16 Sep 08
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Here is a list of U.S. Presidents since 1921.
Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 - 1923 Republican
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. - 1923 - 1929 Republican
Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 - 1933 Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1933 - 1945 Democrat
Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 Democrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 Republican
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 Democrat
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 - 1968 Democrat
Richard Milhous Nixon - 1968 - 1974 Republican
Gerald Ford 1974 - 1977 Republican
James Earl Carter, Jr. 1977 - 1981 Democrat
Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989 Republican
George H. W. Bush 1989 - 1993 Republican
William Jefferson Clinton 1993 - 2001 Democrat
George W. Bush 2001 - Current Republican
Great Depression 1929 - 1939
Recession 1976 - 1981
Recession 1987 - 1991
Is it me or do the Republicans always drive our economy into the crapper? (Other than Ike and nobody could have killed the post-WWII economy)
So armed with this data, why would anyone vote Republican?
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by CliffLandinThe repuglicans clean up the mess made by the dermo's.
Here is a list of U.S. Presidents since 1921.
Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 - 1923 Republican
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. - 1923 - 1929 Republican
Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 - 1933 Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1933 - 1945 Democrat
Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 Democrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 Republican
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 De ...[text shortened]... have killed the post-WWII economy)
So armed with this data, why would anyone vote Republican?
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by WajomaOh, clean up the mess... Like the Great Depression? Or the Depression in the 70's following 8 years of Nixon and Ford. Or do you mean the mess in '89. I can't recall who the president was before that. Can you?
The repuglicans clean up the mess made by the dermo's.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by CliffLandinObviously, you forget Jimmy (peanutman)Carter and how well the US economy did under his administration.... double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and 20% interest rates.
Here is a list of U.S. Presidents since 1921.
Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 - 1923 Republican
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. - 1923 - 1929 Republican
Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 - 1933 Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1933 - 1945 Democrat
Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 Democrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 Republican
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 De ...[text shortened]... have killed the post-WWII economy)
So armed with this data, why would anyone vote Republican?
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by SMSBear716I have seen Republicans try to compare Obama with Carter. Both are "nice guys" and very intelligent, however, Carter was by most counts a horrible President.
Obviously, you forget Jimmy (peanutman)Carter and how well the US economy did under his administration.... double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and 20% interest rates.
In addition, I used to hear Republicans say that we should be wary of Democrat Presidents because they seemed to always get us in a war. They would point to WW1, WW2, Vietnam, etc., however, the Bush boys broke that trend. Who knows, maybe McCain will break this economic trend as well?
16 Sep 08
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Originally posted by CliffLandinNixon was really a Democrat if you ask most Republicans today, or at least a RINO, as was McCain until he selected Palin.
Here is a list of U.S. Presidents since 1921.
Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 - 1923 Republican
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. - 1923 - 1929 Republican
Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 - 1933 Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1933 - 1945 Democrat
Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 Democrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 Republican
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 De ...[text shortened]... have killed the post-WWII economy)
So armed with this data, why would anyone vote Republican?
If you ask a true liberal, she'll tell you that Clinton was a conservative with strong Republican leanings. Plus he was a pig, or as HST puts it, "a small-time punk with bad habits" ( Better than Sex )
16 Sep 08
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Originally posted by treetalkLook up Phil Gramm. Add "foreclosure" to your search. It may interest you that, while officially out of McCain's campaign, many suspect that he still has McCain's "financial ear."
So it's Clinton's fault the economy is in a mess now?
Or are you one of the few who think everytthing is still fine?
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by CliffLandinThere was enough idiocy on both sides of the aisle to make both parties look bad during the Great Depression.
Here is a list of U.S. Presidents since 1921.
Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 - 1923 Republican
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. - 1923 - 1929 Republican
Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 - 1933 Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1933 - 1945 Democrat
Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 Democrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 Republican
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 De ...[text shortened]... have killed the post-WWII economy)
So armed with this data, why would anyone vote Republican?
Given the mess that Reagan inherited from Carter, you'd have to be an incredible critic to claim that Reagan drove our economy into the crapper. If anything he got us OUT of the crapper and lead a period of massive economic growth--very arguably we've been in a period of growth for the last 27 years due in part to the lower taxes of Reaganomics.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by SMSBear716I didn't forget Jimmy Carter. Carter was in office for only 4 years trying to clean up the mess of 8 years of Republicans. Please re-read the original post.
Obviously, you forget Jimmy (peanutman)Carter and how well the US economy did under his administration.... double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and 20% interest rates.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by leisurelyslothMost economic historians see the reappointment of Paul Volker to the Federal Reserve as Reagan's best and most useful economic decision. Volker had been appointed in the first place by Carter.
There was enough idiocy on both sides of the aisle to make both parties look bad during the Great Depression.
Given the mess that Reagan inherited from Carter, you'd have to be an incredible critic to claim that Reagan drove our economy into the crapper. If anything he got us OUT of the crapper and lead a period of massive economic growth--very ar ...[text shortened]... een in a period of growth for the last 27 years due in part to the lower taxes of Reaganomics.
The stagflation that brought Carter down was brought under control by his actions--appointing Volker--while Reagan reaped the benefits of low inflation.
Reagan's tax cuts are a myth. The lonf period of prosperity that both Reagan's fans and Clinton's cheerleaders attribute to them is a consequence of the actions of neither. Rather, it is a consequence of the revolution in technology that gave us Red Hot Pawn (computers, internet, etc.) and of the outsourcing of jobs that Republicans and Democrats both criticize in one breath while advancing in the other. Outsourcing keeps prices low and breaks the backs of unions. All Reagan's tax breaks did was enhance the X-Mas bonuses and salaries of the transnational execs that eliminate jobs for working Americans.
17 Sep 08
Originally posted by SMSBear716On the first day of the Carter admin unemployment,interest rates and inflation were alreay in double digits.
Obviously, you forget Jimmy (peanutman)Carter and how well the US economy did under his administration.... double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and 20% interest rates.
The clear result of 8 years of Republicans.
17 Sep 08
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Originally posted by uzlessBetter yet, explain how anyone at any time cleans up a mess in Washington. All that seems to happen is going from mess to mess to messier to messiest.
Come on. Explain how Bush Jr. had to clean up the "mess" left by Clinton.
WHAT MESS??