Reply #20: The fight and who is to blame:

[beachmom]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/11/17402/8942/483/707343

The anger is mostly directed at banks. I blame the Congress much more so (it was GOP run, but apparently Democrats went along with these bad decisions as well). And maybe that is why I can't get into the political posturing going on. Because gee -- where did John Kerry or any other Democrat really try to stop this disastrous financial crisis from happening with good oversight? Well, they didn't. They were useless. Go back to this research thread, and please find me a heroic politician:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=273&topic_id=152906

NONE to be had.

So all the anger at bankers? Well, they're greedy SOBs who destroyed the system. I blame the government more. For simply pocketing the campaign contributions and looking the other way, while major risks to our financial system were being taken. We can always replace the management of these companies. Unfortunately, we are still stuck with the same old politicians -- sure we got rid of the GOP, who have now gone positively mad (do they really think doing a hit job on FDR is their ticket back to power?), but we are still stuck with Democrats who didn't do their jobs either.

Basically, what I am saying is that the Democrats suck. I am highly unimpressed. I think Pres. Obama is better than the Dem Congress. But only by a little.

Just to add: we talk about the GOP fundamental view of the free market. Their ideology is extremely flawed. But Democrats went along with them. For far too long. Now they think a slapped together bill condemning golf tournaments are going to impress me? No, do some real work, and how about a little humbleness. The GOP and the Big Bad Bankers could not do this alone, and they had partners in a Democratic Party that thought deregulation was a good idea, until it went wrong.