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NEW POLL: More Americans blame President Bush than Obama for nation’s woes

CuppaT Child of God 2012/06/14 14:55:24





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NEW POLL:
More Americans blame President Bush than Obama for nation’s woes

June 14, 2012





(NATIONAL) -- One of the strategies of the Mitt Romney campaign for the presidency is to blame President Obama for the nation’s economic ills and to paint Obama as “out of touch” and ineffective as a leader.

However the results of a new poll indicates that strategy may be less effective than the Romney camp would like.

The new poll shows Americans continue to place more blame for the country’s ongoing economic problems on former President George W. Bush than on President Barack Obama.

And even though Mr. Bush has been out of office for nearly 3½ years, 68 percent of those surveyed blame him a “great deal” or “moderate amount” for the nation’s economic woes, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Meanwhile, 52 percent of Americans believe the same about Obama.

For his part, one of President Obama’s strategies for reelection is to continually point to Romney as the multimillionaire, life-of-privilege corporate raider who would take America right back to the policies and attitudes of the Republican Bush era that “got us into this mess to begin with.”

The poll also shows Republicans are more willing to blame Bush for the state of the economy than Democrats are willing to blame Obama.

Some 49 percent of Republicans said Bush was greatly or moderately responsible for America’s economic woes, compared with 51 percent who said he was not.

Some 19 percent of Democrats blame Obama for the current distress, while 81 percent say he is “not much” or “not at all” responsible.

The Gallup Poll was conducted June 7-10, with a sample of 1,004 adults and a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.


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  • ehrhornp 2012/06/16 16:46:40
    ehrhornp
    G W Bush was clearly at fault for the mess we are in. After all he inherited a country largely at peace, and with a balanced federal budget. He promptly undid all the good that Clinton did by giving tax cuts to the rich and funding two wars off budget. Gives new meaning to the republican belief of fiscal responsibility. Shame so many people continue to vote for republicans who actively work to return the country to economic collapse.
  • Bella 2012/06/14 18:07:59
    Bella
    +1
    The American people will never forget what Bush did and it would be stupid if someone really believed that we would.
  • ehrhornp Bella 2012/06/16 16:48:07
    ehrhornp
    +1
    Many have already forgotten as the 2010 elections show. Amazing how forgetful some people can be.
  • David Lindner 2012/06/14 17:22:14
    David Lindner
    bunk
  • john Kills 2012/06/14 16:07:58 (edited)
    john Kills
    Don't believe this for a second. Bush sucked but, he's been gone for 4 years. Barry has out spent bush in half the time, he has put us into syria, lybia, pakistan, north korea, given money to the arab spring and muslim brotherhood, surrendered our sovereignty to the UN, insulted our friends, extended and expanded bush policy and has not reversed any bush policies, created NDAA and peace time martial law orders. Spread your liberal lies but, the carry no weight or logic. Barry has done everything bush did and more.
  • jakep51 2012/06/14 15:54:41 (edited)
    jakep51
    +1
    Well Duh! What do you expect? The Liberal politicians aided and abetted by the liberal mainstream media lie constantly to the American public about this and so many other subjects on a daily basis.. It is true that if you tell a lie long enough people will begin to believe it. Well guess what? This is akin to brainwashing and it seems to be going well for them doesn't it? It's either because too many people are of weak mind or, (as I suspect) simply too damn lazy to check the facts for themselves.



    Thanks America, but please wake the hell up.



    I'm just sayin'
  • Lord Em... jakep51 2012/06/15 06:34:56
    Lord Emperor of Dune
    Very well-said!
  • jakep51 Lord Em... 2012/06/16 06:53:01
    jakep51
    Thank you.
  • Scott 2012/06/14 15:11:41
    Scott
    +1
    Let's suppose Romney wins the election. And then suppose he was to say something like,

    "Well, I inherited a $14 trillion dollar debt! It's even worse than we thought!"

    Can you imagine anything as lame and weak minded than that? Is that just the opposite of leadership and being presidential?

    Yet Obama does every day. He's a loser.
  • ehrhornp Scott 2012/06/16 16:51:07
    ehrhornp
    Yet the stock market today is around 13,000 instead of being below 7,000. Sorry but I prefer a recovering economy to one that is crashing. But go ahead and vote for socialism for the rich. Don't know why you want to transfer some of your wealth to the rich but leave me out of it.
  • Scott ehrhornp 2012/06/18 17:13:44
    Scott
    The market hit bottom on March 6, 2009 (Obama was inaugurated in January). Here's some news from that date:
    March 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama now has the distinction of presiding over his own bear market.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20 percent since Inauguration Day through yesterday, the fastest drop under a newly elected president in at least 90 years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The gauge lost 53 percent from its October 2007 record of 14,164.53, slipping 4.1 percent to 6,594.44 yesterday.

    More than $1.6 trillion was erased from U.S. equities since Jan. 20 as mounting bank losses and rising unemployment convinced investors the recession is getting worse. The president is in danger of breaking a pattern in which the Dow rallied 9.8 percent on average in the 12 months after a Democrat captured the White House, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

    The fact that the market has recovered at all is a testament to the free market - not Obama.

    How do you just skip over the $14 trillion in debt, like it's not there or doesn't matter? Do you understand that Obama is bankrupting the country?

    Listen erhump, there will always be somebody that makes more money than you. Envy, jealousy, greed - are not pretty. And despite what they are telling you on MSM, it's Obama transferring our money; to union bosses and pensions.
  • ehrhornp Scott 2012/06/18 17:35:33
    ehrhornp
    +1
    How do you gloss over the fact that the free fall was not Obama's fault? Phony conservatives love to say that 9/11 was not GW's fault but rather Clinton's fault. 9/11 happened 8 months after he became president. Obama entered office when the economy was already in a free fall. How many presidents have seen a decline in the stock market like G W Bush? Not many.

    Reason the market crashed was the policies of socialism for the rich which squeezes the middle class and transfers wealth to the rich. When the middle class cannot buy because they are tapped out, the economy will fall. Shame you don't realize this basic economic fact.

    I don't care if people make more money than me. I am satisfied with my position. I live in a nice house in Kailua Hawaii, have a few assets to live off of, and am able to take a trip about once a year. What more can one want? My daughter is grown up, married and is successful in her career along with her husband. This is the true measure of success. How one's children turn out.
  • Scott ehrhornp 2012/06/18 17:54:09
    Scott
    9/11 was the fault of terrorists. Bush didn't do it, neither did Clinton. I'm not sure where Obama was that day.

    Socialism for the rich? WTF is that? Do you even know what socialism is? Shame on YOU!
  • ehrhornp Scott 2012/06/18 18:17:38 (edited)
    ehrhornp
    +1
    Conservatives love to point out that socialism is the transfer of wealth from the well to do to the less fortunate. Well today's republicans believe in transfering wealth from the middle class to the rich. Why do you think the middle class has largely been stagnant and the rich have gotten a lot richer?

    Unfortunately when wealth is taken from the middle class there is less spending to support the businesses of the top one percent and a downward spiral is entered into.

    9/11 was the fault of a sloppy president. A president who ignored Clinton who said Bin Laden is the worst threat out there. A president who ignored his daily briefing memos or lied about them. I seriously doubt 9/11 would have happened if Al Gore was president as Al would not have ignored his warnings and would have continued the negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
  • Scott ehrhornp 2012/06/18 19:35:40
    Scott
    If you ever listened to a conservative, he/she would have informed you that socialism is actually an economic system characterised by social ownership and/or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy. The government ends owning and operating everything.

    Conservatives prefer that everyone has equal opportunity and prospers. It's true there's no plan for slackers. All your democrat pals will actually have to get a job.

    No sense predicting what Crazy Al would have done - he was never elected. You're better off just blaming Bush like everyone else cuz no democrats are ever going to take responsibility for anything bad.
  • ehrhornp Scott 2012/06/18 19:38:43
    ehrhornp
    Do you deny that socialism involves a transfer of wealth? Yes or no.

    Phony Conservatives prefer that the rich get to squeeze the middle class. They have been pretty successful at that too. Hence economic meltdowns.
  • Scott ehrhornp 2012/06/18 19:47:21
    Scott
    Out of the hands of regular Joe's like you and me and into the hands of the government. Yeah, there's some transfer to individuals with welfare and food stamps etc. But that's chump change compared to what the government gets.

    How do the rich squeeze the middle class? Business people can't MAKE you buy something, (and until recently, the government couldn't either).
  • CuppaT ... Scott 2012/06/18 22:51:01
    CuppaT   Child of God
    Like most, not all, republicans you have no heart. You claim to be Christians. However, your god is your possessions. Your attitude shows the world what agreedy heart and soul really looks like. Your motto appears to be "WHAT IS MINE IS MINE AND TO HELL WITH THE 'HAVE NOTS' AND OTHER UNFORTUNATES OF THE WORLD".
  • Scott CuppaT ... 2012/06/19 19:05:22
    Scott
    Quite the contrary Cuppa. Conservatives are quite compassionate. We're for a system in which everyone can live their dreams, be wildly successful.

