The Swinger Is On Meet The Press

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He's a handsome devil. Isn't he?

[GoCubsGo]

1. Meanwhile, I'm watching MSNBC...

Chris Hayes has Elliot Spitzer on his panel. Remember how Spitzer was run out of town on a rail for visiting a prostitute by the people who are now excusing The Swinger for his comparable (if not worse) behavior? The most revolting thing about it is that these imbeciles don't even realize that Spitzer did more to help them in one day of his political career than Gingrich has done in his own useless life.

[chelsea0011]

4. Warped. Isn't it?

[malaise]

7. True but Spitzer made the mistake of exposing Bushco as the Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime

on February 14th 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021302783.html
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Even though predatory lending was becoming a national problem, the Bush administration looked the other way and did nothing to protect American homeowners. In fact, the government chose instead to align itself with the banks that were victimizing consumers.

What did the Bush administration do in response? Did it reverse course and decide to take action to halt this burgeoning scourge? As Americans are now painfully aware, with hundreds of thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure and our markets reeling, the answer is a resounding no.

Not only did the Bush administration do nothing to protect consumers, it embarked on an aggressive and unprecedented campaign to prevent states from protecting their residents from the very problems to which the federal government was turning a blind eye.

Let me explain: The administration accomplished this feat through an obscure federal agency called the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC has been in existence since the Civil War. Its mission is to ensure the fiscal soundness of national banks. For 140 years, the OCC examined the books of national banks to make sure they were balanced, an important but uncontroversial function. But a few years ago, for the first time in its history, the OCC was used as a tool against consumers.

[GoCubsGo]

10. Yes. I guess I wasn't clear on who are the "imbeciles".

I was referring to the ones who went out and voted for Gingrich yesterday, and all the other Average Joe finger-wagging "family values" righties who feed the outrage machine. And, they are absolutely clueless to everything you just wrote there. It's the usual IOIYAAR. And, in retrospect, referring to these people as "imbeciles" is a gross insult to imbeciles.

[malaise]

11. LOL

IOIYAAR is the only explanation

[Lizzie Poppet]

8. Makes perfect sense, really.

Spitzer was an enormous danger to the financial industry powers-that-be. Gingrich is their obedient sock puppet.

[chelsea0011]

2. And who has the biggest smile? Him or Gregory?

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Switch over to Chris Hayes

If you have MSNBC. Spitzer, Harris-Perry, etc etc people of interest, intelligence and who smash The Grinches narrative into bits and pieces.

And how sad is it I know precisely who you are speaking about!

[Lizzie Poppet]

5. GOP = "Gross Old Philanderer"

I have to say this for the Republicans: the entertainment value of the clown-car-full-of-fail that is their slate of hopefuls is through the roof.

[onehandle]

6. Do they have the key bowl set up near him? nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Chris Christie Is On

Chris Christie and "key parties" conjures up all kinds of disturbing images.

[lonestarnot]

12. Ackety! Noot in a bathing suit.