I’ve been saying this since day one. All bad things will be blamed on Bush all good things will be due to prayers to The One. Hallowed be his name.

… for conservatives is to step up to the mistakes that were made, now- before the 2010 election season rolls around. Yes, spending went unchecked, things like the PATRIOT act should have been looked over more, etc- but we know we made mistakes, we’re going to learn from them, and most importantly, just because we were wrong then doesn’t make the other guys right *now*.

Then we need to work on bringing forward bona fide ideas to the table to tackle the various crises facing our nation; we need to get back into the habit of grassroots activism, getting people in every corner of our great nation involved with working towards those goals and building those ideas.

I saw a piece on that the other day and it had a graph attatch showing the stock market from 29 thru 32, if this thing happen again but it 08 thru 11 how can anyone keep blaming Bush given the fact that it was Chuckie Shumer and the Taxcheat that said and made the decisions that started the snowball. Yeah I know the underlying issue is that Carter era housing plan but still until those two clowns did want they did this could still have been saved, but I didn’t know enough to say that for sure but I just can’t help feeling that way

I seem to recall that the Democrats took charge of both houses in our bi-cameral legislature as a result of the 2006 elections. The appropriations bills were crafted by Democrat-led committees, with huge majorities in both houses. How then is this appropriations bill the fault of President Bush? Was it because the Democrats had to compromise themselves in order to produce a bill that would be signed by the President?

I also recall that Rep. Pelosi declined to submit the 2008-2009 appropriations bill to President Bush, preferring instead to wait for the ascendancy of a certain President Obama. Bush could not sign something that was not submitted to him. How then is this appropriations bill his fault?

There are few Republicans, or should I say supposed Republicans, that will ever stand up and correct the lies that it was all Bushes fault. Fox News is getting just as bad as MSNBC and CNN and the rest of the Liberal channels. I am hearing more and more from the likes of Nina Easton, Kirsten Powers and Juan Williams making wild accusations, that it is all Bush’s fault, with supposed Republican counterparts never ever correcting their statements and saying anything about the fact that the Democrats had control of the Congress since 2006. The supposed Republicans never ever bring up the fact that Dodd and Rangel thought that there was no problem with the sub-prime mortgage market years ago. The liberals get on Fox, make their accusations, and their statements stand unchallenged. It amazes me how many people believe that Fox really is fair and balanced.

To add to what ss393 said, not only did the Dems have all of the Congress, but also the stock market did not take a serious dive until after Obama was inaugurated. After each action Obama, Geithner, or the Congress have made, the economy reacted to it. It got worse, not better. No Bush there, So, if these policies were so good, the economy would have improved, not worsened.

The fact is that the economy is reacting to the poor and indecisive moves of the government. It is not as much as what they have done, but how they have done it. Everyone sees these moves and does not have confidence in the government; therefore they do not have confidence in the economy.

This has nothing to do with Bush. It has all to do with the actions of the current President and Congress. They bred this fear and doubt.
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Look at this correlation.

Dow Dec 31, 2000 – 10787 – R Congress, Bush about to be sworn in, FINALLY, after the longest election in history

Dow Oct 31, 2006 – 12081 – R Congress (for a few more days), President Bush

Dow Nov 28, 2008 – 8829 – after 2 years of a Dem Congress, Bush is still President, but Obama is President-elect.

Dow Feb 27, 2009 – 7063 – with President Obama + a Dem Congress, helping (?) the economy.

The economy seems to correlate with Dem control of Congress so make that an issue in 2010. I suspect that Reid and Pelosi are less popular than President Obama. Also, a lot of the blame for this economic mess belongs to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd; while only voters in Connecticut and massachusetts can remove them from office, voters ever where can put them in the minority part in Congress if their own states unwisel keep them.

If the economy started to tank in 2007, who’s fault is that? Let’s answer that question in 2010.

The Democrats are still as happy as clams, probably for the same reason.

How do you tell that a clam is happy? Especially a liberal one?

Could Bush just issue one press release from his retirement:

“Dear Obama, it’s not my fault and you know it. Quit being a lying little whiney wussy and get on with running the country like a man and don’t me make me have to come over there. Again.”

….is fairly oblivious to macroeconomic factors and politics beyond the party affiliation of the President.

Bush was Republican so the state of the economy was the GOP’s fault. Polls taken after the election showed that over half of voters were unaware that the Dems had been in control of Congress since 2007, a point kept very quiet by the MSM during the election. So for all Obama’s bleating about the lack of oversight, it was his party that had majorities and the leadership position on all those oversight committees.

Obama will continue to blame Bush. When he starts running for re-election around Jan 2011, his mantra will be “We can’t afford to return to the same failed policies of George W Bush.” So despite the fact that he will have never directly faced off against Bush, he will have been running against the specter of Bush for about six years by the time election 2012 rolls around.

But Obama’s song and dance will get old. Economy and jobs will continue to struggle. Obama will get out there every now and then and give a prime time address to try to turn public opinion in his favor. MSM will swoon. Dems in Congress will call it a another tour de force. But if people don’t start seeing real results, it will cease to matter that the guy can give a pretty speech (as long as he has his teleprompter).

What a worthless whiner. The only thing he inherited that is causing trouble is the Democrat controlled House and Senate.

Every day is more sickening with these juvemiles, and they are trying so hard to conceal the fact that they have no idea what they are doing.

Always remember – victim status has no expiration date, so look for them to go back to the well on this worn out line again and again.

From the headlines of the day – NOT:

Jefferson Inherits Job Of Writing Declaration
Writer’s block due to “being so tired”

General Washington Inherits Dire Situation
Decries lack of planning, exit strategy

Lincoln Inherits Crisis of Keeping Union Together
Predecessor Blamed, Considers Partitioning America Into Thirds

Wright Brothers Inherit Bicycle Shop
Unable to work due to poor conditions, will auction business soon

Churchill Inherits Conflict
Wants to work with moderate Nazis, blames crisis on lack of fully funding diplomatic corp

Reagan Inherits Malaise
Gives hostages to Iran sign of goodwill, says only government can solve crisis

It won’t matter what the media says.
The country will be demanding new leadership and chasing Obama/Reid/Paloozi etc from office with pitchforks and torches.
We have a long, long, long way to fall and there will be blood.

As a VA citizen, I heard today that Virgil Goode has filed very premliminary papers that he may look to run against Tom (the very liberal Periello) in VA. that literally stole the electiotion from him, of course with the help of ACORN and Periellos New York team. If this does come to pass, every single member here needs to do all they can to turn VA from purple to red. Go Virgil!

As a VA citizen, I heard today that Virgil Goode has filed very premliminary papers that he may look to run against Tom (the very liberal Periello) in VA. that literally stole the electiotion from him, of course with the help of ACORN and Periellos New York team. If this does come to pass, every single member here needs to do all they can to turn VA from purple to red. Go Virgil!