Poll: George W. Bush still blamed for economy

Politico ^ | 2010-04-08 | Andy Barr

[rabscuttle385]

Former President George W. Bush gets more blame for the country’s economic troubles than his successor or the Democrats who control Congress, according to a Harris poll out Wednesday.

Thirty-one percent of the 2,344 adults surveyed said Bush deserves the most blame for a rough economy, leading the second-place Wall Street by 6 percentage points.

Democrats in Congress were blamed by 16 percent of those polled, while President Barack Obama was blamed by 14 percent. Republicans in Congress were blamed by 9 percent of respondents, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was blamed by 4 percent.

A majority of Democrats — 53 percent — blamed Bush for the economy. Republicans, meanwhile, blamed Democrats in Congress more than Obama.

“The memory of President George W. Bush and the state of the economy he left as part of his legacy still sticks in the craw of Americans,” wrote pollster Louis Harris in his analysis.

[MichiganConservative]

It was a bubble. It was bound to burst. Read “Return of the Great Depression” by Vox Day.

[pb929]

W will not be on the ballot in November so the people will have to take it out on someone else.

[Gen. Burkhalter]

Folks, the REAL blame for the economy can be summed up in two sentences from today’s Investor’s Business Daily PageA10:

“In 1996, President Clinton’s Department of Housing and Urban Development told Fannie and Freddie that 42% of their financing had to go to those with incomes below the median.”

“By 2000, HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo proudly unveiled new regulations to provide $2.4 trillion in mortgages for affordable housing for 28.1 million families.”

Pretty much says it all.

[rabscuttle385]

Post about 20 anti democrat posts of yours. Let’s have some fun.

Well, those should be easy to find, if one is willing to wake up and smell the coffee and acknowledge that McCain is really a Rat.

[longtermmemmory]

this is the MEME for the DNC november campaign.

They are going to keep pushing the change and teh MEME of blame GWBush.

[who knows what evil?]

In a completely unrelated story; today’s Rasmussen poll finds that 28% strongly APPROVE of the job Obama is doing as president...28% approval vs. 31% blame Bush...certainly within that well-known ‘margin of error’...

[Obadiah]

Pfft...nothing more than Politico - again - tossing rose petals at the feet of Obama and their liberal brethren.

[tnlibertarian]

Why can't we blame Bush, Democrats in congress, Republicans in congress, Bernanke and Obama?

[Allegra]

Calling in the posse????

Well, heck yeah. If rabs decides to humor me and posts something negative about Democrats, it'll be historical. Wouldn't want anyone to miss it.

BTW, I'm glad to see you're OK. You were on my prayer list for a while a few years back, if I'm remembering correctly.

[Reagan69]

I blame him too.... but that doesn’t excuse B.Hussein O’s making it much, much, much worse.

To be honest, I think at the end, they were working “together” to create a mess, which they did.

[Allegra]

Why can't we blame Bush, Democrats in congress, Republicans in congress, Bernanke and Obama?

BINGO!

[tatsinfla]

praying they will....

[Lakeshark]

You're expecting Rabs and his posse to fight the democrats?

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!

[dfwgator]

If it turned around, would he get credit?

That's a joke, right?

[TheThinker]

Bush deserves his share of blame but to say that he deserves the majority of blame for the troubled economy shows an alarming lack of intelligence on the part of Americans.

Congress controls the purse-strings.

Democrats controlled both houses of Congress during the last two years right before the financial meltdown and they are still in CONTROL.

[9YearLurker]

This enough is reason to uncover the Soros link to the Obama-electing crash.

[Ro_Thunder]

Even better.. a friend had this as his Facebook status.. Pres. Bush is being blamed for the mine explosion - no, it’s series! and Hugh!

Not just a murderer by safety violations but, a toxic waste causing, environmental criminal. ANOTHER GIFT BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUSH!

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/04/07/blankenship-coal-pays/

[Crim]

Anyone who was paying attention knows who is responsible... ------------------------------------ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR2006110300370.html Jobless Rate Is Lowest Since '01 Unemployment Declines to 4.4%, Fans Inflation Fears By Nell Henderson Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 4, 2006 Unemployment fell last month to the lowest level in more than five years, to 4.4 percent -- a drum-tight labor market that shows the economy remains fundamentally strong despite weak spots such as housing and manufacturing. The Labor Department said employers added 92,000 jobs in October, a modest number. But the department revised earlier estimates to show more payroll growth in August and September, for an average of 156,000 new jobs in each of the past three months. That was enough to drive unemployment down from 4.6 percent in September. Congressional Democrats are responsible.

[SuziQ]

Well, then, this is a great opportunity for Republicans running for Congress to educate the voters about the economy, and the roots of the housing and mortgage crisis. George W. Bush wasn't around when that problem began, but he was the one who had to deal with the train wreck at the end. He caught the blame for it, even though he suggested changes in the system in both 2003 and 2005, both of which were rejected by the Democrats as a bloc, helped by a few RINOS.

He was literally between a rock and a hard place, in Sept of 2008, when there was, I believe, a 'manufactured crisis', but the fix he came up with has already righted itself, because IIRC, all the money the Fed. Govt. lent to businesses in the Fall of 2008 has been paid back.

It's the Obama stimulus package, and the uncertainty businesses have about the health insurance situation, that are causing the problems in the economy, and the joblessness we see today, and those were NOT caused by George W. Bush.

[Bitsy]

Well, those should be easy to find, if one is willing to wake up and smell the coffee and acknowledge that McCain is really a Rat.

I pray he doesn’t win!! I can’t stand the thought of him as the pub. choice for presidential canidate. Yuk and Ug!