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RE :”she made the case that anything bad we see now is just stuff Obama inherited
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And EVERY time someone uses the “INHERITED” argument between now and November, there has to be someone in the discussion that immediately hammers back and says, “And WHO was running Congress when our economy began to tank? Who was IN the Senate when our economy began to tank? Track it back and you may be surprised”

That argument was popular here in 2008 EXCEPT most people polled said they thought that Republicans still controlled congress. So republicans got creamed.

Then in 2009 I started posting that the above was not a very good argument anyway. So I got called a DUer a few times for not being a R team player (not the last time either LOL)

The problem with the : 'Pelosi took over the House in 2007 so that's why the economy started it's diving ~ 8 months later, September 2007' argument, is that now Republicans took over the House from Dems with Obama as POTUS.
Do we use that same rule and give Obama a pass for rising prices and crappy employment and blame Boehner for all these problems? I like to stay some-what consistent.

Do we use that same rule and give Obama a pass for rising prices and crappy employment and blame Boehner for all these problems? I like to stay some-what consistent.

Good try.

The fact of the matter is that the Republicans only control 1/3 of the power structure in DC as of 2011 which isn't all that long ago. You can't do much with 1/3. You can do MORE with 2/3 and if you have the whole enchilada like Obummer and the socialist Rats did in 2007-2010 you can do a lot of damage that will take a while to undo and believe me you CANNOT do it with 1/3 of the power.

Perspective....it's a "must have" in situations like this. Some Freeper has a nice chart of Congressional control and the economy. It even denotes divided congresses and congresses with total control. It is a real eye opener and if the dumbed down sheeple could even get this concept instead of the "its ALL the president" drivel, it all becomes crystal clear that the Rats are BAD for this country. PERIOD. Especially when they get TOTAL control of Congress.

It seems to me that Republican Presidents view congress whether Democrat or Republican controlled with a lot more respect as representatives of the people, whereas Democrat Presidents view the Presidency and a means to cram their agenda down the throats of the people and those that represent the people.

DISCLAIMER: This doesn't mean that a few Republicans haven't went veering off the path here and there.

Do we use that same rule and give Obama a pass for rising prices and crappy employment and blame Boehner for all these problems? I like to stay some-what consistent.

Are you kidding me? There is a provable record of what the Dem-completely-controlled Congress passed from 2007 to 2010 and the actual effects of such legislation. The reason that we get creamed is because there is NO MESSAGE out there citing the relationship between the Pelosi-Reid Congress and every economic metric. Most simply accept the premise of "Obama inherited an awful economy" and then attempt to say, "Yeah, but now how is it?"

Republicans right now have JUST the House. In 2007, ALL of Congress was controlled by the Democrats. That is a big difference.