Al Franken...is this for real?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

The Democrats in congress were wrong to trust the Bush administration with a blank check when he was talking down the economy. They will be fully responsible at the end of January, partisan Republicans can start bitching then. Is this a Limbaugh/Rove rewrite you're selling or your own creation?

Not at all. It is a fact that Congress controls the purse strings of our nation. They get the responsibility for the financial failures of the last 2years. This started with the Franks and Clinton and it continues. Controls that were attempted by the Repubs were shot down. Nope. You guys get this one.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Controls that were attempted by the Repubs were shot down. Nope. You guys get this one.

Which ones were those?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Which ones were those?

I'll give you a hand. Start here:


http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=18176

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Those ones. Google is your friend. It has all been hashed out here before.

So there's not even one that comes to mind? It's just a feeling you have that it must have happened?

Google was helpful in pointing out one control on executive pay that was actually in the bill, but was practically eliminated by a Bush-administration-requested loophole. It doesn't say who actually added it to the bill, but either way it certainly doesn't fit your narrative. Is there something that does?

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I'll give you a hand. Start here:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=18176

Nope, nothing about "Controls that were attempted by the Repubs were shot down."

Do you have anything?

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Not at all. It is a fact that Congress controls the purse strings of our nation. They get the responsibility for the financial failures of the last 2years. This started with the Franks and Clinton and it continues. Controls that were attempted by the Repubs were shot down. Nope. You guys get this one.

Wow...you better hope Griff doesn't whup your ass for calling him a Democrat.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Wow...you better hope Griff doesn't whup your ass for calling him a Democrat.

I'm not skeered. He is what he is.