Did Obama Fall Into a Deliberate Bailout Trap?

[Truth2Tell]

Was the sudden absurd urgency of the banking system bailout during the campaign part of trap for Obama? Is the present uncharacteristic populist flare-up in the mainstream media part II of the same trap? Is someone playing chess and someone else playing checkers? If so, who? And why are there no female leprechauns? Who do they breed with?

:shrug:

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. It's a TRAP!!!!

A Rovian trap?

:eyes:

[Truth2Tell]

6. OK smart guy...

how do you explain the leprechauns?

[CreekDog]

2. i've got the answer

females are born blue!

[rocktivity]

3. The urgency was rooted in getting the first bailout funds before Bush left office.

They knew that Obama would react exactly the way he's reacting now.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Sebass1271]

4. why you said that? what's going on today that I dont know yet?

[JuniperLea]

7. Yep... with no strings...

And with much begging on bended knee... What a crock!

[Uzybone]

5. Is this sarcasm?

[Truth2Tell]

9. Yep, you nailed it.

I actually think doling out Trillions of taxpayer Dollars in secret to the wealthiest people on earth is a very shrewd strategy. Beat the Republicans at their own game. And of course Obama knows the media will remain entirely objective because that's their nature. Very very clever.

[demo dutch]

8. Blame congress and Senator Dodd. I'm not even blaming AIG they should

have known that giving money to AIG is like inviting the fox into the henhouse. Congress and Geithner should have known better and attach the necessary restrictions

[GoCubsGo]

10. No trap.

The "urgency" to bail out the banking system was just one last attempt to finish looting what was left of the Treasury. Time was running out, and there was still money for them to get their grubby hands on. The uncharacteristic populist flare-up by the MSM is just fear of people coming after THEM with pitchforks and torches for enabling the people who caused this mess in the first place. As for the leprechauns, no clue. Maybe they clone themselves.

[Truth2Tell]

12. So is / was Obama simply making poor decisions

politically and economically by supporting these no-strings-attached bailout programs?

And FYI - I think your explanations are the most likely, except I'd add that there may be a bit of a Republican/Democratic double standard at work with the media as well.

[Clio the Leo]

11. Thank you! Someone finally has the guts to ask the Leprechaun question!

We've been living in darkness too long!!!!

[Truth2Tell]

13. One must walk a fine line on DU

when it comes to leprechauns. Talk about serious sensitivities.

[hay rick]

14. It's not a trap- it's a TARP...

Next question.

[Truth2Tell]

15. We have a winner. :) nt

[stillcool]

16. Huh. I never thought of that..

maybe the female leprechauns can't get drunk enough to make fools of themselves?

[NYC_SKP]

17. Maybe THEY fell into a trap. If we want to pass some progressive legislation...

We've got a whole lot of angry villagers out there.

And except for a few progressive nuts, the villagers are angry with the very people who need to be punished, not with President Obama.

Obama plays the chess.

And Leprechauns reproduce asexually and have vestiges of both male and female genitalia.

Same with Pixies.

Trust me on this.

:hi:

[AZBlue]

18. Forget the banking debacle - I want to know more about leprechaun sex!