[smoothsailing]

[ronnie raygun]

Revisionist rat convension

[EGPWS]

What Bill Clinton won’t say Tonight about His Role in Creating the Economic Mess

[Psycho_Bunny]

I remember at the time the WSJ stating specifically that Clinton’s crap with Fannie Mae - with the criminal he put in charge there - was going to balloon up and then collapse within 10 to 15 years.

It stuck in my mind because I didn’t really know what Fannie Mae was.

[chuckee]

Jimmuh Community Reinvestment Act Carter, Bill Repeal Glass Steagal Clinton and Barney Fannie Mae Frank are the 3 primary political architects of the financial meltdown.

[annieokie]

Just got this via email:

"If Obama gets re-elected, just think of the mess he'll inherit!"

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Conservatives railed against Clinton, warning the banks would have to be bailed out eventually.

How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett

What else Clinton won't talk about, that helped create this mess.

Bill Clinton’s failure on terrorism

He probably also won't mention that he inherited the end of the Cold War, an economy that was already growing for a year and nine months, and the jobs to be created by the advent of ecommerce and Y2K, none of which had anything to do with anything he did.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Is he handing out cigars in Charlotte?

[Talisker]

President Clinton likely will be silent this evening during his speech nominating President Obama for a second term about the role he played in setting the stage for the economic collapse that ensued a decade later.

Anyone who doesn't recognize the Clintons as the MAIN architects of the ENTIRETY of the hell that the United States - AND the world - has become, isn't even in the conversation.

And anyone who doesn't recognize that the phrase "the Clintons" means Hillary, is even worse.

Notice I didn't bother mentioning Obama? There was no need.

[NEPA]

As if that was not enough, the Clinton administration eased Fannie Mae lending requirements among minorities and low-income consumers in Sept. 1999 – a move that when combined with the Glass Steagle repeal resulted in the bank bailouts and the elevated unemployment of the Obama era.

Did Clinton do this by executive order or with the help of Congress?