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Old 09-08-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Eastern Shore
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Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak View Post
Fannie and Freddie were never government sponsored until yesterday. Look at their prospectus:

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/uploads/Fannie.png

NOT government backed!

Sarah is an economic moron nonetheless because this sucker is too big to be bailed out, plus it makes to sense to say you're going to shrink the organization to save money. The bulk of the cost is the $5T of crap mortgage debt, 9% of which have missed payments, and we ain't seen nothing yet.

They were taught and probably still are (until yesterday) as "quasi gov't entities", ask anyone who ever took a RE exam.
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Oxygen Ln. AZ
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Where was the mistake? Lets review.

Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers."

This is true, especially considering that the taxpayers are in the process of taking over both companies, putting the taxpayers on the hook for billions in debt.

The companies, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies.

Again, they are private companies, but in the process of becoming public companies as the Federal Reserve considers taking over both companies.

Again, where exactly is her "gaffe"?
I was far more amused by Obama's gaff on Sunday when he said "my Muslim faith" and Stephanhoosie had to quickly correct him.
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:20 PM
 
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Where was the mistake? Lets review.

Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers."

This is true, especially considering that the taxpayers are in the process of taking over both companies, putting the taxpayers on the hook for billions in debt.

The companies, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies.

Again, they are private companies, but in the process of becoming public companies as the Federal Reserve considers taking over both companies.

Again, where exactly is her "gaffe"?

You are 100% correct. No gaffe at all.
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:20 PM
 
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Palin came out of a strongly Libertarian part of Alaska. That is probably her perspective and not a gaffe. She still needs to align her personal beliefs with those of McCain.
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:21 PM
 
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Their owned by freakin shareholders, they are most definately private companies
Um.. they are owned by shareholders, but wont be for long....

FRB: Press Release--Statement by Chairman Bernanke on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--September 7, 2008

Statement by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke:

I strongly endorse both the decision by FHFA Director Lockhart to place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:22 PM
 
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not good, especially when her counterpart on the democrat ticket never misspeaks!
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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They were taught and probably still are (until yesterday) as "quasi gov't entities", ask anyone who ever took a RE exam.
That's the conventional wisdom by talking heads. Obviously you didn't read the perspectus as written proof as to why that's bogus.

Bwahahahaha...believing a realtor?? Not believeing these cheerleaders is how I got wealthy, off the backs of homebuilders and financials by shorting the h**l out of them.
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:24 PM
 
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Palin came out of a strongly Libertarian part of Alaska. That is probably her perspective and not a gaffe. She still needs to align her personal beliefs with those of McCain.
Or with the rest of the country......
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:29 PM
 
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Anything posted on Huffington is meaningless without at least one corroborating story from a legitimate source that's at least slightly less biased...
Like Worldnet?
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Old 09-08-2008, 12:30 PM
 
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Or with the rest of the country......
Freddie and Fannie are to big in the minds of many. They were allowed to become something they should not have become and it is now to late to do anything but keep them afloat. They should never have been allowed to back high risk loans.
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