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Keep dreaming. Liberals take no personal responsibility and hussein obama is no man. Both will try to lay blame on everyone but themselves. Bush is just handy.
When Bush took office, America was at peace and the economy was strong. He left an America with two unresolved mismanaged middle east wars that have dragged on years longer than they should have. He left with America in the throes of the worst recession in generations.
That's reality, baby. Not "blame."
Regarding the recession, no developed economy can continuously sustain strong economic growth. A contraction of the economy is a natural part of the economic cycle and having such strong, previous growth may have been one of the reasons the crash was so catastrophic. I don't think it's particularly fair to entirely blame Bush for the recession as most economic theories tend to point towards several factors, but his expensive wars certainly would have impeded the recovery.
I wonder how many of FDR's plans were scrapped in the first 15 months of his administration? And how many angry mobs were gathering calling for his impeachment?
Like Obama, FDR was too pig headed to know when he has failed. It eventually took an act of Congress to abolished most of FDR's failed New Deal programs by 1939.
As to the "angry mobs" 15 months into his administration, FDR had no shortage of protesters. Just like today, there were many protests nationwide. In the Berkley protest and General Strike of 1934 two were killed.
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Or, in hindsight, do most of us realize that climbing out of the Great Depression was a little longer process than "right now"...
Perhaps someday, a few of the current foaming-at-the-mouth nutballs will step back and see that maybe some of Obama's actions took awhile to bear results, too.
If was FDR's actions that caused the depression to last just over a decade before the GDP finally reached the same level it was before it crashed. Had FDR not interfered, the economy would have recovered considerably faster. Obama is taking advantage of our economic hard times to enact his radical leftist agenda as solution to our problem, just like FDR. The end result will be the same - more prolonged economic hardship.
Haven't you heard? The democrats plan to campaign against Bush in Nov. I really can't wait for that.
Oh my haven't you heard the news today! they are quite a bit mixed up these dems, they are campaigning against Bush as we speak. Come Novemeber they will realy be a mixed up crowd. They won't know if it is Tuesday, or if it is raining.
Like Obama, FDR was too pig headed to know when he has failed. It eventually took an act of Congress to abolished most of FDR's failed New Deal programs by 1939.
Back up your bold words.
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As to the "angry mobs" 15 months into his administration, FDR had no shortage of protesters. Just like today, there were many protests nationwide. In the Berkley protest and General Strike of 1934 two were killed.
Were they protesting the government or were those labor/management disputes?
Be honest, now.
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If was FDR's actions that caused the depression to last just over a decade before the GDP finally reached the same level it was before it crashed. Had FDR not interfered, the economy would have recovered considerably faster. Obama is taking advantage of our economic hard times to enact his radical leftist agenda as solution to our problem, just like FDR. The end result will be the same - more prolonged economic hardship.
You're at odds with the historical record. Prove it or admit it's just hot gas.
It's a shame that alot of real history has been taken out of the history books. If you have books from years past that haven't been tampered with----you might get the truth.
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