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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (781783)	4/25/2014 2:59:26 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576826

The Odumbo Presidency has been an abject failure.....liberal morons will NEVER face up to that fact...

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (781783)	4/25/2014 3:23:35 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576826

"Hardly anyone blames the Great Depression on Hoover" I didn't think you were that ignorant. Obama has actually done a whole lot more than I usually give him credit for. Dude's an R, you know. There are lots of lists. Take your pick. "Osama is Dead and GM is Alive works", if you haven't got time for the lists. Or, shortest version, "Enuf to get reelected". google.com "Did he prevent a crisis from turning into a catastrophe?" Of course he did.That really sticks in y'all's craws, doesn't it? Could he have done better? Yup. Wasted too much on tax cuts, was about half as big as it should have been. He gave away too much trying to please his own party, when he should have been working with the Dems.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (781783)	4/26/2014 12:51:13 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576826

"Hardly anyone blames the Great Depression on Hoover." Except everyone that lived through it. Just like they blame the Bush Great Recession on Bush. It's why Hoover lost and FDR won. "Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression and New Deal, 1931–1933 A primary source by Herbert Hoover gilderlehrman.org The stock market crashed on Thursday, October 24, 1929, less than eight months into Herbert Hoover’s presidency. Most experts, including Hoover, thought the crash was part of a passing recession.... As the Depression became worse, however, calls grew for increased federal intervention and spending. *But Hoover refused to involve the federal government* in forcing fixed prices, controlling businesses, or manipulating the value of the currency, *all of which he felt were steps towards socialism*. He was inclined to give indirect aid to banks or local public works projects, but he refused to use federal money for direct aid to citizens, believing the dole would weaken public morale...."