Economy puts Republicans at risk

[babsbunny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7215351.stm

In his State of the Union address, President George W Bush made reviving the US economy the centrepiece of his last year in office. But can he do enough to avoid blame for the slowdown?

When the economy is in trouble, it rarely bodes well for the party in power.

Republican President Herbert Hoover was blamed for the 1929 Great Depression, leading to a landslide victory for Franklin D Roosevelt and ushering in an era of Democratic reform that lasted for a generation.

[DainBramaged]

1. ushering in an era of Democratic reform that lasted for a generation.

I love the way that sounds.

[ingac70]

3. Music to my ears...

but I want it to last longer than a generation!

[fascisthunter]

4. A New New Deal?

permanent that is...

[IowaGirl]

6. I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:dem:

[Warpy]

7. Our job will be to make damned sure it lasts longer than that

It took until the 70s and it took another economic crisis before the GOP was able to sell its economic snake oil again.

If we have to amend the constitution to put financial regulation in place and permanent, we need to do so.

Then they'll have to go through the time, trouble, and expense to buy off all the regulators. There will always be a few they don't get to.

The harder we make it for them, the less effective they'll be and the more time it will buy us to work against them.

You can't kill an idea, no matter how awful it is. What you can do is slow its progress to a crawl and hope people lose interest in pushing it.

[fascisthunter]

2. There Should be Mobs in the Streets

demanding retribution... we may see such a thing in the near future.

[LongTomH]

5. From the Department of "No Shit, Sherlock!"

If this was an honest election; the Republicans would be plowed under like last year's rhubarb crop. Hell, they may not even be able to steal this one!

[malaise]

8. Well seven years of REthugs

put the ecomony at risk -a classic case of reciprocity.

[DainBramaged]

10. It goes back to 1994

Apathy on the part of the Democrats, sweeping promises of reform by the Rethug propaganda machine, and a generation of dumbasses who believed the shit they spewed meant we're at this point in our history, and on the verge of socioeconomic collapse.

We won't get fooled again.

[malaise]

11. You're right n/t

[Indenturedebtor]

12. I dunno

If we continue to let our educational system go down the toilet, we'll likely get fooled forever.

Education is strongly correlated with becomming a Democrat. Truth.

[DainBramaged]

13. Education, the arts, social reform, poverty reduction, health care reforms

Should I go on? The Democratic party is good for the people, not corporations or individuals. Society advances when Democrats are in charge.

We ARE the real party of grownups.

[elizfeelinggreat]

9. GOOD

Maybe everyone will learn this time.

I don't claim to be an expert but it seems to me that Bush is following in Hoover's footsteps and refusing to face the facts. (That is if he's not intentionally causing this to happen.)

If our next president is a Democrat and has the support of a Democratic Congress I have high hopes that we can avoid the horror of that depression.

[spanone]

14. no i think rational behavior puts rethuglicons at risk