http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/09/19/the-gramm-leach-bliley-canard/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:15:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/09/19/the-gramm-leach-bliley-canard/comment-page-1/#comment-528 The Blog @ Spolitics » Is Obama Lying or Ignorant? Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:35:53 +0000 http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/09/19/the-gramm-leach-bliley-canard/#comment-528 [...] We’ve touched on Senator Obama’s attempts to blame the current financial crisis on Gramm-Leach-Bliley before. Now the Journal and Bill Clinton weigh in and neither are buying Obama’s arguments. According to Clinton: “I don’t see that signing that bill had anything to do with the current crisis. Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn’t signed that bill.” [...] [...] We’ve touched on Senator Obama’s attempts to blame the current financial crisis on Gramm-Leach-Bliley before. Now the Journal and Bill Clinton weigh in and neither are buying Obama’s arguments. According to Clinton: “I don’t see that signing that bill had anything to do with the current crisis. Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn’t signed that bill.” [...]

]]> http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/09/19/the-gramm-leach-bliley-canard/comment-page-1/#comment-437 The Blog @ Spolitics » WaPo: Obama Was Notably Silent on New Regulations for Fannie and Freddie Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:11:05 +0000 http://spolitics.com/blog/2008/09/19/the-gramm-leach-bliley-canard/#comment-437 [...] on it — without any substantiation. Of course, he can’t substantiate it becauseit’s nothing but an empty, partisan argument. Even more comical, his advisers backed it as well: Would it be churlish to point out that another [...] [...] on it — without any substantiation. Of course, he can’t substantiate it becauseit’s nothing but an empty, partisan argument. Even more comical, his advisers backed it as well: Would it be churlish to point out that another [...]

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