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Why does Romney allow Obama to say he took over the worst Economy since the Great Depression?

Posted on 10/11/2012 5:31:00 AM PDT by STJPII

Just heard Biden's debate coach, former Sen. Kaufman, tell MSNBC that BHO took over the worst economy Since the Great Depression?

Well, I'm 50 and I remember Reagan taking over gas lines, 20% interest rates and 10% unemployment. It bugs me that we don't counter that argument.


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To: Qwackertoo

Romney should say something along the lines of “Mr. President, I know you were a little young and coked up in 1981, so let me tell you, the economy you inherited was many factors better than the economy Jimmy Carter passed along to Ronald Reagan. Amazingly enough, he was able to turn that economy around in just a few years and didn’t spend us into oblivion in the process.”


21 posted on 10/11/2012 6:40:48 AM PDT by kg_mobster
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Well, I think in terms of strategy you don’t want to engage in a way that makes the debate about arguing over whether Bush had the worst economy or not.

While it is one of many untruths, tackling an untruth takes the conversation down a new path, and I’m not sure this election needs to be about 2008. It needs to be about 2012. Just like Clinton didn’t focus on Dukakis vs Bush 41...he focused on Bush 41 and the economy like a laser.


22 posted on 10/11/2012 6:52:49 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: Vigilanteman

yes that was when I just started voting and Phil Gramm was my rep from Arlington TX. He wasn’t “that” bad back then. And I believe Jim Wright was also that era from over in Fort Worth. I don’t know IF he is still alive . . . last I heard he was teaching a political science course over at TCU.


23 posted on 10/11/2012 7:02:40 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Romney/Ryan 2012 The Future of Our Children and Their Children are at stake.)
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To: STJPII

The worst part of this lie is that they’ve now taken to calling it the Great Recession.


24 posted on 10/11/2012 7:04:22 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: STJPII

I think Paul Ryan is chomping at the bit to hear Biden bring that up tonight - Ryan will crush that one out of the park........


25 posted on 10/11/2012 7:17:15 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: STJPII

Exactly! Its just more create a lie and repeat it we have a 1:1 correlation between when the dems took over Congress and things went to hell.


26 posted on 10/11/2012 8:01:35 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: JCBreckenridge
TARP was terrible policy. If we’re having to defend TARP to get Romney in, then we’ve already lost.

That's not what is going on here.Of course tarp was a joke. It was a huge con and Bush was conned into doing it,IMHO, signing off on it. As I recall many dems were for it as well. The key thing here is that most of the 786 billion was paid back! They have no argument!

27 posted on 10/11/2012 8:05:08 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: paul544

Opinions differ.The only reason Bush was sold down the road is that he didn’t fight back and we didn’t fight back hard enough for him.Its never too late.ONce again, all they have going for them is creating a lie repeating it and getting the DBM to repeat it until it is acknowledged as true,but its not.


28 posted on 10/11/2012 8:07:58 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: rodguy911

Sheesh, it hasn’t been paid back. Arguing for TARP and against Obama’s spending is a loser. Just argue that TARP and the reckless spending of Obama are one and the same.


29 posted on 10/11/2012 10:19:46 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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To: STJPII

Romney only needs to point out the facts, that the problems began when the RATs took control of congress in January ‘07. By his inauguration in January ‘09, Obama found himself presiding over a major decline and subsequently worsened it with his policies.


30 posted on 10/11/2012 11:37:57 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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