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Obama haters, have you stopped to think...?
what really happened in the last 11 years? It's actually just like this:
Your significant other (Bush) takes 8 years and maxes our your credit cards (two wars, lax controls on financial institutions, tax breaks for the wealthy) and then hands you the bill when it comes due. Then you get a pay cut (two tax cuts for the wealthy, lower tax income due to the unemployed) . How long will it take you to pay off that debt? Can you do it in 3 years AND do it without making cuts and/or going further in debt?
Oh and your brother-in-law (GM and Chrysler) needs so cash to keep his business afloat to keep some other relatives working. (Fortunately, he (GM and Chrysler) paid you back sooner then expected and with interest. Whew.)
Oh and you managed to take out the bully (Osama AND many other high value targets) that helped to start this mess in the first place.
This is EXACTLY where Obama sits. Bush ran up the deficit (and granted, much of it was needed to counter 9/11). And also, remember that Bush paid out the first TARP (bailout) money with no questions asked and no strings attached!
Again, the deficit is not 100% Bush's fault but neither is it Obama's fault. But if you looked at the positive growth under Obama and not where we stand, his record is actually one of the best in history.
No he's not God or perfect but really, stop with the false accusations and "Birther" crap. And no you are not a racists if you vote against him. You are when you use references like I've seen here such as "the brown stain on America's tighty whities" or references to picking cotton or , well you get the picture.
And remember, he is no less WHITE than is George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman and Obama both had one white and one-non white parent.
@RUKiddingtoo - If you read this carefully I didn't blame Bush's policies for all of our mess. I acknowledged that much of the debt was in direct response to 9/11. Bush also saw the value of a "bail out" and this why he paid out TARP money while he was a lame duck (political term, not name calling). He could have just let it slide and left it all for Obama.
I also said "Obama haters" and not Conservatives or Republicans. I love and good debate on politics but it's the name calling and simplistic views (from both sides) that drive me nuts.
@adeelgr8 - Bush wasted valuable lives (on both side), time, resources and money in Iraq. The focus all along needed to be in Afghanistan as THAT is where the Al Qaeda was living and training. Had he done so we might have found bin Laden sooner and given Al Qaeda and the Taliban less time to set up camp in Pakistan.
In addition, the view of Americans in the region would likely have been far more positive and we might have had a far greater relationship with Pakistan. AND that might have been all the "Shock and Awe" the US needed to show Iraq.
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- TATLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Have you stopped to think about.... Oh wait...how silly of me. Think? ROFLMAO!
- ?Lv 49 years ago
And have you stopped to think?
Your signficant other runs up debt on your credit cards.. and so you take the cards away. Then you proceed to call the credit card company and get your credit amount increased.. and you max the card again. Then you sign up for 6 other credit cards and max them. When your family questions your spending you throw a fit and storm out of the room. Your spending causes your credit rating to get reduced.. and you blame the people that were telling you that you were spending to much.
And your brother in law's company is struggling.. and so you give him money to keep it going, but only if he agrees to let your lazy kids ( which rarely show up for work and steal when they do ) take control over half the business. Then, you agree to let your brother in law borrow money from you to repay the money that he borrowed from you earlier.. and tell everybody that he repaid his loans. And then you agree to pay for his businesses expenses for years to come.
This is reality..
Obama has INCREASED spending by about $1 TRILLION a year since taking office.
Obama has INCREASED debt at 540% the rate Bush did.
GM "repaid" it's loans to the US government.. with money it borrowed from the US government.
The US government continues to pump billions in to GM/Chrysler, we're now over $65 BILLION into it.
The US job situations is NOT improving, we have seen a steady drop in the size of the American workforce since Obama took office. A trend which is STILL continuing.
The US credit rating has been downgraded.
There has been no positive growth, if you look at what is happening in the real world.. Obama's record makes arguably the worst president in US history. And if he's not the worst.. he's pretty close.
Obama isn't the only one that has caused our problems, that blame goes around to virtually every American.. but he's is the single person with the most blame.
- Anonymous9 years ago
You forgot Four things
Obama ran up the debt 3T in 3 years when it took bush 8 years to run it up 4T
Obama Started a war no one wanted(libia)
Obama Extended the bush cuts
Obama Had to failed STimulus Packages
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- 9 years ago
I'm no Obama fan but what you say is TRUE. Gas was up during Bush-he blamed those investing in futures. Uhuh. Funny c rice, mccain n lieberman went to lybia to push bps agenda-not our oil situation, bps! Everyone is so caught up in their parties they cannot even see the wrong their 'guy' does-did. I pointed out newscast to my bf:'3 million illegals/yr, why won't pres secure border?!' He immediately started with Obama this, Obama that-I stopped him-the newscast was from BUSH's presidency, tho Obama is doing no differently! Obama is only like 5 relatives removed from Clinton (remember Clinton's claim to be first 'black' pres bc his g-gma black?) they all have pretty much same agenda, just slightly diff ways to get there. NONE of these professional politicians have our best interest, nor our country's, in mind. people are trained to argue petty points so they don't pay attention to the real issues.
Source(s): Life - IceTLv 79 years ago
Democrats have had control of at least 2/3rds of the government for 6 of the last 7 years and total control for 2 of those years!
If Bush maxed out the credit cards what has O'Bama done?! He added $5 trillion to the debt in 3 years after calling Bush unpatriotic and irresponsible for adding $4 trillion in 8 years!
http://m.youtube.com/?reason=8&rdm=6838#/watch?v=D...
Our credit raring was downgraded on O'Bama's watch and at a time when Democrats controlled 2/3rds of the government.
- 9 years ago
this is a good case to make against a republican voting for romney or saying that its anybody but obama we need in there but this isnt a good case to make against a ron paul supporter whod simply say we should cut all the spending bush started and obama kept going nor should we keep up our military expansion overseas. i also agree that the birther nonsense is just that nonsense.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
you're kinda rude telling people to close up are not you? What does his love for his relatives or 'looking good' have been given to do with something? those are not the characteristics necessary to make judgements like this!
- 9 years ago
I have no personal hate for Obama.He is fighting against the terrorism is great.But he underestimates the efforts of Pakistani forces who fight face to face and their soldiers drop drowns.At least he should think the millions of innocent people also die by that act.Do you know how much economic crises and joblessness people are suffering from
- MistyLv 59 years ago
LOL If my significant other maxed out my credit cards and I got a pay cut as you say, the very LAST thing I would do is spend more money that I dont have and put myself in a deeper hole resulting an a downgrade of my credit rating. And then do it some more.
Source(s): common sense - ?Lv 79 years ago
Not liking Obama's policies is not the same as hating him, unlike you Bush haters.
The only true thing you said here is that Zimmerman is White--and I am White as well.