Posted on 08/08/2011 5:51:57 PM PDT by PROCON
News Flash Barry: EVERY PRESIDENT INHERITS CRAP FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
Truman inherited WWII, Johnson inherited Vietnam, Reagan inherited Carters gas shortage and horrible economy and G W Bush inherited Clinton's weak response on terror which brought about 9/11. No presidential administration, as far back as Washington started in a vacuum. We can disagree on how each man handled the problems he inherited, but I don't remember ANY of them whining like a little girl about their predecessor.
Time to put on the big boy pants and START ACTING PRESIDENTIAL!!!!
Obama and Democrats voted for most of the things that helped create the economic mess he inherited!
As someone posted on an earlier thread - OK, fine - but he also inherited 5.7% unemployment and a AAA credit rating.
The loss of the U.S. government's AAA rating is a great symbolic blow, one that would cause great anguish to our first Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton. Frankly, the only respectable reaction by our current Treasury secretary is to fall on his sword. Then again, "the buck stops here" suggests that an even more appropriate resignation would come from our chief executive, who, by the way, is no Ronald Reagan.
"MR OBAMA...I WILL INHERIT YOUR PROBLEMS AND I WILL REPAIR THEM!!!!"
Okay, how many speeches has Obama made where he blamed the country’s woes on something, “Inherited?”
ALL of them?!
So did Bush. The difference is that Bush cut taxes and got us out, while Obama increased spending and dug the hole deeper.
What Obomba really inherited was the stalinist world view.
Even current Eurocommies have moved beyond that. He truly is a reactionary.
No President gets to choose the hand he is dealt when he assumes the office. A president, however, is expected to overcome a few bad cards and make the most of the hand. You had some bad cards but other Presidents have done better with less. You played a bad game Mr. President and, because of that, America’s new credit rating is part of your legacy.
For the sake of the arguement, let us assume that it is true that he inherited much of the bad situation.
His first responsibility would have been to stop digging and start to repair the situation.
This is what he, above all else, failed to do.
Profiles in cowardice. What a disgrace.
In all fairness he did have a program for all of this. It would help if he weren’t dumb as a rock.
$4 gas: opened up the SPR...oops so far it doesn’t look like that worked.
9% unemployment: imaginary shovel ready jobs to the rescue. And don’t forget all those low paying, temporary Census jobs he used to pump the numbers last year, what a boost they were.
real estate market w/ record foreclosures: he’s got multiple programs in place to fix that and they each cost billions upon billions upon trillions.
recurring $1.5 trillion deficits: When the rich pay their fair share these deficits will magically disappear. Eat your peas!
record 45 million on food stamps: Michelle says plant a garden, problem solved.
Oh boo hoo, poor poor obama, it’s just all about him.
I like the bumper sticker lines on Rush’s show today:
Obamageddon
Debt Man Walking 2012
Obamanclipse Now
I think those were some of them. Anybody got any more good ones?
Obama is a broken record. If he wasn’t up to the job, well...
“We own the economy” - Debbie Wassername Schultz (D-DNC).
Sure, he inherited some of it. Then he decided to challenge Carter for the title of WORST PRESIDENT EVER and went and tripled our debt and unemployment. Well done!
Dear President Obama:
If you couldn’t do the job, you shouldn’t have applied for it.
Geez, loser, with your comprehensive grasp of history, I’m suprised that you somehow missed that ALL US Presidents except Washington inherited existing situations.
What a leader.
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