Why dont Republicans want to be a part of getting America out of Bush's mess?

Question

Why dont Republicans want to be a part of getting America out of Bush's mess?

Answer 1

It seems to me that a lot of people have just simply have erased from their minds the time period that went from January 20, 2001-noon on January 20, 2009. In erasing this 8 year period of time they can go back and blame Clinton for every mistake made in the past, and Obama for all those made currently, ironically they are both democrats. Rebulicans to me seem to just generally be uncooperative when it comes to doing anything to help a Democrat unless of course it benefits them. If they sign or agree to things Obama proposes they will be helping a Democrat, and make our Democratic President look good.



Their are some of us who didn't have our head in a hole for 8 years, and would like to see the problems that we got into be resolved, but unfortunately the Republican party does not agree. Bush made our country into a sinking ship, and unfortunately drug others down with him. Somehow people still seem to praise him like he's a god...or perhaps a cult leader:) Republicans know that their cooperation and help is needed to resolve the enormous problems this country is in, and if they don't do that, things won't get better. And I imagine they think that will help get another Republican in the office in a few years, hopefully people figure out this isn't helping and figure out that this counrty needs help. One has to wonder what the Republicans would be doing if McCain became president.



***Take notice to the fact all the questions with a lot of thumbs down are against Republicans. Coincidence...I think not, Republicans don't want the Pro-Democrat answers to be seen!

Answer 2

Wrong, the Republicans have tried many times to help but have been shut out, ie, drafting Stimulus package.

Suggestion after suggestion has been ridiculed and turned down as Politics of the Past. After a while, it is clear the Democrats only pay lip service to Bi-Partisan. If they want to be bullish and charge ahead in the wrong direction, why would a Republican sign on to carry part of the blame when it goes sour?

Answer 3

I've seen and heard Obama shoulder the responsibility, or offer to, anything that goes wrong that he's involved with... I cannot even remember ONE time that I saw or heard Bush do that.



I see several references to the Community Reinvestment Act, all of them wrong. The CRIA was meant to make sure that banks did not red-line "certain" neighborhoods, nor engage in any discriminatory practices in mortgages. It was an effort to level the playing field for everyone, not just minorities (minorities is Repub-speak for blacks and/or non-whites).



When Clinton signed the bill that repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, it was because Alan Greenspan had assured him that "the market will regulate itself." By the way: the legislation calling for that repeal was proposed by that paragon of capitalist virtue (*cough*) Texas Senator Phil Gramm, also known as Mister Republican.



What compounded the problem was dishonest mortgage brokers and dishonest lenders, the folks who brought you the now-infamous "no-doc" and "lo-doc" loans. Add to that the Wall Street debt-bundlers and the Investment Banks and others who leveraged $1 "in" to $30 "out." When the bubble started to burst in 2006 and 2007, AIG and others were left exposed and when THEY started to crumble, so did everyone else, since AIG was the "insurer of last resort."



Nowhere was "due diligence" performed: not by the mortgage-debt-bundlers, not by the SEC, not by Congress, etc etc etc. There's plenty of blame and shame to go around, but at bottom, it proves that a "market" unregulated is a runaway juggernaut.



All that said, my take on it is that Dubya, Boehner (rhymes with 'loner'), McConnell, Sanford, Plain and a whole Bouquet Of Buffoons are in abject denial and will NEVER admit ANY responsibility for their role, their party's role or their President's role in ANY aspect of the current mess. They are so used to saying 'no' that it is the main word in their lexicon.



At least Obama has manned-up. Is he perfect? No. Is he always right? No. But at least

HE

TAKES

RESPONSIBILITY.

.



In and of itself, that is a refreshing CHANGE.

Answer 4

This has to be a joke. All the Republicans on here are ignoring the question. Republicans dont wnat to admit that allowing only the wealthy to get breaks and stimulate the economy hasn't worked. They forget about all the recessions that happen after conservatives leave office. Republicans are conservatives and conservative in nature means stuck in the same ways and a resistance to progression.

Answer 5

Be more specific - why do you claim that Republicans want to be part of getting America out of Bush's mess?

To me it appears that Republicans are finally waking up to not having stopped Bush's economic mistakes and are finally getting the spine to stop Obama compounding it and making it 10 times worse. The "bailout" under bush was a catastrophe and the Obama stimulus is a mega-catastrophe. And he is compounding that with a killer budget busting hyper-partisan budget that completely ignores financial reality and the future of this nation. Unlike Bush even my children and theirs will be paying for Obamas recklessness.



Why on earth would you be worried about someone standing up to that? Obama is the liberal anti-Bush and Tim Geithner is his Rumsfeld. He is blindly supporting Geithner while he leads us into oblivion. This is despite the fact that Geithener and Paulson were almost conjoined twins in creating the Bush economic policy that Obama mocks and ridicules so much. Along with Bernanke, of course.



Think a bit and you might want to be glad that the Repubs are standing up to Obama along with the blue dog democrats. They are the only ones who may be able to save our nation before Obama throws it into the gutter along with his bowling balls.

Answer 6

First a Dem - Jimmy carter started the bs with pushing the housing for everyone bit. Reagan got the economy moving into an expansion era and clinton started pushing the housing issue again. These pushes to give everyone a house caused this mess. the only thing bush is responsible for in entirety is the war.



By the way, Mr. obama has spent more in his first couple months in office than we did in SEVEN YEARS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!!!!!

Answer 7

And exactly what caused the mess? It's called the Community Re-investment Act. When congress told fannie mae and Freddie mac to wrap a house around everyone who could hold a pen and sign thier name. Never mind wether they can actually afford it. This forced the Real banks to try to compete If they wanted any mortgage business.

