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Criticisms of President Bush

I find the recent criticisms of President Bush over the current financial crisis particularly unfair. After all, has he not made it crystal clear, from the outset of his presidency, that his purpose in office was to protect the interests of the wealthy. From his massive tax handout to the rich, to his blatant admission that the haves and the have mores were his natural constituency, he cannot now be accused of deceiving the American public. If the American people chose to delude themselves that compassionate conservatism somehow applied to them, then they only have themselves to blame. Had it not been clearly demonstrated to them in the 1980s that the economic basements of the wealthy were watertight, so that very little wealth could ever trickle down to anyone else. Had not the concept of laissez faire governance caught this president napping at the wheel at successive crises, both man made and natural? Has the diminishing standard of living of middle America not been evidence enough? Did the rest of the world not plead with you in 2004 not to saddle yourself and them with more of the same? How therefore can this most transparent of presidents be now reproached when he has been so open about his ability and intentions. It has been made perfectly clear to you that, at the end of the day, terms like the invisible hand of the market, compassionate conservatism, de-regulation, tricke down economics, laissez faire governance and personal ownership, really means, you're on your own. If someone needs to be blamed, then you can only blame yourselves. You had been amply warned.

Dr M Santiago @ Sep 21, 2008 17:54:49 PM