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Obama slams ‘fat cat bankers’ (Upcoming “60 Minutes”)
AFP ^ | December 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has hit out at Wall Street “fat cats”, expressing anger that banks bailed out by the government plan huge bonuses while millions of Americans battle poverty and unemployment.

“I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street,” Obama said Friday in excerpts of an interview with CBS television to be aired on Sunday.

With unemployment still hovering at around 10 percent, amid a recession triggered in part by the excesses of financial institutions, Obama voiced frustration that “some people on Wall Street still don’t get it.”

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Obama’s Big Wall Street Sellout

Rolling Stone ^ | Dec. 10, 2009


129 posted on 12/13/2009 6:48:05 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief
Speaking of following the money.....I was seriously enraged to hear the Hillary's former adviser/strategist/pollster/ad agency Mark Penn received almost 6 mil in stimulus funds. Clearly a payback arrangement made at the time of Hillary's conceding defeat in last year's campaign. Obie agreed to help pay her campaign expenses, and used our friggin' tax dollars to do it !

oh, where to begin....

143 posted on 12/13/2009 6:54:49 AM PST by chiller ( ALMOST SPEECHLESS)
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To: maggief

So good to see UofCal giving over a $Million to obozo’s campaign and now needing to increase tuition 35%. Yeah, those eggheads really are smart.

Surely those rioting students will understand?

Pray for America and Our Troops


157 posted on 12/13/2009 7:07:21 AM PST by bray (Palin can see the White House from her Porch)
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