pablolie;357385 Wrote: > and whether obama is black, white or green with pink stripes does not > matter an ounce - his reelection will be contingent on his track record > in trying to overcome 8 years of self-serving pillaging of the country's > resouces by the previous gang in power...
I will say this about that .. I am a Republican. A Reagan, Conservative Republican. There is a LOT of blame to go around for whom is responsible for the mess we are in. Certainly, a number are Republicans. They held both Houses for 6 of 8 of the Bush years. Many of them are what we Conservatives call RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) .. two very prominent RINOs are Lindsey Graham and Arlen Specter. There are many in both Houses. THEY are th Republicans who chose to spend like drunken sailors. For that reason, I didn't vote for the first time since I was 18 in 2006. Even with the knowledge that the alternative was Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid taking over the House and the Senate. HOWEVER .. let's also be honest and recognize that Democrats are LARGELY responsible for the current mess! Specifically, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Specifically, Barnie Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters, a slew of ex-Clinton staffers, and others. What I found UNBELIEVABLY ignorant was the American populace throwing ALL of the blame on Bush and the Republicans, when Bush and McCain were among the few who signaled the impending doom as far back as 2001! Bush in fact warned SEVENTEEN TIMES about the impending failures at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and yet the Democrats said "Nothing is wrong at [the two agencies]" McCain co-sponsored legislation in 2005 to fix the mess. It was voted down by Democrats. The Republicans couldn't do a lot even in the years of 2000-2006 because they didn't have a large enough majority to overcome Democrat objections. Republicans should definitely shoulder some of the blame. The Republican Party has lost its Conservative base, and needs to find itself again (smaller government, low taxes, less spending). But throwing ALL of the blame at Bush and the Republican Congress is simplistic at best! -- NFLnut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NFLnut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13180 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54678 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