Now the outstanding leadership of Mr. Franklin Raines earned him 90 million dollars in 6 years running (i'm not sure if it wa fannie or freddie) into the ground. He got out just in time and the whole thing came crashing down. The artificial availability of mortgage money caused the house price bubble. Know anybody who owes more on thier house than it's worth?

"Well who would be Stupid Enough to sign a Ridiculuos piece of shi....legislation like that" you might ask And you'd be right to ask if you wanted to know....William Jefferson Clinton.

Answer 8

As soon as Obama creates a plan that does not include mortaging our childrens futures then absolutely...His plan to just print and throw money around is going to do some serious damage...and eventually sink us deeper into a hole...I did notice however that you did not ask why no republican wants to be a part of Obama's PLAN to get us out of "Bush's" mess...is that because you admitt there is no solid plan?All he has done so far is give out money for some big wigs bonus..print up some more and throw around some more...is that why you liberals think money grows on trees? Because lib looneys like these guys just throw it around like a kid in a candy store??

Answer 9

The mess is largely due to Congress. Bush's big failing was not putting more pressure on Congress to correct stuff like the Community Reinvestment Act which forced banks to lend money that could not be repaid.

Answer 10

And how are you cleaning this mess up? Giving AIG execs 160 million or was it 215 million dollar bonuses. Then trying to tax them back? Sounds good to me, can you say incompetence?

Or maybe we can raise taxes on those like myself that you consider rich, making people like me sit on the sideline and watch as the low and middle class Americans try to spend their $13 dollars a week to get us out of this recession.

Just wait until we get the Carbon cap and trade bill, that should help lower utility bills and put even more money in the hand of the American consumer.

Universal health should be a gem, the US government does such a good job with Medicare/Medicaid and the VA system. Taking over the health care of 100s of Millions of Americans should be easy and adding more to an already taxed system should help lower costs?

Have I missed anything, sure it sounds like we should have a balanced budget and all problems solved in 4 years.... rolling of eyes

Answer 11

they don't want to be a part of the Obamanation's destruction of America. Bush did not create this economic mess Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are the main players in the economic drama, albeit President Bush made the mistake of not standing up against the Democrats, he was preoccupied with keeping terrorists at bay

Answer 12

I so love how you assume one person can do things alone without assistance from Congress. Also why did things suddenly change merely a few years ago when things were improving? The company I worked for was laying off during Clinton, hiring half way through Bush and now has laid off many more since Obama took office. So when will you realize that this is not just Bush, but Clinton as well.

PS, there was not actual surplus as your leaders would love you to believe when Clinton left office.

Answer 13

Because we repupblicans don't want Obama to mess up the mess even more. He raising taxes killing babies taxing veterans I just can't believe it!

Dont blame this all on Bush you Obama lovers

Because your getting crap because you voted for him

(all the 98 percent of african americans who voted for him)

those racist

Answer 14

It's not Bush's mess, it was congress and carried over. Throw in the federal reserve and you have it!

Answer 15

We will clean up the Democrat congress Obama mess. Did you know that your avatar is a Republican, or like you like to say "Repuke".

Answer 16

Obama is causing the fall, get over bush he is gone bush did not leave the next few generations paying for our 13.00 stimulus BS of a check. how you fools think its fine for it to pass all this bailout money is beyond me we are doomed and you will reep along with the others what this empty clown suit is doing

Answer 17

Ask me that when we are out of "Bushes mess".

Answer 18

They are only interested in returning to power, even if that means failure for America and it's people..

Answer 19

We do. However, Obama is just running faster after the same gang that Bush followed - Keynesians who drove us over the cliff to begin with.



And Obama is compounding the damage exponentially.

Answer 20

We do...but why in the world would we sign on to literally outspend Bush??

Answer 21

Because they couldn't get elected for 50 years after what they pulled. All of this generation will have to be dead.

Answer 22

Because we are not interested in furthering Obama's mess.



Whatever you say Bush did or for that matter - didn't do, that caused any of this mess, it pales in comparrisson to what Obama is doing now. Obama is not fixing it - he is making it 3 X's worse - that is not something I could or would ever support.

Answer 23

Yes, we all want out of this mess, it is just that, there is a fact that we can-not deny...

Obobble does not have any of the answers.

Answer 24

What are YOU doing about it big guy with the beach towel tied to your neck?

Answer 25

Nice try. Hope you kool-aid drinkers can pull yourself out of Mr Hussein Obama's mess.

Answer 26

i'm guessing the resistance to the social democrat agenda has something to do with the expression 'out of the fying pan and into the fire'

Answer 27

Bush=good

ozbama=evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil!!!!

Answer 28

Maybe they don't like Neo-Marxism.

Answer 29

because republicans are evil and want to destroy the country!! democrats want to save the nation because they are good!! who cares if democrats are continuing the same policies that bush did, that doesnt matter, it is all about if you are called a democrat or republican, and as i said before, republican bad, democrat good!

Answer 30

Make my day, punk!

Answer 31

Stop blaming Bush...your President Hussein is doing way more damage, and making things alot worse

Answer 32

no matter what you think bush has done obama is sinking america in his 60 days faster than any president in the history of america

Answer 33

They are invested in Bush's mess. When we solve it, they'll lose their investment.

Answer 34

That would be admitting they were wrong, and they aren't ready to do that as of yet. . .

Answer 35

because then they'll have to admit that they screwed up by voting him in

Answer 36

one word....D E N I A L....