I cannot recall a less "partisan" president than Bush has been thus far. Even while the Dems are lying to try and bring him down he doesn't attack them, knowing that integrity and competence will win out in the end.
I'm sorry..from what fairy tale did you just wake up? The Bushes are a political family and are as partisan as they come. His speech was intended in part to distance himself from the cause of the problem and blame it on the Dems....a very typical political ploy which usually is done as often as possible. I doubt there is an econ. statistic that supports his claim he saw signs of the slowdown as early as last summer.
I do not believe, at least in what I heard, he blamed Clinton in any overt sense. The point that the economic downturn started well before Clinton left office is a valid one, and it should be no surprise to anyone that it is looking pretty deep -- what goes up, must come down. It seems to me that you guys want to take credit for the "Clinton" economy as it went up, but blame Bush for the recession that clearly began before Clinton left office.
Until Bush lost control of the Senate, you heard little about the Dems. Since then, every other comment is about the Democrats.
And btw that speech which was supposed to rally the troops...stunk....in a word. Members of his own party complained....a not uncommon event now a days...and even the economist who worships him most, Kudloe on CNBC, was unhappy.
You got to worry when your own supporters aren't happy, don't you think? Then again, if you believe in magic, maybe not.
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