wombat_socho

I will agree that things were starting to go bad on W's watch, but the Democratic Congress and the current administration have made things far, far worse (http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/) with their reckless spending and wild-eyed rhetoric about cap & trade, to name but one stupid, crippling notion. Do YOU think America needs $5/gallon gas? Having some experience in business, do you think constant uncertainty about what the ground rules of business (i.e. tax and regulatory regimes) is good for a business? These people don't know a G*d-damned thing about business except that it's EVIL and RAAAAACIST and based on exploiting the hapless proletariat.

W's mistake was in concentrating too much on the war in Iraq and its related activities against Al Qaeda elsewhere in the world. He (in)effectively delegated domestic policy to the (then) GOP-held Congress for six years, and tried to work with the Democrats for the last two years of his term, for all the good that did him. He bears some of the blame for the bleeding economy, but it's the Obama/Reid/Pelosi crew who are bringing the giant leeches and exsanguination apparatus to bear. To use your analogy, they are kicking over the barrels and lighting Roman candles from the votaries left lying around. 16% unemployment isn't made up solely of illegals doing construction and real estate agents, as we both know damn well.