Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds View Post
Kirk normally your research trumps Lyle's conservative dogma, but he has a point. Sooner or later there is a statute of limitations on blaming Bush. And even on right wing talk radio it is getting harder and harder to find hardy Bush supporters. Even my really conservative friends will agree that the guy made a lot of mistakes. So the constant comparing of the two doesn't really earn points. From our discussions I don't get the feeling that you are completely sold on Obama either. I think your utter hatred for Bush much like Lyle's for Obama might be keeping you from being objective. Of course its the free for all forum on the internet so who is really keeping score?
So the crisis caused by a bunch of decisions between 2001 and 2005 deregulating and ending regulatory oversight of the financial industry, a period of time when the GOP controlled all three branches of government and the Bush administration/Bush appointees made all the crucial (disastrous) decisions to let the financial industry go wild is now Obama's fault after two months of office? How does that work exactly?

I'm only "comparing" the two to show that Bush created the current problems while Obama is trying to clear up the mess, clearing up inaccuracies and general wrongness in Lyle's previous posts, etc.