The Republicans held their convention September 1-4, 2008. (As for what they said,
here is a link to the google search for transcripts. Click on it and follow some of the links if you want, I don't care; I didn't.)
Three days later, on September 7, 2008,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_takeover_of_Fannie_Mae_and_Freddie_Mac">Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went into receivership.
It was then the GOPers began talking about the
suddenly bad economy. In fact, you may remember that John McCain put on a show about suspending his campaign to do something.
Many people had been trying to get the GOP-controlled media to say something--
anything--about how bad the economy was long before that.
According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Stearns#Fed_bailout_and_sale_to_JPMorgan_Chase">Wikip*dia, Bear Stearns was bailed out on March 14, 2008 a little over 5 months before the Democratic National Convention.
Which brings us to the meat of this post: people who
did talk about the economy. Below are a few links to some of the speeches from the DNC 2008, arranged in order of appearance.
Enjoy.
August 25, 2008August 26, 2008August 27, 2008August 28, 2008