LETS BE CLEAR: the Democrats in Washington FORCED mortgage companies to give risky loans under threat of stiff penalties.

Click here to see proof of how the Bush Administration, and many house Republicans (JOHN McCAIN was one of the most vocal), had been warning of the risk of Fannie and Freddie since 2001...President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted.
*REMINDER of WHO Fannie and Freddie favored