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Lies, lies, and still more lies issue from the mouths of leftists as they continue beating the class-warfare drum and demonizing Wall Street and the capitalist system itself in order to promote President Obama’s nakedly statist agenda.

Amidst all the vomit-inducing phony outrage in liberal circles about AIG’s payment of retention bonuses to employees, left-wingers continue to faithfully parrot the lines written for them (perhaps by the intelligentsia at the secretive JournoList.)

In an orgy of sanctimony the Left continues to argue -despite all evidence to the contrary- that the Bush years were an era of regulatory relaxation. (Would that it were true.)

Take the case of Faiz Shakir of John Podesta’s propaganda factory, the allegedly nonpartisan Center for American Progress.

Shakir, who appeared on MSNBC today and didn’t object when identified as a “Democratic strategist,” is just one of many liberals attempting to create this myth of Dubya-era laissez-faire that is designed to be lapped up by lazy journalists, the uninformed, and the plain old gullible:

“I think there’s been a culture of greed in Wall Street and there’s been a culture of tolerance in Washington but that was really largely over the past administration. For eight years we tolerated these obscene profits from Wall Street, deregulation was the norm here in Washington and that was handed over to [Treasury Secretary Timothy] Geithner and the Obama administration,” Shakir said.

If anything, the Bush years saw an explosion of regulatory activity.

As Scott S. Powell of the Hoover Institution notes, “The Bush administration made many mistakes, but deregulation was not one of them. Not only was there no major deregulation passed during the past eight years, but the Bush administration and a Republican Congress approved the most sweeping financial-market regulation in decades.”

Powell is referring, of course, to Sarbanes-Oxley, which needlessly imposed tremendous costs on business.

Another culprit was ridiculous “mark-to-market” accounting standards that help strangle otherwise healthy companies.

Don’t expect to hear any of these points raised by the Left. To liberals, government can do no wrong - unless it’s the Bush administration. 

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Pingback| 3.18.09 @ 4:41PM

The Left Is Still Lying About Wall Street and Deregulation — But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…and still more lies issue from the mouths of leftists as they continue beating the class-warfare drum and demonizing Wall Street and the capitalist system itself in order to promote … → Read full article… The Left Is Still Lying About Wall Street and Deregulation Tagged as: Capitalist System, Class Warfare, Deregulation, Leftists, Mouths, wall street { 0 comments… add one now } Leave a…

Angel| 3.18.09 @ 8:34PM

I smell libtard desperation. We've got to scream the truth from the rooftops--over and over again--they can't keep our Conservative message down anymore. Viva Conservative Media!!

Thomas| 3.18.09 @ 9:43PM

Relax. The screaming, crying and handwringing on capital hill over the AIG bonuses will die off quickly, with little or no ramifications for those who were granted bonuses. AIG was a government laundering operation. It was given over $170 billion in taxpayer money of which 1/2 was then given to other companies and even foreign banks. The bonuses were a payoff to AIG for the service.
Members of congress are already falling back on the incompetent boob defense.

ruth| 3.18.09 @ 10:48PM

But TOTUS--Teleprompter Of The United States is gonna stick. Rush is frickin' smart.

Pingback| 3.19.09 @ 9:20AM

Morning Skim: Behind the President’s Brackets Picks - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes. links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Conservatives have argued for decades that the sins most dangerous to our society were rooted in lust when in fact they were rooted in greed. American Spectator: Matthew Vadum says “ the left is still lying about Wall Street and deregulation.” If anything, the Bush years saw an explosion of regulatory activity. The Volokh Conspiracy: Eugene Volokh publishes statistics showing that “ gun sales…

rc| 3.19.09 @ 12:31PM

the liars are those that grandstand about empty regulations and laws. regulation without enforcement is meaningless....

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 3:35PM

Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions" [emphasis added] It's worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the Obama agenda was granted media credentials…

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 3:45PM

WhosRunningObama : Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non- links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Report's Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions" [emphasis added] It's worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the Obama agenda was granted media credentials…

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 4:22PM

Stunning Liberal Hypocrisy on White House Press Access links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Report's Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions [emphasis added] It's worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the Obama agenda was granted media credentials…

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 8:18PM

Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions" [emphasis added] It’s worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the Obama agenda was granted media credentials…

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 8:20PM

Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions" [emphasis added] It’s worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the Obama agenda was granted media credentials…

Pingback| 3.26.09 @ 8:21PM

Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Faiz Shakir, who had polled his audience for suggestions of questions" [emphasis added] It’s worth noting that when Shakir appeared on MSNBC on March 18 he was introduced as a " Democratic strategist." He did not object to the characterization. So, a partisan, ideologically-driven individual from an organization that is aggressively promoting the obama agenda was granted media credentials…

StewartIII | 3.26.09 @ 11:53PM

Podesta Plant at White House Presser -- Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-vadum/2009/03/26/podesta-plant-white-house-presser-brace-yourself-msm-non-outrage

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Podesta Plant at White House Presser — Brace Yourself for MSM Non-Outrage — But As Fo links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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Soros-Backed Blog Calls Tea Parties ‘Astroturf’ « NewsReal Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…of for the great middle class.” (The Fund is a 501c4 lobbying organization that is officially a  Center for American Progress  affiliate.) CAP has been beating the class-warfare drum and demonizing Wall Street and the capitalist system itself in order to promote President Obama ’s nakedly statist agenda. Now it has joined the effort to delegitimize this legitimate popular uprising, which bears…

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