Brad and the Banks
2010-02-02 - by
Here’s another example of a politician trying to have his cake and eat it too: The other day Congressman Brad Miller bemoaned the Supreme Court ruling on corporations spending money in elections then wailed he’s in hot water because he’s made the banks mad, saying, “I’ve made a real nuisance of myself to the most financially powerful industry in the United States” – in other words he thinks the banks may try to defeat him this fall.
But that just won’t hold water.
The Wall Street banks aren’t mad at Brad Miller – they’re tickled to death with him. He voted to bail out every New York bank from Goldman-Sachs on down. He gave the banks billions in bailouts and, as a result, hardly missing a paycheck they’re back to passing out million dollar bonuses. The banks – including Fannie Mae and the American Bankers Association – and Wall Street wheeler-dealer types have contributed over $200,000 to Miller’s campaigns.
Brad Miller’s shedding crocodile tears is an old political game: Up in Washington he snuggles up to the banks then he comes home and tells everyone who’ll listen he’s fighting the banks and so they’re out to get him.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats
Brad and the Banks
2010-02-02/
Here’s another example of a politician trying to have his cake and eat it too: The other day Congressman Brad Miller bemoaned the Supreme Court ruling on corporations spending money in elections then wailed he’s in hot water because he’s made the banks mad, saying, “I’ve made a real nuisance of myself to the most financially powerful industry in the United States” – in other words he thinks the banks may try to defeat him this fall.
But that just won’t hold water.
The Wall Street banks aren’t mad at Brad Miller – they’re tickled to death with him. He voted to bail out every New York bank from Goldman-Sachs on down. He gave the banks billions in bailouts and, as a result, hardly missing a paycheck they’re back to passing out million dollar bonuses. The banks – including Fannie Mae and the American Bankers Association – and Wall Street wheeler-dealer types have contributed over $200,000 to Miller’s campaigns.
Brad Miller’s shedding crocodile tears is an old political game: Up in Washington he snuggles up to the banks then he comes home and tells everyone who’ll listen he’s fighting the banks and so they’re out to get him.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats