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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:25 AM Original message |
Obama's new strategy: Blaming Bush for 'mess' |
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Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. About time he did. And no more Mr Nice Guy to the GOP. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. "It was all Bill Clinton's fault - Smirk" - Commander AWOL (R) |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Doesn't sound like a "strategy" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. It's corporatemedia's freaking |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. The GOP |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Like when Barney Frank, in 2004, said Fannie & Freddie were 'structurally sound for the long term'? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Actually I was thinking about |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Dummya played quite a role with Freddie and Fannie, too, remember? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Sorry, but proportionality counts. for one thing, eight years of Reagan, four of Bush I, |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Nobody said anything about school lunches for poor kids.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Democrats were concerned about discriminatory mortgage restrictions, one set of rules |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Not quite the way I remember it |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. I would never claim that only one party caused this,. However, I include |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. And both are looking for every opportunity to lower wages in this country. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. He has also said that we need to be 'looking forward'. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. And he has looked forward. His D of J is defending the war criminals, for feck's sake, when they |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. That headline alone is BS |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. T H A N K Y O U!!! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. Bush spent 8 years saying History will be his Judge. |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. The Bush Administration spent eight years in theft and conspiring against American freedoms |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. History may eventually decide he wasn't THE worst president ever |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Republicans have a great history revision machine. They call it think tanks, writing history |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Speaking of books. Has anyone else heard about the "Bush Library"? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Time after time, the so-called "Party of Personal Responsiblity" absolutely refuses |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. They're bitching because Obama won't take responsibility for Bush's actions. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. People should be personally responsible; not vote in clods or criminals in the future. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Voters AND politicians should be personally responsible, but politicians much more so, especially |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. When I read the headline I thought the same |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. It's not destroyed yet. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nate Silver calculated that he probably has 18 months |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. If it FAILS, he will take the brunt of the blame. I guarantee it will be inefficient. And |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. The pundits will blame Obama but Bush created the mess and |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. In normal situations, the President alone can't do it. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Congress has to agree with him |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. He has to convince Congress to go along with him. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Ultimately convincing others in not in one's control |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. what's wrong with the truth?? it wasn't his mess. he's here cleaning up someone else's mess. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah. It's not like the Bush and other Pubs ever blamed anything on Clinton or |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. GOPedia same ol' strategy: conflate |
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PaulRevere08 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. I guess hearing a President speak the truth must be confusing |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. The economy has continued to deteriorate during this time frame. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Well said. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Facts are not useless, but, to politicians, especially Republicans, facts are often inconvenient. |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. To be fair, I have to cut President Bush some slack on this. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. So record profits |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. What clueless retard wrote this crap? I seem to recall a break in the election. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. The Bush people blamed Clinton for 9/11 |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. How is this new? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. and this strategy will get him re elected how ? |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
39. GOOD, The GOP has been blaming Obama |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. "Tell It Like It Is" . . . Aaron Nevillle, 1966 . . . |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. The #1 Rule in the Dappleganger house... |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. What's this? MSNBC headlining RWcon strategy, only putting Obama's name to it? |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
45. WTF is he meant to do? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
47. It's not "new", it just the "truth" and IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!! |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. Who knows what this is focused on? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. Obama: responsible for global economy on day 1 |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. Obama mentioned Bush's eight years of failure in speeches in 2007 |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. I saw that shit on the front of my msn exlorer. |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
59. lol |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. Obama's new strategy: saying sun rises in east and sets in west... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
61. It worked for Governor Granholm in Michigan in 2006 |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. DeVos was, of course, one of the worst candidates put out there in recent memory. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. The economy is the economy that doesn't directly blame anyone and culpbility was on lots of levels. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
64. well YEAH!!! |
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