It's very unfortunate that Gresham voted for the bail out on the second vote. By doing so, he proved that he was looking beyond his current seat and to the 2010 Governor's race. I'm sure he voted for this bail out under pressure from the banking/financial industry. Just as he has received much help from that industry while in congress, he would need their continued assistance while running for Governor of South Carolina.
Greshan Barrett is a good person with strong moral and religous convictions; however, his bail out vote goes against everything that he went to Washington for in the first place. Suspect as it was in happening only a few weeks out from the election, this whole thing was "rammed" down the taxpayer's throats much to fast. Hats off to Senator Jim Demint for drawing the line in the sand and staying true to his firm convictions.
Posted on November 12 at 9:58 a.m.
On Barrett unhappy with bailout usage
It's very unfortunate that Gresham voted for the bail out on the second vote. By doing so, he proved that he was looking beyond his current seat and to the 2010 Governor's race. I'm sure he voted for this bail out under pressure from the banking/financial industry. Just as he has received much help from that industry while in congress, he would need their continued assistance while running for Governor of South Carolina.
Greshan Barrett is a good person with strong moral and religous convictions; however, his bail out vote goes against everything that he went to Washington for in the first place. Suspect as it was in happening only a few weeks out from the election, this whole thing was "rammed" down the taxpayer's throats much to fast. Hats off to Senator Jim Demint for drawing the line in the sand and staying true to his firm convictions.