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In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi's big con [View all]RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)127. Precisely n/t
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This branding of anyone wo doesn't sing "Happy Days are Here Again" as a GOP stooge is disgusting
leveymg
Jan 2013
#133
I'm saying Taibbi is dishonest because he makes shit up out of whole cloth.
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#134
Links and quotes are your friends if you want to be persuasive. "Making shit up" isn't.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#135
The OP is essentially nonfactual. Hundreds of billions of TARP loans have never been paid back
leveymg
Jan 2013
#140
He is a limited hangout- got everyone riled up about the mortgage fraud, then dropped the subject
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#10
Semantic battle royal: Taibbi mentioned pukes; he never said they ''saved'' us from TARP.
Octafish
Jan 2013
#25
Isn't if interesting that the folks defending Taibbi use fuller quotes, while
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2013
#28
"the senior economic adviser to President-elect Barack Obama...begged legislators "
ProSense
Jan 2013
#30
So what? It took a Socialist to get an audit of the Fed tacked onto TARP to give us a true picture.
Octafish
Jan 2013
#39
Obtuse much? The point demonstrates the long line of Wall Street-Washington criminality, ProSense.
Octafish
Jan 2013
#53
Says you, an anonymous poster online. Taibbi signs his name to what he writes.
Octafish
Jan 2013
#69
Nah, the people buying into Taibbi's bullshit are like the followers of Fox News
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#88
Be aware there are certain right wing think tank elements that patrol these boards,
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#76
People like Taibbi are always attacked by establishment-sorts and their apologists.
Marr
Jan 2013
#35
*Never mentioned -* as it would defeat the both parties are the same message.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#45
I think he's just saying the TARP was so bad that even some Republicans objected.
snot
Jan 2013
#162
Thanks for an interesting & thought provoking thread, all, & for the review of what happened too. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#56
Larry Summers is a dirty thieving bastard, a traitor to this country. He encouraged Clinton
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#57
Like Obama's repeated claim that Social Security was not started to help retirees? nt
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2013
#71
"Worked" to do *what* exactly? It firmed up the status quo in the nation with the worst
Romulox
Jan 2013
#77
I agree with this, except, if PO & they had let it all go, could we expect whatever came out of
patrice
Jan 2013
#118
No one needs to be a bankster apologist. They are criminals. The belong in jail.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#74
Agreed. I can't believe the bankster apologists aren't funded by Koch money or the like.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#104
It's unbelievable. I can't believe they aren't part of a thoughtlessness tank
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#115
I think, and this is just my opinion from reading quite a few books on the bailout,
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#143
"Actually, the government never committed more than $450billion" = semantic bullshit.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#124
How typical of the damage control brigade. The Kos piece is an undocumented opinion written
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#144
