Obama still blaming Bush for economy?

[261911]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/166607222...ylist_id=87485

Apparently so. Fact of the matter is, Barry will never own up to his failures.

[Liberty]

Got to give Obama credit though. He's consistent.

[Sci Fi Fan]

Wait, so if the worst economic downturn since the Great one isn't Bush's fault, whose is it? The recession started well before Obama went in; at worst, you blame him for not getting us out of it quickly enough.

[Warhawk1982]

Who controlled Congress from '06 to '10?

[Liberty]

Wait, so if the worst economic downturn since the Great one isn't Bush's fault, whose is it?

LOL. How quick the Left ignores Jimmy Carter.

As Warhawk pointed out, the downturn didn't begin until Democrats took control of Congress. Its interesting to note that Clinton's economic boom didn't begin until Republicans took control of Congress.

Makes you go "Hmmmmm....".

The recession started well before Obama went in; at worst, you blame him for not getting us out of it quickly enough.

Well, Reagan was able to do it. In fact, Reagan won re-election in a landslide. Wanna bet it won't be the same for Obama?

[Liberty]

BTW, for the Blame Bush crowd a reminder..........

[Sci Fi Fan]

Originally Posted by Warhawk1982

Who controlled Congress from '06 to '10?

Who controls the House?

Besides, the Republicans controlled both houses until 2007, and recessions are rarely the product of only a few years of mismanagement. Feel free to show me the Evil Liberal measures passed post 2007 that contributed to the economic collapse.

[Liberty]

Originally Posted by Sci Fi Fan

Who controls the House?

Besides, the Republicans controlled both houses until 2007, and recessions are rarely the product of only a few years of mismanagement. Feel free to show me the Evil Liberal measures passed post 2007 that contributed to the economic collapse.

So, you agree that the recession that occurred shortly after Bush took office was Clinton's fault.

[Warhawk1982]

Originally Posted by Sci Fi Fan

Who controls the House?

Besides, the Republicans controlled both houses until 2007, and recessions are rarely the product of only a few years of mismanagement. Feel free to show me the Evil Liberal measures passed post 2007 that contributed to the economic collapse.

You do know how our government works? Right? The current Republican controlled House is only one-third of our government. The democrats controlled the House AND the Senate from '06 to '10. TWO-THIRDS. From '08 to '10 they controlled all THREE branches of our government. Under their watch, we've suffered a recession that began with their idiotic, acorn sponsored, sub prime mortgages which brought the housing market down http://www.examiner.com/article/rece...ed-by-congress , followed by bail-outs of huge corporations, higher gas prices than ever, Billions of taxpayers dollars wasted on "green" jobs that failed(solyndra http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63654.html ) and man made crises blown completely out of proportion (the Gulf Oil Spill in which Bobby Jindal's efforts at early clean up were halted by a Federal Order http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us...pagewanted=all ). Check...your move.

[Sci Fi Fan]

Originally Posted by Liberty

So, you agree that the recession that occurred shortly after Bush took office was Clinton's fault.

Perhaps (his administration and the fed as a whole). But given that it followed the largest period of uninterrupted economic growth in the nation's history, it's hardly a huge mark on his presidency, given that economic growth is inevitably followed with some sort of temporary decline.

For example, the Great Depression followed a period of economic prosperity in the conservative 20's, where big business flourished and [most] Americans prospered, yet this short term prosperity led to a very offsetting fall. Clinton's economic expansion was even more impressive, and the step back was, to say the least, slightly milder.

Meanwhile, Bush led us into a very serious recession, and accomplished jack and **** to compensate.

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It's why I don't understand why the right worships Reagan. For one, he did several things that conservatives tend to hate: pardoned illegal aliens, increased federal spending, negotiated (secretly and illegally) with terrorists, raised taxes, tripled the national debt, etc. For another, Reaganomics were initially a failure, but eventually did result in an economic boom. That's great.

But in the long run, it resulted in a deep recession that was blamed on Bush sr, widened the wealth gap, and his tripling of the national debt has never been paid off.

It's why Jimmy Carter, while largely an ineffective president, at least deserves some credit for leading us on a path to alternative fuel use. It damaged our economy in the short run and cost Carter the election, but the long term consequences are more important than what Reagan did.

Hence, I value LBJ's civil rights crusading over Reagan's short term economic boom, for example.

Originally Posted by Warhawk1982

You do know how our government works? Right? The current Republican controlled House is only one-third of our government. The democrats controlled the House AND the Senate from '06 to '10. TWO-THIRDS. From '08 to '10 they controlled all THREE branches of our government.

Just a nitpick...you're getting your branches mixed up.