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Rex

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40. Got owned and you won't reply to the ones that did it!

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 02:19 PM

Aug 2015

Thanks for the entertainment!

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Politifact Backs Up Bill Clinton On 1999 Glass Steagall Partial Repeal [View all] ericson00 Aug 2015 OP

This won't end well... Agschmid Aug 2015 #1

the good fight is the right fight ericson00 Aug 2015 #2

K & R Iliyah Aug 2015 #3

No it wasn't the edhopper Aug 2015 #4

take it up with Politifact ericson00 Aug 2015 #5

I read it edhopper Aug 2015 #7

Yet Politifact seems to agree that the repeal of Glass Steagall made the crisis worse: think Aug 2015 #9

This is the game being played. DirkGently Aug 2015 #28

one question- why did all 44 Democratic members of the Senate vote against it...... virtualobserver Aug 2015 #6

ummm it passed the Senate 90-8 and 37 out of 44 Senate Dems voted yes ericson00 Aug 2015 #8

"making up"....I'm talking about the Senate version of the bill.... virtualobserver Aug 2015 #10

I gave you the link to the Senate vote, the final vote, the only one that mattered ericson00 Aug 2015 #11

I think that the prophetic words of John Dingell are the only words that matter virtualobserver Aug 2015 #13

Oops. There goes that meme. nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #15

Good ol numbers, no spin ericson00 Aug 2015 #30

Wow, there's an enormous difference between saying it was the 'sole linchpin' of economic stablity Marr Aug 2015 #12

its center-right??? Oh yes because its not far-left ericson00 Aug 2015 #14

I've been waiting GummyBearz Aug 2015 #16

I'm hoping to see the same. Good point. Marr Aug 2015 #23

Again, if it was 'meaningless', why spend political capital repealing it? Marr Aug 2015 #17

They gave Obama a "false" for claiming the Republicans wanted to end Medicare jeff47 Aug 2015 #22

Politifact consistently smears Obama. Center-Right enough for you? DirkGently Aug 2015 #34

Politifact lies continually. They are known for this. DirkGently Aug 2015 #18

The article admits the repeal made the crisis worse. To be clear Bernie Sanders voted AGAINST think Aug 2015 #19

Good freaking question. DirkGently Aug 2015 #37

tell me why John Dingell was wrong about this bill virtualobserver Aug 2015 #20

This isn't even good revisionist history. marmar Aug 2015 #21

So Politifact confirmed that Bill Clinton incinerated a strawman. jeff47 Aug 2015 #24

Clinton backers are having a tough time keeping all those plates spinning on those poles! Scuba Aug 2015 #25

Politifact? hahahahaha Fact Check Them n/t fredamae Aug 2015 #26

EarlG thinks Politifact is OK, ericson00 Aug 2015 #46

I don't find them to be so fredamae Aug 2015 #47

It was Clinton's Commodities Futures Modernization Act, Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #27

+++ Outstanding post. n/t DirkGently Aug 2015 #29

"smash and grab" is exactly right! nashville_brook Aug 2015 #33

The way you are blaming Clinton (Clinton's Commodi....) Darb Aug 2015 #43

Did Clinton sign it? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #45

kicking for exposure frylock Aug 2015 #31

blahahaha! nashville_brook Aug 2015 #32

Kicking for exposure of kick for exposure. DirkGently Aug 2015 #39

Sure it was whittled down. That's not the point. mmonk Aug 2015 #35

those things were all happening anyway and would've happened ericson00 Aug 2015 #36

And yet they didn't happen until de-regulation, which DirkGently Aug 2015 #38

Poor OP, got owned many times and refuses to answer those that did it! Rex Aug 2015 #41

This is a critical issue for Hillary Clinton DirkGently Aug 2015 #42

Got owned and you won't reply to the ones that did it! Rex Aug 2015 #40

politifact already did. I'm not gonna dignify the "attack the fact-checker" people ericson00 Aug 2015 #44