September 29, 2008
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Nancy Pelosi, The Economy and President Bush
Nancy Pelosi blasted President Bush before the vote on the bailout of Wall Street this morning. Here is the link: Link
(This photo is not meant to imply that I endorse Nancy Pelosi or ugly women in general).
The vote to bailout Wall Street failed.
Nancy Pelosi said that President Bush became president with a government that was running well with surpluses. She blamed President Bush for running the economy in the ground.
Do you think President Bush is responsible for our economic crisis?
Comments (172)
Yes.
“(This photo is not meant to imply that I endorse Nancy Pelosi or ugly women in general).”
Good, because if you were going to endorse this I would have to set your hair on fire, Dan.
Lol, “This photo is not meant to imply that I endorse Nancy Pelosi or ugly women in general.”
Yes and no. it was probably a combination of the “war on bullshit” and irresposability of huge corps.
californias organic and local crops are doing fine tho, glad i live there!
LMAO you really are superficial! Haha…
I don’t know what to believe anymore…except that our economy is going straight to hell in a handbasket.
He certainly doesn’t get away with no responsibility.
He sure didn’t help. There are a lot of factors, but I think he was a big one.
NO!
no.
Certainly to some extent.
Yes.
100% yes, and I am MOSTLY republican!
I seem to remember that the economy was starting to fall apart before the 2000 election. Bush has done his damnedest too keep the economy running strong. Now in the process of doing that he also made the inevitable recession worse and possibly created a coming depression but if he hadn’t done that I am sure that congress would have. The proposed bailout is exactly the kind of thing that has led to us being on the verge of economic collapse and the government was enacting that sort of stupid decision back in the 1970′s and if you try to blame Bush for decisions the government made that long ago then you have really lost it. But we already knew that Pelosi is an idiotic America hating megalomaniac.
Yes, he has a lot to do with it but I don’t blame him entirely. He came into office where the national debt was zero, and now it sky rocketed off to I don’t know what by his aweful decisions.
Oh, but she’s old Dan. I know Palin looks hot, but she’s an exception and probably much younger.
yes and no, but mostly yes.
endorsing Ugly Women is Un-Christian of you, Dan!! lol
We were already in debt when he came into office, so it’s not entirely his fault, but he didn’t do anything to make it any better.
Also, the war hasn’t helped much.
and she is scary looking.
Yes, to a large extent.
no. people give way too much credit to just the president. the economic crisis is the result of bad business decisions that bush had nothing to do with. seriously, i think it’s just too easy to pin the blame on just one person or one factor. these people need to read the news and learn about economics.
LOL at endorsing ugly women….that was funny. I think Bush is to blame for a lot of things. I also think that Nancy Pelosi should have kept her mouth shut right at that moment, even if she was right. The fact that our country is in such a mess speaks for itself. I also don’t think it’s fair to blame the failure of the passing of the bailout on one woman’s speech. As a country, are we really that shallow?
This whole thing is a mess. I’m just so glad we’re not in debt or affecting by this credit crisis directly. Too bad our stocks are tanking though….oh well, could be worse. At least we both have jobs right now.
i feel like most women in office, and lot of men in office are really creepy looking.
apparently people in power are pathological according to psychological evaluation. isn’t that scary? we’re being run by people who are insane!!!!!!!
Being a leader often means taking responsibility for crap that may or may not be your fault. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is, you’re the one who has to take charge of it. I’m glad I don’t lead a nation.
@Xetronic - *commander IN chief
He played a large part in it.
Why don’t you endorse ugly women?
Absolutely not……..this financial crisis was spawned by the Carter administration and the Clinton adminstration by forcing “affordable housing” which is code for giving mortgages to those who can’t afford to repay them.
YES! He’s the commander in chief! *Thanks for the correction
And I have to say she has a nice rack for a grandma
HAHAHAHA…. people who say yes REALLY don’t know what they’re talking about.
