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Originally Posted by Azure
You seriously think that the President-elect of the United States had no influence on the decisions made prior to his inauguration?
Of course he does. That is why both him and Bush were working together for those 3 months.
Just because he didn't make the final decisions doesn't mean he wasn't involved.
What exactly is your point here anyways? That Obama isn't to blame for any of the mismanagement of the original $700billion because he wasn't President?
Of course the news today about GM and Chrysler is good. Its about time Obama showed some balls while he's in the process of pissing away taxpayer money.
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He might have influence. But he has no power. Bush is not somebody who is known for listening to people before making decisions. Let's review what each of us is implying:
1. I'm saying that the President is the President. Bush's decisions are Bush's decisions, and Obama's are Obama's.
2. You're implying that after the election, Bush (not known as a bipartisan operator) for reasons known only to himself, suddenly decided to start taking advice from a Democrat.
One of these passes the Occam's razor test--and the other does not.