What? You seriously have me confused with someone else. I've no idea what you are on about. (eta did I say something about the debt ceiling extortion? I don't remember and can't find it. If so then I stand by that. That's pretty easy to defend but it wasn't what was on my mind when I ventured into this thread.).
Clinton: Dramatically lower spending.
Bush: Dramatically higher spending.
Solution: Hold the economy hostage as soon as a Democrat takes office. Nice.
That the Bush admin was incompetent and spent money we didn't have on war we didn't need.
That is... unrelated to what I challenged you on. So again, I ask, what's the logic here?
Or have you simply forgotten what you posted?
No, it doesn't. Asserting that it does won't help the discussion either.
You asked me a specific question. I provided an answer. Whether or not you LIKE the answer doesn't change the fact that it's an answer to your question. And if you don't care about an answer to your question, you shouldn't have asked it.
Is your only defense of Bush to point out the sins of Obama?
Except, of course, that I'm NOT defending Bush. And pointing out what Obama is doing wrong needs no external justification. Unlike Bush, he's
still in office. And unlike Bush, he can (and probably will) run for that office again. So what he does, and what he does wrong, is of considerable interest for its own sake. Why is that not obvious?
I'm saying we are stuck on stupid. The GOP will defend tax cuts period. As David Stockman says it has become a religious belief. If the economy doesn't do well then by god just keep lowering those taxes.
Sounds a lot like Krugman and the stimulus. If government spending didn't fix the economy, then it wasn't big enough.
Again, the sins of Obama make the war okay?
Obviously not, nor did I make any such claim. But this is off topic. I'm not going to rehash the Iraq war here.
What are you talking about? I don't remember saying this.
Clinton: Dramatically lower spending.
Bush: Dramatically higher spending.
Solution: Hold the economy hostage as soon as a Democrat takes office. Nice.
I don't for a moment believe that the GOP wants the economy to do badly.
Your above quote certainly implies that.
I think the GOP is has blinders on and is doubling down on failed policies. Holding our credit hostage (yes I'm saying it now) was asinine without any willingness to compromise on tax raises. They won. The corporations got what they think was best for them. I don't think the American people did though. Have you sen the stock market yesterday and today?
Both parties are trying to double down on their policies. Did the stock market tank because the Republicans got some of what they wanted? Or did it tank because the Democrats got some of what they wanted? Obviously the market doesn't like the deal, but that doesn't tell us
why they don't like the deal.
The GOP made disastrous policy decisions that have devastated our economy. Whatever Obama did won't change that.
He can further devastate it. Which... he's been doing.
Again, I'm not happy about how Bush handled the economy. He was not a fiscal conservative at all. But Obama has been an unmitigated disaster. And again, unlike Bush, we will face the question of whether or not to reelect him. So the question of how Obama is doing is a hell of a lot more important right now than the question of how Bush did. And he's doing terrible. I don't know how anyone can honestly conclude otherwise.
I just want to say that unlike Limbaugh I want America to succeed no matter who is in power.
