On the Bush economy, you do recall that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi took over the Senate and House 6 years into the Bush presidency and controlled the purse strings from that time on. They did absolutely nothing in regards to the housing bubble, in fact they denied the existence until after it popped and in true Democrat fashion, blamed Bush even though he warned them repeatedly. They could have cut funding for the wars then and didn't. The wars continued under the Nancy/Reid/Obama regimes and I doubt the cost was even close to 9 trillion in the years Republicans actually controlled spending. I suspect maybe a trillion tops
That's novel....blaming Reid and Pelosi for Bush's spending. Always spinning...that's what conservatives do best. Maybe you buy that crap, but I don't. And yeah, like it's so easy to just cut funding for the wars....just leave our men and women stranded out there....now that's another novel idea.
During his eight years in office, President Bush oversaw a large increase in government spending. In fact, President Bush increased government spending more than any of the six presidents preceding him, including LBJ. In his last term in office, President Bush increased discretionary outlays by an estimated 48.6 percent.
During his eight years in office, President Bush spent almost twice as much as his predecessor, President Clinton. Adjusted for inflation, in eight years, President Clinton increased the federal budget by 12.5 percent. In eight years, President Bush increased it by a whopping 53 percent.
Spending Under President George W. Bush Mercatus
Oh, and Bush could have done something regarding the housing bubble....he didn't. He was the one responsible for encouraging it.
Bush drive for home ownership fueled housing bubble
By Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton
Published: Sunday, December 21, 2008
WASHINGTON — "We can put light where there's darkness, and hope where there's despondency in this country. And part of it is working together as a nation to encourage folks to own their own home."
- President George W. Bush, Oct. 15, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business/worldbusiness/21iht-admin.4.18853088.html?_r=0
Have you seen this video and are you willing to re-think your myopic view?
You do realize that your video is dated Feb 1998? Yes Iraq was a threat at one time, but not when Bush came on the scene. It has been exposed and known now for years, there were no WMDs, but Bush pushed for war anyway.... your attempts at putting this on the left is lame. Try something else.
The Bush administration exerted significant pressure on the intelligence community to provide justification for the Iraq War. According to John Brennan, who was Deputy Director of the CIA at the time, “we were being asked to do things and to make sure that that justification was out there.”
“At the time there were a lot of concerns that it was being politicized by certain individuals within the administration that wanted to get that intelligence base that would justify going forward with the war,” Brennan told PBS. When asked who was exerting this pressure, Brennan said “Some of the neocons” in the administration “were determined to make sure that the intelligence was going to support the ultimate decision.”
The Lie That Got Us In The Bush Administration Knew There Were No WMDs in Iraq Antiwar.com Blog
Republicans controlled the House and Senate 6 yrs. of the Clinton Presidency. They deserve 66.6% of the (political credit) for a booming economy..they controlled the purse strings
Bush started with a light recession, 9/11 happened and most Americans wanted some butt kicking including most Democrats, beefed up national security was necessary, Clinton had devastated the military and new equipment, weapons and supplies had to be acquired. Bush's Medicare part D certainly wasn't cheap and no doubt Republicans way overspent but compared to the Obama years, a drop in the bucket.
Gads Woman, the video was made in 1998 and used recorded video's of Democratic leaders pre-Iraqi War...
(Perhaps you should listen to it and re-write your totally misinformed post..)
Saying "Bush encouraged the housing bubble" is just plain stupid .. get real.
