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Originally Posted by Azure
Bush and Clinton had a relatively strong economy while they were in office. Washington doesn't change things when everything is running fine.
But yes, you absolutely have a point. I just think it goes back further. All the way to Carter and the Community Reinvestment Act.
And then some blatant lying by people like Franks made it worse.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...ancial_fiasco/
As for why Pelosi is an idiot, its pretty simple.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/dai...conomists.html
Not exactly the person you want in charge of the Democrats going forward. |
You'll have to do better than that. I agree that it's something she should be criticized for, but you'll have to do better than find one instance where a politician was disingenuous. You're heavily criticizing the person in Democratic leadership who actually did her job and passed progressive reform she promised. Pelosi delivered so it's truly odd that you are so against someone, who ran on a certain platform, worked and succeeded in passing her platform, and the platform was reasonable. Yet, Nancy Pelosi is the scourge of American Politics.
It's funny that you support the Blue dogs, as if they weren't more culpable and more corrupt than Pelosi. Your view of the a reasonable middle in American congress making non-partisan stands doesn't exist. They don't have a platform, and they work to undermine reasonable legislation to maintain their corporate support.