Because we don't have a parliamentary system, so election of the president isn't going to change any seats in Congress. The vote for GWB isn't a vote for your local senator or congressman.
Further, we have a set of gerrymandered districts that protect 96%+ of incumbents. They have to die, go to jail, or decide to retire to be replaced in almost every instance.
A divided government did NOT save any of us from all of those EOs Clinton signed, it did NOT save us from Clinton's selling/giving away the store to the Chinese, it did NOT save us from from his pardons, the selling of the White House, and on and on and on...
And GWB+GOP congress has managed to create the largest entitlement since Medicare. Spending has exploded in ways that leftists could only dream. All of this while we can see the tidal wave of Baby Boomers heading into the largesse collecting class of citizens in just a few years. I'll take the gridlock over those problems anytime.
ending with his ignoring,THREE TIMES , the chance to get OBL and the resulting attacks on 9/11/01 !
You think AQ would fold it's tent without OBL? You missed the WH memo, OBL isn't important, we don't mention him anymore...
A large turnout of Dems, with the malcontent supposed Conservatives staying home and/or voting fringe, almost makes a certainty that there is NO divided Congress and a Dem in the White House, IF you and those who share your naivete have your way.
So you'd rather the GOP have credit for bankrupting the U.S. with entitlement spending? Alright...
Congrats to GWB and the GOP Congress, they've enabled tax and spend democrats to argue that they're 'fiscally conservative'
No, we don't don't have a parliamentary system; however, there is that little thing called " COATTAILS ", that presidents have and that sp;me presidential candidates have too.
With some folks here screaming for all of us to vote Constitution Party, Libertarian Party,and/or stay home, the chance of one's Senator and or Congress Critter being elected ( and many here don't like their's anyway ),lessens that divided government you appear to delight in, all the while ignoring the fallacy of your position.
The rest of your insipid blah, blah,blah nonrefutational platitudes and DNC talking points are banal, worthless, and bordering on irrationality.
Honestly, do any of your kind have anything of substance to base your hatred on? So far all you can register is hyperbole, supposition and innuendo with an occasional conspiracy thrown in for color.
The day you actually present us with facts, based on actual evidence to base your demagoguery upon, we will simply categorize in the "Lacking-in-credibility nut-bag" category.
Under GWB's leadership, we've diminished Al Qaeda by 70%.
I guarantee you, that no democrat presidential candidate could have or would have accomplished that, and I DO NOT want any democrat to be given the opportunity to reverse that trend.