I was really disappointed in Bush’s explanation last night. He should have put the blame squarely where it belonged. I think he has it in his head that being Presidential means that you can’t take political sides. But he doesn’t realize that when he does that he creates a vacuum that the left fills quickly with propaganda.
Absolutely right and this is something all the Republicans fail miserably understanding.
He’s the President, it’s not his job to place blame in a speech like last night. He was trying to sell the package and asking for bi-partisam support and since the dems hold Congress and the Senate he’s not going to tell them they suck but should go ahead and pass a bail out.
Absolutely . . . I have been disappointed in Bush for awhile and thought just maybe he would do the right thing and let the nation know this could have been prevented had the Dems done the right thing years ago. But no . . . not Bush. I was totally disgusted.
The President knows that the dems will cut off their noses to spite him and the country.
He has no choice but to deal with the scum.
Absolutely - he should have explained the situation more thoroughly, in a chronological order starting back in 1992 when the dems started pushing to weaken lending standards so that their primary constituency could buy houses. He should have chronicled his - and others - attempts to bring the issue to the surface well before it became critical.
The media is right in that there's lots of blame to go around. But 90% of that blame rests firmly at the feet of the democrats.