honky-tonk smack down wrote:
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We were on the verge of another great depression in the fall of 08 – thanks to crooked Republicons dominating the decade. Yes Obama saved your ass – and Mitt would put you right back in the sh!t.
“Mitt Happens”
Get serious: REID and PELOSI and the dems took over Congress in January 07.
"Uncle Tom" Obama was working the street for the crooked bankers as an Acorn lawyer years earlier and was one of the biggest receipients of Fannie and Freddie political contributions during that period.
1. Dodd, Christopher J S D-CT $133,900
2. Kerry, John S D-MA $111,000
3. Obama, Barack S D-IL $105,849
4. Clinton, Hillary S D-NY $75,550
5. Kanjorski, Paul E H D-PA $65,500
6. Bennett, Robert F S R-UT $61,499
7. Johnson, Tim S D-SD $61,000
8. Conrad, Kent S D-ND $58,991
9. Davis, Tom H R-VA $55,499
10. Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' S R-MO $55,400
11. Bachus, Spencer H R-AL $55,300
12. Shelby, Richard C S R-AL $55,000
13. Emanuel, Rahm H D-IL $51,750
14. Reed, Jack S D-RI $50,750
15. Carper, Tom S D-DE $44,389
16. Frank, Barney H D-MA $40,100
17. Maloney, Carolyn B H D-NY $38,750
18. Bean, Melissa H D-IL $37,249
19. Blunt, Roy H R-MO $36,500
20. Pryce, Deborah H R-OH $34,750
21. Miller, Gary H R-CA $33,000
22. Pelosi, Nancy H D-CA $32,750
23. Reynolds, Tom H R-NY $32,700
24. Hoyer, Steny H H D-MD $30,500
25. Hooley, Darlene H D-OR $28,750
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-s... I notice the dems dominate the list for the entities that were at the center of the meltdown; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.