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Originally Posted by djplong
When will he 'man up'? Well, Reagan, by those definitions, never did. He was blaming the Democrat-controlled Congress for the economic woes he inherited. His big campaign message was "stay the course" - and I did just that voting for him again in '84.
The bottom line is this. No matter how you spin, slice or slant it, Obama inherited an economy on a far worse precipice than Reagan did. We were looking at a complete economic meltdown. Obama could have been Jesus Christ and it wouldn't have solved the problems in four years. Everyone like to make hay of the "but he said unemployment wouldn't go above 8.5% if we passed the stimulus" and fail to note that was months before he took office. And, of course, now that we are in the midst of an admittedly anemic recovery, no credit is ever given because, well, things still suck.
The latest silliness? Reading that stimulus money hasn't been spent in places because there aren't enough government auditors to oversee the spending. (That didn't seem to stop them from handing out cash in Iraq & Afghanistan). As someone out it "So we don't have the people to oversee the money we don't have to be spent on the jobs that aren't there..."
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My only comment would be this...
I am not convinced the economy approached what this President and congress said it was IN REGARD TO EMPLOYMENT. We had some serious serious housing problems for sure and if you analyze the data you find the unemployment to be in pockets where the housing market did the worse. Most areas outside them are at and have been at average unemployment !!
We can talk later about how that housing market got so bad.
That does not diminish that this administration inherited a bad situation, but I think the "man up" reference is in regard to the constant blaming of somebody else. Ever notice they never mention that congress was controlled by Democrats for the last 2 years of the era he blames ALL the problems are. YEP...he sure did inherit problems economically....This is not to in any way say that the Republicans are the good guys...but as I keep saying to you....you seem to always jump to this guys defense and subtly jab at the other side. They both are what they are...FACE IT. Problem is keeping them in the center and this guy is not near the center (Although, he now has many out preaching that he is)
NOW....about the "stimulus" bill. If that bill had actually been what it was preached it was....BUT AGAIN, they play with words (I am not absolving the other party but since you NEVER mention anything but defense for this guy..) Congress knew what they were doing as did the President. This bill was NOT what we were told it would be. It is not all spent because the true nature of it was for the future and its tentacles (read GREEN, etc) will be there for many years. Imagine a far reaching bill passed with nobody reading it....just wonderful !