Ignoring the fact that thousands of AQ have been killed Iraq without killing us over here, the fact remains that that AQ was a mess left by the previous administration. It's hard to balance the budget when you have to do the previous president's job in addition to yours.
"tech bubble burst" : Using that argument Obama gets a free pass for eight years for the Bush/Republican housing bust.
Nonsense! The recession that Bush inherited ENDED on his and the GOP's watch, in spite of that other mess left by the previous administration, Bin Laden. Besides, the housing crash occurred because of policies the Democrats supported. Even if the GOP failed to act against some of their reckless ideas, that doesn't clear the Democrats.
Great argument. “ There would have been a great invasion of USA by all those shooting at americans in Iraq if we hadn't invaded. ” Few or no countries have the lawlessness and and total anarchy that your hero created in Iraq under “winning the WOT” There is no way you can equate the mess we had to fix after creating in Iraq to some alternative future we might have had. Nothing could have been worse than that. That is why GWB thew away approval ratings in 90s for 20s and a big part of Pelosi Obama's wins.
RE “ Nonsense! The recession that Bush inherited ENDED on his and the GOP’s watch, in spite of that other mess left by the previous administration, Bin Laden. Besides, the housing crash occurred because of policies the Democrats supported. Even if the GOP failed to act against some of their reckless ideas, that doesn't clear the Democrats. ”
Those "heads I win tails you lose "arguments can be used by democrats swapping party names to excuse their future failure, and more effectively too. Because Clinton left the economy in a much, much better shape than GWB left it for democrats, which benefits democats. If republicans have all three branchs don't expect to win elections by blaming democrats for their own inaction.
These all sound like Hannity arguments