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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 8, 2008, at 8:22 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

> With all courtesy and respect...
>
> When pointing fingers, don't forget that these past seven years have
> been with a Dem controlled House, which is where financial regulation
> is supposed to begin, and a Dem controlled Senate.

My imperfect memory thinks that has been the case for less than two  
years, not seven years. My memory is that a Republican-controlled  
Congress gave Bush essentially all he asked for in his first six years.

I am certain that one of us who is more detail oriented will lay it  
all out.

>   A conservative
> Executive (and I don't say he's really conservative) can't do much in
> those circumstances, about anything. So get off the "Blame Bush for
> everything" bandwagon.   You don't like him?   Fine.   but put blame
> squarely where it belongs.   With all.

I don't blame Bush for everything and have no bandwagon. He  
instigated, and the Republican-controlled Congress gave him his  
priorities, including the big tax cuts for the wealthy.

I blame the Bush group for misleading Congress, but all those who  
voted for the Iraq Invasion, for the most dishonorable major event of  
our history.

I blame all of our elected leaders for not leading. They fight for  
their priorities but do so without due consideration for how those  
priorities affect the entire country. They knee-jerk to today's hot- 
button issues but do not make solid plans for the future.

They are not leaders; they are followers, followers of whichever poll  
they subscribe to. They are an embarrassment to history.