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The Republican Party started two unnecessary wars, drove us over an economic cliff, and let bin Laden get away.
Obama has done the opposite.
One war the one in Afghanistan was started by Al-Queda with the 9-11 attacks not the Republican party and when we went to war in Afghanistan the Democrats were right there with the Republicans in support of it along with the majority of the nation. The Iraq war is the one you can call Bush's war but don't forget when Congress voted to give him the authority for the Iraq invasion more than a few Democrats voted in favor of that among them the current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The start of the economic crisis was the Fannie and Freddie debacle and the two mean who were heading committees that were supposed to overseeing them were Democrats Dodd and Frank they were not the only ones and Republicans did there share to cause that mess but it was by no means one sided by either party.Yes Bin Laden was killed during the Obama Presidency and I give him due credit for that great moment but it does not excuse everything that has happened during his first term the most obvious being 5 trillion dollars of debt in under 4 years.
The Obama budget deficits originated during the Bush presidency...
1. Tax cuts 2001-2002 (4 trillion over 10 years)
2. Prescription drug benefits (1 trillion over 10 years)
3. Economic meltdown of 2008 ( 3 trillion and rising)
4. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2 trillion and winding down)