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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (68428)	12/18/2013 1:11:46 AM
From: greatplains_guy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Do you remember the misery index? Carter campaigned on how it was ruining America and then his policies increased it by 50%. High interest, inflation and unemployment were the hallmarks of Carter's domestic policy. The hallmark of his foreign policy was his creation of the muslim terrorist nation of Iran. Iran is either the major funder for most muslim terror groups or a close second. Saudi Arabia funds many terror groups, but they are discriminating in their funding while Carters' terror nation is indiscriminate. Obama managed to turn a noble cause in Iraq with marginal gains into a total loss. Now he is in the process of botching Afghanistan.

To: RMF who wrote (68428)	12/18/2013 5:44:23 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 71588

even though you don't like deficit spending and Bush DOUBLED our National Debt in his 8 years? You keep using that statement as if it really meant anything. Percentage changes depend on the base the change was from. Anyone who inherited relatively low debt is made to look worse (if there are deficits during their term) by this standard. Anyone who inherited massive debt (for example Obama) looks better by that measure, but that would be an inaccurate assessment of their impact. Beyond that blaming presidents for the debt is overly simplistic. Not that they shouldn't get any blame but there is a lot of blame to go around. (Of course that point applies to Obama as well as Bush.)