[Naspino]

How come the party that supposedly "cares" for the people is so driven for re-election that it is purposefully putting off reform of two major, failuring, programs.

How come the same party is purposefully trying to weaken consumer confidence for re-election. In the 90's the Republicans were in the congress and oversaw the strongest economy in history. In 2001 the Democrats are trying to see to the wrecking of the economy for 4 years in order to win elections in 2002 and 2004.

We need to remind voters in 2002 and 2004 that the Democrats weakened the economy to make Republicans look bad and to get their vote.

[Bush2000]

Bush and his spokesmen should spend every waking moment talking about the "Clinton downturn". This thing started before Bush even got into office. But Americans have a short memory and, by 2004, some of them will be stupid enough to believe the Democrats' lies about the economy.

[RLK]

In the 90's the Republicans were in the congress and oversaw the strongest economy in history.

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Somebody's knowlege of history isn't very good. I wish to God somebody would consult the figures for the last 60 years instead of trying to make unsupported political arguments that play into leftist hands with leftist premises.

There has never been a complete recovery from what is erroneously called the 91-92 recession, which according to figures for people out of work for more than three and six months, lasted well into 94. In 1997 the median white male had taken somewhere around a $4,000 drop in adjusted inceome from 1973. This has been a continuing process for nearly 30 years. The absence of regnition of this fact, and the reasons for it, is one reason conservatives are losing political leverage.

We have been in a state of deterioratin economic condition since the early 70s. Every figure shows it. The Reagan era reduced the rate of decrease, but did not end the fundamental problem.

[ladyinred]

Remember when during the campaign Bush said the Clinton economy was about to tank? The media went after him full force saying he was scaring people, and that by saying such things he would make the economy weaken?
Hmm, now who is doing this? The media of course, using it as another tool to undermine the President to the brainswashed public who do not realize that this is still the Clinton economy.
This is of course, all by design, President Bush must be made to pay for having the audacity to win the election and keep their fair haired boy from continuing the socialsist agenda the media so agrees with.

[Hidy]

Golly, Naspino, You went to all the trouble to write out 20 well-argued and perceptive defenses that Republicans can use to counter Dem charges of irresponsible profligacy with, and all in vain.

Because nobody is going to carry those arguments around with them. Most won't even bother to read them. And besides, it's all too complicated and confusing when it is much easier and more satisfying simply to scream, "It's all Clinton's fault!"

[poet]

The downfall of the repubs will be the repubs because they don't seem to have the cajones to call press conferences and challenge the lies of the dems.