Who's recession?

Obama walked into office during a recession, much like Bush did. I wouldn't start talking legacy after ONE MONTH in office. But, it is vital to conservatives to see Obama fail, if he doesn't the conservative movement will be just a memory. In 1993 Clinton took a country in recession, and grew the economy while balancing the budget. Bush's economy was not as strong as Clinton's, and he left office with a record deficit, and the economy in a recession. If Obama can bring the Bush economy back to life, and grow the economy while cutting our debt, it will prove once and for all that conservative ideas don't work. Now do you understand why Rush wants Obama to fail?

you just can't get past that party ideology can you? "Bush balh blah blah" "Obama blah blah"

X, would you vote for a party that can't control spending, can't grow the economy, and who believe that war is the only way to stay in office? This is your current republican party. These are facts X, and facts don't lie.

Mater, there are many parties to blame for our current economic situation. I do agree that Bush and McCain saw this coming, but can you show me one time when they presented a bill to regulate the mortgage industry? Can you also show me where Bush and McCain did anything to stop this coming when both talked about this in 2005. Just to remind you, republicans controlled the entire government in 2005, and could have passed a bill adding more regulation to the mortgage industry. So why didn't they do something instead of just talking about it? One of the other people to blame for our mortgage problems is the greatest economic mind of our time: Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan said infront of congress that the mortgage industry had to come up with ways for people to get mortgages. He said that ARM's, and interest only mortgages would increase the amount of homeownership, and help grow the economy. I bet you won't hear that on Rush, or Hannity, but it is a fact. If you remember, or want to look up on the internet, during Bush's first term Bill Clinton was blamed for anything, and everything. Bush has left the country in an economic mess, and it will take years to fix it. But, I am sure that if he does turn it around, conservatives will give Bush all the credit. Weren't you talking about the media's selective amnesia? That does go both ways.

They (the republicans) were told that it was going to be fine. And truthfully, in context, everyone - all of us - believed that. We had bigger fish to fry as a country when Bush first called for regulations. He, and the rest of the entire country, trusted that things were under control. Fast forwarding to the time McCain called for regulation, it had already started to spiral out of control. Even still, there were voices saying, "No. It's fine... really." I'm not saying that they're not to blame at all. IMO, every politician in the country is to blame on some level. I was only making the point that it's not "Bush's" mess. Just as I said that this recession isn't Obama's, either. I'm not blaming anyone - I'm blaming everyone! It wasn't simply a Republican problem. That much I know. But when it comes to the current President being blamed, that's just how it goes. And the comment about working both ways with the media's amnesia: I don't understand? I said ALL media. "All" implies "both ways" are already covered. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding your point. Clinton (lol): When was he being blamed and by whom? I know that 2 terrorist attacks happened on Clinton's watch; yet when 9/11 hit, nobody ever blamed Clinton for not doing more. Nobody's blaming him still. Especially Bush. I think Obama could take a lesson from that and stop pointing the finger. Maybe some guys like Rush Limbaugh were blaming Clinton for various things. I never heard it coming from the Bush administration, however. And I don't recall much of the media being biased (for either side) back then like it is now. It was some years ago, but I recall the news in America being rather fair a decade ago.