1. The Republicans F'ed the economy by de-regulating the stock market allowing such things like the mortgages that were given out from 2000 on. That caused the recession. Just because someone has a business background does not mean they are good with money.
I could be mis-interpreting what you mean by "de-regulating the stock market"...........but it was under Bill Clinton that the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed. Bill Clinton is a democrat.
It doesn't matter what party is in control because the rich own both the republicans and democrats.
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I could be mis-interpreting what you mean by "de-regulating the stock market"...........but it was under Bill Clinton that the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed. Bill Clinton is a democrat.
It doesn't matter what party is in control because the rich own both the republicans and democrats.
Well, Clinton was obviously stupid in that regards. Greed can overwhelm, so if you don't tie their hands a bit things like derivatives and crap mortgages become okay because they're getting money.
I agree that the rich own both, just hoping that they don't get too greedy, otherwise some more direct results will occur (namely, death to the rich). It would be inevitable.
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So, he arrived early in England, accidentally wrote 2008 instead of 2011, had a slight mis-cue on his toast, Michelle Obama didn't wear a hat, some bizarre complaint about his speach not acknowledging the Suez Canal "conflict" in 1956, and a minor diss-ing by Medvdev?
Really, that's the best you can do?
Are you guys serious? He's the President. He's expected to not only know this stuff, but to act on it. You just brush it off. Oh, that silly Prez.
Sarah Palin is a celebrity figure and you think that somebody on Thatcher's staff (unnamed, no less) and a screw-up on Paul Revere are "major events."
Are you guys serious? He's the President. He's expected to not only know this stuff, but to act on it. You just brush it off. Oh, that silly Prez.
Sarah Palin is a celebrity figure and you think that somebody on Thatcher's staff (unnamed, no less) and a screw-up on Paul Revere are "major events."
What do you mean, the "best" I can do?:
Well, if a key part of the office involves wearing a silly hat, I'm sure Sarah Palin will be all over that. By the way, I personally do not think she is "stupid." Having sat through two episodes of Sarah Palin's America (my wife's doing), I think she is an intensely ambitious and competitive woman. But you have to bring more to the table than just that.
Well, if a key part of the office involves wearing a silly hat, I'm sure Sarah Palin will be all over that. By the way, I personally do not think she is "stupid." Having sat through two episodes of Sarah Palin's America (my wife's doing), I think she is an intensely ambitious and competitive woman. But you have to bring more to the table than just that.
Why? Are silly pictures the "standard?" How about the pic where Obama gets dressed down by Netanyahu for his new anti-Israel foreign policy?
Oops, I didn't know Bush advocated negotiating between Palestine and Israel by having Israel revert back to pre-1967 borders. Could you please post a link?
Oops, I didn't know Bush advocated negotiating between Palestine and Israel by having Israel revert back to pre-1967 borders. Could you please post a link?
I heard it on CNN back when that whole thing went down, if I recall correctly it was Paul Begala who said it. He was talking about how the republicans are pissed about what Obama said, but that was the exact same thing that both bush and clinton supported.
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Are you guys serious? He's the President. He's expected to not only know this stuff, but to act on it. You just brush it off. Oh, that silly Prez.
Sarah Palin is a celebrity figure and you think that somebody on Thatcher's staff (unnamed, no less) and a screw-up on Paul Revere are "major events."
What do you mean, the "best" I can do?:
Do you really think he doesn't know what year it is?
I really can't understand why some conservatives continue to cling to this woman. It seems to me that only the lunatic fringe and the hard-right dummies who listen to Rush Limbaugh take her at all seriously.
The Republican Party and "serious" conservatives want her to disappear. It's not just "lefties" who don't like her.
How anyone can spin this Paul Revere babbling into something other than a blatant mistake is beyond me. She'd heard the guy's name, she has her simplistic talking points, and she mixed them all up.
We've all seen people try to bull##### when they don't know what they are talking about and we've seen them fail exactly like she did.
Since Palin has left public office she has wrote a book, got a job at Fox, and had a huge influence in the midterm elections. Palin has earned millions and the law suits have stopped. Palin right now is touring the country with a whole press core following like lap dogs hoping for a few scrapes. She won't even give them a schedual of her stops. While on the road she is collecting money for her Super Pac which will give her an enormous leverage in determining the next republican candidate for president.
