Why a Republican War of Ideas Is a Good Thing

They had pretty good bet who Scott was, he was in the State's Congress

obama in Senate we know he had a near $1,000,000.00 a day pork habit. Still has that pork habit. Enjoyed voting present on bills.

Bill Hedges of MO 3:04PM March 03, 2010

Don't be so modest, Bill MO, who can doubt such a pinnicle of integrity who has persuasively decided that this economic downturn was caused by the Democrats contrary to all common wisdom and the ironic results of a major election ousting the GOP and blaming then for driving the country into a ditch while it was the Dems who really screwed everything up. Who can doubt such a sage like you when you declare that this systemic economic collapse was no overnight phenomena but it took the course of eight years of the Bush administration and the twelve years of Gingrich's 'Republican Revolution' to so thoroughly allow the Dems to cause it all. No one could mortgage the country overnight to foreign creditors, or force the outsourcing of almost all US manufacturing offshore, or so thoroughly underfunding education in the US that American corporations have to resort to immigrant labor. This was no quickie. Its all have been the Democrats fault even when the Republicans were in charge. You can't blame a decade of deregulation on the GOP alone because the Dems took back Congress in '06 and the economy was in full recession by early '08.

Contrary to all any Tea party fuss, who can doubt the fiscal irresponsibility of both parties, but especially Republicans in frittering away the economy when they were in charge because it was the Dems who made them do it.

James of VA 2:33PM March 03, 2010

Damn straight, “Democrats caused the recession and Republicans tried to stop it” while the Republicans were in charge with majorities in both houses of Congress, according to Bill Hedges of MO, so the only solution is to never let Republicans back in majorities in Congress. If the The Republicans are running the government while the Democrats screw things up, the answers is simply - don't let the Republicans run the government and then Democrats can't screw everything up.

Bill MO is right, Bush couldn't control Congress, even with Republicans in majority, to prevent the Democrats from stopping Bush from regulating the economy. It must be why Americans figured to simply get rid of Bush and Republican control would let regulation legislation go forward and expose the corruption (under the Republicans watch).

Republicans could not put their ideas in place when they were in charge. If Republicans can't get anything done when they are in the majority, then deny them the cover of gaining any majority. Unless the Republicans can demonstrate they want to govern and offer any solutions, they shouldn't be given any opportunity to blame the Democrats for ruining the economy (under the Republicans watch).

James of VA 4:23PM March 02, 2010

“Democrats caused the recession and Republicans tried to stop it”

“Almost no one realizes that this entire subprime lending mess was created by the Community Reinvestment Act, which was passed by President Carter, a Democrat, in 1977. Later on in the 1990s, Bill Clinton, another Democrat, passed laws to enforce the original bill. The purpose of the CRA is to force banks to make risky loans to people who can’t afford to repay those loans.”

http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/democrats-caused-the-recession-and-republicans-tried-to-stop-it/

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSDnGMzIdo

Bill Hedges of MO 11:32PM March 01, 2010