But the electorate has a habit of blaming whoever was in charge at the time.
And let me explain why that is. That is due to the simple fact that conservatives aren’t vocal and proactive. We sit by idly and we don’t preemptively engage the propaganda pumped out by the DNC on a daily basis. As a consequence, we allow the repetitive lies to become accepted truths. Democrats stick to their script, they make sure they get their script out their, and that is what it all comes down to in my opinion.
"...Bush will no doubt hang for it like his father before him."
Ross Perot took something like 19% of the vote. I’d say that was because Bush’s father broke his promise on taxes and he made his base angry. God help the fools that cast their vote for Clinton (43%) simply because Clinton ran on the motto: it’s the economy, stupid!
And as a follow-on, remember Dashole and all the other Rats saying, "don't talk down the economy?"
Well, those of us that watch the economy, did. And baby, this economy - as indicated by markets and other indicators, was heading south fast well before George W. Bush was really even on the radar screens.
The first hit to the economy came from the stock market. It started in high tech (which was over-bought anyway). The catalyst was Clinton going after Microsoft.
The second hit to the economy came from the California Energy Crisis. Not directly Clinton-related. But certainly his stooge Davis. It pummeled the West Coast for nearly 8 months, and only backed down after doing serious damage to the high tech and other economies centered on the west coast.
Finally, 911. It shook our confidence, and did serious damage to travel, and other related industries.
Today, one should be quite frankly amazed that the economy is doing as well as it is. It "coasted" during a period of lax market oversight under Clinton and his goons. Then was really floored when the full diaper of Clinton's inaction on foreign affairs splayed open.
The Tax Cut, and American grit have kept us moving forward. And it can only get better if and when Republicans take back the entire federal government in two weeks.
Note: The markets under Clinton in his first two years were flat to down. The really big rally started when the GOP took Congress in November of 1994. Check for yourselves.