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Pelosi: Dems bear no responsibility for economic crisis
2008-09-16
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, when asked Tuesday whether Democrats bear some of the responsibility regarding the current crisis on Wall Street, had a one-word answer: No.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Bushs mismanagement of the economy and a lack of regulation that led to the current situation.

I think the American people have had it with this situation where the middle-income people in our country are not protected from the ramifications of the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions, Pelosi told MSNBC.

When asked whether the Democrats deserve some responsibility regarding the economic crisis, Pelosi responded: No.

John McCain said that this is a result of overregulation by the Democrats in Congress, she added. Either he doesnt know what he's talking about or hes misrepresenting the facts as he knows them. But its simply not true.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#10  The Dems have a majority in Congress, why would it not be their fault?
Posted by: Chons Grundy8202   2008-09-16 23:19  

#9  And it's racist not to lend money to people just because they can't pay it back.
Posted by: Grunter   2008-09-16 22:36  

#8  Yes, the dems have did nothing whatsoever to restrict Fannie and Freddie or increase their reserve requirements. Nope. They were getting too much campaign grease from these two entities. Frickin liars.
Posted by: remoteman   2008-09-16 18:45  

#7  Dems claim no responsibility for anything. Since they are not responsible, they should not be elected.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-09-16 18:06  

#6  Dems shirk responsibility
Water still wet
Sky still blue
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-09-16 17:56  

#5  If she voted for drilling the economy would be a lot better...
Just saying...
Posted by: 3dc   2008-09-16 17:49  

#4  --- Pelosi's opinion is just more of the party line & was to be expected.
--- The only approval rating for Congress that really matters is the one cast at the polls in November. Pollsters find a large fraction of the electorate hates "Congress" but despite this individual Congressmen overwhelmingly tend to get re-elected.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2008-09-16 17:49  

#3  Cut her some slack. Congress has an approval rating in the single digits. If she admits to this, the only ones who will be saying they are doing a good job are the congresscritters' relatives and staff. Maybe. (If it's anonymous, possibly not even that.)
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie, formerly known as Swamp Blondie   2008-09-16 17:35  

#2  What a sanctimonious gasbag. Get worse, Pelosi.
Posted by: eltoroverde   2008-09-16 17:29  

#1  Nope! Nope! Not US!

Many of these policy's began on Clinton's watch (with some Repub complicity) and the Dem's have controlled the House and Senate for the last two years. Nope! Nope! Not US!
Posted by: tipover   2008-09-16 17:18  

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