[MNJohnnie]

No CONGRESS, not the President, sets the Budget. And who ran the Congress in 2008 and 2009? Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosie and the Democrats

So nice try Obamabot but as usual completely divorced for any measure of intellectual honesty

[rollo tomasi]

Yeah right, Obamabot. Bush was a pushover politically, nothing Obamabot about it. If your argument consist of insults instead of rationality I guess that helps your life in alternate reality, whatever floats your boat, lol.

[BfloGuy]

No CONGRESS, not the President, sets the Budget. And who ran the Congress in 2008 and 2009? Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosie and the Democrats

You're right, of course. But Bush had a veto pen in his pocket and just left it there. I don't know if this guy is a "troll" or not, but it's silly to try and deny the truth. I liked Mr. Bush personally and for his foreign policy after 9/11.

His allowing such high spending was irresponsible, in my opinion.

On the other hand, GWB's deficits never exceeded 3.5% of GDP while Obama's reached a high point of over 10% in 2009 and have never dropped below 8.5%.

Fun with statistics!