You can’t blame one man or an administration for the failure of the economy unless you have an agenda.
Yeah, he is also responsible for bad grades people get in school, for the natural death of zoo animals, for stars dying in the universe, global warming on mars, amongst other bad things which have yet to happen even once he is out of office…
The economy is not single handedly controlled by one man. Nancy Pelosi is a fool, if Bush is responsible for bad economy, then she is single-handedly responsible for our high gas prices…
It is a shame she is from San Francisco, my city. What a disgrace.
She should start rejuvenating the economy by selling the large necklace in that picture above and giving the money to the poor…hypocrite!
Ugly is what ugly is……hell yes I blame the Bush man for this mess he is never in tune to what the hell is going on.then again rich people dont care…………..
Maybe.
are u kidding!?!? of course he is.. him and his whole administration!!!!
no because it started with clinton… but everyone seems to fail to recognize this…
that AND the presidency rarely has any TRUE effect on the economy.
I do think to some extent yes, he caused it.
PS I know this is off topic but… does anyone else notice that strange brown spot on the right of her? I think its a ghost. lol
I think there is plenty of blame to go around.
Only the same role that every passive individual had – people who stood by and played pawns, letting other people decide how to run their lives.
Well, I would like to point out that Bush has done the best with the cards that he was dealt. No one in America will ever be completely satisfied wtih a decision that any president has made. If we hadn’t gone to war on Iraq, people would be pissed saying that the president doesn’t care and that we need to take action. Remember how at frist, the war was a good idea and a lot of people supported it? I do. Besides the tragedy of Sept 11, Bush was thrown into another economical and emotion hit for Amierca, Katrina. Everyone has to blame someone for everything right? We just cannot let things be. And since we cannot point fingers at the weather, we run to Bush to blame. As if he went to New Orleans and broke down the levies himself.
All in all, I think that Bush is a nice guy. I admit that he isn’t perfect. No one is. But I am sick and tired of people (pardon the language) bitching and moaning every chance they get. Leave the poor man alone.
@babiegrl8069 -
He is also responsible for your poor English grammer.
…”endorsing ugly women”- that is a horrible thing to write. It’s not even funny. Dung and farts, and boobies and oral sex are no reason to criticize you for being un-christian, but this is in fact, un-christian. If you truly emulate Christ, you would not write such a stupid thing. Why don’t you look in the mirror first before you make subjective comments about women? You, “good” christian, look like a caveman who indulges in too many cupcakes while perusing through the book that God wrote, the one that lies next to your monthly issue of Playboy.
not 100% but mostly yeah hahhaa
@ansar_al_Eisa - grammar*
Anybody who says yes hasn’t been listening to the economists. A mega crash like this has been discussed for the last 15 years. Banks foolishly lent past their clients ability to pay back. OOPS!
This problem has been long in the making long before Bush took office.
poo poo on those who make ignorant judgments on something that they know so little about.
well , he IS president . . .
@LihKinLi - Oh, I guess you got the subtle, yet ironic joke of purposely spelling grammar wrong. Good job.
I feel that the policies enacted by President Bush and his administration are largely to blame for the economic hardships that we are enduring.
That is quite a bad picture of her…she has looked better.
Anyway, I think the war is a BIG part of the reason.
We can also blame earmarks….but Bush could have always veoted bills that had too many earmarks.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Well….I didn’t vote for Bush..
I’m only now able to vote but if I had it my way, things would be SOOO different.
I see what you’re saying though. =]
president clinton had some good policies in place and had steered the nation to some steady economic waters, so to speak. granted, he probably had one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand on… nevermind. the point is, historically speaking, the government has always believed that going to war will solve our economic struggles. that’s why we got into wars over the last decade or so. in the past, it’s worked but we never really attacked the root of the problem, which is a capitalistic society bent on spending money they don’t have. i wouldn’t put ALL the blame on Bush, because one man can’t do that much damage unless the people allowed him to (SEE: Hitler).
