Posted on 06/02/2010 8:26:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama Tells Voters: Remember Bush Sees election referendum on vision for 'change'
"As November approaches, leaders in the other party will campaign furiously on the same economic argument they've been making for decades," Mr. Obama said. "We already know where their ideas led us. And now we have a choice as a nation. We can return to the failed economic policies of the past, or we can keep building a stronger future."
By Kara Rowland
June 2, 2010
With his party's poll numbers flagging and crises testing his own leadership, President Obama said Wednesday that November's elections will amount to a referendum on whether voters want to go back to the policies of the Bush administration or stick with his vision of change.
In a starkly political speech at Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Obama patted Democrats on the back for supporting his stimulus bill and other policies he said are leading to a recovery - while Republicans "sat on the sidelines and shouted from the bleachers."
Touting positive signs of an economic recovery, he also tried to rally core Democratic voters ahead of the election by reminding them how angry they were at his predecessor, President George W. Bush - a key factor in what some analysts expect to be a base-turnout election.
"As November approaches, leaders in the other party will campaign furiously on the same economic argument they've been making for decades," Mr. Obama said. "We already know where their ideas led us. And now we have a choice as a nation. We can return to the failed economic policies of the past, or we can keep building a stronger future."
Analysts described Mr. Obama's lengthy remarks, in which he repeatedly accused Republicans of political maneuvering, as a declaration of the White House's strategy heading into November.
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Oh yes failed as in remember when you had a job....failed as in remember when you had a home....does he really want to go there?
This country deserves far better than either Zero or Bush.
But, we get what we vote for. God help us....
Would love it if someone could find where that interactive "map" is archived--and post it.
He had his flaws, but yeah, I remember Bush. Now you, poser, yes you Obama, can go f*** yourself.
Your thoughts mirror my own.
Be careful what you wish for, Barack, you just might get it.
and after 911 was a great leader and keep taxes low, we had jobs
Go to another web site to put Bush in class like obama
Jerk!
LMAO! Funny photoshop!
“I do remember Bush and would give anything to get rid of this rookie and get GW back.”
Ditto!
Thank you! Hear, hear!
unfortunately - it appear the process eliminates sane, competent people.
Whatever. I do not put Bush in the same class as Zero the Hero. Far from it. In relative terms, Bush was obviously far superior to Zero. But, let’s face it, Bush was far from ideal.
As for foreign policy, I give Bush an A+. Outstanding response to 9/11. Yes, maybe the Iraq war could have gone a little better. No WMD was embarrassing, but he made the right call, IMO — every creditable intelligence agency in the world believed Saddam had the WMD. Anyone who argues otherwise can just STFU.
On domestic policy, however, we have to get real: the Farm Bill? Prescription drug program? Deficit spending? His attempt to shove amnesty for illegals down out throats? Come on, if any Democrat president had done *any* of these things, we would be incensed. (If you don’t believe me, just wait until Zero pushes for amnesty later this year. FreeRepublic will go ballistic, but what is our answer when the Obama drones say, Well, Bush supported “a pathway to citizenship, too”?)
Bush was great on foreign policy, but far from ideal on domestic policy. But, yes, far superior — in all respects — to our current CIC.
And thanks for calling me a jerk. A very constructive comment. Really.
“No WMD was embarrassing, but he made the right call, IMO every creditable intelligence agency in the world believed Saddam had the WMD.”
Even Saddam’s General’s couldn’t figure out why Saddam didn’t use the WMD’s against us in the initial days.
IIRC, what Saddam told interrogators was he dismantled but was prepared to quickly re-start WMD as soon as sanctions were gone - which they were on their way out thanks to UN.
However, he wanted everyone to *think* he had them, so he made it look like he did, to even his own people. He thought this would help protect him, but it backfired.
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