Bernanke and the Republicans only????

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

This morning as I was getting ready to go to work, twice i heard reported on our generic news station that Bernanke met with the house republicans to discuss the economy, and the Fed. WTF? What is up with that and why is this being reported and not questioned? What did they talk about, how to blame this mess on the Democrats? Maybe they talked about union busting and eliminating the right to sue corporations to save the economy. How would we know if it was anything different? If Democrats were excluded, why would be think it was anything but absolutely not on the level. Did they discuss how the repukes are going to get their asses handed to them in the next election, and what he, Bernanke could do about it? Wouldn't that be illegal?

You know that what is best for the American economy did not even enter into it, otherwise everyone would have been included.

i never knew that the Fed was partisan, but know I guess I know now.

[NC_Nurse]

1. Yeah, that's fucked up. The Repubs aren't even in the majority anymore.

[leftofthedial]

5. but the "democrats" still act like the repukes were in the minority

this is a country of the wealthy, by the wealthy and for the wealthy.

Wealth is represented by repukes and the fed is and always has been a 100% pure repuke institution--privatized national economy.

[elleng]

2. SOMEONES

are gonna holler about that!

I really hope its not the candidates, but some of the impressive, knowledgeable members of the majority!

[elleng]

18. Dems were there;

Kennedy speaking about it now, C-Span2.

[DemocratInSoCal]

3. The Democrats Are Irrelevant

Haven't you figured that out yet? They're lucky if they still get invited to congressmen's birthday parties.

It's pretty much a waste of their time anyways. None of the people in power really care much what the Democrats might propose. If they had them at this meeting, it would be more for "show" than anything else.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

4. i want to know the purpose of excluding Democrats

what would the subject matter be that would call for the exclusion of democrats. Seriously, I want to know.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Do we know if the House Democrats invited him to meet with them?

:shrug:

[peacetalksforall]

7. The FBI, CIA, DIA, NSA, ICE FDA - it's all for Republicans. We are

stupid if we don't understand it and do something. These Republican agencies even assassinated our leaders. There is nothing they wouldn't do for Republicans and Dems enable it. How much are we going to bet that Hoyer or Pelosi will do nothing? I hope I'm not too cynical this morning. How in the world is this pulled over on us?

[Vanje]

8. Nancy Pelosi should write him a sternly worded letter

That would teach him.

[xchrom]

9. who wants to go to a republican circle jerk?

dull, unimaginative, and short.

[jwirr]

10. *ss business as usual.

[kentuck]

11. They are going down as a "team"...

Hang 'em all!

[brandon47]

12. Stupid

Guys he testified before the Joint Economic Committee.


Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., peppered Bernanke with questions about the Fed's moves to aid once mighty Wall Street firm Bears Stearns and then juxtaposed that with -- what he believed was a lack of help -- to millions of people at risk of losing their homes.

"I hope that you will use your position to jawbone this administration to get behind the housing relief effort before Congress." Schumer said. "Addressing the housing crisis head-on will do as much to instill confidence in the markets as lowering interest rates or bolstering regulatory oversight of wayward mortgage lenders and financial institutions. We need to do all of it."

"Wall Street has been helped. Now it's time to help Main Street," added Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.


See. Please look into things a bit before freaking out.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

16. uhh no

Bernenke had a private closed door meeting with pukes the other day - democrats were not there. Emphasis on private closed door meeting

nice first post - just like bernanke, it's clear where your interest are

[brandon47]

20. i hadn't seen that

I read this morning about the congressional testimony and i thought that is what the post was about.

[butterfly77]

13. Everyone seems to forget that...

they have been doing this for the past seven years, and now everytime a subject comes up they try to put all the blame on the Democrats when they had the Presidency,house and senate and I have been watching all of those seven years and I know who did what and when and this is what should be said everyday to let the new voters know who and what has been going on and how we got to this point. These crooked bastards are trying to change history, and there should be plenty of videos posted all over the net to bring them Down. Mitch McConnell,Sennesenbreener,Stevens,Inhofe,Phil Gingrey,Orrin Hatch,Boehner,Norm COleman,Roy Blunt,Eric Cantor,Lindsay Graham, Thad Cochran,John Kyl, and many more are some of the most evil,hateful bastards ever...and don't forget Lieberman

[brandon47]

14. what are you talking about

he met with with democrats and republicans. There was nothing improper about this.

[kentuck]

15. Are you talking about the public meeting or the private meeting?

Or are we assuming that the OP is talking about the public hearing?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

17. private meeting

as was reported in my local media

[butterfly77]

19. I don't give a damn about this meeting necessarily...

they have fucked up the country already by doing this shit for many years, what are you doing taking up for your CONS they need to go!

[AwakeAtLast]

21. Six recs only????

Hmmm...needs more.

Thanks for bringing this to light. :hi:

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

22. now that I have had a whole day to think about this I am convinced

the meeting was how to present the news of the economy (to their constituents) in a way that will help the repukes retain their seats and how to delay the coming implosion until Dems take control, for the blame game. WE NEED ANSWERS, what was this meeting about....