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1 Question Could STUMP TRUMP in Debates
Clean.tv ^ | 8-4-15 | CleanTV

Posted on 08/04/2015 9:10:53 AM PDT by Patriot27591

Mr. Trump, why do you blame Republicans for the 2008 economic crisis when it was caused by Democrat policies, and if you don't really know what caused that crash, why should we trust you to help steer the economy in the future?


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1 posted on 08/04/2015 9:10:53 AM PDT by Patriot27591
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To: Patriot27591

And presto! A new Leftist talking point has sprouted up right here from a FR screen capture...


2 posted on 08/04/2015 9:12:11 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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To: Patriot27591

I think he answered this question before. The blame gop because Bush was in office


3 posted on 08/04/2015 9:12:26 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: 4rcane

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4 posted on 08/04/2015 9:12:41 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Patriot27591

Trump: because they are all stupid. Me? I am fabulous. Amazing. Rich.

//obvious sarcasm


5 posted on 08/04/2015 9:14:33 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Patriot27591
Well to be fair Bush had NO problem with the basic concept and even praised Franklin Raines at a meeting honoring him

He did try and stop the corruption once he saw what was happening but never did realize that is what you get with liberal left wing sham programs
6 posted on 08/04/2015 9:16:09 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: 4rcane

If Bush had fought against the demo policies and lost, then you could blame the dems. But Bush didn’t; so he gets the blame.


7 posted on 08/04/2015 9:16:56 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: Patriot27591
As a former NYer, I have watched Trump for over 35 years and with all his call-ins to morning news shows on TV and radio and his pressers, I have never seen him at a loss for words or stumped by a reporter.

I don't know how he'll respond to such a question but believe me when I say that he will either answer the question or redirect the question to something else he wants to say.

8 posted on 08/04/2015 9:20:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (The revolution has begun...and Trump is gonna lead it.)
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To: 4rcane
Well, the simple fact is that it was Bush who bailed out the banks, whoever caused their problems (and it was mostly Dems, though both parties played a part in the horrible Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac lending.) But the Buck Stops Here, not at the policies but at the last man to enact them.

Herbert Hoover could have avoided the Great Depression, but he followed leftist nostrums for "recovery" and is usually blamed for the Depression.

9 posted on 08/04/2015 9:20:30 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Patriot27591

How the Financial Meltdown Happened

Al Kresta's "Finance Fridays"

Audio-Podcast, Book & Movie Reviews.

Ten interviews with business professor Dr. Max Torres, "tracing the spiritual, moral, economic & political undergirdings of the September 2008 financial meltdown".

(This web page is necessary for hosting the interviews because the Ave Maria Radio podcast-archive system is very difficult to navigate.)

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The Interviewer
Al Kresta
Al Kresta†

The Expert Guest
Max Torres
Max Torres‡

The interviews are now queued to start at the beginning of each podcast.

No. Interview Date

Show
Title
Author/Director
Book Link/Movie Site
Book
Movie

1 9/10/2010
Architects of Ruin
How big government liberals wrecked the global economy---and how they will do it again if no one stops them
Peter Schweizer Architects of Ruin
2 9/17/2010
Meltdown
A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Thomas E. Woods Jr. Meltdown
3 10/8/2010
House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
William Cohan House of Cards
4 10/15/2010
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman The Greatest Trade Ever
5 10/29/2010
The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis The Big Short
6 11/5/2010
Inside Job
The Film that Cost $20,000,000,000,000 to Make
Charles Ferguson www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
7 12/3/2010
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence G. McDonald A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
8 1/14/2011
On the Brink
Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry M. Paulson On the Brink
9 2/11/2011
The End of Prosperity
How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen
Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore and Peter Tanous The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen by Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore and Peter Tanous
10 3/25/2011
The Housing Boom and Bust
(Revised Edition)
Thomas Sowell The Housing Boom and Bust

Al Kresta - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Al Kresta (born 1951) is a Catholic broadcaster, journalist and author. A former Evangelical pastor, he is now the President and CEO of Ave Maria Radio, and host of Kresta in the Afternoon, produced by Ave Maria Radio and syndicated on EWTN Global Catholic Radio, heard on more than 160 stations around the United States, Sirius Satellite, and numerous webstreams.

Personal Background

A 1976 honors graduate of Michigan State University, Kresta has done graduate work in theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and Ashland Theological Seminary.

In 1986, Kresta began pastoring Shalom Ministry in Taylor, MI. He became well known in the Detroit area for his program, "Talk from the Heart," one of the top-rated Christian talk shows during the 1980s and 90s on WMUZ. When he began the program, Al was a Protestant pastor. The questions forced upon him as pastor, however, led him to return to the Catholic Church. His profound personal conversion to Christ and return to the Catholic Church is told in the best-selling anthology Surprised By Truth.

In 1997 Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan recruited him to launch the media apostolate, Ave Maria Communications. Over the years, Kresta has engaged in vigorous discussions and debates with many nationally known figures from politics, the arts, the Church, academia and business.

Kresta has been a guest on BBC Radio and major TV network news affiliates. His radio work has received mention by Associated Press, "The Washington Times," "National Catholic Reporter," "Our Sunday Visitor," "Envoy," "Christianity Today," and numerous metropolitan newspapers.

Kresta's life and spiritual journey took on a new dimension in February 2003, when he lost his left leg to necrotizing fasciitis, a virulent infection often referred to as the "flesh-eating bacteria." His extended recovery and eventual return to broadcasting have given him new insights into the realities of suffering and hope.

Kresta and his wife, Sally, were married in 1977 and currently have 5 children.

