Posted on 03/14/2009 6:03:52 PM PDT by Selkirk
Washington Post is reporting that President Obama is trying out a new tactic in his economic policy - blame Bush.
Note to WaPo: while you may have a point that Obama has repeatedly disavowed the politics of blame, his actions have never matched his rhetoric. Go check the video tape yourself, and use his address to Joint Congress as an example. How many times does he refer to the current economic situation as one that he "inherited"? No less than three times. He has reminded us of this fact from day one. Let's not pretend that this strategy is new. What we have to wonder about is why he has ever wanted to shy away from it to begin with.
The answer is quite simple.
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If President Potato Head got the inheritance, why are we paying the tax?
Obama would blame his own mother were she still alive.
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