If the depression has been "more than a decade in the making", why has * said in 10 different

[Doctor_J]

speeches, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong"?

How does he get away with this bullshit?

[NMDemDist2]

1. but he was right!! it started with

the "Contract On 'Merika" back in '94

[iceman66]

3. Actually,

It started with Reagan/Bush 1, although the Clinton years slowed things down a bit.

[casus belli]

2. Oh, now was it not only real, but it was all Democrats fault as well.

So....are we to believe that he was just trying to protect us from unfair finger-pointing regarding the economy when he issued all those denials about there being a crisis? Or is it that the party of "personal responsibility" can't seem to own up to anything even when they're caught with their hands in the cookie jar?