Books

Kresta is the author of "Why Do Catholics Genuflect?—And Answers to Other Puzzling Questions About the Catholic Faith" (Servant Books), "Why Are Catholics So Concerned About Sin?" (St. Anthony Messenger Press) and co-author with Nick Thomm of "Moments of Grace: Inspiring Stories From Well-Known Catholics" (St. Anthony Messenger Press). He is a contributor to "Shaken by Scandals: Catholics Speak Out About Priests’ Sexual Abuse" (Servant Books), and "Loving Your Neighbor," (Capital Research Foundation).

Why Do Catholics Genuflect?

Why Do Catholic Genuflect? has made the top-10 list of Catholic books compiled by the Catholic Book Publisher’s Association. It answers more than 50 common questions about Catholic religious beliefs and spiritual practices. At its release, Kresta explained that the book isn’t intended to be "a definitive work of apologetics." Rather, it is written in question-and-answer style like "a conversation that would help interested Catholics and non-Catholics better understand why Catholics believe and behave as we do."


‡Maximilian B. Torres, Jr., Assistant Professor of Law, Pettit College of Law, Ohio Northern University; Visiting Professor of Business, IESE Business School, University of Navarra

Ph.D., summa cum laude, Business Administration, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain; J.D., Harvard Law School

Professor Torres joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006. Prior to coming to ONU, he taught at Ave Maria and Southern New England law schools, in the business programs at Dartmouth, Stanford, and the Institute for Media and Entertainment, and internationally at University of Navarra (Spain) and Bled School of Management (Slovenia). He spent a number of years working in the investment and securities fields with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

Professor Torres is director of the Three-Dimensional Leadership Institute, a center for training leaders to harness the intangibles that underlie measurable results. Located in Ann Arbor, MI--home to the University of Michigan, one of the world's great research universities--its activities with executives are carried on throughout the world.

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10 posted on 08/04/2015 9:20:53 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: samtheman

Correct! Trump needs to clarify that Bush should have fought against the sub-prime mortgage fiasco. Since Bush didn’t, the GOP owns the consequences.


11 posted on 08/04/2015 9:21:14 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Patriot27591

First off, I don’t think any debate moderator would concede the point that Democrat policies caused the 2008 crash.

If asked, though, Trump could simply say that chicken-sh!t Republicans were acting like Democrats and the country needs Republican leadership with stones and a spine.


12 posted on 08/04/2015 9:21:29 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: Old Sarge

The simple fact is that Donald Trump has a long liberal history. None of it is going to go away no matter how desperately some try to silence the questions.

In fact, people should be asking why the media isn’t asking these questions. Could it be that they’re saving them for greater effect in the future.


13 posted on 08/04/2015 9:21:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: samtheman

Bingo. I liked W, but he really “went wobbly” in his last term.


14 posted on 08/04/2015 9:21:42 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Patriot27591

I expect democrats to be evil because they are evil. This includes Trump since his turn to the GOP is only convenient for his ego.

I said that to preface this: The GOP had the White House and Congress from 2001 - 2007. They were slowly, ever so painfully slowly, erasing the deficit. But they didn’t curb corruption and were completely unable to articulate a plan that would restore public trust. The Dems, always more quick on their feet, destroyed the GOP in the 2006 elections because conservatives sat on their hands to punish the GOP.

How has that worked out? Conclusion: There’s plenty of blame to go around.


15 posted on 08/04/2015 9:22:13 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: 4rcane

Bush-43 was the biggest disappointment for me since 1972.

Iraq war was unmitigated disaster. 3771 soldiers killed, 100,000 injured and $2 Trillion piled on to national debt. For what? Can someone show me any benefit for all that sacrifice in blood and treasure? Saddam was keeping Islamic extremists in check. ISIS would be impossible under Saddam.

Then Bush-43 piled on another entitlement on the country..prescription meds, while medicare & medicaid are already going broke.

Then another blunder by Bush-43, to bail out big Wall Street bank, or TARP. Crony corporatism of the extreme kind.

And the Bushes want a 3rd Bush to govern us? Pray America is waking.


16 posted on 08/04/2015 9:23:36 AM PDT by entropy12 (We need a president who can say "you are fired", not one who wants to please every one.)
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To: Patriot27591

Welcome to Free Republic.

Did your computer crash?


17 posted on 08/04/2015 9:24:19 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: Patriot27591
Mr. Trump, why do you blame Republicans for the 2008 economic crisis when it was caused by Democrat policies, and if you don't really know what caused that crash, why should we trust you to help steer the economy in the future?

Because in 2008, Trump was a declared Democrat and Obama supporter. Stalking horses are gonna stalk.

18 posted on 08/04/2015 9:27:03 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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Bush 2008: 'I've Abandoned Free Market Principles to Save The Free Market'

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2149830/posts?q=1&;page=1

19 posted on 08/04/2015 9:27:36 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Patriot27591
Trump, Cruz or any Conservative could knock that question out of the park. If we allow the media or anyone else to hide the fact that there was Republican culpability in the debacle, we do not deserve to win--nor can anyone who understands economics trust us. Yes the Democrats pushed housing for those who could not possibly afford that housing; providing part of the incentive for the creation of a mountain of worthless debt instruments; but Republicans went along with some of that push--lest the weak kneed ones be seen as anti-poor people.

More significant in what actually followed; it was Bush II's Secretary of the Treasury who advocated our big banks being allowed to grossly--grossly and then some--over-leverage their assets, to set the stage for the massive meltdown.

Corrupt banking policy combined with corrupt social policy. Both cancers need to be attacked.

20 posted on 08/04/2015 9:29:44 AM PDT by Ohioan
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