Facing the first real rough patch of his presidency, President Obama and his supporters are once again resorting to a tried-and-true tactic: attacking George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.If you read further you'll hear from Democrats who think this is a brilliant strategy, but that's wishful thinking. Obama promised to fix the things that ail our economy and the results show things getting worse. Democrats are right when they say voters have short memories, but refreshing their memories about the evil Bush and Cheney won't make Obama's lack of achievements any more impressive.
In his White House press conference last week, Mr. Obama referred to the Bush era at least nine times, three times lamenting that he "inherited" a $1.3 trillion debt that has set back his administration's efforts to fix the economy.
With the former president lying low in Dallas, largely focused on crafting his memoirs, Mr. Obama has increasingly attempted to exploit Mr. Bush when discussing the weak economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the difficulty closing the military prison at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
As he took power, Mr. Obama promised a "new era of responsibility" that would transcend partisan politics.
"For a guy who campaigned on taking responsibility and looking forward, he spends an awful lot of time pointing fingers and looking backward," said former Bush deputy press secretary Tony Fratto, who has begun defending the previous administration.
The voters expected results, not excuses. That's why Obama's numbers are heading south. That and the socialist nature of his policies which the hopey changey crowd are finally starting to figure out.
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Obama is a huge dis-appointment to the U.S. as a whole. His "change" is not the change American citizens expected. He is now regressing back to the childhood stage of trying to put the blame on everyone else, rather than putting his shoulder to the wheel and working hard to make things work out. When you surround yourself with crooks, people of low character, etc. one cannot expect to good of results.
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