Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Le Chien Rouge
The MSM and President Obama will spend the next four years blaming EVERYTHING that goes wrong on GW Bush .......

Many on FR still blame Clinton, even though Bush was elected and served 2 terms.

My contention is this: Whoever is sworn in has responsibility. It is his/her watch and the blame game does not work. If the person cannot handle it, he/she should resign.
26 posted on 12/23/2008 5:13:24 AM PST by TomGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies ]


To: TomGuy
Many on FR still blame Clinton, even though Bush was elected and served 2 terms.<

Actually we are STILL paying for things Clinton did and will for a very long time. 0 will be no different. Some damage takes a generation to heal from. I don't think we will have enough time with 0.

40 posted on 12/23/2008 5:43:15 AM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (Her couch is tougher than 0bama.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies ]

To: TomGuy

“My contention is this: Whoever is sworn in has responsibility. It is his/her watch and the blame game does not work. If the person cannot handle it, he/she should resign.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That is easy to say but in reality the actions of Presidents often have effects that only begin after they leave office and continue long afterward. That is why the verdict of history on presidential rankings is often far different than popular opinion during the actual term. Much of the current disregard for the Constitution can be traced to actions taken by FDR, Lincoln and others.
I despised Carter but I have often said that much of what he was blamed for during his administration was not of his doing, on the other hand actions beginning under Carter and exacerbated by Clinton seem to be the primary cause of the current housing collapse and all the repercussions. I said years ago that the country would never recover from the damage done by Clinton and I still believe that. The average voter with a ten second attention span may think George Bush is responsible for everything going wrong now but the real results of the Bush blunders will probably show up during Obama’s term, Obama on the other hand can safely be counted on to create problems of his own with very little delay.
Of course voters who don’t even know what party controls congress at any given time cannot be expected to comprehend that congress is really responsible for legislation and its results. Just because a president asks for a certain program does not excuse congress when the results are the opposite of what is intended.
In the end it all comes back to the fact that we allow any and every dingdong to vote and we are seeing the results of that every day. Every election we have more idiots voting and every election we have more idiots elected. Restrictions on voting cannot be reimposed because the same idiots would have to reimpose them so what possible way is there to restore legitimate government? I leave that to your imagination.


62 posted on 12/23/2008 7:59:42 AM PST by RipSawyer (Great Grandpa was a Confederate soldier from the cradle of secession.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson