Republicans also get a lot of undo credit in other areas.
Defense: For all the Republican cooing over W Bush's one supposed accomplishment, "he kept us safe", the last Republican administration proved itself utterly incompetent at national security. The shut up Gen. Clark who was trying to warn them about Al Qaida. Bush and Condi were too obsessed with Saddam. The greatest national security debacle in our nation's history occurred on their watch. The Response was only on a small scale in Afghanistan. Bush clearly wasn't concerned about our chance to crush Al Qaida and he even said so when he announced he wasn't worried about Bin Laden. Instead, they invaded Iraq, which turned out to be a godsend for Bin Laden and a huge disaster (militarily, financially and in foreign credibility). Their torture program was counter-productive and cost us more credibility. They couldn't stop any further attacks, as Londoners and Spaniards found out on 7/7.
Accountability: There is none with the top 1% in this country. Condi, who served as national security adviser during our greatest national security debacle was promoted to Secretary of State. No heads rolled over 9/11 or over our subsequent military disaster in Iraq. Nobody was ever prosecuted or even investigated over any malfeasance in the economic meltdown of 2008.
Fiscal Responsibility: This one is a joke. Do I really need to comment?
Economic Growth: Trickle down economics has been a dismal failure. Bush had the most aggressive tax cuts for the wealthy and the most anemic job growth since the Great Depression to show for it. Deregulation has been a disaster.
Defense: For all the Republican cooing over W Bush's one supposed accomplishment, "he kept us safe", the last Republican administration proved itself utterly incompetent at national security. The shut up Gen. Clark who was trying to warn them about Al Qaida. Bush and Condi were too obsessed with Saddam. The greatest national security debacle in our nation's history occurred on their watch. The Response was only on a small scale in Afghanistan. Bush clearly wasn't concerned about our chance to crush Al Qaida and he even said so when he announced he wasn't worried about Bin Laden. Instead, they invaded Iraq, which turned out to be a godsend for Bin Laden and a huge disaster (militarily, financially and in foreign credibility). Their torture program was counter-productive and cost us more credibility. They couldn't stop any further attacks, as Londoners and Spaniards found out on 7/7.
Accountability: There is none with the top 1% in this country. Condi, who served as national security adviser during our greatest national security debacle was promoted to Secretary of State. No heads rolled over 9/11 or over our subsequent military disaster in Iraq. Nobody was ever prosecuted or even investigated over any malfeasance in the economic meltdown of 2008.
Fiscal Responsibility: This one is a joke. Do I really need to comment?
Economic Growth: Trickle down economics has been a dismal failure. Bush had the most aggressive tax cuts for the wealthy and the most anemic job growth since the Great Depression to show for it. Deregulation has been a disaster.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