@sarahpalin - Thanks for writing that, I think you’re very right.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Without a doubt in my mind. I hate that bastard!
Yes and no.
One thing I retained from Economics, is that government plans regarding the economy can take a while to actually have any effect. That’s why economic cycles are unpredictable, except for the simple phases and order they fall under. You can’t predict a recession until it’s too late to help it, and it’s hard to tell when the economy will raise back up until its on it’s way.
BUT, Clinton left us with a, what, something around a $127 billion surplus, and Bush has run that all dry and left us in the negative, which I’m sure has *something* do with the shitty way the economy is now.
Economics is complicated; and as much as I dislike Bush and will be quick to point his faults….I will admit that the blame does not lie *entirely* on him for this one.
yeah. I do.
He isn’t 100% responsible. Congress needs to man up including Nancy Pelosi who has been a joke since she took her position.
Where did you find that incredibly awful picture of her?
That’s not exactly a flattering photo of her is it?
Bush? Sure. Clinton, too. But a lot of other people are to blame as well, the vast majority of them not even in the government.
Bush never should have let the surplus go. I thought the Republicans were the party of small government. Bush proved that theory wrong. Once again, we need a Democrat to get the economy on the right track.
Oh, and your “cute” Palin is a numbskull whom George Will is not even willing to back. I think you’ve got your political priorities in your pants, Dan. It’s not real funny.
I blame poor financial education and money grubbing big businessmen
HECK NO HE’S NOT RESPONSIBLE. Americans who thing easy money = easy credit along with the capitalistic greed inherent in corporations with little oversight both combine to make one heck of a bad combination. Bush isn’t the one to blame… he’s just the one stuck w/ the bill. ON THE OTHER HAND, its stupid democrats who are trying to pass the blame onto the bush administration that’s really pissin’ me off right about now. The ironic part is that once the dem’s come to power which they probably will this upcoming election, they’re gonna add more government spending and screw the middle & upper class over like they tend to do…
No, but I do think the Administration had at least a year in which to come up with a plan and they kind of (read completely) fell down on the job.
Part of the blame goes to whoeever decided that banks needed to lend more money towards the poor so that they can experience the joys of home ownership.
The rest of the blame goes to something called “mark to market” accounting. Enron, inflated the value of thier possessions in order to make themselves richer. After the collapse of Enron, the government decided to “fix” it so that people could not do what Enron did. So they created Mark to Market. Mark to market says that the value of the item, is whatever a similiar item last sold at.
So if you have a 3 bedroom 2 bath home in Texas that is owned by a navy captain. The navy captain is tranfered to Alaska and has to be there in 1 month. So he takes his $100,000 and cuts the price to $80,000 so that it sells quickly.
Because of Mark to market accounting. The banks now have to devalue all house in the entire area that are simliar to the house that sold, and assign the new value of $80,000. They just lost $20,000 on all houses that are simliar in that area.
Then congress sits around and wonders why the banks are losing money.
more or less.
@babiegrl8069 - You obviously didn’t get the ironic yet purposely misspelled word of grammar which I was trying to convey. Name calling is real mature…grow up.
Calm down teapot, let your steam die out. Yes, you’re welcome.
Nice job putting a disclaimer on there now, now all the uptights won’t be able to bitch about you endorsing the ugly lifestyle. =]
Mostly. He and his congress.
@ansar_al_Eisa - ok.. im sohrie.. ure reight and i’m wrahng… nehxt thyme I’ll tri and r34d thruogh ure impleecashuns….
anyways seriously im not a mean person… just frustrated with things… and your comment didn’t settle to nicely -_-
Also just note ~ I was contemplating whether or not to reply to Theologians entry b/c I didn’t wanna start beef over the internet -__- and of course you just HAD to reply to mine didnt u… x_X
yes and no…. except not yes……..so to sum it all up, it’s pretty much no
Of course, Bush shouldn’t be blamed entirely for this mess, but he certainly didn’t help. His presidency helped to accelerate the problem.
@awokenfatality - Bush didn’t take over when the debt was zero. The debt has NEVER been zero. We had a budget surplus… much different from having zero debt, hehe.
@GrumpyBear54 - You look like the BTK killer.
Absolutely, along with John McCain because he does everything Bush does and worse.
no.
judicial, executive, legislative.
which branch is the president head of? what is it responsible for?
if the legislature wanted to pass a law he could do nothing about it, vetoes could be overridden, meaning, the “oh, he threatened to veto our good ideas” card just wont play. then again, how can you expect the average american idiot to understand that. it’s easier to find a scapegoat than to take responsibility for our own mistakes.
One person alone cannot blamed for the economic problems we are facing. Additionally, one person will not be able to fix them on their own.
@FemmeMrbd08 - You can do a lot before you’re able to vote.
But don’t think a vote for Obama is a vote for “change,” either! That’s just a buzzword.
Nancy’s ugly? I think she’s kind of cute in a political dom sort of way.
@Jiffipop - Yeah…I just thought about that.
@babiegrl8069 - My comment was never a personal attack on you. How could it be? I know not of you. It was to point out, in a satirizing and yet sarcastic point, that people are willing to blame Bush for anything and everything, and so my comment to you was just another ridiculous accusations which stem out of the anti-Bush hysteria. If you had read my comment prior, it was filled with sarcasm and my comment to you was none other than just that.
In anycase…apologies to you if you thought it was meant to discredit your English, that was besides the point. It was merely to mock those who place all blame on Mr. George.
Cheers.
@deflate@revelife - I applaud you. Oh boo-hoo, that is the best I can do.
I thought this might be very relevant for this entry and for all those illogical bush-haters who don’t even pretend like they understand how our economy actually works before expressing their opinion:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0
@la_faerie_joyeuse - True, true. I was writing letters to my “representatives” at the age of 8…
Oh I’m not voting for Obama. Basically my state, AR, is going to vote for McCain.
I’m voting for the Green Party. I don’t live in a swing state and I don’t think my vote really counts. I wish we didn’t have the electoral college because then I’d definitley feel like my vote would really count.
What goes up, must come down. The economy is now regulating itself. That sucks for us but hey, it’s out fault in the first place. Deal with it.
It’s not President Bush’s fault.
@ansar_al_Eisa - right… joke… hahahahahahahah
@the_evil_tamica - Okay.You are simply re-opening the stiches of a wound which has already been sewn up.
Way to perpetuate flame wars…but I digress, I’m not going to even dignify your comment with a relevant response. Have a great day and cheers to you.
The policies of his administration have not helped. At all.
I think he could get an “A” if that were a subject at Harvard…
but there were some other factors.
@the_evil_tamica - Good. Then you and I are in the same boat.
More power to you.
You can’t just blame the President. Congress is also at fault. People blame so much on Bush but don’t seem to realize that most of the decision they don’t like had to be voted on by Congress. Checks and Balances…..I thought everyone had to take government in high school.
Aye…but I’m a fervent biased critic of the administration…be that as it may, i was surprised to see that members of both parties voted Nay. My mind has expanded a tad bit and I see hope in the system… I knew there was something something fishy ever since the “stimulus” checks were rolled out. They were setting us up for the $700,000,000,000.00 tab OR they were very incompetent and incapable of reading the signs. Oh, and Pelosi is FUGLY!
I’m sure she was lovely when she was younger.
I sincerely hope you DO endorse pretty women in general.
Everyone knows only pretty people should be in power.
What about Congress? They’re the ones that pass laws and approve Bush’s plans.
His as responsible for the economic crisis as my mother is for giving birth to me.
The fiscal policy is governed by the federal reserve and congress, the president alone does not have the power to ruin our economy.
@ansar_al_Eisa - it’s ok… and maybe next time I should’ve elaborated my initial comment towards bush… I was just too lazy to type it all out lol….
But I do have to admit that I am anti-bush… and I do blame him and his administration for MOST of the things going wrong in this country… granted he himself did not single handedly fuck this country over, however I do believe that due to SOME errors in decisions he has made lead the US to where it is today…
And no worries about everything else… sometimes its hard to distinguish what people are trying to say over the internet… I just hate beef… especially over petty stupid things
Cheerio!!!!! *ghetto british accent*
@deflate@revelife - That makes sense if you read that the other way. Bush could be considered innocent of the economic crisis precisely because he never had any kind of plan at all. It seems pretty clear this president has been making decisions off the top of his head for 8 years now.
@FemmeMrbd08 - Yay for a third-party vote! <3
…no.
Wow, you all really have no clue, do you? How can the fate of the economy of 300,000,000 people living in a country with three branches of government where…oh wait, the President doesn’t MAKE LAWS possibly fall to one man? Last I checked it is CONGRESS that creates legislation, thus…being called the Legislative Branch (which, if you want to get into is is a Democrat controlled congress with a 7% approval rating.)
Why don’t you people put down the Teen and Seventeen magazines, turn off perezhilton.com and go to a library where there are these wonderful inventions: books. Sure they may not have pretty pictures in them but you’ll actually learn something.
and Dan…your ugly, get over it ;P
@herzog3000 - Hey, I don’t like Bush either, but blaming him entirely for the crumbling economy is rather immature.
Shame on you for the ugly woman reference!
And yes, I do largely hold GWB responsible for much of the mess we are in. He’s a Texas oil man/cowboy/DECIDER, isn’t he? Talk about agenda, he’s had the agenda.
I’m glad the bailout plan failed. It sucked. I am not a Kucinich supporter but I have to admit his speech was right on the money:
“The $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, is driven by fear not fact. This is too much money in too a short a time going to too few people while too many questions remain unanswered. Why aren’t we having hearings on the plan we have just received? Why aren’t we questioning the underlying premise of the need for a bailout with taxpayers’ money? Why have we not considered any alternatives other than to give $700 billion to Wall Street? Why aren’t we asking Wall Street to clean up its own mess? Why aren’t we passing new laws to stop the speculation, which triggered this? Why aren’t we putting up new regulatory structures to protect investors? How do we even value the $700 billion in toxic assets? Why aren’t we helping homeowners directly with their debt burden? Why aren’t we helping American families faced with bankruptcy. Why aren’t we reducing debt for Main Street instead of Wall Street? …
Is this the United States Congress or the board of directors of Goldman Sachs?”
Yes, since he never does anything to prevent anything in general!
This is coming form a Republican here!
I live in NYC, it really sucks now.
@deflate@revelife - You misunderstood me. I am saying Bush *isn’t* responsible. He didn’t have a plan that screwed up the economy because he never had a plan in the first place. Same goes for how he has run his foreign policy and wartime strategy, just make it up as you go along.
I blame unregulated debt speculation for this current crisis and it is a bipartisan Congress voting a Republican economic agenda to blame for that.
@herzog3000 - I blame middle-aged mothers.
@deflate@revelife - Well, middle aged women shouldn’t be having kids in the first place! Their figures just don’t bounce back like young mothers’ do.
@awokenfatality - we had a federal surplus not zero debt.
what nancy almighty catholic grandmother who doesn’t believe that gays running around naked in her city and homeless people running rampant has done today is asking you to come into bed while telling you that you have erectile dysfunction and thus has not performed up to par. yeah. she stopped the bail out plan all by herself. i am glad she did. did you know that there were clauses in it that would have given portions of the “profit” from the bail out to “?la rosa?” and affordable housing. and we are not talking of millions but billions. thank you nancy. she blames the republicans for the failed vote but remember that 40% of democrats said no to the plan. that is a large percentage. considering that 60 some republicans voted for the plan. apparently bush did better job of moving his party to support than nancy. i say no bail out plan. let us work it out.
While I’m no big fan of GW, he doesn’t get the full blame. This groundwork was laid by Jimmy Carter with the Community Reinvestment Act which was then modified (loosened) even more the Clinton administration. Did GW make a strong effort to clean this mess up – not really. There’s blame-o-plenty on this merry-go-round
I think Nancy Pelosi needs to stay off-camera – and not for beauty reasons. Her assessment is so cock-eyed it is a wonder that she can even see to climb the podium. We ALL are a part of this government whether we like it or not. We ALL make decisions that together create the economy that we are seeing. Watching the Senate and the House right now only makes me ill. I sincerely hope that there are enough level-headed people on the hill who can sort out this mess and come up with some real solutions. Nancy Pelosi needs to learn to count before she gets back “on stage.” How many Democrats voted against the plan? Open your ears, Ma’am.
partially.. maybe even mostly. but not completely.
Actually, Pelosi was probably a very good-looking woman when she was younger. As it is, she is still age-appropriately attractive. We aren’t talking about Janet Reno here…
no, he isn’t to blame. America has been in debt yes, the national debt might have gone up, but i am sure that if he didnt go over for the war people would criticize him for that. So he is doing the best with what he has to work with. And the decisions don’t fully lie on him, there are advisers and the other houses too. He is trying to do what he thinks is best for the country, just like the next person in office will do, and we might not agree with the next person fully either, but i am sure they do not want America to fall apart. They do what they can,they are only human just like the rest of us.
@supsoo - Yes, I made mistake with that. By the time I realized it it was too late.
I feel like I’m the only person to be able to admit I have no f’ing clue whatsoever about what’s going on. Everyone else has a Very Strong Opinion of some sort, but I don’t have a clue.
Seriously.
I don’t know what to think. Half the economists are shouting that the bailout is interfering with the markets and will just devalue the dollar and make the ultimate collapse even worse. The other half are shouting that if we don’t do something immediately, a chain-reaction of credit loss will cause most businesses in the country to be unable to pay their employees. The stock market is going loopy, but with the median family income around 40k or so, I doubt your average American has a great deal of personal investments in it, though all of our 401k’s are apparently tanking.
Likewise, I have no idea what caused this. Some say deregulation by Republicans. The Republicans are saying it was the Democrats pushing for “Everyone deserves a home” in the last decade that caused the policies to become lax. Others blame the greed of Wall Street CEOs directly, or the stupidity of the people trying to purchase homes they couldn’t afford. I have no idea wtf to think.
I kinda wish everyone without a degree in economics would just stfu and admit they don’t know jack about the crisis, save what they’re repeating from their Favorite Source of News™. This is turning into a religious debate, where no one has any facts of any sort on their side, but damn strong opinions regardless…
Trillion for Iraq, trillion for the Wall Street bailout, what has that gotten us? And you know that they are hiding the facts and printing money we don’t have, just long enough so the collapse happens after their watch.
The economy is like the weather. You can’t control it, you can just prepare for it.
And oh god look at her ears!
@herzog3000 - I <3 Kucinich. I supported his presidential campaign, too bad he didn’t get the nomination. I would have voted for him.
yes, very much so…
Nope.
Technically speaking we had no surplus pre-2000 election. Actually there never was a surplus, it was small window of stagflation and fmr. President Clinton’s administration that got rid of non-essential money sucking social programs. However, that was mid-1994 to 1996, and not withstanding the economy did a little bit better.
To answer the question no he is not. It is the combination of a lack of sound decision made in congress, extreme angled politics (by which I mean too far left and too far right), off-shoring manufacturing, not enough SEC regulation upon corporations, people over-extending themselves, a gimme gimme gimme attitude, reality television, the fed inflation, Alan Greenspan, Bernanke, Bill O’Reilly and a plethora of other direct examples that I don’t think is necessary to put my point across.
However, it seems quite daft that the U.S. Congress has no problem spending upwards of 80-90 billion dollars annually if not quarterly to fight an ever losing more destablizing situation in Iraq. Yet, the U.S. congress and the President as well become the stiffest bunch of tight asses to bail-out the economy with a one time $170 billion dollar re-assurance. Though I can understand the reason since as a tax payer I have to bail out people who didn’t seem to know what the term “balloon payment” means.
Simply yes.
the buck stops here don’t they say? Even if he isn’t directly at fault, it’s his responsibility as the leader isn’t it?
but seriously he’s no more to blame than a great many other people are. we make too much of presidential influence.
i honestly think nancy pelosi is an incompetent ass hole and an idiot. shame on all of us for letting her reach the position she in. she has to go !
@MikeTwo - i applaud you, sir
i bet most of the people who are saying yes have no clue how bush could possibly have done it.
no one asks questions when two obama advisors walk away from the lending crisis with millions of dollars.
Yes!
yes!!! because of his war, we can’t afford to give out money.
so much ignorance…
this bubble started with mr. greenspan, and lasted through bush 1, clinton, and bush 2. clinton and rubin with tarp 1 and getting rid of glass-stegall, which was put in place because of the great depression, certainly accelerated the problem. people should know more history than just simply place blame.
and i applaud the republicans for voting down the bailout. btw, i’m a democrat -_-
Without a doubt.
No
now that we’ve lost a trillion dollars in stock in a single day because of this failed bailout… i think it’s safe to say that nancy pelosi was WRONG WRONG FUCKING WRONG
It was things that happened during his presidency, so in a way, yes. At the same time I think any other president in his place would have done something somewhat similar.
he’s partially responsible. i think there are way too many factors invovled to say it was all bush.
No
In this case, I’m afraid the fault does lie with the Pres and his administration. Even beyond the notion that a leader takes responsibility for things that happen under his watch, his admin has direct responsibility for starting this extremely expensive war, and for deregulation and lack of oversight of the financial sectors, allowing this mess to happen.
no, it’s not just Bush, it’s other people too.
lol, yeah you are right on that one. she looks mean too.
He is a major factor…but…….according to Chinese numerology( I think it’s Chinese) 2008 is a # 8 earth year…….The year the last depression started was a # 8 earth year too……that saying anything…# 8′s aren’t good for money.
Absolutely he’s responsible. He has the brain of a pea and can’t even use it to properly pronounce words. Why would anyone think he would be able to not fuck up the economy?
His “war” has also made things worse worldwide.
War causes economic crisis. Bush started the war. Bush started it because of terrorism and weapons. I think we can safely blame Osama
I sense post-hoc fallacy…
But alas, post-hoc and hindsight bias are the tools that make up the backbone of today’s political campaigns…
He’s the man in charge, why wouldn’t we blame him?
Yes! And when it is HIS job as comander and chief, it falls on HIM and HIS watch. I have NO agenda, just an opinion. He has been distracted with a war that we didn’t need to be involved in. WE ALL know now that, there were NO WMD and if you study your history the Bush family has a personal interest in the OIL in the middle east, He and his Veep have broken over 109 laws and have recklessly misused there positions of office. look here and read it for yourselves
http://www.nogw.com/ Pray for this next eletcion, you have the oppertunity to change the direction of this country!
“This photo is not meant to imply that I endorse Nancy Pelosi or ugly women in general”…
I needed that laugh after seeing that old bitter ,homely,irritating stone face.
No. Congress is responsible for economic failure. Bush tried to get them to do something about the mortgage companies many times.
She and her do nothing congress didn’t help matters much. And for the record, Chris Dodd, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee (The group that supposed to prevent this crap) is a DEMOCRAT.
HECK YES.
Not at all. No matter what anybody says, Bush did work. He said fuck what the American people think of me because I’m going to solve the problem.
Granted, it didn’t work out too well, but I don’t think I could have cleaned up the giant pile of shit that Clinton left any better than he did.
Mad props to Bush. ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. WHOO!
Yes, spending all the money on the war has definitely taken our focus off being economically strong.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t the Dems control Congress!? They could have done something WAY before now. The interesting thing is that Pelosi’s own state didn’t vote for the bailout. There were 94 Dems (I think) that voted against the bailout…twelve of them voting FOR could have changed the whole thing!
I think she has had a face lift or two since this photo…
Glad that you don’t support her, Bush or ugly women in general. Lol.
Wait, I just watched the video…nevermind.
Ugly women in general?LOL. You’re a little wrong for that.
I think as one of many leaders of this country he is in part to blame. And as a leader he should man up and fess up to illegitimate business practices by the government. Take and hit gracefully show the people that there is some solace in his leadership. Though the executive office doesn’t hold the power of the purse, the Congress sure as heck need his signature to make their crappy fiscal decisions final. So… is he to blame? Yes. Completely to blame? No.
He’s not the only one involved. Everything isn’t JUST HIS fault. He has advisers and some problems with the government that don’t like him. He’s not the only one responsible.
I hate Bush, I HATE his administration, and for ONCE they did the right thing not bailing out stupid wanker Wall Street.
No, he’s a puppet.
Nancy Pelosi makes me want to vomit.
I know everybody keeps saying this, but “or ugly women in general” is really funny. : )
Bush says “nook-you-ler.”
Bush was all for the war when the previous president said no with good reason.
I think it is our fault for electing him not once, but twice. ???? What is that?
Of course. He tripled the national deficit. Who the hell else is responsible for it?
@sweetxrefuge - I personally voted against him! BOTH times! And, I personally believed he rigged the second election, because Gore definitely deserved to win. I mean, wasn’t his cousin, Jeb Bush, the governor of Florida? Bush relied heavily on that state to give him the win. I wasn’t surprised the slightest when that whole mix up there happened and Bush was elected as president for 2nd term. I know the American people couldn’t have been so stupid as to vote for him twice.
@annadrummergirl - Clinton had advisers, too. I didn’t see the economy affected the slightest when he was in office, nor did I see gas prices rocketing or so many business filing bankruptcy. He is president and he has tremendous power. He may not be the only one responsible, but he is the one who is MOSTLY responsible, and he is the one who will be held SOLELY responsible by many, because he is the president of the United States. With great power comes great responsibility. They don’t call you president for nothing and give you all that power for the hell of it. He more than tripled the deficit. If his advisers are all to blame, you would think he would have gotten new ones after he started slightly raising the deficit. It takes an idiot to more than triple the deficit and along the process, not even rethink getting new advisers if they really WERE the problem.
HAHAH. I’m not even going to answer the question. Instead, I’m going to continue laughing hysterically at the photo’s disclaimer.
@FemmeMrbd08 - ROFL @ Green Party
@FemmeMrbd08 - I’ve been with the Green Party the first time I have ever registered to vote. However, this year’s Green Party nominee is a joke. I can’t take that woman seriously.
@MidnightExotica - Laws take years to take effect. The economical situation is stemmed from the Reagan and Clinton days. Of course, Bush does not help the situation either.
The problem is corrupted politicians and government officials.
In part, yes.
And, is it just me, or is Nancy Pelosi trying to stretch out her earlobe in this picture! Look how HEAVY that earring is!
R U SERIOUS?!? no. omyword. oh wait nevermind everything that ever goes wrong is bush’s fault. how could i forget…
Yesssss!!!!! He is not very smart….I feel bad saying that but it is true…
Partial responsibility. There are several people in Congress, many of them Democrats, who have blocked the sort of reform that could have headed this off at the pass.
I would say yes but it is congress who allowed him to do so. Its called checks and balances… apparently our government forgot about those basic American governmental principles.
One simple word: yes!
he didn’t help
no. it’s like blaming him for every single storm/hurricane/tornado/earthquake that occurred during his term in office.