[Palin Republic]

Watch out Helicopter Ben, Palin just got in her shipment of Stinger surface-to-air missiles.

[Palin Republic]

Pling!

[SeeSharp]

Well we can welcome the change, but her sincerity on this issue is subject to some skepticism. During the campaign she blamed the crisis on “predatory lenders”.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Welcome to FR!!!!! Great post! Thanx!

[Tempest]

Ron Paul is right about the Fed.

[Always Right]

Helicopter Ben did what he had to to overt the crisis. Greenspan left town in the nick of time. He left an absolute disaster behind. Palin is right, there is a lot of blame to go around, and a good chunk of that lies with government and fed policies. But Helicopter Ben’s aggressive actions save us from a free fall.

[section9]

Now this is a woman whose instincts are dead-on.

Trust me. She has decided to run against the entire political class, including the Obamists and that Ass Clown G.O.P..

I can't say this too many times.....

Best,

Chris

[stephenjohnbanker]

“So many to be blamed on so many different levels, but the fact remains that these people were responding to a market solution created by government policies that ran contrary to common sense,” she said.”

She GETS it.

[dirtboy]

and rating agencies underestimated risks.

Not entirely correct. Ratings agencies deliberately understated risks to keep clients happy.

There was much more than government involved with the financial meltdown.

[Pessimist]

Thank God someone with a sufficiently large megaphone finally said it.

Now watch the libs go wild...

[GBA]

Speculators spotted new investment vehicles, jumped on board and rating agencies underestimated risks. So many to be blamed on so many different levels, but the fact remains that these people were responding to a market solution created by government policies that ran contrary to common sense,” she said.

Sarah Palin gets it! And we need to hear more and more of this from her!!!

[Antoninus]

Bump. I’m not a Ron Paul supporter on foreign policy, but he’s really touched a nerve with the Federal Reserve thing. I’m glad someone with a real megaphone like Palin has taken up the cry.

[Smokin' Joe]

“Lack of government wasn’t the problem, government policies were the problem. The marketplace didn’t fail. It became exactly as common sense would expect it to,” she said. “The government ordered the loosening of lending standards. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates low. The government forced lending institutions to give loans to people who as I say, couldn’t afford them. Speculators spotted new investment vehicles, jumped on board and rating agencies underestimated risks. So many to be blamed on so many different levels, but the fact remains that these people were responding to a market solution created by government policies that ran contrary to common sense,”

A concise and imho accurate summation of the problem.

NOTE: THe marginaliztion of Sarah Palin continues, with the attempt to isolate her using Alinsky tactics as a fringe element in the Republican Party by equating her with Ron Paul, who has already been isolated using similar tactics--by Republicans.

By equating Ron Paul with the most crackpot of his supporters, the press and the Republican Party have effectively shoved him off to the side, and by the transitive property of political bullsh*t have managed to decry and deny all he has said.

I have been saying this for years, and will again repeat it:

By marginalizing our "extremists", Republicans have shifted the middle of the road to the left. The Left has long made use of their extremists to make the policies and positions of the leftist mainstream seem more reasonable in the public eye, and instead of counterbalancing the Left with their own more "extreme" elements (like those who believe the Federal Government in particular and government in general should be reduced to Constitutionally authorized proportions), the Republican Party has been in an increasing rush to discard the people and positions they espouse long before the onset of negotiations, effectively shifting the 'center' of political discourse to the Left.

It is this lack of resolve and willingness to discard their own which has enabled the socialism which has manifested itself in our nation up to the advent of the current administration, which has, in turn, siezed every asset it can in an effort to deliver the coup de grace to the American way of life.

Now, more than ever, we need to back our own, especially Conservatives, especially our 'extremists' as the media and even some Republicans will seek to label them.

[raptor29]

Sarah, continue to speak your mind, speak the truth, and steer clear of Washington insiders. You DO NOT NEED any ‘advisors’ from that element. These are not complicated issues, keep them simple. They only get complicated when insiders attempt to cover for all their lobbyists’ interests. Screw all of them and speak the truth.

[Leisler]

Where's Mr. Life Long Hunter I Wanted To Be A Vietnam Green Beret( but, I was in fwance ), Master of All Things Finance, Daddy's Little I'll Be Pwesedint TOo Daddy........Romney?

[a fool in paradise]

Ron Paul is a Republican? In name only. Not that there’s anything “wrong” with that but just pointing out that he isn’t principled enough to run as a third party candidate.

[montag813]

Funny how whenever someone criticizes the Federal Reserve, they get lumped in with the dreaded "Ron Paul".

If anyone tells you that, you send them over to YouTube to see one of the Alan Grayson videos...

"Which Foreigners Got the Fed's $500,000,000,000?" Bernanke: "I Don't Know."

Fed Inspector General Has No Clue

Fed Vice Chair and the $1.2 Trillion Slush Fund

Since when has questioning the actions of the Federal Reserve tantamount to treason? To be a true "conservative" one must allow the Fed to do whatever it wants with zero accountability?

[editor-surveyor]

We all know about the love affair between the WSJ and the Fed.

Thanks Sarah!

[Cicero]

The difference between Palin and Ron Paul, if I may simplify, is that Ron Paul tends to be a one-note politicians who gets obsessed with narrow issues and ignores everything else. Palin has a much broader and more sensible approach to things.

I support her because she combines all the elements necessary to bring conservatives together: constitutional freedoms, economic sense, traditional religious and social values, and patriotic defense of our country against its enemies.

Plus, she’s a natural born leader who can inspire large crowds.

[FastCoyote]

“Lack of government wasn’t the problem, government policies were the problem. The marketplace didn’t fail. It became exactly as common sense would expect it to,” she said. “The government ordered the loosening of lending standards. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates low. The government forced lending institutions to give loans to people who as I say, couldn’t afford them. Speculators spotted new investment vehicles, jumped on board and rating agencies underestimated risks. So many to be blamed on so many different levels, but the fact remains that these people were responding to a market solution created by government policies that ran contrary to common sense,” she said.

Be still my beating heart. This is one brainy gal, almost as smart as I am :)

[Zionist Conspirator]

Just so she doesn't go all Birch Society "Jewish international bankers are to blame for everything" on us.

I still prefer Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, btw.