Democrats Nostalgic for W?
They do seem to wanting to keep running against the former President. Guess it’s easier to run against Bush’s image than for Obama’s agenda.
To those of you on the left slapped those 01/20/09 stickers on their cars and others once so eager for W’s last day in office, let me remind you that that day has come and gone. George W. Bush is no longer in office. Your guy has taken his place.
You don’t need to bash that Republican any more. He’s gone home to his “village” in Texas just as you wanted him to.
But, wait, maybe this wasn’t about politics. Maybe you do “need” to bash someone. And W remains a convenient target, just like the former Governor of some state up north. Far north.
ADDENDUM: Mark Steyn wonders, “So why not blame Bush for the horrors of the Obama presidency?” That smart Canadian cites Jacob Weisberg who wrote that the incumbent “molded his [foreign policy] approach around his predecessor’s errors.” So, if Obama does something wrong, it’s really Bush’s fault.
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I’m not nostalgic for W, but I am nostalgic for 4% unemployment, 4% growth, and deficits under a trillion dollars.
Comment by V the K — August 4, 2009 @ 1:05 pm - August 4, 2009
I think Democrats are nostalgic for Hillary and what could have been had they not let the sexist left run the party. I think they’re nostalgic for someone with cajones and a backbone.
Comment by Ashpenaz — August 4, 2009 @ 1:25 pm - August 4, 2009
V, same here.
Bush: deficits $100-400B.
Obama: deficits $1.8 trillion.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 4, 2009 @ 1:35 pm - August 4, 2009
Ditto that #1, 2, 3!!
Comment by Bruce (GayPatriot) — August 4, 2009 @ 1:36 pm - August 4, 2009
I will agree I miss Hillary and think we missed the boat on that one. However, Democrats will continue to blame W for where we’re sitting (after all, the economy went in the tank in September 2008 before Obama took office – you can try to fudge the timeline if you’d like, but I think the trend was evident before the Dems took control) just like W and his cronies blamed Bill Clinton for 9/11 and everything that came after.
Comment by Victor — August 4, 2009 @ 1:45 pm - August 4, 2009
I miss someone who may not have been the best speaker in town, but was sincere. I never felt like I was being talked down to.
I listen to the current POTUS and I feel like I need a shower.
Comment by TnnsNE1 — August 4, 2009 @ 2:09 pm - August 4, 2009
I gotta agree that the Democrat voters now are probably thinking that Hillary would have been the better choicet, but I think the party leaders, especially the folks in Congress are happy with Obama. They have pretty much rolled him on all his initiatives, and got him to completely abandon his pledge to be fiscally sensible. The fact that they rolled their own constituents in the process doesn’t matter to them because I think they are depending on continuing Bush Hate to keep them in office. I think that is big miscalculation and wouldn’t be surprised to see Hillary challenge Obama in oh12, maybe even as and independent!
Comment by Hunter — August 4, 2009 @ 2:22 pm - August 4, 2009
I think they are depending on continuing Bush Hate to keep them in office.
Bush hatred and the billions they are making available to ACORN.
Comment by V the K — August 4, 2009 @ 2:25 pm - August 4, 2009
I am nostalgic for Bush, we had an adult in the White House. He wasn’t a superman, he had his failings but I still miss him
Comment by Leah — August 4, 2009 @ 2:58 pm - August 4, 2009
#5 – “W and his cronies blamed Bill Clinton for 9/11 and everything that came after.”
Sources, please. I don’t ever recall GWB blaming his predecessor for 9/11. However, all of us on the conservative side DID. And with good reason. (Jamie Gorelick, anyone?)
Try again.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 4, 2009 @ 6:55 pm - August 4, 2009
Steyn link doesn’t work
(for firefox at least)
Comment by Steve — August 4, 2009 @ 7:43 pm - August 4, 2009
Steve, sorry about that; link is now fixed.
Comment by GayPatriotWest — August 4, 2009 @ 8:10 pm - August 4, 2009
I was reminded today that when MS Cindy Sheehan protested W outside his Texas home, the President said, well it was her right as an American citizen to do that.
Compare that to the coordinated attempt by this White House to portray protesters, tea party goers, and Obamacare questioners as nutts paid for by big corporations.
I think we need more to “speak truth to power” and a government not so arrogant as to not listen to the smallest amongst us.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — August 4, 2009 @ 8:24 pm - August 4, 2009
I will concede a little of Victor’s point: the economy was going down the drain during the Bush administration. A $14 trillion dollar economy, like a nuclear aircraft carrier, doesn’t change course in an instant.
So Obama is accurate when he says he “inherited” a recession. But since he advocated many of the same policies that brought on the recession (e.g. insane mortgage lending to “underserved communities” and runaway government spending), we could say he inherited some problems of his (and the Democrats’) own making.
The Administration’s current course will surely make things worse and worse (I hope I’m wrong on that – but I think not).
Comment by SoCalRobert — August 4, 2009 @ 8:31 pm - August 4, 2009
Yes, the economy started going downhill shortly before the election. Strange how the left forgets that they had both houses of Congress sewn up by then and so bear at least some of the resposiblilty. Funny how that awful Republican, Bush, warned us about Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac and the Dems in Congress laughed. Then when Fannie and Freddy brought the whole economy down, it was Bush’s fault.
Comment by Peter — August 4, 2009 @ 11:30 pm - August 4, 2009
Yes, it odd that the Dems dont seem to remember all the “control” that they had during the Bush years. Barney Frank doesnt remember that Ron Paul submitted a paper to Mr. Frank’s committee regarding Freddie and Fannie that wasnt accepted. Then the Dems complain about regulation but didnt want to regulate all their friends at both Government Sponsored Enterprises. Humm, I seem to recall that Barney Frank had a “friend” at one of the Enterprises and that Rom Immanual came out of one the Enterprises as well.
Comment by Duffy - Native Intelligence — August 4, 2009 @ 11:53 pm - August 4, 2009
after all, the economy went in the tank in September 2008 before Obama took office – you can try to fudge the timeline if you’d like, but I think the trend was evident before the Dems took control
Actually, in September 2008, Obama was a Democratic Senator in the Democratic-controlled Congress. Just sayin’
Comment by Amy K. — August 5, 2009 @ 12:09 am - August 5, 2009
#17 – Excellent point, Amy.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 5, 2009 @ 10:54 am - August 5, 2009
Here in NJ we have a very nasty race for Governor coming up. An unpopular Governor Corzine running anti-Bush ads against his challenger, Chris Christie, on New York City broadcast TV – not a cheap market for ads.
Democrats really do come across as whiney children sometimes.
I am hoping that the ads are turning many people off. If Bush were still President I could understand the ads; but as you’ve said: Bush is gone, people – move on already!
Comment by Charles — August 6, 2009 @ 10:13 pm - August 6, 2009
I absolutely agree! I’m an American who has been living in England for the past year and a half, so I have been watching things from the other side of the pond, so to speak. It was nauseating to see the new President come over for what I called a “Big Apology Tour.” Of course, Europe loved it…the Eurocrats were virtually spraining their ankles to get their pictures taken with the new hip appeaser of a U.S. President.
Comment by Madmax — August 8, 2009 @ 6:19 pm - August 8, 2009