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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #10 - Jul 27^th, 2010, 9:45pm

I agree with what most people are saying on this thread and I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking this way. When judging Bush's presidency, I separate it into two distinct categories, foreign and domestic.

His foreign policy which dealt largely with fighting Al Qaeda, was pretty impressive in my view. After 9/11, he kept America safe from any further attacks (something Obama has already failed at), and while he was in danger of allowing Iraq to get out of hand, he stuck to his guns and left his successor with a relatively stable democracy in the Middle East. Again, Obama has already demonstrated that he can't match up as it appears that he's allowing Afghanistan get out of control.

Bush's domestic legacy is an entirely different matter. America (myself included) was so focused on the war against Islamic Jihad that I hardly paid any attention to the growth in government in his first term. However, after his re-election, I expected Bush, and a Republican majority in Congress to try to cut government down to size. And while he did make a half-hearted attempt to privatize social security, looking back, I am alarmed at how much the Republican's allowed government to expand.

My thinking was that they didn't try to cut spending because they were worried they would be punished in the 2006 elections. But it turns out they were punished regardless. Quite the contrary, if the the Republicans had fought fiercely for spending cuts, conservatives may have been energized and kept the Republicans in power, preventing the mess we now find ourselves in.

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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #11 - Jul 27^th, 2010, 10:13pm

rk john wrote on Jul 27^th, 2010, 9:36pm:

Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors

WHY..................Hes not running for office. Hes gone... Who gives a S**t.

All I know is Obama is a scum bag & we need to get him out.

Im not voting for Bush again.

I bow to your Superior Intellect! Wink

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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #12 - Jul 27^th, 2010, 10:56pm

Rkjohn wrote on Jul 27^th, 2010, 9:36pm:

Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
WHY..................Hes not running for office. Hes gone... Who gives a S**t.
All I know is Obama is a scum bag & we need to get him out.
Im not voting for Bush again.

Simple. Conservatives need to regain control of the Republican Party. To get back people that left the Party because they could see no difference between a Democrat or a Republican. People need to admit to what was screwed up, we need to make sure we are electing conservatives so we don't continue to re elect a bunch of RINOS be it a Bush or McCain, because there are still many out there that think they can walk that liberal line between both Parties without having to pay a penalty.

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Rkjohn CF Presidents Club Offline Conservative's Forum Posts: 601 North Idaho Gender:	Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors Reply #13 - Jul 27^th, 2010, 11:07pm OK, you put your billion with my billion & we can buy it back. Thats what it will take.
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osceola CF Presidents Club Online Sitting here grinding my teeth. Posts: 4872 Missouri Ozarks Gender:	Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors Reply #14 - Jul 28^th, 2010, 12:15am Rkjohn wrote on Jul 27^th, 2010, 11:07pm: OK, you put your billion with my billion & we can buy it back. Thats what it will take. Naw... put your big boot where I put my big boot and we take it back.
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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #15 - Jul 28^th, 2010, 6:28am

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WHY..................Hes not running for office. Hes gone... Who gives a S**t.

EXACTLY! The idea that the right should 'admit' mistakes is insane and plays directly into Democrat hands. Crap like this is nothing but Democrats trying to deflect from themselves responsibility for turning America into a socialist cesspool. This GOP guilt/introspection stuff is absolute garbage, a sucker play.

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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #16 - Jul 28^th, 2010, 7:09am

I voted for him twice... I dont regret it... Look at what we had to choose from.. To me, there was no other choice, i rather him in the office than the men who were running against him at the time... Perot ALMOST had me, however, I have to admit Bush got it in the end because he was a republican. Yes, I admit that was my main reason Embarrassed

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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #17 - Jul 28^th, 2010, 9:48am

Why do “economic errors” have to be attributed to a named individual when there are literally millions of Americans and hundreds of elected representatives behind those errors?

Bush did what a large segment of the Republican Party wanted him to do regarding finances. He needed to wage a two theater war and do it while lowering taxes. The lowering of the taxes was a good thing to steer our economy away from a recession but at the same time he and congress were lowering taxes, he and congress managed to introduce a huge entitlement program (prescription drug benefit) and slung money around like crazy. (Remember AIDS relief for Africa?)

Bush didn’t act alone when he spent money we didn’t have. He was aided and abetted by a more than willing congress who busy buying votes for their own re-elections.

The tendency to pin budget and monetary woes entirely on a president is flawed. If we successfully pin the deficit entirely on Obama, this relieves his accomplices in congress of culpability and allows there to escape public criticism. All responsible need to be blamed, all the way down to the voters who not only wanted but demanded that Bush, Obama, and congress provide all these goodies courtesy of the money printing machine.

The voters need to be made to understand that a federal government that is big enough to care for them is a federal government that will enslave them.

I blame them. If you want to correct the problem of unconstitutional federal incursion into our state and local governments and more importantly, into our private lives, the process begins by convincing your neighbor that if they want the federal government to behave in a constitutional way, stop demanding that the federal government solve your problems.

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Re: Republicans Should Acknowledge Bush Economic Errors
Reply #18 - Jul 28^th, 2010, 12:06pm

If you want to correct the problem of unconstitutional federal incursion into our state and local governments and more importantly, into our private lives, the process begins by convincing your neighbor that if they want the federal government to behave in a constitutional way, stop demanding that the federal government solve your problems.

I agree..

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