    Unlike libs that sound great on paper but the problem is, there is no way out of their systems. Once your on unemployment, you can't accept a lesser job to bring in some money while you keep looking, or you will lose your unemployment. And, if you make too much, forget about food stamps and housing assistance. The programs are liberal traps to keep you under their control. To prove a point, how many entrepreneurs on welfare can you name?

    Conservatives have plenty of heart. We also have common sense. Welfare spending is stretched across 13 government departments and agencies, 17 budget functions, and 71 separate programsand has spent over $9 trillion dollars since it's inception. That's like $225,000 per poor person. And what have we gotten for this investment? Nothing as far as I can see except more and more people on welfare every year.

    Some people need a hand up - no problem. But the welfare system needs major reform.
  • CuppaT ... Scott 2012/06/19 19:08:08
  • Scott CuppaT ... 2012/06/19 19:09:43
    Scott
    Well, I guess that's the end of the adult debate.
  • MidnightCowboy 2012/06/14 15:09:54
    MidnightCowboy
    +2
    The blame has to be administered to the original source. That's only fair.
  • keymanjim Midnigh... 2012/06/14 15:17:52
    keymanjim
    The democrats in congress.
  • CuppaT ... Midnigh... 2012/06/14 16:34:57 (edited)
    CuppaT   Child of God
    Absolutely! Some people have so.much anger and hatred in their hearts that they cannot see the forest for the trees.
  • ehrhornp CuppaT ... 2012/06/18 18:21:22
    ehrhornp
    +1
    True, they are called republicans. lol
  • jakep51 Midnigh... 2012/06/16 07:31:56
    jakep51
    I agree 100%.
    So let's start by telling the truth on the entire messy affair, that it was Democrats who were controlling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and in fact resisted the attempts by Republicans on several occasions to get control of the mess.

    That it was in fact the Democrats who orchestrated the entire bad loan scam by pressuring lending institutions to lower their standards in order to get people into housing the Democrats knew could not afford to keep up payments on, but it got those people into a house, never mind that they were never going to be able to PAY for it.

    But hey, the people got into houses and were so thankful of what the democrats did for them (which essentially turned out to be screw them out of money they couldn't afford to loose), these people were so beholding to the Democrats as to continue to vote for the very bastards that just screwed them out of every dollar they had.

    It also had the effect of driving up home prices due to the supply and demand effect. This drove prices ever higher and when the defaulted loan pile began to grow, it all cam crashing down.

    Now we throw in the Liberally biased media and here we have a disaster solely orchestrated by the Liberal Democrats, but Blamed on Conservative Republicans. It's sad really that Liberal voters are s...









    I agree 100%.
    So let's start by telling the truth on the entire messy affair, that it was Democrats who were controlling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and in fact resisted the attempts by Republicans on several occasions to get control of the mess.

    That it was in fact the Democrats who orchestrated the entire bad loan scam by pressuring lending institutions to lower their standards in order to get people into housing the Democrats knew could not afford to keep up payments on, but it got those people into a house, never mind that they were never going to be able to PAY for it.

    But hey, the people got into houses and were so thankful of what the democrats did for them (which essentially turned out to be screw them out of money they couldn't afford to loose), these people were so beholding to the Democrats as to continue to vote for the very bastards that just screwed them out of every dollar they had.

    It also had the effect of driving up home prices due to the supply and demand effect. This drove prices ever higher and when the defaulted loan pile began to grow, it all cam crashing down.

    Now we throw in the Liberally biased media and here we have a disaster solely orchestrated by the Liberal Democrats, but Blamed on Conservative Republicans. It's sad really that Liberal voters are so weak of mind as to not be able to realize just who it was that screwed them.Kinda like a woman who gets beaten repeatedly, but still sticks with her man.

    In their own damn words and I still doubt you will believe it.

    Barney Frank  2005  What Housing Bubble

    Barney Frank I did not push home onwership

    Don t Regulate Fannie Mae or Freddy Mac

    Democrats were WARNED of Financial crisis and did NOTHING
    (more)
  • keymanjim 2012/06/14 15:09:20
    keymanjim
    Media hype and poor public education is working.
  • Lord Em... keymanjim 2012/06/15 06:36:06
    Lord Emperor of Dune
    I'm a public government teacher. Believe me... I'm working against this, but it's not easy. Obama and his machine have done a pretty good job...

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