barney frank and chris dodd single handedly collapsed the entire economy! you heard it here first folks!
ignore the fact that they were in the minority party while wages shrank BEFORE the housing collapse, the entire economic meltdown was the lone result of two rogue democrats who secretly controlled the strings of the entire government!
also, ignore how shrub boasted of his 'ownership society' and record home ownership rates in his SOTU speeches! he was just a puppet of barney frank and chris dodd, who controlled him through advanced mind control techniques, as well as a series of pullies and levers.
in unrelated news, sharks with lasers on their heads are responsible for homosexuality.