Fat chance Matthews! Uhhh, excuse me, is this thing on? Earth to Fat Matthews, Earth to loonie Dems, O-Man just signed HIS stimulus package and Wall Street dropped almost 300 points. I am getting the feeling that Obama is out of his depth and if this economy stays down he will lose the House in 2010. He might just lose in 2012.

We need HUGE tax cuts fast. The longer the ecomony stays down the more blame Obama will get. It's now his and the Dems to lose.

The fact that no one in our government or at the regulators had the foresight to see the problem with allowing mortgages to be issued, packaged, and sold off with no oversight is unfortunate to say the least but the blame does not fall exclusively on one party or the other. This was a breakdown of the system (the same system that built this country and provides our high standard of living) that neither side recognized.

the past eight years of tax cuts for Bidness and for the gated-community elites of both parties undoubtedly boosted our economy like a rocketship taking off for the Great Beyond.

Unfortunately, the rocketship did a doubleback flip and crashed into the Potomac River about a year ago. Funny how some folks seem to be just getting the news now that the housing market has been falling for 18 months, the American automobile industry is bankrupt, banks and lending institutions are either broke or, if they have capital, will not lend, over two million Americans have been laid off or have lost their jobs, and the only outfit that's still making money is Wal-Mart.

And this was because George Soros manipulated our currency?

That's about like saying my barber crashed the economy because he trimmed my mustache.

One thing about Republicans, and you can take it to the bank, if your bank hasn't already folded, is that they will not, they simply WILL NOT admit mistakes. So what comes out of their mouths after a massive screwup either falls into the political bullshit category or the Big Lie category.

Anyway, good job, Bateman. Keep rattlin' them bones

I used to watch you. You've changed. You're a lap dog. A mindless Pavlovian lap dog salivating in the hopes of getting your belly rubbed by the carnival barker, snake oil salesman, Obama.

Forget the last 8 years. Read the news: Clinton opened the flood gates for bad loans in 1999. Clinton and NAFTA blew our jobs off the continent. The Congress has been controlled by Dems for the last two years.

Sure, Bush blew it, but your beloved Dems led the charge. How about Bush asking Congress to take a look at what was happening in the housing market in 2002. How about the fact that Barney Frank and our current White House boob, Obama, made it clear, in 2002, that there was no housing problem.

Too bad you really aren't a lap dog. You could spend your time licking your privates rather than having us hear your ridiculous spin. There isn't an ounce of honesty or manhood in you, is there?

The republicans controlled congress through most of Clinton's presidency, so any bad policy decision that happened during Clinton's tenure was square on the democrats plate because Clinton was a democrat.

The democrats had a razor-thin majority in congress the last two years of Bush's presidency, so the bad things that happened during Bush's tenure were the results of the democratic congress.

9/11 happened eight months after Bush took office, which makes it Clinton's fault, because clearly it was a result of security policies of Clinton administration which Bush had no time to change.

One month after Obama took office, the downward economic trend of the previous year did not immediately reverse, which is clearly Obama's fault because regardless of what came before, he's president now, and he better watch himself if he wants to get reelected.

At some point I have to wonder if even the republicans believe what they say any more.

Yes, you're right.

I wonder about that too. Do Republicans even believe what they say anymore?

Maybe it doesn't matter. They're on salary (with perks) while

working for the big money outfits and for the influential people who stand to gain the most from tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts.

And I think there's something in there about tax cuts, too.

Good Post Leahcim

That Repug and his yapping reminds me of the time Sir Oswald Mosley, one-time leader of the British Fascists during the 30s, appeared on a BBC interview some time in the 80s and blamed the Jews for starting WWII.

Too bad the republicans don't somehow want anything to do with what they and bush did to this country. Either it Obama's fault or bush inherited it from clinton. What did the worst president do while in office if nothing was his fault? Sure was overpaid for one thing. The republicans somehow never admit mistakes. They never ran up the national debt over $5 trillion while they controlled congress under bush. Clinton's economy made them do it. The $1 trillion spent on bush's illegal war in iraq was all clintons fault because of lack of security during his service. To bad their memory just goes to sleep. I guess that is why americans voted them out of power and they can't seem to get in their pea brains that they have no power anymore, so just keep complaining, it makes for a good laugh every day.

I have learned over the years that when one person constantly interrupts/talks over another person then either one or both of those people are lying. It is a defensive mechanism not unlike sticking ones fingers in ones ears. It is meant to deny the other person respect or an opportunity to voice opinion.

I have problems trusting someone who can't be respectful. I understand Republican blowhards will suck a debate out of a room by not sharing time and hence Matthews plays their own game back, but then maybe he ought to explain his rules before they go live. Not doing so lessens the interview.