[Iron Munro]

Yes, this is true.
It dates back to Clinton as does the start of the Wall Street financial crisis and many of our other problems.

But, in the last 7.5 years what has George Bush done to eliminate these politically motivated abuses?

We elected a republican president and gave him congressional majorities to restore conservatism and sanity to national policy.

But when he and the republicans held the Presidency and both houses of congress for years they spent their time taking care of their fat cat friends and pandering to illegals and minorities instead of doing what is best for the country.

Much of the troubles we have today could have been addressed in the years republicans had majorities in Congress but they were too busy ripping off as much money from taxpayers as they could.

President Bush didn't veto one spending bill in his first four years! Not One!!

What did he do to open up our coal reserves? What did he do to build nuclear reactors before petroleum skyrocketed? What did he do to stop the government from forcing lenders to make bad loans to unqualified borrowers?

We expect these abuses from democrat administrations but republicans showed they are just as bad or worse.

Now democrats and republicans are working together to take money from our kids and grandkids to make their fat cat friends even fatter.

Both political parties are worthless and do more to damage America domestically than they do to help.

In a sane world most of the crooks and shysters in Washington DC would be in Federal prisons instead of sitting on their butts in Washington scheming to rip us off some more.

And that applies to President Bush as well.

[philman_36]

It dates back to Clinton as does the start of the Wall Street financial crisis and many of our other problems. But, in the last 7.5 years what has George Bush done to eliminate these politically motivated abuses?
Given the Dims enough rope to hang themselves.
(and they're doing a bang up job too)

[epow]

But when he and the republicans held the Presidency and both houses of congress for years they spent their time taking care of their fat cat friends and pandering to illegals and minorities instead of doing what is best for the country.

While I agree with most of that quoted portion of your post I disagree with the reference to minorities. If not for the Democrats "pandering to minorities" Truman would have been the last Democrat president. The great irony of that is that most of the much needed reforms that benefited that minority came through the efforts of Republicans, and virtually all of those reforms were opposed by Democrats.

I'm certainly not saying that all, or even most, Repub presidents have been good presidents, but for two possible exceptions I can't think of a Repub president or nominee for that office since WWII who was not better qualified either by experience or character, or both, than his Democrat opponent.

One problem with BOTH parties is that in many cases the most capable and best qualified candidates have been weeded out in the primaries and the less capable and qualified ones have been nominated. If the GOP was composed primarily of conservative voters as many FR posters seem to think that it is, that would not have been the case in at least one major party.

[thulldud]

But when he and the republicans held the Presidency and both houses of congress for years they spent their time taking care of their fat cat friends and pandering to illegals and minorities instead of doing what is best for the country.

It's been said that if voting really could make a difference, it would be illegal.