Mac1958
Diamond Member
When Bush left office Iraq wqas a relatively stable democracy and we had a negotiated timetable for withdrawal. Afghanistan was on low simmer..
When George W Bush left office, he left behind not one, but TWO horrific wars in the Middle East, a one trillion dollar deficit and an economy in literal collapse.
I'm no fan of Obama, but holy crap guys, praising the guy is straight up crazy.
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The economy was not in literal collapse. Quit being a drama queen. Yes, there were problems but those were mostly behind us. Most of the bank bailouts and really scary stuff had happened already.
Obama came and made things much worse on all fronts.
Velocity of money throughout the financial system had completely locked up and only a massive infusion of taxpayer money (partially) greased the skids and kept things going. That was a mess of historic proportions, and we knew it was going to take a helluva long time to deal with it. And regarding the Middle East, we created a nice, big, empty playground for Iran, ISIS and their friends. I suppose we could have refused to leave when told to, we seem to think this is our planet and all, but that would not have stopped the formation of ISIS. Bush kicked over a hornet's nest among other Middle East hornet's nests.
If a Democrat President had left behind what Bush left behind, 4.4 million job losses in his last year, the Republicans would be calling him The Worst President Ever.
Are you really going to deny that?
I certainly wouldn't want to feel like I had to defend that.
This is what it looks like when we have two lousy Presidents in a row. Bush left behind a massive mess, Obama wasn't able to handle it.
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