Trumka echoes White House refrain of blaming Bush for economic woes

[babylonsister]

Trumka echoes White House refrain of blaming Bush for economic woes
By Bridget Johnson - 09/05/10 09:31 AM ET


A top union leader Sunday echoed the recent White House refrain of blaming the current ecnomic situation on the administration of George W. Bush.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" two days after the Labor Department announced that the economy had shed 54,000 jobs and unemployment had ticked up to 9.6 percent.

But Trumka solidly defended President Obama, saying "the foundation has been built" by the president to counter eight years in which unions got "worked over" by the Bush administration.

"He inherited this recession," Trumka said of the commander in chief. "He's brought us back. He's brought sanity back to the financial system."

"He's created more jobs in this recession than George Bush did in eight years with a surplus," Trumka said, while acknowledging that not enough jobs had been created and blaming Republican obstructionism in Congress for, among other things, a too-small stimulus package.

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[mzmolly]

1. "He's created more jobs in this recession than George Bush did in eight years with a surplus..."

Well said Mr. Trumka!

[msongs]

2. should always be referred to as the Republican Bush economic collapse by all dems all the time, but

that wouldn't be bipartisan would it?

[KakistocracyHater]

3. they should always remind the public that the Right always has a bad

effect on the economy.