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Originally Posted by GuidoHunter_Toki
Yup because it is all the fault of Republican policies. 
I mean it is not like Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate on Jan. 3, 2007, Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee, and the meltdown that happened 15 months later was part of banking and financial services. Heck for how much jobs seems to be a huge selling point for Obama what about after the Bush administration tax cuts, there were 52 months of continuous job creation, which is the largest such period in american history.
We can point fingers all we want, but this recession has been a long time coming even before Bush and Obama, through policies by both parties going back to even Jimmy Carter. Bush and the current Obama presidency are basically responsible for continuing it beyond anything reasonable.
What it comes down to is: the current President will blame the last unfriendly administration for current economic problems. The current President will also take credit for everything good that happens on his watch. When it's election time, the candidates will say how much better things will be on their watch, and that the current President is playing the "blame game" by shifting the blame for everything bad onto the previous administration.
Lather, Rinse, Repeat. |
Like VCV, I'm no dem apologist either. The dems had some part in the mess Obama inherited in early 2009. The GOP certainly added so much to that mess though, especially with two incredibly costly (not just money; humans lives and trauma) wars that were started with no good exit plans. I also hear those Bush tax cuts have added quite a lot to our national debt. But also, what you talked about in your last paragraph, well, things in Obama's first term isn't business as usual. I mean, we have America in turmoil in late 2008 when Obama is elected, and then, as VCV put it, we have the GOP doing the whole "crash the country and blame Obama" strategy they've been using for nearly four years now. Sure, the dems have added to our nations problems before Obama was elected, and sure, the dems haven't been perfect in their job under Obama, but who helped contribute more to the mess Obama was handed, and who isn't even trying to help deal with the mess; who are, in fact, even helping the mess remain and fester? That's right, the GOP.
For anyone who realizes what the GOP has become, it isn't a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils this November. It is a no-brainer who should be president come this November. Like VCV says, the GOP just shouldn't govern the country at this point. How can people want them in power when they first crashed the country, and then,
they continue to thrash the country for about four years so that they can attempt to get back into power in 2012? How do so many Americans not see how fucking crazy and unethical that is (the italicized part)?