You can bet your *** if the markets were crashing, who would the Right blame????? The President and his policies set the tone for our economy and how we all do. Look at the Bush years. Tripled the deficit and yet no one on the Right was concerned about this massive debt. Then Obama takes office and inherits the mess and the debt and all of a sudden, the debt is horrible and will be passed onto our children's children. The Right went nuts on out of control spending. Please explain why Obama doesn't get credit for lowering the debt at a faster rate than any other President in History, saving our economy, giving healthcare to millions, and all the other stuff he has done, while the Right says Bush kept us safe. Why no credit to Obama???? This country is much much better off than it was when Dubbya went back to Texas.
@Emtronics:
You need to stop watching MSNBC, and understand that Jon Stewart is a COMEDIAN. Get some real news for a change. Let's start with this.
(1) "Bush tripled the deficit."
2001 $5.8 trillion
2009 $11.9 trillion
The last figure includes Obama's stimulus, but the most you could say is that the deficit DOUBLED during the Bush years. Of course, much of this was due to the Clinton recession as Bush took office (dot.com bubble burst) and entitlement spending. The "War on Terror" was expensive, but hardly any different from a stimulus package (production of bombs, missiles, aircraft, R&D, etc. kept or put tens of thousands to work).
(2) "No one on the Right" complained of Bush's "massive" deficits.
Not true. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck were all critical of Bush's big spending. But deficits reached a new level under Obama, and they've only recently contracted with spending restraint and economic growth.
(3) Obama lowered the debt at a faster rate than any president in history.
I'm laughing so hard, I may need a funeral.
(4) Obama saved our economy.
Like FDR how got us out of the Great Depression (in case you don't follow, FDR's nutty economic policies kept us from recovery. Starting in 1940, only the benefits of the Lend-Lease Act and the build-up of American military power during the Second World War got us out of economic doldrums).
(5) Obama gave health care to millions.
Correction: Obama attempted to provide Health INSURANCE to millions, but in the process, millions lost their insurance (remember, "if you like your insurance, you can keep it."). "Health insurance" and "health care" are not the same.
(6) Obama doesn't get credit for his "successes."
Not true. MSNBC, Randy Emert, Joe Biden and countless others praise Obama all day long. I suspect, though, that the whining about him not getting credit reveals that his supporters know the truth, but refuse to admit it. Domestic and Foreign policy alike are in shambles thanks to Obama's anti-American worldview.
On the campaign trail, five days before the 2008 election, Obama said we were five days away from fundamentally transforming America. Six years later, we now know he meant. Some say they miss George W. Bush...
...I miss Jimmy Carter.
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