Replies to post #35911 on Options Wonderland

[nlightn]

morning o4u,...in a few words on my take,...

too many bank ceo's/officers have constituents grinding at their ears. in my opinion, they do not want to alienate for fear of losing their jobs come Nov. the people have spoken through the press and recent media 'unofficial polls'and they are pissed off and more than rightfully so. the publci has figured out what this first draft of the bailout really was and it was not at all in their favor. bailing out those who created this mess does not sit well with the American public.

[SherriT]

Well, I can't say much, because many of those idiots are my leaders, but down here, I hate to admit that the numbers of people who follow the markets are just not that many. They don't understand how tied together it all is - and honestly, I didn't either a couple of years ago. I probably would have been against the bailout too. I've actually stopped speaking with a couple of colleagues because of our individual stands.....

And no, we are not all stupid rednecks ;-)

[samaelrocks]

It was a voter's revolt. Constituants phoned in their disdain of the bill and the representatives listened.

Republicans (voters) generally do not think it's the government's responsibility to bail out private business.

The vote counts speak pretty clearly to that, IMO.