Comments on: Pew Takes A Look At Before And After Bush http://donklephant.com/2009/01/06/pew-takes-a-look-at-before-and-after-bush/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » More Bush Then And Now Numbers http://donklephant.com/2009/01/06/pew-takes-a-look-at-before-and-after-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-434781 Donklephant » Blog Archive » More Bush Then And Now Numbers Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=12597#comment-434781 [...] followup to Pew’s findings recently are the following numbers compiled by NBC: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor [...] [...] followup to Pew’s findings recently are the following numbers compiled by NBC: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor [...]

]]> By: Jim S http://donklephant.com/2009/01/06/pew-takes-a-look-at-before-and-after-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-434730 Jim S Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:07:32 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=12597#comment-434730 The problem with speaking of the Democrats "controlling" anything since 2006 is that in fact the slim majority in the Senate combined with a Republican President means that in fact they have control over nothing. In fact most of the factors affecting the economy lie with the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and other executive branch organizations. The problem with speaking of the Democrats “controlling” anything since 2006 is that in fact the slim majority in the Senate combined with a Republican President means that in fact they have control over nothing. In fact most of the factors affecting the economy lie with the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and other executive branch organizations.

]]> By: Mike http://donklephant.com/2009/01/06/pew-takes-a-look-at-before-and-after-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-434679 Mike Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:20:26 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=12597#comment-434679 While there's no doubt that the Bush administration has failed in many ways, in the interest of fairness I think it should be at least noted that the president does not control those numbers 100%. There is plenty of blame to go around, especially considering many of those indicators have tanked since the Democrats have been in control of the legislative branch. If you adjusted your start date to 2006, you could make the opposite argument against the democrats. But no one ever said being president was fair, so the buck stops with him and history will likely blame him for all of our woes, justly or not. I do think the national debt numbers are especially damning though, considering he is a Republican and did very little in his eight years to restore fiscal responsibility. While there’s no doubt that the Bush administration has failed in many ways, in the interest of fairness I think it should be at least noted that the president does not control those numbers 100%. There is plenty of blame to go around, especially considering many of those indicators have tanked since the Democrats have been in control of the legislative branch. If you adjusted your start date to 2006, you could make the opposite argument against the democrats.

But no one ever said being president was fair, so the buck stops with him and history will likely blame him for all of our woes, justly or not.

I do think the national debt numbers are especially damning though, considering he is a Republican and did very little in his eight years to restore fiscal responsibility.

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