fingers, playing blame games. contributing to paralysis so we don t get out of this hole that he keeps digging deeper. sean: we are good friends. and i really eric cantor didn t say that. barack obama said that. barack obama said that in 2006 when he voted against the debt ceiling. that s a different time. that s a totally different ball of wax. clearly, obama as the most liberal senator in the u.s. senate at that time, was taking a political position with the knowledge that president bush had the votes necessary to raise the debt ceiling. we weren t in the situation we are in today! sean: you are ruining the one time i found myself in agreement with obama he was right then. i m not trying to play gotcha. but i m trying to make a point. this is a mess he s created this is a mess of his own
walking around with soda in baby bottles. [ laughing ] oh come on! i am not exaggerating. maybe it was diet soda it is absolutely on the parents. [ talking over each other ] sean: should parents lose of course not. let me tell you something. you guys don t have this problem. as a woman who is always trying to lose 10 pounds, if not more, you don t just take a fat kid or a fat person, put them in someone else s house for a couple weeks or months and they lose weight like that. you don t? i ve done that with my kids. sean: i recently dieded that i didn t want to be five months decided that i didn t want to be five months pregnant any more and on weight watchers and lost 15 pounds. it was a pain in the neck. i love junk food. so i made a decision. here s the point, if kids are that obese, is it is a form
i can t make eye contact with him. i m not allowed. sean: karen hanretty is here. he s a contributing editor jeffrey lord is here way is the best deal for the republicans here? what should they do next? cut, cap, balance. i like newt gingrich s as well. we got to get locked in now. you cannot walk away with even president reagan got burned about this. this is a battle royale for the future of the country this is not about right now. we 10 to treat these things like political super bowls who is ahead, who is behind this is the long term of this country. this is a very big deal. sean: it is also a moment of truth for the republican party. they ve got to step up, hold firm. i m saying vote for cut, cap and balance. let the democrats and the
has gone to jail is one that we ve been reporting on. i think is a conundrum for a lot of people this is especially damaging. the taxpayers are on the hook now for 150 billion dollars. and the very people that we were supposed to be helping, got hurt the worst by this incredible partnership. sean: it also helped jumpstart this slow down in the economy. very informative. a web if you want to know about government corruption, well chronicled. a lot of people in washington today were around then. including the two that i mentioned and more. great job, gretchen appreciate you being with us. thank you sean. sean: stupid and mean. that s what one msnbc anchor is calling republicans who are refuse fusing to give into democratic demands to raise taxes.
when they ballooned the balance sheet started to lead the way down in degrading the due diligence that normally gets done when you make a home loan. and he made a tremendous amount of money for himself. he also was very shrewd about buying off the academic community. about making sure he could co-opt his regulator. and that regulator would be a 98 pound weakling. sean: you described how they took it from hud and moved to congressional oversight. you talk about the incestuous relationship. an instance where barney frank got a job at fannie for a friend. then he look at his role in this or chris dodd s role. friends at countrywide getting sweetheart loans for themselves. explain the connection between congress and this these failing institutions. it was of crucial