Democrats, Including Obama, Created the Financial Crisis

Despite the political rhetoric from the Obama campaign, the Democrats are responsible for the financial crisis generated by the real estate crisis.

For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.1

But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter.1

But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.1

Block key financial legislation; Take huge amounts of money; Lie to the voters and blame the Republicans: Do you expect any less from the Democrats?

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1 How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett