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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
I'm sorry.. but Bush being a bad President for 8 years doesnt excuse Obama for being a bad President (IMO) for the past two months.
And the majority of conservatives on here and in the world feel exactly the same way about Bush... the spending was horrible and I think it was never okay with most conservatives. My Dad is as big of a Republican as it gets (like Chuck) and he always talks about how horrible and non-conservative Bush was when it came to spending. It was an outrage.
Now, we have an extremely liberal president, pretending to govern from the center, who is making the Bush spending look like pocket change. Its outrageous.
Now its obvious, that Bush made a ton of mistakes... but to keep on using that as excuses for Obama is not productive.
I really want Obama to do well... I'd love to see 4 or 8 years from now Obama going down as the greatest President ever... getting us successfully out of a recession while maintaining the American principles and values that has made us the greatest country in the world. I want to see him keep the American dream alive. I'd love to see him figure out how to create and maintain peace and stability in the Middle East.
I just dont think spending a trillion dollars a day is going to be the answer. (of course a slight exaggeration)
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I don't entirely disagree. I am not thrilled with things right now, but I'm also not going to $hit my pants over it just yet, considering the grave situation Obama walked into, and considering it's been two months. I'm taking a wait and see, which it seems like you're doing with your overall judgment as well, you're just worried about certain policies. That's all great.
Using Bush as an "excuse" is just patently hilarious to me when it's applicable. For the record, to speak to your point, I'm not doing it to be "productive." I'm doing it solely for the incredible personal LOLs I get from pointing it out. Malkin doesn't get it. Limbaugh doesn't get it. Coulter doesn't get it. You, at the moment of your comment above about being offended that he's on TV instead of hunkering down fixing the economy 168 hours a week, didn't get it.
The mass economic hysteria is generally not hilarious to me.
On the other hand, the over the top, manufactured outrage about things like the one you posted above, which are SO easily refuted by just pointing out that Repubs weren't mad when Bush did the same, but are crapping themselves now because Obama is doing it...that? That's definitely hilarious to me.
That was my whole point. Thanks Lori.