Governor Romney's Housing Crisis (FR Exclusive)

FreeRepublic | 01/27/2012 | BuckeyeTexan and Danae

[BuckeyeTexan]

Ping.

[humblegunner]

Well done! No comment on Danae though.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I was gonna put it on my own blog and excerpt it, but I feared thy wrath. ;p

[Danae]

You ROCK Buckeye!!! Brilliant work!!

[BuckeyeTexan]

Ping to my freepathon pals.

[voicereason]

Well Done!

[hoosiermama]

Excellent!

[onyx]

WOW!
Superbly researched.
Bank of Boston; Romney’s tenure as Governor!

SLAM DUNK!

Bravo!

[Anti-Hillary]

Just DAMN!!!! Way to go.

[Tennessee Nana]

As was the common theme among liberal Republicans and Democrats at the time, Romney proclaimed in a March 3, 2004 press release that “fair and affordable housing should be a right, not a privilege.” According to a review of press releases from his administration, Governor Romney pledged approximately $350 million in state and federal funds and low-income housing tax credits to build more affordable housing and assist low-income borrows with special mortgage financing.
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Oh noez

[Anti-Hillary]

Please send this to the Gingrich people

[Earthdweller]

"Romney proclaimed in a March 3, 2004 press release that “fair and affordable housing should be a right, not a privilege.”"

Limousine liberal pretending to be an "R".

Think about it..how hard would it be to pull that off with the liberal Media on your side?

The guy is over the top, pathetically liberal..you never hear about any of it.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Okay. Will do.

[Jane Long]

Great article.

Rombama called Newt an "influence peddler" for Freddie/Fannie, yet HE "peddled" the very same "product" that caused the housing crisis!

Rombama must be called out on this!!

I just heard today that Bamster is sicking the Feds on "the banks who've caused this (housing) crisis". The banks? The banks were forced to make these crap loans!!

I don't know who's campaign is spinning faster - Bamster's or Rombama's.

Like Soros says...They're one and the same.

[AnTiw1]

The only argument between Romney and Obama is who pitches and who catches... ;^)

[blueyon]

You just proved what I always knew, Freepers ROCK!

[bubman]

The question is did Bain profit from the housing mkt collapse and if it did, how involved was Romney in the equation if any? It may have been legal however was it ethical? The revolving door of private to gv't and back require a beyond reproach scrutiny that is much needed. There are too many interconnecting dots that need to be scrutinized and made public. He is running for the president of the United States and this line of inquiry seems foggy at best.

Profiting from the collapse of the housing market in it of itself is not the issue but gaming the system is. Romney may be squeaky clean on this however the rats are going to look into this given their playbook.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Thanks. IMHO, Romney’s allegations of Newt peddling his influence pale in comparison to Romney’s aggressive affordable housing push in MA. His instincts as governor directly affected the bad assets on Fannie’s and Freddie’s books. It seems his revered business prowess didn’t serve him well as governor. What makes anyone think he’d have better instincts as POTUS?

[TitansAFC]

Ping!