Open Line

I'm responding to remarks about Barack Obama constantly being scrutinized. He's president. Presidents get scrutinized. The OpenLine caller said no matter how well-educated or intelligent Obama is, he's still not accepted. Obama is accepted. It is what he is trying to do to this country that is not. A degree and a gift of gab can make you appear intelligent. It can also make you a master manipulator. It doesn't necessarily make you smart. A truly smart person would know things like if there's no money, you don't go shopping.

Ellen Canisius

Godley

The Obama administration said it would get tough with banks and lenders so that the type of housing debacle we had would never happen again. So why is the president again authorizing millions of dollars -- loaned to us from China and other countries -- to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fund housing loans to people they say have middle to low incomes or others with hard-to-verify residual incomes? Isn't this a large part of what got our country into its current economic situation? Doesn't anyone learn from past mistakes?

Gary Bishop

Joliet