Both Bush and Greenspan were more than happy to talk about and take credit for the record home ownership rates a few years ago.
I have to believe that a democratic potus along with his treasury secretary appointment would have taken credit for the exact same thing had they been in office. The question is, did 'w' & greeny know that said record home ownership had been built like a house of cards(?) Furthermore, just because interest rates were artificially held in check and banks were recklessly approving morgage applications -of which the applicants had no business filling out in the first place- doesn't necessarily place all of the blame on bush, the banks and the credit apps themselves must also accept culpability in the housing market fallout.
And with real wages stagnant or falling, because the U.S. hasn't had a meaningful manufacturing strategy for decades, both Bush and Greenspan were happy to see the U.S. economy chugging along, fueled by people using their homes as ATM machines.
True, but again, I don't believe that a dem potus would have done anything differently under the same set of circumstances.
How many cases did the Bush administration file with the WTO against China's unfair trade practices and their theft of intellectual property?
Bush was all about going along to get along, particularly with the PRC. Excuse my ignorance on this, but what meaningful types of penalties might have the WTO extend to the PRC had a formal complaint been filed re lopsided trading practices and the disregard of our patent laws? Does, in fact, our potus have to be the one to blow the whistle on such aforementioned trade infractions? In other words, doesn't the WTO act as referee over these matters?
Shhh! the wmd materials from Iraq are in Syria. . . shhh! Oh, and we went to war because mustard gas as well as a few first gen Foxbats were found buried in the sand.
And since we're talking about Mexico here,
How about that, we were, weren't we
what exactly did Bush/Cheney do to reform or fix the immigration situation in the U.S.? I personally saw one of the maps that had been passed out on the Mexican side of the border, directing people to the best routes for illegally entering the U.S. That was in 2004 - I remember because I was working away from home in a hell hole of a place. Bush was President. What did he do about that?
Abdsolutely nuthin, zilch . . . nada, I agree . . . but I'm not and have never been a supporter of 'w', he was merely my default preference ahead algore in . . 2000 was it? :dunno: :surprise:
Damn, time flies as you get older, doesn't it? Has it been that long?!
Over the course of my life, I've voted for more Republicans than I have Democrats. But since about 1999, the GOP has pretty much been taken over by, controlled by, or just (IMO) overly influenced by people who basically make me sick to my stomach: nation building neocons, kooky conspiracy theorists and religious whack jobs.
Thrice times here, sorry, the democrats don't come off much differently in my estimation. What are we doing in Libya under Obama . . . were we supposed to have been in and out of there in a week, yet today we seem to be sinking into yet another quagmire.
On the religious whack job front, look no further that the potus' spiritual advisor for some twenty years . . . ''Americas's chickens have come to roost!''
''Gawd Damn America!'' :cussing:
Finally, on the conspiracy theorist whackos, I have a difficult time blaming them, because, after all, how frequent is our government actually forthcoming when addressing
We The People? seldom if ever. Of course there will be individuals out there who will attempt to piece the puzzle together. I have found that it's better to just reply
''I don't know!'' when asked about curious and suspicious govt ops.
Goldwater where are you?
More later. your post was . . . sizable, you know!
