OK how stupid do they think we are? Some talking head on CNN

[jjanpundt]

said "it appears that the word bailout is what's sparking all the resistance from the taxpayers. So they're going to change it to financial rescue instead. WTF?????

[qanda]

1. I heard that

They really do think we are stupid.

[chelsea0011]

2. It's all smoke and mirrors with them. Appearance in the place of substance.

Maybe we won't notice.

[Jim__]

3. Yea that'll do it! We're all just concerned with the cosmetics. - n/t

[radfringe]

4. it's still a scam, rip-off and we will still be screwed and it's

LIPSTICK
ON
A
PIG

[OneGrassRoot]

5. The Bush crowd loves to label shit....and keep renaming it....

until they think it catches on.

Remember all the hoopla about the word "surge"? Oy.

[bdamomma]

6. what total BS

they are fleecing the American people, crying shock and awe on the financial crisis.

total BS.

[VP505]

7. Why not call it what it is,

EMBEZZLEMENT = "The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else"

[Lex]

8. What if we call it "Happy Money Transfer"

maybe that will help?

[Canuckistanian]

14. Do not taunt "Happy Money Transfer"*

*Discontinue use of Happy Money Transfer if any of the following occurs: Itching, Vertigo, Dizziness, Tingling in extremities, Loss of balance or coordination...

[Lex]

16. LOL!

I remember that skit!

:rofl:

[dkofos]

9. That's a sure sign it's MANUFACTURED BULLSHIT.

[dkofos]

10. ..

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. They think the FINAL legislative package would be called... bailout?

WTF?

We are not that stupid... oh wait, perhaps some are

Kid at Office Depot, as I was sending yet another fax...

Why bother?

Your job as a citizen

They'll do what they want

Especially if you don't participate

Well won't vote, who cares?

Enjoy your tour once McCain takes it and declares three more wars.

Gears seemed to be grinding out of stuck position

My ass on line usually is a good lube

[Boojatta]

12. How about calling it the "bigness dividend"?

You know, try to gain sympathy from overweight Americans who would appreciate a small dividend in recognition of their bigness.

[liberalhistorian]

13. I think it's a bit too late

to put the cat back into the bag at this point. Not even the sheeple are falling for this one anymore.

[tama]

15. Quote:

"Never underestimate the stupidity of the American voters."

[kmla]

17. Reminds me of a fishing story.

I was fishing for bass last week, and my aluminum boat obtained a hole in the hull after hitting a tree stump. I took a bucket, and start the bail out the water.

My buddy Earl, who was using stinkbait trying to catch some catfish, stated we shouldn't say we are going to "bail out" the boat - it would sound better if we said we were going to "rescue" the boat.

We still got wet. And Earl is still a dumbass.

[JDPriestly]

18. They are wrong. We want these thieves to sell their mansions

and give us back our money. Paulson should be the first to put his house(s) up for sale. I understand he donates a lot to charity -- for the tax deductions and to insure a place in heaven no doubt.

Remember what Jesus said about the rich man, getting into heaven and the eye of a camel. Bernanke and Paulson need to pay heed.

[pokerfan]

19. Newspeak

War is Peace
Slavery is Freedom
Ignorance is Strength
Bailout is Rescue
Bush is Smart

Add your own...

[Wednesdays]

20. Pig...

meet lipstick.

[The Straight Story]

21. How about just 'financial aid package for america'

give it time...

[Two Americas]

22. they can do better than that

How about "Patriotic Prosperity Program?"

[Quantess]

25. That's the spirit.

If you oppose it by that name, then you obviously hate America.

[Two Americas]

26. yep

That's me. I am one of those despicable "let it collapse" people hoping for the "glorious revolution" - after all, I questioned a massive handout of public money to the very Wall Street folks who caused this mess - did the guy running this farce for the administration really make multi-millions from Goldman Sachs recently?

The Wall Street Journal has moved to the Left of many people here. Strange times indeed.

It's Judgment Day for McCain

Last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a commission to "find out what went wrong" on Wall Street. It was an excellent suggestion: Public inquiries into Wall Street practices served the country well in the 1930s.

And Mr. McCain has a special advantage to bring to any such investigation -- many of the relevant witnesses are friends or colleagues of his. In fact, he can probably get to the bottom of the whole mess just by cross-examining the people riding on his campaign bus. So the candidate should take a deep breath, remind himself that the country comes first, pull the Straight Talk Express over at a rest stop, whistle up his media pals, and begin.

"He can probably get to the bottom of the whole mess just by cross-examining the people riding on his campaign bus."

ROFL.

Topic A should be deregulation. Financial institutions are dropping everywhere after playing with poorly regulated financial instruments; the last investment banks standing are begging the government for stricter oversight; and some of our nation's leading champions of laissez faire have ditched that theory in an extraordinary attempt to rescue the collapsing industry. The philosophy of government that has dominated Washington for almost three decades is now in ruins, and it is up to Mr. McCain to find out exactly why we believed it in the first place. Why did government stand back and permit all the misconduct that generated all this bad debt? What particular ideas led us to believe that government should just keep its hands off and let markets run their course?

What particular ideas led us to believe that government should just keep its hands off and let markets run their course? Well, there were the ideas expressed in Wall Street Journal editorials for years and years ... do those count?

But maybe it would be best simply to agree that financial regulation really is in the country's interest. As Mr. McCain's hero Theodore Roosevelt said 98 years ago, "every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it."

Even the WSJ is calling for regulation. Yet many Democrats and liberals are still advocating free markets, and are frantically red-baiting and bashing the Left.

Strange times.

"Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it."

In the WSJ.

Wonder when that idea might get to Democrats? Wonder when it might be safe to express things like that without being accused of "advocating violent revolution" or of being an "extremist" or an "unrealistic ideologue" hoping for the "glorious revolution" by Democrats?

[Quantess]

27. That post deserves its own thread. (eom)

[NoUsername]

23. Oh hey, well that's different then.

I'm opposed to the bailout but hey, if it's a financial rescue, well, it would be un-American for me to be against something like that.

Maybe they should call it "Freedom and Opportunity for the American Dream" aka F.O.A.D.

[Guaranteed]

24. WHOOOHOOO!! More Frank Luntz bullshit!

Yeah- THAT'LL solve the problem!