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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Bill O'Reilly :: Townhall.com Columnist
Confronting Barney
by Bill O'Reilly
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One of the things lacking in the second presidential debate this week was anger. With the economy brutalizing millions of Americans, I expected both candidates to be furious that, once again, the government failed to warn us about impending disaster.

Before the 9/11 attacks, few Americans had ever heard of al-Qaida, even though Presidents Clinton and Bush certainly knew of the growing danger the group posed. Now there's compelling evidence that the feds stonewalled the present economic chaos. So why aren't McCain and Obama livid?

It is not hard to understand why Americans who work hard, obey the law and believe in the capitalist system are sick to their stomachs when they lose investment money through no fault of their own. Corrupt Wall Street greed-heads and stupid, lazy federal overseers have combined to deliver one of the most punishing blows to regular folks in U.S. history.

Again, why aren't Obama and McCain pounding the table?

Recently, I interviewed Chairman of the House Finance Committee Barney Frank, and it was quite a shootout. According to The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily and my own research, Frank presided over the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a casual disdain for the American investor.

In fact, last July, Frank went on television and said this:

"Fannie and Freddie are fundamentally sound, they are not in danger of going under. They're not the best investments these days from the long-term standpoint going back. I think they are in good shape going forward."

Fewer than three months later, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed, and even though he was in charge, Frank says he is not at fault. Instead, he blames Republicans.

Hearing that, I let Frank have it, calling him a coward for not admitting any culpability. He then called me stupid. You get the picture. Continued...

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Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" and author of the books "Who's Looking Out For You?" and "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity."
 
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energon international
"They're not the best investments these days from the long- term standpoint"
that makes me want to invest!

Concressman Frank
It's amazing that Chairman Frank finds it so easy to place blame on Republicans for the fiasco he directed and oversaw! However since good intentions are all that liberal thought requires, that simply makes it all OK. After all, the Democrats on his committee cost us only a few hundred billion, right?
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