After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush
January 17, 2010 6:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (191) | Share This
By Felicia Sonmez
hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com
As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person -- George W. Bush.
"People are upset because there's so many problems," Rosemary Kverek, 70, a retired Charleston schoolteacher said as tonight's rally wrapped up. "But the problems came from the previous administration. So we're blaming poor Obama, who's working 36 hours a day ... to solve these problems that he inherited."
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), speaking with a gaggle of reporters after the event, said that while state Sen. Scott Brown (R) offers voters a quick fix, in reality, the problems created by "George Bush and his cronies" are not so easily solved.
"If you think there's magic out there and things can be turned around overnight, then you would vote for someone who could promise you that, like Scott Brown," Kennedy said. "If you don't, if you know that it takes eight years for George Bush and his cronies to put our country into this hole ... then you know we have a lot of digging to do, but some work needs to be done and this president's in the process of doing it and we need to get Marcia Coakley to help him to do that."
(Curiously, Kennedy mentioned Coakley repeatedly during his remarks to reporters, each time referring to her as "Marcia," not "Martha.")
More Kennedy: "One thing the Democrats have done wrong? We haven't kept the focus on this disaster on the Republicans who brought it upon us. We've tried too hard to do that right thing, and that's to fix it, as opposed to spend more of our time and energy pointing the finger at who got us [here] in the first place."
Blaming their problems on Bush does carry a risk for Dems, however -- with their sights so firmly focused on the past, Brown's campaign has managed to wrest the "change" mantle from them.
Meanwhile, even as Kennedy took on both Bush and Brown head-on, some attendees were more muted in their criticism of Brown.
"I mean, he is handsome," Christine DiPitro, 61, of Malden, said of Brown.
"He does appeal to the regular guy with his truck, but that's about all."
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191 Comments
This is so funny!!!! They are still blaming Bush a year after he left office and four years of a Democratic controlled Congress...unbelievable! Sorry, but at this point the Democrats are responsible for the situation in this country.
HB | January 17, 2010 6:59 PM
OMG! Bush tried and tried and tried to get Congress to address the problems with the housing market. It is on record and nobody seems to care.
Bush was shot down by democrats (and a few republicans) each time he tried to get congress to regulate Freddie and Fannie!
Don't get me wrong, I was NOT a Bush fan for his second term. I think he was not a good president in his second term. BUT, the economic situation is square at the feet of Democrats.
How long is the president and his party going to blame Bush rather than getting off their backsides and actually fixing things?
ChrisS | January 17, 2010 7:20 PM
Let's be very specific about blame. And let's be specific on what the blame is for:
Behind closed doors, everyone who has a Nebraska zip code is given a break on Medicare, while 49 other states pay for the right of Nebraska's free ride. All for a vote. And how does that rise above the level of bribery?
The Senator from Louisianna is handed $300M for her yes vote. And how does that rise above the level of bribery?
And for union support, all union members are waived of a tax that other non-union members must pay. How does that rise above the level of bribery?
President Bush was not here for this one, folks.
President Obama, don't be surprised with Massachusetts when you have established an environment of corrupt behavior. Yoda said it best, sir. "That is why you fail."
DBC | January 17, 2010 7:41 PM
Unbelievable! I was going to use this as a gag line ("Coakley loses; Obama Blames Bush") but I see that reality is TRULY stranger than fiction.
Scott W. Somerville | January 17, 2010 8:25 PM
It's Bush's fault that caused the Hatian earthquake. He took out Aristide, inciting the wrath of the gods on the hapless Hatians.
It's Bush fault that caused the alleged panty bomber to go onto the alleged plane to take alleged revenge on us.
It's Bush fault that Obama's approval plunged.
Seriously, can any one of you right wingers name a thing that wasn't caused by Bush?
ic | January 17, 2010 8:48 PM
Don't forget how Karl Rove used his secret hurricane machine to make Katrina veer straight into New Orleans...and how he used his long range 20,000 barrel shotgun to keep people there from leaving the city before it hit.
Robbins Mitchell | January 17, 2010 9:38 PM
People of Earth:
Just pray your children don't grow up to be Democrats. What a pitiful example for our youth.
FAIRTV | January 17, 2010 9:54 PM
LOL, this is hysterical. Satire, right? Blaming Bush?
ROFLMAO, the Dems are officially delusional now. Time to invest in straight-jackets!
Jim Tower | January 17, 2010 9:55 PM
MISS ME YET?
George W Bush | January 17, 2010 9:55 PM |
