The right wing is in a constant state of reverse, backing away from typical conservative dogma to stave off a recession caused by deregulation and free market hyperbole.
The question every American should be asking is rarely brought up. In fact, nothing could be more obvious. Do Republicans have any right to declare themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
You don't have to look any further than an April 3, 2008 article of the New York Times, where this observation was made; “The first hint that President Bush might be detached from the nation’s economic woes was in February 2008, when he conceded that he had not heard about predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline.”
Do Republicans have the right to declare themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
In that same article, Kenneth Duberstein, former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan said, “He’s over there ( Eastern Europe) arguing about who should get into NATO, and the American people are focused on what’s in their pocketbooks. For a man who came into office as the nation’s first M.B.A. president, Mr. Bush has sometimes seemed invisible during the housing and credit crunch.”
Do the Republicans have the right to declare themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
Just two days before the Bush administration negotiated the Bear Stearns takeover (with the infusion of our hard earned taxpayer dollars), George W. warned against a “massive government intervention in the housing markets.” He reassured a wary country that we’re only going through “a rough patch.”
Do the Republicans have the right to declare themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
John Feehery, a Republican strategist said “The good news for Bush is he’s got (Treasury Sec. Henry) Paulson, who’s got some real credibility on these issues. Paulson is doing a pretty good job of looking like he’s doing something.”
This is a fellow conservative saying our first MBA President apparently has no credibility and we should all feel better because Paulson ‘looks like he’s doing something.”
Do the Republicans have the right to declare themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
No. And that answer is starting to creep in to the public conscientiousness. In a recent public survey, only 25 percent of those polled approved of Bush’s handling of the economy. And for a president who has been more party leader than someone in charge of a country, it says an awful lot about their failed political movement.
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