSh)
Posted by: They Live Subliminal Messages at October 22, 2011 01:31 PM (IkUvh)
Posted by: huerfano at October 22, 2011 01:31 PM (fecOD)
Yo, Ding Dong, man, Ding Dong. Ding Dong, yo.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 22, 2011 01:32 PM (lGVMg)
He did say he is running at being 100% right, so it would be wrong to disagree with him.
Posted by: Iron Balls McGinty at October 22, 2011 01:32 PM (xUI0P)
So those people who used their house like a piggy bank, taking out adjustable-rate HELOCs to spend on vacations & toys, and who now find themselves unable to refinance because they are underwater - yes, let's bail them out by letting them refinance at a fixed rate. Because they were victims of the big greedy banks.
But those people, who took out a conservative mortgage, who didn't go on vacations so that they could pay extra principal payments, and who are able to refinance _on their own_ without needing a bailout, or better yet who already paid off their mortgage - they get nothing. Because they are in collusion with the banks to rip off the 99%, or something.
Moral hazard all around!
Posted by: chemjeff at October 22, 2011 01:33 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 22, 2011 01:37 PM (aD5Kx)
88 Moran thinks Barry can do this without Congress?
Maybe with TARP money? I dunno, I haven't been keeping up with what has happened to that program.....but Barry could funnel that money into Fannie/Freddie and refinance a lot of mortgages with it.....without Congress.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 22, 2011 01:40 PM (OEMhx)
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Posted by: SFGoth at October 22, 2011 01:43 PM (ihs1C)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 22, 2011 01:44 PM (xOy1A)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 22, 2011 05:43 PM (ihs1C)
I know. Really misspelling it.
I thought it was A-s-s-h-o-l-e.
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 01:45 PM (Yxi4M)
Posted by: macintx at October 22, 2011 01:46 PM (ucs8Y)
Posted by: jdw at October 22, 2011 01:46 PM (XBEWJ)
Posted by: macintx at October 22, 2011 05:46 PM (ucs8Y)
She will surely endorse Romney if it's a fait accompli.
Posted by: AmishDude at October 22, 2011 01:48 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: macintx at October 22, 2011 05:46 PM (ucs8Y)
So, none of her past gross shenanigans were enough to already do that?
I wouldn't put it past her at all.
Posted by: CAC at October 22, 2011 01:48 PM (Yxi4M)
Posted by: joeindc44 at October 22, 2011 01:50 PM (u9B7L)
Posted by: macintx at October 22, 2011 01:51 PM (ucs8Y)
I don't think she'll endorse Cain, because I don't think she'll see him as a credible candidate.
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 01:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: macintx at October 22, 2011 01:54 PM (ucs8Y)
Moran is a founding member of the DLC, so apparently dictatorial rule by presidential fiat is now considered a moderate democratic position.
And you know, probably is....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 22, 2011 01:57 PM (oBrVT)
Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2011 04:41 PM (5H6zj)
Golf clap on the good witch and newt.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 22, 2011 02:02 PM (AM+sr)
Posted by: rightlysouthern at October 22, 2011 02:09 PM (XS61p)
Posted by: Stu-22 at October 22, 2011 02:16 PM (k4bdL)
This guy isn't capable of thinking past his nose. You cannot forgive debt. We all own part of this 'debt' in one way or another. If something like this was done, or some of the crap from OWS demanding all debts forgiven was done, none of us would be getting any sort of pensions or anything. 401k's would disappear overnight, food prices would x5 instantly, and the lending industry would evaporate. We would become basically Mexico with much worse problems overnight.
Democrats seem to have great difficulty thinking things through. Its almost like they aren't very intellectually curious at the least, but most likely are just stupid.
You can see this on DU and KOS. Some of the dumbest shit you'll ever read. Every time i've looked over the threads there, many people make comments like "well, we're all 130+ IQ's here so etc etc..." Bizarre mental complex going on. Perfect atmosphere for being mentally lazy, hence the lack of ability to think things through
Why the Republicans aren't making political ads from comments like these, or the Obama indorsed OWS crowd is beyond me. Are the Republican establishment types really this dense? I mean, first Mccain didn't use Obamas racist pastor in ads, now all this wonderful OWS footage is going unused. WHO'S SIDE ARE THEY ON? SERIOUSLY
Posted by: Governor Moon Beaner at October 22, 2011 02:29 PM (bcmD0)
My congressman, Jim Moran, D- MBNA.
What a scuzz. I hoped he'd run for Senata so we could get someone else in CD 8.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 22, 2011 02:31 PM (vkz7W)
Posted by: Pol Pot T-Shirts at October 22, 2011 02:33 PM (SMqnS)
Funny thing (as morally I'm opposed to it), it probably would've revived the economy much better than the 1st stimulus program. For ppl owing under 200k it would've been a Godsend while costing far less than Stimulus1.
The horse is out of the barn now, however, and lying flayed on the street like a work by Hogarth. Democrats always ignore Beer Alley and head straight towards Gin Lane.
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 22, 2011 02:37 PM (7+pP9)
My congressman, Jim Moran, D- MBNA.
What a scuzz. I hoped he'd run for Senata so we could get someone else in CD 8.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 22, 2011 06:31 PM (vkz7W)
Luckily we get Tim Kaine as the D candidate. The stupid in that jackass is legendary. Plus, he has to run as Bambi's butt buddy since he was all over Obama in 08.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 22, 2011 02:38 PM (AM+sr)
But at least the banks have long since paid back the money. It wasn't tossed in a hole in the ground. It was easy for some of them because they didn't want the money in the first place i.e. Wells Fargo. So they simply returned the money as soon as they were allowed. It was a bit of theater to create the appearance the whole banking sector was going to collapse, rather than just specific ones who had embraced certain Democrat-promoted policies more than the others.
It didn't solve the bad paper problem but the idea of just making everyone's mortgage no longer a problem was never going to happen. As we've already seen from the programs that were done, a massive number of these mortgage were doomed regardless of whether they were underwater. That just forced the issue into public awareness because it removed the quick escape option.
Telling everyone, "you get a new mortgage based on current assessed value" would have just created a new crisis by instantly wiping out over a trillion dollars in real estate value at the the stroke of a pen. This would have crashed some entities who weren't previously in distress. So it isn't difficult to see why it was hard to get any adults enthused over that prospect.
Any solution needed to include suffering by irresponsible lenders and irresponsible home buyers alike. Putting the entire tax paying public on the hook for the foolishness of a subset of them was the wrong solution.
Posted by: epobirs at October 22, 2011 02:50 PM (kcfmt)
When Palin endorses Romney, the sound of the head explosions at Hot Air will make everyone deaf from six websites away. ScannersScanners
Posted by: CAC
So:
If Palin does endorse Romney because he's now going to be the inevitable Republican nominee, CAC will criticize her for not staying true to her espoused principles.
If Palin doesn't endorse Romney, CAC will criticize her for not being a team player and not thinking of party and victory first.
If Palin does nothing, CAC will criticize her for not taking a stand.
Yep, classic case of PDS.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 22, 2011 03:13 PM (oBrVT)
The SCOAMF would love to bypass Congress:
After being squeezed out of the debt talks, Barack Obama told Latinos today,
“I’d Like to Bypass Congress and Change the Rules on My Own.”
Via National Journal:
http://bcove.me/vtqxxjg0
H/T: Gateway Pundit.
http://tinyurl.com/3t35nyp
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Andy you sneaky bastard!
Posted by: soothsayer at October 22, 2011 12:22 PM (sqkOB)