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Fannie, Freddie and Barry
When the Fannie/Freddie crisis simmered over a few weeks ago, I dismissed the possibility of it making a significant dent on the public consciousness. I figured Fannie and Freddie were too opaque for the common person to understand. After all, even genius congressmen like Barney Frank found the ...
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Stones Cry Out — ... no noise at all. Double standards anyone? Snore away. Trying to come to grips with the hatred on the left for Mrs Palin, I don’t get it either. I don’t know what to think of that. A problem with increasing the budgetary dependence “on the wealthy”, their income is more volatile … that is it is far more tightly coupled to the health of the economy. Mr Obama’s relationship with Freddie and Fannie.

Obama and the Integrity Gap: The Favor Factory
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... , his tabbing of one Fannie CEO to head his veep vetting process and another's role (if you believe him) as an Obama economic advisor. * ...

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