While I'm not thrilled with Obama at this point, I think you are kidding yourselves if you think anything would have been different with McCain.
conservatives, libertarians, and the GOP-base never supported McCain in 2008
We still would've had the bailouts of the banks. Most likely we would have had a bailout of GM and Chrysler, and there still would've been a large stimulus package that threw $800 billion down the toilet.
It's called buying support
Despite what a lot of you think, the banks had to be saved.
Wrong. The problem had to be addressed years ago, when fiscal conservatives within the Republican party kept telling you this shit would happen
I don't like it, and some heads should've rolled over everything that led to this mess, but the banks had to be saved.
New banks would have replaced then. The recovery would have been slower, but the long-term recovery would be more solid.
The car companies should've been forced into bankruptcy first, then the government could have stepped in.
the Fed should have let the market and the consumers decide who stayed in business and who replaced those who failed-
And last of all, the stimulus should have been set up completely different.
All of the stimuli under Bush and Obama have ad the same result- we're still fucked
It's time to elect officials who actually represent the people of the United States who actually contribute to the economy.
Not going to happen. The American masses are too stupid and complacent to have a free republic that actually works.
Lordy, lordy. President Barak Hussein Obama hasn't been in six months yet. What we are seeing is the direct results of the actions of the eight years of the prior administration.
Wrong. We're reaping the fruits of 25+ years of being fucked by both parties
You guys had eight years of chances to get it right. You failed in every sphere of endevour, from economics to war.
The war can never be won
Now you want to tell President Obama how to run the government. No way. You are already proven incompetants and fools.
Right... which is why your govt always does so much better? Your leaders are known to be liars, tax cheats, thieves- and one refuses to demonstrate that he is even qualified to hold office, after his own family said he was not born in America
As for your stupid babble about armed rebellion, the government would have plenty of help from citizens to kick your asses back in line.
Most Americans wouldn't know what to do if violence happened. They'd just start looting and then, if it didn't end quickly, they'd embrace the first tyrant who could maintain order. No surprise, though, it's happened many times in history. Successful regime changes and revolutions are always led by an elite few of the smartest or most driven visionaries- be it the American War for Independence or the Red Revolution of China.
Wait ... so when something good happens three months into his presidency it's because of him, but six months after is something bad happens it's still "Bush's fault"?
Welcome to politics
