Democrats need to learn the blame game

Financial Times ^ | 1/24/10 | James Carville

[antidemoncrat]

Democrats would not be playing the blame game with one another for the loss or for the healthcare debacle if they had only pointed fingers at those (or in this case, the one) who put Americans (and most of the world) in the predicament we’re in: George W. Bush.

[SmokingJoe]

“Democrats would not be playing the blame game with one another for the loss or for the healthcare debacle if they had only pointed fingers at those (or in this case, the one) who put Americans (and most of the world) in the predicament we’re in: “George W. Bush”

Been there.
Done that.
In the Massachussets election, the Democrats kept constantly screaming that Brown equals Bush/Republican/right-wing

It never worked.

[RobbyS]

James knows better. He knows that The Democrats controlled Congress from January, 2007 onwards, and if the economy went south thereafter, Congress has to share blame with the Bush Administration. The President controls foreign policy, but at home Congress and the White House have equal power.

[grey_whiskers]

Obama sucks, James.

Just like Monica Lewinsky.

[HerrBlucher]

It doesn’t matter who they blame, it matters who the electorate blame, and they are rapidly giving up on Bush and moving on to Obama, and no amount crying otherwise is going to matter. November will be a bloodbath for dems no matter what but they will make it the worst in history by far if they go the route they are now planning. What total idiots.

[Shooter 2.5]

democrats are the only reason I support abortion.

[Tuketu]

I hope that is sarcastic. The blame goes to Clinton.. I believe in 1993 or so they passed an act that precluded red lining allowing no ID, no money down, home mortgages for all. Intimidated by ACORN, the Banks went along with it. Clinton also had a few near economic explosions that Bush covered. The problem was that the law, instigated by Frank and Dodd was not repealed, Frank used House Rules to block repeal and thwart Bush's request. With Trillions in danger, the Mortgages were repackaged by Wall Street, derivatives, and sold to the world. Me thinks the Dems get 99% of the blame. GWB 1% because he failed to go before the American Public with his case. Of course the Dems would have called him a Racist.

[bray]

Hey Golom, thought you said it was a 40 year run for your party?? What happened?

Pray for America's Freedom

[dsc]

Snaketard seems to be saying that the world’s economic meltdown is Bush’s fault because

1. Health insurance premiums nearly doubled.
This affected the world’s economies just how?

2. The number of uninsured skyrocketed.
Even if it were true, it affected the world’s economies just how?

3. The deficit spiralled out of control.
True, Bush should have held the line on spending. However, how does the Bush deficit compare with the Bamtard deficit? What democrats sincerely opposed deficit spending? Oh, sure, they might have wanted to shift it from defense to something counterproductive, but they certainly weren’t calling for restraint.

4. The congress enacted the largest unfunded entitlement programme in history with the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

More socialism, true, but if we’re blaming Bush, what democrat sincerely opposed this? How often can they blame Bush for doing things they wanted to do?

5.Deregulation of banks and insurance companies allowed them to become too big to fail.

Deregulation may have allowed them to grow, but isn’t “too big to fail” a Bamtard concept? Seems to me that he’s blaming Bush for the Bamtard’s mistakes here.

I don’t see that there are grounds here to blame this economic catastrophe at Bush’s feet. All Bush did by acting like a liberal was make it a little easier for Barry Soweto to pull down the temple.

[Verginius Rufus]

Of the 8 years that GWB was President, the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress only 4 (2003 through 2006), and they never had 60 votes in the Senate, so there were always limits to what they could do--unlike the Democrats, who in theory could have done anything they wanted in 2009, but couldn't get their act together.

In the year that Obama has been in office, he has blamed Bush for his problems, or otherwise attacked him openly or by clear insinuation, in very nearly every speech and interview he has given. I think the comments on the Fort Hood shootings were one of the few exceptions (he had to come up with something quickly and didn't have time to figure out how to blame it on Bush).

[driftless2]

Yeah, Carville’s right, Obama and Democrats simply haven’t blamed Bush enough. Excuse me while I choke on sarcastic laughter.

[Publius6961]

This has got to be a joke.

Clearly, the Mass. election proves that the US electorate is NOT stupid.
The carefully worded whines are being laughed at.

[seanmerc]

Apparently Ol’ Serpenthead’s math skills are as strong as his people skills. Notice that he entitled his book, “40 More Years” and then said that the Rats are well-positioned for three decades of continued electoral dominance.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I get it, Obama’s problem is that he hasn’t blamed Bush enough.

At some point even the most witless Democrats must begin to cringe at Carville’s coarseness.

[SkyPilot]

Just think, if the US only spent $4,763 per person on healthcare costs, like Norway (the second-highest per capita costs of a developed nation), there would be nearly $750bn less to spread around insurance and drug companies and their 3,000 lobbyists.

Liberals are always trying to compare the US system to Scandinavian countries like Norway or Sweden.

The problem with that is those nations don't have nearly the illegal immigrant or minority inner city population we have, which are a HUGE drag on the system.

Even with the Muslims that have invaded Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, their costs don't nearly compare to what illegals have done to rape our health care, or what the inner cities have cost us (and I won't even figure in the high crime costs).

[SeattleBruce]

“Democrats need to learn the blame game”

Wow, just WOW...seriously...keep on headin’ over the cliff RATS...

[SeattleBruce]

“Democrats need to learn the blame game”

The RATS need to learn nothing about that - it’s all they ever do, EVER...

[Tribune7]

Where is the ROTFLMAO after that headline?

[Tribune7]

The rage at Dubya has caused Massachusetts to replace Ted Kennedy with a Republican, according to 0.

That claim should be in the blame game hall of fame.

[SeattleBruce]

Right. That’s doesn’t pass the smile, er ROTFLMAO test...:)

[MNJohnnie]

Mr Carvell,

The Obama team demanded $787 billion dollars in “Stimulus” spending promising the Taxpayers Unemployment would not go over 8%. It went to 10.2%

GW Bush did not do that, your Democrat Congress and the 0 Administration did that.

Taxpayers gave you Democrats everything you demanded and things got WORSE, not BETTTER. And things are still getting worse.

Mr Carvell, you a a liar. You know full well your argument is absurd and ignorant and yet you still make it. Since you are willing to lie to the American people on this issues, what else are you willing to lie to us about?