I hate whiners ... but I tend to agree with many in the GOP that Bush 43 was a "Republican in Name Only," or RINO. He made government bigger, ran up the national debt, and signed a massive Medicare drug bill into law - something that Reagan said he would never approve. His compassionate conservativism was a farce. The response to Katrina was a joke. He ignored Afghanistan (although I give him credit for firing Rummy and doing the Iraq surge). And finally, he was president when the economy almost melted down into a global depression, and started the binge spending that Obama gleefully continued.
In a sick way, Obama is very similar to Bush. Both are big spenders, are hard-line war hawks, and treat government like a technocratic machine. Both responded to national disasters by taking away more of our liberties and freedoms. On education, the government offered less money but demanded more accounting, testing, restrictions, and paperwork. There's a long list of similarities, folks.
Obama really can't blame Bush anymore, anyways. He's been at the helm for a year now and despite having majorities in Congress, really hasn't done squat. I agree that nobody's buying that excuse these days. I might add that it could take another 5 years before the economy really gets rolling again, so I doubt that a GOP president next term could do much, either.
Except to blame Obama, that is. That's politics for ya.
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