I wonder - did people put bumper stickers on their cars in the mid-1930s that said "Don't blame me. I voted for Hoover!" or Landon.

I wish I could believe that a President McCain would or could do anything substantially different than what Obama is doing.

Was McCain against the bank bailouts? Nope. Is he against the stimulus? I guess so, but it still could have probably passed over his veto.

Was McCain for the TARP before or after it was revealed that Paulson lied about the intent of the program?

There were many of us (myself included) who thought that a quick infusion of liquidity might loosen things up enough to get the machine working again. Kinda like a financial WD-40.

When the lending contracted further, and it became obvious something was wrong, we got a bit of buyer's remorse. When Paulson came right out and said that TARP was never intended to be used for lending, we were furious.

We have been royally had.

My bumper sticker would be
Don't blame me, I tried to warn you