LDA says:

If underage pimpin’ won’t sway people I do not think lying will have much impact.

Winston says:

#1: Ditto.

#3: With very few exceptions, they’re ALL lying thieves. The Dem or Rep label makes no difference.

The0ne says:

#1 Yep!
#4 Agreed but this is one guy I hate more than others. Lying fat greedy sack of sht imo.

Glass Half Full says:

ROTFLMAO

BULLSHIT! That was a tiny video clip, editing, out of context. That’s not a lie, that’s just made up editing. What was the full text of the floor speech? Did he discuss anything about ownership depending on incoming/ability, any other exclusions or caveats? Who knows…you editing down a 2 hour debate to 5 seconds. What a crock of s**t.

pedro says:

#8 Interesting to see sheeple Brain Half Full defending Barnie Frank. The things you have to endure during a sheeple’s comment.

#9 And to add insult to injury, he has to make the same comment twice, because once is not enough. Perhaps this just demonstrate he’s twice as moronic as the other sheeple. Brain a quarter full?

The0ne says:

#8,9

Talk about clueless, sssshhhhsssshhhh. You two must be out of your mind if you don’t already have a clue what this clip was presented. Go see the O’reily interview with Berny there, you’ll have a good laugh.

pedro says:

#13 After years of wishy-washiness, I see you’re finally embracing the sheeple within. Good for you.

ramuno says:

So the corporate masters of Congress are told that they should not discriminate in lending, use this opportunity to kite loans, the economy collapses under this weight…and you only blame Congress?

jman says:

barney rubble and chris dodd were the instigators of the housing bubble
duh

Gary, the dangerous infidel says:

It’s amazing how much blame for this mess can be heaped on one or two members of the political party that was out of power during the inflation of this bubble, without even so much as a committee chairmanship from which to launch their evil plan.

That said, it’s just the Democrats’ good fortune to have been in the minority at the time. No one, neither Republican nor Democrat, would have had the political will or support to actually put the brakes on the artificial prosperity that fueled this bubble. There are no such heroes in Washington.

The only “cure” that’s even politically possible is prevention. Unfortunately, any industry that can afford to shell out billions of dollars annually just in bonuses has enough left over to nearly overwhelm any political system seeking to restrict it through meaningful regulation.