[Liz]

Conservatives were furious over the billion dollar bailouts, the Wall Street, Fannie/Freddie corruption, mortgage fraud, and toxic mortgages forced on banks by ACORN, etc.

The furor could have been mitigated had Bush got tough---(1) had he prosecuted Wall Streeters who corrupted and stole from the system; (2) had he gone after those who forced banks to lend to marginal people; (3) had he gone and got illegals who flipped houses for huge profits, then absconded to Mexico and left banks (and taxpayers) holding the bag.

[ZULU]

True. But that wasn’t Bush.

Personally, I think Bush WANTED Obama to win so brother Jeb
could run in 2012.

I submit:

1) Cheney’s “endorsement” a few days before the election

2) Bush’s proposal to convert 25% of our agricultural foreign aid to American Cash dollars about 1 week before the election

3) Ordering a military strike into Syria about 1 week before the election to discredit the surge success

4) Advocating the unpopular toxic loan buy-out of $750 Billion about 1 month before the election and snokering McCain into endorsing it despite widespread public opposition.