FOX News: Economic Meltdown is Bill Clinton's Fault

[dennis4868]

Here we go again. FIXED News has a guy on blaming President Clinton for all the problems with the economy, including the stock market crashing the past 2 days.

I thought they got off the argument that's is all Bill Clinton's fault a couple of years ago. I guess they are desperate and are bringing it back. I excpect McLiar to use that line tomorrow.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. CLENIS STRIKES AGAIN

[spanone]

2. dumber than a bag of hammers

[Wetzelbill]

8. I, for one, will not stand by and let you insult hammers like that

They are the fundamentalists of our economy and such.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. It's an oldie but a goodie nevertheless. nt

[Duke Newcombe]

4. I know..it's all they've got now. But DAAAAAAYYYUMMM..

...now they're just making *&^% up.

Duke

[donco6]

5. If Bill wants to defend his honor, and help Obama . . .

. . . get him a stage. I'd bet he could squelch most of this crap himself, and I'd bet he'd get a huge audience to do it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. WE HAVE SOME DUERS SAYING THE SAME THING

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[democrat2thecore]

33. Actually - ME. I say that Rubin & Clinton MUST shoulder part of the blame

Robert Rubin gave us short-term gain and long-term misery.
Clintonian economics + Bush 43 = DISASTER.

We can ignore it - or insist that Obama take a different route.

Will we be Corporate Democrats - or FDR Democrats?

[texastoast]

7. Rupert Murdoch is shrubbie's boy toy

Old fool.

What FUX news needs to do is to zero in on Phil Gramm and UBS's lobbying activity after Gramm left office.

Oh, but that would mean they are journalists.

Silly me. Never mind.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html

[DesertFlower]

9. Jesus H. Christ. nt

[nini]

10. how long has it been since he was in office?

wouldn't that have been enough time for them to correct anything he may have done?


What a joke.

[JuniperLea]

21. Seriously!

And the Republicans have been in power how long without "fixing" this?

Puleeez.

[msallied]

11. This just in: Republicans also now blame McDonalds for making them fat.

[MissMarple]

12. Well, they have to say SOMETHING. And the public has lapped up so many of the lies before.

If they throw enough stuff out to their base, they are hoping something might stick.

[YOY]

13. If true, then in 8 years of a Zippy the Pinhead Presnitcy it wasn't fixed?

Of course not true but hey...talk all you want.

[Yavin4]

14. This Is A Good Sign

This crisis is hitting home to Americans, and Faux has to do something, anything to get folks off of Bush's ass.

[Median Democrat]

15. Its Bill's Fault Because He Did Not Veto The GOP Controlled Congress?

What stopped BushCo during the intervening 8 years from imposing new regulations? You would think the Enron meltdown in the early 2000s would have gave them a clue.

[rufus dog]

16. Dobbs is pushing it too

Along with the Democratic congress elected in 06.

It needs to be turned around during the debate.

McSame, in his RNC speech, said they (Repubs) made mistakes. He needs to be pinned down to define the mistakes.

[CJCRANE]

17. I heard it was Clinton's fault

that Eve ate the apple in the Grarden of Eden.

It wasn't no serpent, it was Big Dog!

:crazy:

[anonymous171]

18. It's been 8 fucking years. Take some goddamn responsibility.

[Metric System]

19. I believe there's another thread right here on DU blaming Bill Clinton too. Interesting.

[Cha]

20. Whassa matter couldn't their jr fucktard do anything in

8 miserable years except lie and mess up the economy?

[Borgnine]

22. So when Barack fixes it...

...it's going to be thanks to W, right?

[1corona4u]

23. Uh huh,,,I had a repuke tell me the same thing last month...

and then again last week....

[WCGreen]

24. Dag Nabit....

It's Roos e velts fault...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. LOL!

:rofl:

[Blasphemer]

25. LOL... they have taken their delusions to new levels........... nt

[nc4bo]

26. Wait, wasn't that 8, EIGHT years ago? What has * been doing for 8 years? Snortin coke, drunk? War-

mongering?

Oh Puleeze.

[chat_noir]

27. Bush: Expanding Home Ownership

"This Administration will constantly strive to promote an ownership society in America. We want more people owning their own home. It is in our national interest that more people own their own home. After all, if you own your own home, you have a vital stake in the future of our country." -- President George W. Bush, December 16, 2003

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/achievement/chap7.html


Increasing Homeownership

· The US homeownership rate reached a record 69.2 percent in the second quarter of 2004. The number of homeowners in the United States reached 73.4 million, the most ever. And for the first time, the majority of minority Americans own their own homes.

· The President set a goal to increase the number of minority homeowners by 5.5 million families by the end of the decade. Through his homeownership challenge, the President called on the private sector to help in this effort. More than two dozen companies and organizations have made commitments to increase minority homeownership - including pledges to provide more than $1.1 trillion in mortgage purchases for minority homebuyers this decade.

· President Bush signed the $200 million-per-year American Dream Downpayment Act which will help approximately 40,000 families each year with their downpayment and closing costs.

· The Administration proposed the Zero-Downpayment Initiative to allow the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages for first-time homebuyers without a downpayment. Projections indicate this could generate over 150,000 new homeowners in the first year alone.


· President Bush proposed a new Single Family Affordable Housing Tax Credit to increase the supply of affordable homes.

· The President has proposed to more than double funding for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), where government and non-profit organizations work closely together to increase homeownership opportunities.

· The President proposed $2.7 billion in USDA home loan guarantees to support rural homeownership and $1.1 billion in direct loans for low-income borrowers unable to secure a mortgage through a conventional lender. These loans are expected to provide 42,800 homeownership opportunities to rural families across America.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

28. GOP is trying to drag Bill & Hillary into this race

They will probably end up regretting it. I can't wait to see their eventual (I hope) "smackdown". They may be somewhat lukewarm about supporting Obama but I'm sure they won't take a bunch of BS from the GOP about their records on the economy and patriotism. Let's get it on!!!!

:popcorn:

[screembloodymurder]

29. Hey, they only had eight years to straighten out his mess.

They're still straightening up the WH. A few things fell through the cracks.

[anneboleyn]

31. I am sorry, but the people won't buy it -- it's been EIGHT years since Clinton

I think (maybe optimistically) that the people will blame Bush this fall.

[Crunchy Frog]

32. For signing a piece of Republican legislation.

[codjh9]

34. They're pathetic and laughable. EVERYTHING is somehow our fault, even when it's obviously theirs.

[democrat2thecore]

35. The entire POLITICAL CULTURE in Washington is to blame

And that includes almost 100% of Republicans and, unfortunately, way too many Democrats (like Bill Clinton and Robert Rubin).

Corporate Democrats or FDR Democrats? Clinton was a Corporate Democrat. Obama has the chance to be an FDR Democrat as president - with people like Robert Reich on board, not Robert Rubin.

[Hippo_Tron]

36. Why stop there? They should blame it on Andrew Jackson

If he hadn't opposed re-chartering the Bank of the Untied States, we wouldn't be in this mess. John McCain fought alongside Daniel Webster and Henry Clay to get the bank re-chartered.