Bush gets the blame for obama’s ecomonic mess, but I think it started when Reid, Pelousy and the dims took over congress and the budget. I need to research US economic performance charts and graphs to see if that’s the case.
You are correct. The mess started when Pelosi and Reid took over and we can blame the arrogant pos also for it, because he was part of it when he was in the Senate
Don't let the Libs and their sycophants in the LSM twist this fact. If conservatives want to blame GOP involvement, McCain, Graham, Snowe, Collins, Voinovich, etc. etc. are the ones who get most of the blame not W. It was the congressional leaders of his own party who gave away the store. And they did that too in the early years of the Bush administration.
Yes, that is the case.
From the moment Pelosi got into office, the Dems and the MSM engaged in a non-stop bashing of the economy and Bush.
They did a pivot from non-stop bashing of Iraq to the economy in order to crash the economy and, thus, pave the way to capturing the White House.
Both liberals and conservatives ended up convinced after this non-stop hate fest that Bush was to blame for everything under the sun. Appreciation for the incredibly hard work Bush had done to protect America (and the work on the economy he had done to restore confidence) vanished.
Something disgusting took place and we are all suffering now due to that witch taking the Speaker's gavel.
I need to research US economic performance charts and graphs to see if that’s the case.
Jet Jaguar has done the research for you-go here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2451468/posts
In January 1995, the Republicans took control of the House and Senate. Unemployment was at approximately 6.25%. The Dow Jones Industrial Index was at approximately 3,800.
The Republicans controlled both houses of Congress until the end of 2000. During the period from January 1995 to December 2000, unemployment dropped from 6.25% to approximately 3.75%. During the same period, the Dow rose from 3,800 to over 10,600.
From January 2001 until the end of 2002, the Democrats either controlled the Senate or it was split 50/50 between the parties. During this period, unemployment climbed from 3.75% to approximately 6.5%. During the same period, the Dow dropped from 10,600 to 8,300.
From January 2003 until the end of 2006, the Republicans again controlled both houses of Congress. During this period, unemployment dropped from 6.5% to just over 4%. During the same period, the Dow rose from 8,300 to 12,300.
In November 2006, the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress. In the same month, unemployment was at 4.3% and the DOW was over 12,500. Since then, the Democrats have continuously held control of Congress. Unemployment has continuously climbed and the Dow plummeted.
Imagine what the MSM would say if there were such a perfect correlation between CO2 and global temperatures?
Republicans need to constantly remind voters that this year is a Congressional election not a Presidential election. The Democrats have controlled Congress since 2006. By every objective measure, the economy is far worse off now that it was when the Democrats took control.
The Democrats own this recession. If everything that has happened since 2006 is George Bush's fault, then what the hell have the Democrats been doing in Congress for the past four years and why should we allow them to continue doing it?