and voted FOR TARP.
He lobbied for TARP in the Senate,
and in a floor speech supporting TARP,
he urged the other Senators to "step up to the plate and do the right thing" by voting FOR the Wall Street Bailout.
So, it a a little disingenuous of you to try to remove him from TARP by saying it was "a bipartisan deal that was passed before Obama took office."
Since you don't remember Senator Obama lobbying FOR TARP in the Senate in 2008,
it is not surprising that you also can not remember the outcries from LABOR about demanding Contract Concessions from THEM before any Bailout.
President Obama even took to the Bully Pulpit reinforcing the sanctity of honoring contracts
to justify the outrageous BONUSES Wall Street Paid Themselves,
but for Auto-Workers, contracts go in the trashcan.
The Double Standard of treatment between Wall Street and Americans who have to Work for a Living was discussed a lot on DU.
"Now, now...We can't begrudge them their wealth."
"..they are just savvy businessmen"
"Its the Free Market"
I mean, look at all the baseball players."
You really don't remember anything about all that? 
Man, it was BURNED into my brain.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center]
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