The News pounds us on how the dollar is experiecing hard times because of the rising costs of oil; in turn, putting pressure on other american assets.
Our economy was booming before George W. Bush was put into office; and now economists fear it’s in shambles; thousands of jobs are being lost and mortgage costs are rising.
I just don’t understand how anyone would want to support these failed policies and a war that’s costing billions of dollars; putting the US into a deficit that’s unheard of.
What’s the relevance of John McCain’s candidacy when his policies coincide with the current administrations? If we vote John McCain president is the US signing it’s own death warrant? Where’s the sense in proceeding with failed policies when it’s obvious that they aren’t working?
Are conservatives in denial because your reputation and pride is at stake?
Furthermore, are you letting your personal vendetta of Obama get in the way of your decision to vote democrate, to vote a change on current american policies that are only hurting us?
Convince me otherwise, I’m open to your opinion and I also respect it. I’m not here to start a fight, I’m just stating the facts and being as objective as I can about it. Thanks.
McKenzie, I’m fairly aware of what’s going on in world via the news, however, I don’t actually resent or hate conservatives. Perhaps I’m just buying into what people want me to think, at least I’m aware enough to know that much. Thanks for your imput, I gave you a thumbs up.
Heisenburg, Right on. I think we need to get back to the way America used to be. Conservatives are important and so are their cause, perhaps we just got a bad apple this time around.
I think Democrats are in denial of their role in our economic slump.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Our economy was great until Dems took over Congress two years ago!
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September 30th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
In all fairness, a recession is a natural cycle that happens around every 10 years, no matter if the President is a Republican or Democrat. There was a recession in 1980, one in 1990 and 1991, one in 2000 and 2001, and one now in 2008. Even with Obama in the White House, the economic situation would not be much different than if McCain was President.
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September 30th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Obama put it best…..
Republicans take pride in their own ignorance.
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Couldn’t say it better myself.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I think Democrats are in denial of their role in our economic slump.
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September 30th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Incredible how idiots blame 2 years of a SLIM Democratic majority in Congress for the MESS Bush and the rubber stamp republican congress in SIX years put us in.
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September 30th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Nice rewrite of history.
fs
The Bush administration overcame Clinton’s dot.com bust as well as 911. If the democrats weren’t such obstructionist to developing our own resources, this wouldn’t be happening.
I don’t care what you believe.
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Economists fear it’s in shambles. And yet, our GDP has been steadily rising for 22 consecutive quarters. All I’ve heard from these ‘experts’ is recession. But experts should already know a recession is when GDP is NEGATIVE for 3 consecutive quarters. This has not happened.
All in all, whoever is our next President will not affect my personal economy, business, or outlook on life.
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
The economy would be in even worse shape if socialist policies would have already been in place.
There is only one reason our economy is not growing as fast as it was a couple of years ago: high oil cost.
Period. Higher gas prices affect EVERYTHING. And we still are not in a recession.
I say it’s the Democrats in Congress who refuse to let us drill our own oil who are to blame for this slow economy.
As high as the gas prices are, we are still not in a recession and our economy is still growing.
If Obama would have implemented his socialism, it would have really been disaster.
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Why can we ”not blame the house as they have only been in power for 2 years” and yet you can blame Mr Bush for 9/11 that happened months after he toke office
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October 1st, 2009 at 12:21 am
Goodness sake. Anyone who disagrees with anyone else must be in denial, right? What a tired conclusion, and revealing of a total lack of awareness of the reasons and causes of modern events.
I’m a democrat, I just don’t hate half the country. Neither do you, it appears, but I have to assume that this is the FIRST effort you’ve put into understanding this issue, because there are reasons and causes for the war that would be simply foolish to ignore (or deceitful to pretend didn’t exist).
Go do some actual research and read the sites on why the war was started, back to the first Gulf War. Go read the Quran and understand the nature of Islam. Go look at the economic patterns of wars and why wars are sometimes necessary.
It’s okay to disagree with why a war is started, but to pretend there were no reasons or just selfish reasons on the part of a President is just silly.
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October 1st, 2009 at 12:37 am
You aren’t stating facts. Either you weren’t around then or you have selective memory. The economy was sliding when Bush took office. The dot com bubble was bursting and corporate scandals like Enron were coming to light. Then 9/11 hit that rocked our economy.
Bush led policies turned this around and the period between 2002-2007 the economy skyrocketed. It’s now correcting.
We will have to agree to disagree on the long term value of the Iraq war. Time will tell.
Not a vendetta against Obama. Just don’t like the socialist direction he would take the country.
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October 1st, 2009 at 12:49 am
Our economy was booming before W took over. I don’t know if you looked at the numbers but 6 months before Clinton left office we were seeing a rise in unemployment. So our economy wasn’t booming but during the Bush administration the economy did grow and it still continues to grow. Go and check it out for yourself. You won’t find it on CNN because they are in the tank for and democrat so reporting good news won’t benefit their party.
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:03 am
You left out the part between 2000 and 2006. Best economy ever. I see that with the help of the media the dems managed to bring about this recession 2006 – 2008(or w/e) for the sake of an election. I don’t know about you but I resent the hell out of it and it made me to never vote for a democrat again no matter who they are or what color they are.
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:10 am
As a conservative, I can assure you that I am most certainly not in denial about what I think or feel.
As a conservative, I feel completely and utterly alone on the political side of American life as there are no true conservative partys left. Compassion Conservatives and Neo-Cons hyjacked the GOP years ago leaving people who really do believe in the olde skool conservatives ideologies without repressentation.
As a conservative, i will continue to write in cartoon characters until one of the major political parties can present a candidate that repressents political conservative values.
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:35 am
I think it is fairly interesting that the people who are against the free market ebbs and flows are the ones who bitch about Bush having all this control over government and the economy. You want more regulation on the economy to make it fair for everyone. With more regulation comes more control by less people. This is counterproductive to your own argument. More people who have control meaning you and I in a free market verses a select few who would and could control everything. Seems to be a contradiction somewhere.
Conservatives want as many people to help control the economy as possible meaning that we want the market and consumers to control it not a select few who could manipulate it.
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