Freddie Mac isn’t the name of a rapper. It’s the behemoth, bailed-out government sponsored enterprise in the mortgage business that has been a chronic den of fraud and cronyism.
Last night, @FreddieMac — which appears to be the Twitter account of the taxpayer-subsidized mortgage lender, but does not have a blue verified check mark — weighed in on the critically important matter of…singer Adele.
Someone at the agency retweeted well-known misogynist Bill “Pig” Maher.
Your tax dollars at work!
https://twitter.com/bccohan/status/306145489894666240
https://twitter.com/RexHarrisonsHat/status/305902822652801025
https://twitter.com/JAMyerson/status/305903830489509888
@FreddieMac @billmaher Not busy enough foreclosing on homeowners?
— melissa “DentalCareForAll” byrne (@mcbyrne) February 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/306031875720376320
Does anyone else think it's weird that @FreddieMac watches the Oscars?
— Steve Fletcher (@FletcherMpls) February 25, 2013
But wait. That’s not all:
RT @BucketofWisdom: That funny moment when you use Bernie Mac instead of Freddie Mac in your research paper.
— Freddie Mac (@FreddieMac) February 24, 2013
Thanks in advance to @ReformedBroker & @moorehn for making the #Oscars far more entertaining.
— Freddie Mac (@FreddieMac) February 25, 2013
Say what? One tweeter screencapped Freddie Mac’s Oscar binge:
https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/305905005691551745
https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/305904624836177920
We wonder if that reckless government employee who used to run NASA’s Twitter account moved to Freddie Mac.
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