Bush gave the TARP bailout to Obama so it is obvious that you consider Bush a smart President.
Obama got almost a trillion dollar stimulus fund, promising that unemployment would be below 8%. How is that working out for you?
That's now a classic rightwing myth. You need to turn off your radio.
This is the problem with idealogues.
Barack Obama's Stimulus Plan: Failing by Its Own Measure - TIME
Well lookie here...a Harvard professor says Obama stimulus failed. My my.
Harvard economist says stimulus was designed to reward Democrat constituencies « Wintery Knight
Moron!
Stimulating Hypocrisy: 114 Lawmakers Block Recovery While Taking Credit For Its Success
House Of Representatives
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) Said Stimulus Funds Would Create “Much Needed Jobs.” Minority Leader Boehner: “The stated intent of the so-called stimulus package was to create jobs, and certainly a $57 million slush-fund studying projects did nothing to achieve that goal. With Ohio’s unemployment rate the highest it’s been in 25 years, I’m pleased that federal officials stepped in to order Ohio to use all of its construction dollars for shovel-ready projects that will create much-needed jobs.” [Boehner Statement,
6/15/09]
-Congressman Boehner Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
-Congressman Boehner Regularly Blasts The Stimulus And Instructed His Caucus To Oppose It. [Huffington Post,
1/27/09]
“For months, Democrats have dubbed U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia a hypocrite for strongly opposing the federal stimulus package only to promote aspects of it later. Here’s the latest example: Nearly half of the 30 organizations participating in a job fair
Cantor is holding Monday in Culpeper were recipients of the stimulusÂ…In the summer,
Cantor came under fire after he talked about his support of using stimulus money to build a rail project from Washington to Richmond.” [Washington Post Virginia Blog,
11/18/09]
- Congressman Eric Cantor Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
According to ThinkProgress, McMorris Rodgers released a statement taking credit for $35 million dollars in stimulus highway money. The House GOP website featured the McMorris Rodgers release on the one year anniversary of the stimulus. [TP,
2/18/10]
- Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
On July 28th, Kingston’s press office fired off two releases bragging about a $106,901 grant for the Alma Police Department and a $138,286 grant for the Jesup Police Department in Georgia. These grants, distributed by the Department of Justice for the “hiring of new police officers, to combat violence against women, and to fight Internet crimes against children,” were fully-funded by President Obama’s Recovery Act. [Think Progress,
8/4/09]
- Congressman Kingston Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
According to the Ventura County Star, “another $8 million in federal money could be flowing into Ventura County through the new federal stimulus package and a separate spending bill that cleared the House this week. Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, announced Thursday that Thousand Oaks will get $182,881 in community development block grants through the stimulus package and that Camarillo will receive $96,075.” [Ventura County Star,
2/27/09]
- Congressman Gallegly Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
The Iowa blog Bleeding Heartland reported: “King’s office issued an upbeat statement about $570,000 included in the economic stimulus bill that will go toward widening U.S. Highway 20 in a rural area of northwest Iowa. Of course, the statement did not mention that King voted against the stimulus. Nor did the brief news item in the Sioux City Journal.” [Bleeding Heartland,
3/14/09]
- Congressman King Voted Against The Recovery Package Twice [Roll Call Vote
#46; Roll Call Vote
#70]
The rest of the list is at the link.
Now sit down and shut the **** up.
