As for "blaming" the old administration - every administration does that to some extent. There's also a big difference between these two ideas:
1) The current administration doesn't deserve any blame because of the shortcomings of the Bush administration.
2) The Bush administration should be blamed for certain things, and the Obama administration should be blamed for certain things. Some of those things are mutually exclusive to each administration.
My sense is that the Obama administration rhetoric is closer to #2, while some administration supporters in the public and press are saying something closer to #1.
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Originally Posted by AGDee
But I do have some questions:
Why is a socialist education system ok but a socialist health care system is not?
Why would moving to a more competitive health care system be considered socialistic? Personally, I would love to have a choice regarding health care rather than have it be in my employer's hands.
Why is it ok to rack up trillions in national debt to fight a foreign war but not to meet the medical needs of our people?
Those are some of things I don't understand and would really like to hear answers that make sense to me.
I'd also point out that, personally, Ms. Average Middle Class here has already had a larger cut with the stimulus package than I had with the Bush tax cuts.
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It cracks me up when people talk about the above points as if they are the standard Republican platform. These are issues talked up by a vocal minority of the Republican party in a (apparently successful) effort to get attention. Note to everyone: Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh don't speak for the party.
One thing in particular on the bolded portion: The
true Conservatives out there weren't happy about the spending when Bush was President. There is a significant portion of the Republican party that wasn't happy with Bush as a President and thought he wasn't a true conservative because of how much money he spent on the war and other measures.