Horse sh**! The reason the economy is in trouble, if it really is and I have my doubts, is BECAUSE of socialism not because of the free market. As for Bush abandoning free market principles, he never followed them to start with so how can he abandon them? He is a RINO, always has been a socialist at heart and now gets to abandon all pretense of being a conservative and capitalist, that is the only thing he is abandoning!
You said — “The reason the economy is in trouble, if it really is and I have my doubts [ ... ]”
Right there I stopped, because I’m convinced that anyone who says they doubt that there is a problem has a bigger problem with comprehending reality...