Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency, George W. Obama?

[Capt Bringdown]

An examination of the continuities of the Bush-Obama Presidency, "a new yardstick for measuring the promises, the acts, and the nature of the Obama administration."

Let us examine Obama, then, by the standard of his cabinet members, advisers, and favored influences, and group them by the answers to two questions: Whom has he wanted to stay on longest, in order to profit from their solidity and bask in their influence? Which of them has he discarded fastest or been most eager to shed his association with?
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Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency
The Saved and the Sacked

[Nbadan]

These Bush/Obama comparison are laughable....they are nothing alike...

[SnakeBoy]

Dan is determined to be a true believer till the very end.

[coyotes_geek]

These Bush/Obama comparison are laughable....they are nothing alike...

Right. Both Bush and Obama believe in Bush's tax cuts, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo, corporate welfare, the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, massive defecits and a whole slew of other similarities, but Obama does it in an "it's okay because I'm on blue team" kind of way. Big difference there.

[ElNono]

Right. Both Bush and Obama believe in Bush's tax cuts, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo, corporate welfare, the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, massive defecits and a whole slew of other similarities, but Obama does it in an "it's okay because I'm on blue team" kind of way. Big difference there.

this. Obama = Bush Jr Jr

[cheguevara]

Obama = Reagan tbh.

But reagan never had the tea party congress to worry about

[DarrinS]

Obama = Reagan tbh.

But reagan never had the tea party congress to worry about

Yeah, because we all know the Tea Party has caused all the problems.

[cheguevara]

if not for them taxes would have been raised. just like under Reagan.

[Wild Cobra]

Did I just step into the Twilight Zone?

[clambake]

Did I just step into the Twilight Zone?

no, you stepped in when you said baaaaachman would make gas under $2 a gallon.

[cheguevara]

tbh, it all started when Colin Powell commited career suicide that day he went in front of the UN with his powerpoint presentation

[ElNono]

tbh, it all started when Colin Powell commited career suicide that day he went in front of the UN with his powerpoint presentation

I remember that

[DarrinS]

if not for them taxes would have been raised. just like under Reagan.

The Dems could have raised taxes, raised the debt ceiling, or even passed a budget in 2010, when they contolled the White House, the Senate, and the house.

[baseline bum]

tbh, it all started when Colin Powell commited career suicide that day he went in front of the UN with his powerpoint presentation

He should have put the Deathstar in his drawings of the mobile weapons labs tbh.

[cheguevara]

http://www.slideshare.net/colin_powe...o-disarm-80932

[Nbadan]

Both Bush and Obama believe in Bush's tax cuts

Buy into your own spin much?

No they don't...Obama wanted to let them expire but you don't raise taxes in the middle of the Bush recession..the worst this century...that would have been a disaster....so congress extended them...now with the new budget deal wing-nuts will have to come up with equal cuts in pet projects to protect their for extention of tax cuts for the rich,,,,yeah Obama did that.

[Nbadan]

Yeah, because we all know the Tea Party has caused all the problems.

Thanks to standard and Poors, it's evident the tea party has made the budget problem and unemployment worse, and what has been saved? diddly

[TeyshaBlue]

Lol @ evident.

[boutons_deux]

Much of what dubya Repugs put in play simply cannot be stopped as of 21 Jan 2009.

And much of what Barry wanted to do has been terminally obstructed by Repugs + Dem Blue Dogs.

[Winehole23]

more fortuitously timed Bush/Obama tax cuts:

As Congress returns from its Independence Day recess, President Obama on Monday will call for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for Americans making less than $250,000 a year, the New York Times reports.

[boutons_deux]

The Dems could have raised taxes, raised the debt ceiling, or even passed a budget in 2010, when they contolled the White House, the Senate, and the house.

You Lie (aka, you're a right whiner)

Since Jan 2009, the Dems never had 60 Senators to overcome Repug fibilusters, which are threatened/bullied now on nearly every Dem Senate action.

[coyotes_geek]

Since Jan 2009, the Dems never had 60 Senators to overcome Repug fibilusters, which are threatened/bullied now on nearly every Dem Senate action.

Lame excuse. You act like Obama & Co are the first ones in history to ever have to deal with the threat of a filibuster.

[boutons_deux]

If you can't get 60, the filibuster is fatal.

Repugs threats of filibusters have been automatic, reflexive, not sporadic. And they actually filibuster excessively. The are ideological assholes, denying the non-Repugs the ability to govern

[coyotes_geek]

Lame excuse. You act like Obama & Co are the first ones in history to ever have to deal with the threat of a filibuster.

[Juggity]

The Dems could have raised taxes, raised the debt ceiling, or even passed a budget in 2010, when they contolled the White House, the Senate, and the house.

You're kidding, right?

With the extremely limited amount of time in which the dems held a razor thin filibuster proof majority (and even that was contingent on Blue Dog democrats who might switch their votes at any time), do you honestly believe that any of those initiatives would've passed both the house and senate?

With the stated goal of "making Obama a one-term president," it's been clear from the beginning that Republicans (and the blue dog democrats who occasionally cave in to the Republicans' whims) had no intention of allowing anything to pass, despite Obama's elected majorities and/or mandate to enact sweeping change.