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Originally Posted by bj54
And Obama will be worse.  |
Why? You don't state facts to backup your argument. I'd also like to respond to your comment from a different thread:
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Originally Posted by Kathleen
And we have all done so well the past 8 years.....?
The Republicans are historically the party of fiscal responsibilty in business. What just happened with the banks? Who was in power?
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Your response was:
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Originally Posted by bj54
It was the dems in the Congress controlling the votes. Barney Franks,Chris Dodd, Pelosi, Reid, They created this mess along with corrupt CEO's.
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The first 6 of the past 8 years (and 2 years previously for a total of eight) BOTH houses of congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives) have had a Republican majority.
This links to all the US Congresses in history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tes_Congresses
106th Congress Jan 1999 - Jan 2001 (last 2 years of Clinton's Presidency) Both houses have Republican majority.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106th_U...tates_Congress
107th Congress Jan 2001 - Jan 2003 Both houses have Republican majority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107th_U...tates_Congress
108th Congress Jan 2003 - Jan 2005 Both Houses have Republican majority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_U...tates_Congress
109th Congress Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 Both Houses have Republican majority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_U...tates_Congress
110th Congress Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 (in progress) Both houses have Democratic majority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_U...tates_Congress
God knows there is enough blame to go around but I am a stickler for trying to get the facts straight rather than an emotional response.