Why do Republicans so easily forget about the nightmare that was George Walker Bush?

I'm a Republican and I agree with you more than you might think (although by no means completely). I don't blame Obama for the several messes that he inherited, I just don't believe that he's the best man for the job of fixing them. His lack of experience and seriously flawed world-view, which all far-left liberals have, will make things worse. He has created yet another *huge* entitlement-program at the *worst* possible time, fiscally speaking.

I'm not pleased with the performance of GWB, although I'll admit that I voted for him twice, believing him to be the lesser of the evils. 9/11 probably would've happened regardless of who had been president. Yes, Iraq was a war-of-choice, as was Vietnam---and in both cases we made the wrong choice. If Iraq ever becomes a real, functioning democracy that inspires other nations to follow their example then maybe something good will have come from it all, but that will take decades to play out.

As an aside, people *gush* about Clinton's performance while failing to note that he had the dumb-luck to govern during that *magical* decade that fell between the end of the Cold War and 9/11. In eight years he faced not *one* national-crisis. He inherited low inflation, low interest-rates and armed forces that had been rebuilt by Ronald Reagan.

I don't blame GWB for this severe economic downturn. The single biggest cause was irresponsible borrowers living beyond their means enabled by greedy, irresponsible lenders. The initial collapse was then made worse by lenders severely curtailing lending. (That sounds like something of a contradiction I know). How is any of that GWB's fault? For those of you who say that he had eight years to enact new regulations my response is: so did Clinton. With changes in society, circumstances and technology sometimes the need for new law/regulation isn't apparent until after the fact. That's especially true of law that's based on the legal-principle of mala prohibita--"evil by virtue of prohibition"-- as opposed to law based on mala en se, "inherently evil."

Your premise is just plain wrong. Please review the chart below. Clearly you can see the difference between Bush and Obama's approach. Let me walk you along the path of recent history. Follow along with the chart below.

We begin in 2000 with a budget surplus. The focus of the Bush administration is Social Security Reform. Surplus continues into 2001. But then the 9/11 attacks occur. The focus of the nation turns to security. 2002 we find ourselves in a deficit. This is due to all the security measures put in place and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. 2003 the War in Iraq resumes and the War in Afghanistan begin. (with bipartisan support, I might add). We see a spike in the deficit. 2004 the Iraq war is in full swing the deficit is at its peak. Then as the war winds down, we see a decrease in the deficit starting in 2005 and continuing downward until 2008. But then the Financial Crisis hits. The "fix" is the TARP bailout, with bipartisan support. But, this is a one shot deal. The Budget for 2009 does not include this expenditure.

But look at the deficit for 2009! What the heck? That, my friend is Obama's budget. It does not include any of the one time TARP payout. That already occurred. This is solely the doing of the Democrat Super Majority and Obama. This reflects the Stimulus Package. But most significantly, there is absolutely nothing in the future projections to even suggest returning to balance. In fact the White House's own projections are for ever increasing deficits as far as the chart goes.

How could anyone ever even suggest that this financial disaster has anything to do with Bush or the Republican Party? How do you make that leap? I just don't see it.

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If George W. Bush was a nightmare then what in the heck do you call Obama, a tsunami? Those of us who think, knew from day one that Obama had a far left wing radical agenda. Obama follows the failed policies of the Western European countries, who BTW are now starting to rid themselves of their socialist policies and are opting for more freedom for their people.

Obama has to stop placing the blame elsewhere and own up to his own failures. Why isn't Obama pointing to his own record instead of using Bush as an excuse? The Democrats were in control of Congess twice during the Bush presidency, yet he is always blamed. Bush has nothing to do with this presidency now.

The stimulus, spending and taxing with cap and trade, immigration problems, and the health care fiasco, and the oil spill as well as global warming are all on Obama's shoulders. Do not blame Republicans for your guy's failures.

Why do you think Obama's approval ratings are at 41% according to the Gallup polls? It isn't all Republicans. I would say it is the Independents and Democrats as well who are feeling disenfranchised.

MR

The last 10 years weren't so bad. Three of our children graduated from college. One got married and had a child, our first grandchild. We paid off the mortgage on our primary home and were finally able to purchase a vacation home. We also sold the boat! (That boat was a pain in the rear!) There were a few bumps along the way, but everything worked out well. Our finances are solid and secure, the business is surviving, and the years ahead are looking bright.

LIfe is beautiful! Life is good!

In my job I have been asked to go in and fix projects that were big money makers for the company that the previous foreman totally screwed up. If I go in there and make it worse, it's no longer the fault of the foremen I replaced, it is my fault. I will be the one who takes the blame. This is especially true when I have reworked the project for a year and a half. It is now my work that the managers see. It is my changes the stockholders question.

I didn't agree with a lot of what Bush did in his last couple of years, but you can't just keep going with the party line of "It's Bush's fault" for Obama's whole term.

The Bush economy was overvalued and based on a housing bubble that Bush helped to create. People forget that the housing market slowed. Homes were getting too expensive to afford, and people couldn't qualify for home loans. Bush loosened lending standards which allowed people to buy homes who couldn't afford them, by not being obliged to show proof of income, which was called "America's Home-ownership Challenge". After that is when sub prime lending peaked.

I don't know how an economy based on overinflated numbers,and bad investments was a good thing?

Not to mention $5 a gallon for gas!

The value to the market from the 8 years of Bush are completely gone, because it really never even existed. It wasn't real value!

humorous the way you ignore.. -- Unemployment extra desirable than doubled AFTER Democrats took over. -- inventory industry took this is nosedive AFTER Democrats took over. -- Housing give way befell AFTER Democrats took over. -- GM's financial disaster befell AFTER Democrats took over ( actually, it unquestionably occurred whilst Obama became into president ). -- Obama gets much less cooperation from different international places than Bush did, and is respected much less. -- "Obamacare" not basically lines the wallet of coverage firms.. yet became into unquestionably written via them. -- For the 1st time in our historic previous we at the instant are compelled, under risk of reformatory, to make a commercial purchase. a purchase order from agencies who wrote extensive parts of the regulation. -- variety of 10x ( 10.6% vs a million.ninety one% ) the value selection deficit at present vs the standard deficit whilst the GOP held the majority. -- we've a president who apologizes to our enemies. -- huge environmental disaster created simply by fact between the president's greatest marketing campaign participants have been given a bypass on familiar protection inspections. -- A president who performs politics with an environmental disaster, making it plenty, plenty worse than it could have been. -- Blatant racism from the Oval workplace. Yeah.. i in my view won't be able to verify why the GOP is the extra perfect option...

Based on your rant I will assume you won't bother reading most answers, but give this a try. Only political partisans believe everything President Bush did was bad. Open minded people who are not blinded by an uninformed political bias see only one side. I assume you are one of those who can completely over look the record expansion under President Bush, the liberation of over 45 million people who now live free because of our efforts, the attention given to Africa, and the unprecedented care given to the environment. And as you wish to blame the economic crash on President Bush, I assume you also want to blame President Bush for the economy he inherited from his predecessor? You do remember President Bush inherited an economy in collapse?

Don't be blinded by bias. It makes you look ignorant. Continued blindness makes you look stupid.

You're funny. Does a deficit of 650 billion (as opposed to three TRILLION) sound like a nightmare?

Does 5% unemployment sound like a nightmare?

Maybe you're not aware that the main cause of the financial crisis was the sub-prime mortgage scheme that was pushed and defended by Democrats.

We had money in out wallets and jobs until the chicken little democrats started the pendulum swinging during the campaigning of 2007.