That does not clarify.
I think the poster means that there is another option or options that Obama did not do which would have had better results. We all wait with bated breath what that might have been, however…
Romney already said he would have let Detroit go bankrupt. So there’s that…
Call Sarah Palin and beg her for advice?
Tell the banks to just jolly well shape up?
Cut taxes and eliminate government spending?
What?
too much paranoia about the GOP. I think Obama would easily throw you off of a bridge for more votes, as many would
W would. Romney would. Obama wouldn’t.
Of course neither W nor Romney would throw you off a bridge! They have people for that sort of thing!
Now that I mention it, anybody seen any pictures of W out there clearing that brush lately?
From your mouth to God’s ear.
Do you acknowledge that there is no “Democrat” Party?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
This has to be the funniest post on these boards.
Your purposeful obtuse philosophy is typical of the Kool Aid crowd.
Too funny. Thanks for the laugh son. Its been a long week of 100+ temps here.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
So you got nothing then?
I don’t even think he’s really laughing.
Maybe if he had LOL’d, it would have sold it?
Prolly not.
Asinine question. The GOP is not screwing up the economy. Obama & Co. are doing that very well on their own.
You mean their trying to stop Obama and Co. from screwing up the economy? Res ipsa loquitur.
- I believe some or most GOP congress members would like to hurt the economy in ways that make Obama look bad. This certainly appeared to be a factor in the debt ceiling vote, as others mentioned, and round one ended in a credit rating downgrade of the US. It was not unreasonable to demand cuts in future spending as part of a debt ceiling deal, but the delay tactics to the brink of crises were appalling. Somehow, the rigid right wing ideology wasn’t around during the multiple debt ceiling hikes and prescription drug plan during the George Dubya Bush years which included a GOP controlled House and Senate 2001-2006.
Last summer, some of the Tea Partier congressfolk bluntly favored US government default or at least no debt ceiling rise (forcing reduction in already appropriated spending), but they may honestly think that’s the best policy rather than simply a hurt-economy-plus-make-Obama-look-bad tactic. Shaking the fragile confidence of world markets with unnecessary idiocy is not good policy.
The GOP definitely won’t actively help the economy through spending. The 2009 stimulus bill only had one GOP vote in the Senate (Snowe) and no one in the GOP supported the infrastructure focused bill in the autumn of 2011. Also, the GOP definitely spouts rhetoric to make the economy seem a lot worse than it is.
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Vote out the crazies!
The Democrats often annoy me, but many of the Republicans are just blatantly insane.
What aspect(s) of Obama and Dems policies do you blame the most?
A. The PPACA ‘Obamacare’ law that was written by the insurance industry and based upon GOP proposals during 1993 and the similar Massachusetts law signed by Mitt Romney? [I don’t like Obamacare, but it didn’t seem to shake confidence in business and investing…look at the stock markets in the days after the law was signed]
B. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law that hasn’t taken full effect yet and that Scott Brown voted for?
C. The State Department’s rejection of the initial XL pipeline proposal due to it’s location over the Ogallala Aquifer and opposition by Nebraska’s GOP governor?
D. Extension of unemployment benefits?
E. The $800B stimulus from early 2009?
F. The START Treaty renewal?
G. The Sarbanes-Oxley law? (oh wait, that was Bush who signed it)
H. Obama’s (& Dems) rhetoric?
I. Troop surge in Afghanistan?
J. Other?
I am not a Democrat. I disagree with Obama on some issues and strategies. There are a lot of socio-economic problems these days, but I mostly blame previous administrations and their congresses and certain aspects of globalization. The Glass-Steagal Act was repealed when Clinton was in office. The economy collapsed when Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns went down in September 2008 several months before Obama was inaugurated. The domestic stock markets have soared since March 2009, corporate profits overall were better than ever in 2011, my 401k has never looked better. Job growth is slow especially with private sector growth partially offset by all those city and state governments laying people off…smaller gov’t hurts jobs sometimes.
Diversionary answer. The question is, are they attempting to sabotage the economy to hurt Obama. Any lopsided interpretations you have about what the administration itself is doing is therefore off-topic, wouldn’t you say?
Your opinions as to what is and is not off-topic are of no importance.
But the notion that the GOP is trying to screw up the economy to hurt Obama is [list=a][li]stupid, and a proactive attempt to shift the blame. [/list]If we have a double-dip recession, Obama is in trouble. The Democrats need a new strategy if that happens, and haven’t got one. Therefore they revert to their default, which is blame [del]Bush[/del] the GOP for not letting the Dems do more of the things that have not worked. [/li]
The Dems were in control of Congress since 2007, controlled all three branches of government from 2008-2010, currently control the Senate and the White House, and have been complaining about being outnumbered almost continuously throughout.
Business as usual for the Sore Losers Party, IOW.
Regards,
Shodan
So you are refusing to directly address the issue.
No surprise.