John McCain keeps trying to reassure us that hey, he blew the whistle on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac back in 2004 and 2005.
Indeed, the whole GOP seems to want to have this both ways. I heard Libby Dole on radio this morning whining that she and members of the Senate Banking Committee tried hard early on to put a stop to this. (She also complained about the pork added to the latest bailout bill, ignoring the fact that it was tucked in to win support from reluctant GOPers.)
But I have to wonder: since the GOP controlled both houses of Congress, the White House and the courts in the years the housing bubble blew up, starting in 2002...
Why couldn't they get anything passed?
I know John McCain seems to have decided to run against the GOP and President Bush in this race, as well as Obama. But if Republicans in general try to run against the GOP, who's going to buy it.
They like to pretend the war and the housing mess started when democrats took Congress in 2006. That ain't going to fly this time.
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