@137. AlexinCT:
At the risk of wasting a moment more of my time, let me correct you once again.
Bush increased the debt by $4 trillion not $4 billion. The difference is not trivial. Presidents get blamed for the budget because they are the person in a position to influence it. Clinton was able to balance the budget because of increased revenue brought in by higher taxes. Bush was unable to balance the budget because he slashed taxes and kept increasing spending. I blame the president primarily because he can veto a proposal. Not likely with GWB.
Democrats will raise taxes and spending. I have no doubt. There is nothing wrong with this. The GOP has been cutting taxes while raising spending, which is unsustainable, and hazardous to our economy. I like how you state that Obama was worse than Bush, without even one example. Nice way to prove nothing.
Rights lost under Bush include the right to privacy in communications, the right to a speedy trial, and the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
You are the one touting China as an example of capitalism, not I. Of course, I’ve actually been to China and have been observing the “facts on the ground” there for years.
For the record, I never accused you of being an ideologue. I find it funny that you would accuse me of using the term which you toss about so casually to describe your blindness:
@86. We could have prevented 9-11, but hey who cares about those dead people anyway when what counts is ideology.
@103. As for America’s recovery taking a long time, the question begs to be asked if that is an indictment of the current people in charge and the fact they are one after another getting exposed as ideologues, tax cheats, and liars hell bent in expanding their power at all costs.
Stop writing checks your ideological ego ca not cash please.
@110. BTW Fascism is a collectivist ideology.
And my idea of what it means to be an American is real simple: you do not hate your country and undermine it, especially when it is at war, when the guy in the WH is not of the ideological bend you like, as your kind did with Bush.
@137. You accused me of being a blind ideologue, but you have proven you are far worse than I am.
Here we have an example of AlexinCT unable to see his own faults, ascribing them to someone else. How charming. You might note that preventing 9/11 would have required Bush to delay his summer vacation, and repairing the economy was not really a big priority for him either. Your idea of what it means to be an American is anathema to our heritage of dissent, and your attempts to cast me as the accuser are doomed to failure.
What people should avoid is taking anything you say seriously. You’ve proven that to my satisfaction.
Peace.
DS
