Comments on: McConnell misleadingly suggests he favored Wall Street salary caps.

By: nosajthedevil

nosajthedevil — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:57:39 +0000

Where did McConnell try to say that he supported salary caps? The amendment he’s referring to would have penalized companies that paid bonuses greater than $100,000 to executives after getting bailout money. This has nothing to do with the salary cap. All of this ( both the salary cap and the bonus cap), of course, was left out of the final stimulus bill. Considering that republicans don’t hold the executive branch, the house, or the senate, how is that possible? Only republicans would want to eliminate these safe guards, right!?! Nope, although it breezed through the senate it died in committee in the house, where republicans have about as much power as a mouse at a cat convention. Keep grasping at your straw men.

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:37:04 +0000

Rebecca Lobo Says:

Obama said in February the stimulus plan would enable Caterpillar to hire, but the company just announced a third round of layoffs …
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

And another wingnut says WWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHHHH I just love the smell of desperation from Planet Wingnut.

By: avchavis

avchavis — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:03:27 +0000

OMG! WOW! McConnell trying to pass the buck to the treasury dept. is just appalling! Hypocritical and full of shyte these GOPHERS are!

By: Danny Noonan

Danny Noonan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:52:25 +0000

The more these guys talk and the more AIG etc. flounder the easier it is to make the argument for nationalization. We’re getting close to a tipping point. Hopefully it’s in the direction of an enraged public backing the idea of taking these banks over.

http://www.pufferfishblog.com/

By: tombaker

tombaker — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:38:37 +0000

would enable Caterpillar to hire

So Caterpillar chose more layoffs. Point your angry finger at Caterpillar. Not The President.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:31:17 +0000

Becca, becca, howl at the moon, girl. It’s gonna take some time for Cat’s CUSTOMERS to start ordering MACHINES. Geez.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:30:32 +0000

I watched this on Wulf Blitzes this afternoon, and it was clear Mitchy was lying. His lips were moving.

By: SP Biloxi

SP Biloxi — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:54:46 +0000

“House GOP’s AIG plan simply recycles what Obama is already doing.”

This is just getting nauseating of the blame game on AIG [All In Greed} and the bonus issue. I saw this nugget on TPMmuckraker:

Washington can have a woefully short memory. But Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) remember what TPMDC reported on just last month: their proposal to force bailed-out companies to rescind executive bonuses could have made it into the stimulus bill, but was stripped out by Democratic leaders at the last minute

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/senators-to-geithner-you-could-have-backed-our-bonus-reforms.php

Now, had the lawmakers simply not stripped this from the stimulus bill, would we have this discussion on this issue of paying out excessive bonusues from companies such as AIG, Lehman Bros, and others that took the TARP money when they simply would have been banned to do so?

On a side note: Thank you Rep. Frank for calling a spade a spade on NPR last night when he said that much of this mess of the bailout issue was on the watches of Paulson-Bush Administration. Too much of the media and the Party of No are blaming Obama when this was not on Obama’s watch. But, the Obama Administration and the lawmakers have to put an end of corporate abuse of taxpayers’ money so that another bank will not do the same.

By: dbearton

dbearton — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:51:33 +0000

McConnell, a typical RepubliCon liar. One day Kentucky will wake up and realize they are represented by a liar.

By: Quizmos

Quizmos — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:39:39 +0000

Typical have-my-cake-and-eat-it-too mentality of the republican party!

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:27:48 +0000

claiming that his position has been that bailed-out companies “are going to have to operate in a different sort of way.”

Translation: Next time we are going to make damn sure they don’t get caught.

By: Bozo The Neoclown

Bozo The Neoclown — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:49:44 +0000

someone ought to smarten up lipless mitch to the fact that 97% of this country aren’t inbred morons like the rubes who keep voting him into office.

By: Hoodathunk

Hoodathunk — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:46:20 +0000

Since companies like AIG have shown they really have no idea of how to run their business, just what is so flipping wrong with the idea of tossing out the incompetents?

Republicans claim government can’t run anything. Compared to the clowns running Wall Street debacle the postman in Catburp, NH has a better chance of getting it right.

By: rimhotep

rimhotep — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:43:32 +0000

Bozo: Methinks it’s more a case of McConnell channeling about a dozen dead people’s waddles.

By: Hoodathunk

Hoodathunk — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:55 +0000

Lost it in a butt squeak?

By: rimhotep

rimhotep — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:35 +0000

I no longer permit CNN to be viewed in my household. Ever since Lou, the pathological Liar Dobbs, professed to be an Independent (liar!) and continues his nightly ridiculous & frenzied “maniacal rants”, he’s no longer welcome in my house – and that goes for the rest of the CNN fascist sycophants and media whores, too.

By: barfly

barfly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:41:32 +0000

McCONNELL: We certainly had a chance with the amendment by Senator Snowe to prevent this kind of bonuses from being paid.

McConnell must believe the rest of America is a stupid as his constituents.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:41:25 +0000

dbadass,
Let’s leave the “FAT JOKES” for Laura Ingrate.

By: Bozo The Neoclown

Bozo The Neoclown — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:40:53 +0000

q:
“Where is that man’s chin?”
A:
Still firmly lodged up 43’s arse.

By: dbadass

dbadass — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:40:43 +0000

Where is that man’s chin?