Montecresto
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Unsurprising. We are at war.
An American favorite pastime.
Unsurprising. We are at war.
An American favorite pastime.
Bush has shown a remarkable restraint in criticizing Obama that I dont expect to see continued when he is no longer POTUS.
It's not our choice.
Bush is the last one who should be criticizing other presidents. He has pretty much the worst record of any of them.
Three Bush terms, three recessions, three wars. That ain't a record to brag about.
Poor little innocent America, sitting home minding our business and for no reason whatsoever, Islamic extremists reach out and bitch slap us. I hate that the world is so unfair.
You took 10 years to kill Osama Bin Laden and can't handle some 300 Al Queda members. (with a budget of $1 trillion)
Bush has already confessed his one regret on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the rise of ISIS. But the partisans on the right here prefer to blame it all on Obama, lol. A very big reason why things never change, partisans on both side blame the opposing party and excuse their own.
True. Finding one hiding man is a difficult task. What do you mean I can't handle some 300 Al Qaeda members?
Sometimes I wish you anti-Americans would divide up your statements that almost make sense and those that make no sense. Why must you commingle them?
Do you believe that Bush is blaming himself for ISIS or is he just so polite that he does not want to call The Effeminate One on the golf course an Islamofascist supporting idiot?
I disagree with your judgment of both, but that's beside the point. Despite BHO's unseemly habit of always blaming his predecessor, GWB has not fired back.
Bush is the last one who should be criticizing other presidents. He has pretty much the worst record of any of them.
Three Bush terms, three recessions, three wars. That ain't a record to brag about.
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:
While some would like to say GWB must accept the criticism as valid and that's why he hasn't fired back, I don't believe that's the case at all. It's more likely that he is just letting the American public come to their own conclusions since he's been out of office for years. Why demean himself by responding in kind? That's childish and petty, and it serves no purpose so why bother? Did FDR blame Hoover for the Great Depression? No, he got busy fixing the problem by putting men to work who wanted jobs, and they thanked him for that, and we are still enjoying the benefits of his vision today. So who is considered one of the Great Presidents of the 20th Century? Just saying....
... No, he got busy fixing the problem by putting men to work who wanted jobs, and they thanked him for that, and we are still enjoying the benefits of his vision today. So who is considered one of the Great Presidents of the 20th Century? Just saying....
polgara, your liberal is showing, better cover it up quick!
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:
While some would like to say GWB must accept the criticism as valid and that's why he hasn't fired back, I don't believe that's the case at all. It's more likely that he is just letting the American public come to their own conclusions since he's been out of office for years. Why demean himself by responding in kind? That's childish and petty, and it serves no purpose so why bother? Did FDR blame Hoover for the Great Depression? No, he got busy fixing the problem by putting men to work who wanted jobs, and they thanked him for that, and we are still enjoying the benefits of his vision today. So who is considered one of the Great Presidents of the 20th Century? Just saying....
It's not our choice.
But it has been the choice of some of our leaders. The Iraq invasion was by Bush's choice. There was no pressing reason for it.
Except FDR did blame Hoover for everything: "Yet, there was another exception: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR, like Obama, needed to conjure up various demons to advance his “progressive” agenda, with the vile rich atop his enemies list. But FDR also dumped on his Republican predecessor. He blamed everything on Herbert Hoover.
For the record, this really upset Hoover. Hoover was hurt deeply by FDR constantly trashing him, his record, his policies, his character. FDR did not treat Hoover the way we Americans hope and expect our presidents to treat one another. Their relationship became toxic. FDR’s successor, Harry Truman, took notice. “Roosevelt couldn’t stand him,” said Truman of Hoover, “and he [Hoover] hated Roosevelt.” Obama's Presidential Blame-Game | The American Spectator
a big fail is a Time Magazine article written before the pull out speculating that Republicans will make an election issue of it and expressing an OPINION that:
"appears" from five years ago is proof only that someone is desperate to hang an albatross....who has no albratross
LOL Poor little Herbert. Roosevelt was merely echoing the sentiment of the American people when it came to Hoover. His behavior during the Depression that started on his watch was deeply unpopular. He did virtually nothing to help the American people as they lost all their savings and unemployment rose to 23%. If he had gone begging to Congress for money like Bush did for TARP he might have gotten at least some sympathy for his administration. As it was he was considered cold and aloof to the suffering and felt that the pain and starvation was inseparable from capitalism, a lot like some on this board behave I'm afraid..
LOL Poor little Herbert. Roosevelt was merely echoing the sentiment of the American people when it came to Hoover. His behavior during the Depression that started on his watch was deeply unpopular. He did virtually nothing to help the American people as they lost all their savings and unemployment rose to 23%. If he had gone begging to Congress for money like Bush did for TARP he might have gotten at least some sympathy for his administration. As it was he was considered cold and aloof from the suffering and he felt that the pain and starvation was inseparable from capitalism, a lot like some on this board behave I'm afraid..
polgara, your liberal is showing, better cover it up quick!
Ironic considering Hoover rose to prominence for his humanitarian work, and pushed public works to combat the Depression.
Herbert Hoover - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.comHoover undertook various measures designed to stimulate the economy, and a few of the programs he introduced became key components of later relief efforts. However, Hoover’s response to the crisis was constrained by his conservative political philosophy. He believed in a limited role for government and worried that excessive federal intervention posed a threat to capitalism and individualism. He felt that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis. Accordingly, Hoover vetoed several bills that would have provided direct relief to struggling Americans. “Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury,” he explained in his 1930 State of the Union address.