The very same company that used footage of Tina Fey acting as Palin on air because they thought it was actual footage of Palin herself. Anybody could get a job at Fox. The only reason I don't have a job there is because I haven't applied.
This is a very short-sighted view. Palin was not voted in as the governor of Alaska when their economy was spiralling into the toilet at a velocity not seen since the great depression. Obama has basically inherited the worst-case scenario thanks to the Bush administration and was expected to resolve it in a matter of weeks (you'd think, the way you hear some people ranting, anyway).
Thanks to the Clinton administration, actually, but nice try...
Do you really think he doesn't know what year it is?
I really can't understand why some conservatives continue to cling to this woman. It seems to me that only the lunatic fringe and the hard-right dummies who listen to Rush Limbaugh take her at all seriously.
The Republican Party and "serious" conservatives want her to disappear. It's not just "lefties" who don't like her.
How anyone can spin this Paul Revere babbling into something other than a blatant mistake is beyond me. She'd heard the guy's name, she has her simplistic talking points, and she mixed them all up.
We've all seen people try to bull##### when they don't know what they are talking about and we've seen them fail exactly like she did.
I'm sure he knows it's 2011, it was just a mistake. One of many he's made.
Just to be fair lets take a look at some of Obama's mistakes (babbling). I found a lot but here are a couple of YouTube videos that sum up a lot of Obama's babbling.
I really enjoyed how he doesn't know how many states are in the US or that he can't tell the difference between 10,000 and 12.
Thanks to the Clinton administration, actually, but nice try...
You do realize that Bush was "elected" in 2000, right?
Now tell me when exactly did the US economy begin to tank?
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A decade has passed since President George W. Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress enacted the largest tax cuts in decades. What have they achieved? The national debt is increasing at an alarming rate, the economy continues to sputter and the gap between the working class and wealthy continues to grow.
Before he was elected in 2000, George W. Bush argued that a huge budget surplus — $230 billion at that time — showed that the federal government was collecting too much in taxes. After he won the presidency, the Republican-led Congress reduced taxes in 2001 and 2003. As a result, federal tax revenue is at its lowest level as a share of the economy since the 1950s.
Those cuts were set to expire at the end of last year, but were extended for two years through a bipartisan compromise that also extended unemployment benefits.
In a recent series on the federal deficit, The Washington Post examined how the federal deficit went from a predicted $2 trillion surplus to a $10 trillion deficit in just a decade.
Do you really think he doesn't know what year it is?
I really can't understand why some conservatives continue to cling to this woman. It seems to me that only the lunatic fringe and the hard-right dummies who listen to Rush Limbaugh take her at all seriously.
The Republican Party and "serious" conservatives want her to disappear. It's not just "lefties" who don't like her.
How anyone can spin this Paul Revere babbling into something other than a blatant mistake is beyond me. She'd heard the guy's name, she has her simplistic talking points, and she mixed them all up.
We've all seen people try to bull##### when they don't know what they are talking about and we've seen them fail exactly like she did.
You make my point. Obama screws up and everyone's an apologist. Palin screws up and it proves she's dumber than a bag of hammers. You do see the hypocrisy, no? Frankly, these two seem to be in a race to see who can keep their feet in their mouths the longest. The only difference is that everyone apologizes for Obama (except for Obama himself.) The scary thing is is that one of these fools is president.
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You make my point. Obama screws up and everyone's an apologist. Palin screws up and it proves she's dumber than a bag of hammers. You do see the hypocrisy, no? Frankly, these two seem to be in a race to see who can keep their feet in their mouths the longest. The only difference is that everyone apologizes for Obama (except for Obama himself.) The scary thing is is that one of these fools is president.
Every politician makes verbal gaffes. Comes with the territory. Mikes and cameras are constantly in their grille. We live in a soundbyte age. Politicians who adhere to talking points strategy are far more likely to trip up when they go ad-lib.
Palin is particularly vulnerable in this regard.
I would like to see politicians of all stripes talk in full sentences instead of slogans. Sounds hokey I know, and sadly I'm likely to be proven wrong. I'd like to think that the electorate have longer attention spans than given credit for.
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