The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

speckelbelly — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:06:47 GMT

FOX NEWS IS A REPUBLICAN NEWS BROADCASTING CORPORATION!!!!THERE STILL CRYING BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING FOOLED ANY MORE!!!

GOOD LUCK MR PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

skeetchamp — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:38:57 GMT

Yes the fascists who hijacked the Republican party are still at their usual tactics. For nearly eight years they blamed everything they screwed up on Clinton. Now, before he takes office, they seek to make Obama their scapegoat.

Eight years of Republicans in the Supreme Court, Congress and the White House should be enough to teach us that you don't put people who hate government in charge of running the government.

Extremist Republicans like Bush and those he serves hate our constitutional government, and they have all but destroyed our country.

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

4astrongamerica — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:33:11 GMT

Moderate my a**. This is ridiculous! Although I have heard a couple of people on Fox News suggesting that the markets are responding to a fear about Obama's tax plans, suggesting that FOX NEWS as a whole is responsible is like saying that CNN is in the tank for Obama because of the bias of their liberal anchors & commentary. FOX NEWS calls themself "Fair & Balanced" because all sides are free to express their opinions. That is the American way, isn't it? By the way...both times that I heard the Obama blame game, it was followed by an opposing view. That's fair, but bashing FOX NEWS is NOT! With the liberal media selling bias as truth, it is imperative that Americans have access to both sides of an issue so that we can decide for ourselves.

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

Woodiec — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:26:32 GMT

The idea that Fox News is blaming Obama for all of the problems the Financial Mkts. are having is just Ludicrous, and does not suprised me.....That just goes to show you the mindset of hatred and how deep racism in this country is...Sean Hannity, in particular hated the ground Obama walks on, and he is the kind of person that would, if he thought he could get away with it, put a Noose around Obama's neck and hang him...it is such a sad thing to know that hatred /racism in this country still exists.,...if you don't think it does, interview some workers' of ethnic backgrounds, and you will find the same results...Obama is already showing that he can unify people just by the qualified selection's he is choosing for his cabinet, not to mention the diversity that he is incorporating, which is the way it should be....I think you will find that everyone that works for Fox News hated Obamas' guts, and still do....the "Changes" that will be forthcoming in his Administration will benefit the working people, because, as you can see, he is surrounding himself with people that will help him get the job done,....and guess what?....those that hate him will also benefit from the "Changes.."...That is one of the reason's I no longer watch Fox News....most of their news analysts act like "Venomous Snakes"....what a group of hypocrites....and really, Fox News hatred for Obama is so deep and real, that the whole group would accuse Obama for the Financial crisis....how is Obama responsible, when he has not even been sworn in as POTUS....what a joke.....

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

custerjs — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:28:38 GMT

In this election everyone blamed Bush for the horrible economy even though he had 7 year of the best economy this country has ever seen. The subprime mess...ask your self this question what president forced Fannie and Freddie to lend more money? Money to people whom couldn't afford it on the fear that the government would slap a lawsuit on them. In the last two year who has run the congress? Who ran congress during the down turn in the economy? To the people out there that live their live on day at a time the Market and Market place do not live that way they see thing 6 months to a year in advance. So if you want to comment on what is causing the market to got down why don't you look six months ahead and let’s see who is going to be in office? Who is going to run the congress? Who is going to create double digit unemployment by tax the job makers? Who is going to implement policy that will add on trillions in debt just like you have been complaining about for years with Bush? Get a life and a brain think for yourself instead of what other people and the media tell you to think. You people are the reason that 40% of America doesn’t pay taxes and why this country and economy is going into the toilet. You people who speak with out thinking make me sick. YOU ARE GOING TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASK FOR. No jobs, no freedoms, the largest inflation you have ever seen, and the destruction of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

moedog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:07 GMT

FOR ANY BODY SAYING THAT FOX NEWS IS FAIR AND BALANCED IS THE SAME PERSON THAT'S WAITING FOR THAT SHIP, THEY WON OVER THE PHONE BY SIMPLY GIVING THE CALLER THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMER BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.GEESH WAKE UP AND REFUSE TO BOARD THAT SHORT BUS TOMORROW.

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

MinkyMoMoo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:48:20 GMT

The economy did not “grow” under George W. Bush. For starters, 204,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas in 2001. In 2004, more than 406,000 white collar and high tech jobs were sent to South Asia and Eastern Europe. (Source: bipartisan U.S. Congressional commission report, released 10/15/2004.)

Between 1998 and 2001, the Federal government had surpluses of $69.2, $125.5, $236.2, and $128.2 billion respectively. The U.S. reached a record deficit of $412 billion in 2004.

At the moment, the deficit stands at roughly $10,622,704,077,147 and change.

How anyone could blame this on president-elect Obama shall forever remain a mystery to all intelligent people.

Oh, wait… Fox News says it’s so, and so it must be true…

Hello! Wake up, all you lemmings being herded into the Sea of Hannity. Learn to read!

Fannie Mae (founded in 1938, chartered by Congress in 1968) and Freddie Mac (created in 1970 to boost the secondary mortgage market) did not create the subprime mortgage mess! Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968 and re-elected in 1971. Nixon, Nixon, Nixon. Got it?

Hello! Outsourcing! Overspending! Greed on the part of mortgage lenders! Greed on the part of the American people! Shortsightedness! Lack of planning! The erosion of our manufacturing base! The national deficit! This is Barack Obama’s fault? Stock markets don’t crash because a black guy gets elected president! Jeeze! What are you going to blame on Obama next? The price of melamine in China?

No president could “force” Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into lending “more money” as ‘custerjs’ says because FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MACK ARE NOT AND WERE NOT LENDING INSTITUTIONS.

Regarding the alleged 40% of people (taxable units) paying no federal income tax, that number is not accurate. The actual percentage of taxable units who don’t pay the standard income tax is somewhere around 38%, but that number is skewed because it excludes what people pay via their employers through the payroll tax. I’m so sick of anti-Obama Hannity fans talking about economics when they couldn’t pass a college-level statistics course if their lives depended on it. So let’s toss out some numbers, shall we?

States with the HIGHEST percentage of people paying NO FEDERAL INCOME tax in 2006 in descending order: Mississippi (43%), Louisiana (40%), Alabama (38%), Arkansas (38%), New Mexico (38%), Texas (37%), Georgia (36%), Montana (36%), Oklahoma (36%), South Carolina (36%), Idaho (35%), Utah (35%). 100% are “red” states carried by McCain-Palin in the last election.

States with the LOWEST percentage of taxable units paying NO FEDERAL INCOME tax in 2006 in ascending order: are Alaska (20%), Connecticut (24%), Massachusetts(24%), New Hampshire (24%), Delaware(24%), Maryland (26%), Minnesota(26%), New Jersey (27%), Rhode Island(27%), Virginia(27%), Washington(27%), and Wisconsin(27%). 92% are “blue” states carried by Obama-Biden.

States with the lowest annual per capital incomes in descending order: Alabama, $18,; Utah; $18,185; Kentucky; $18,093: Idaho; $17,841; North Dakota; $17,769; Oklahoma; $17,646; South Dakota; $17,562; New Mexico; $17,261; Montana; $17,151; Louisiana; $16,912; Arkansas; $16,904; West Virginia; $16,477; Mississippi; $15,853. 100% are “red” states which fell to McCain-Palin.

State high school drop out rates in descending order: Mississippi (> 25%), Kentucky (>23%), Louisiana (>22%), Texas (>22%), West Virginia (>21%), Alabama (>21%), California (>21%), Tennessee (>21%), New Mexico (>20%), North Carolina (>20%), Oklahoma (>20%), Arkansas (>20%). Ten are strongly red; one (North Carolina) is weakly blue; one (California) is strongly blue despite its Republican governor.

States with highest rates of obesity in descending order: Mississippi (32.6% obese), West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia. Ten strongly red states, one weak blue (Indiana) and one strong blue (Michigan).

Of the 15 “fattest” states in the union, 86% are strongly red. Of the 15 “leanest” states in the union, 80% are strongly blue.

One could, if one wished, conclude that the states with the worst nutrition, highest rates of obesity, poorest people, most high school drop outs, and fewest people paying federal income tax are all right-wing states.

re: The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama

MinkyMoMoo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:53:05 GMT

Typo on previous post. Alabama income $19 thousand and change.