Question for Republican's?

Question

Why does it seem that republican's always make excuses for either a failing Rep pres. or a succussfull Dem pres?

two examples..

1- Bush's failure to get Bin Laden.
Rep excuse- They blame Clinton for not getting him earlier. Even though Bush has had 7 years to do it and a far better opportunity to..

2- The job creation during Clinton's term.

Rep excuse- Trickle down economic's from Reagon's tax cut's 10 yrs earlier.

I know that not all do this but most seem to.. doesn't make any sense to me.

Moose C- my bad 6 and a half, he was elected in 2000. If Clinton should have gotten him during his term than Bush should've gotten him before 9/11. SO that counts to me..

Answer 1

"7 years to do it" Umm maybe 5 (he started actively looking on 9/12/2001).
Even though your math is suspect both presidents failed to catch him. The distinction is that he was offered to Clinton who felt that it was too sticky a legal situation to take him into custody (I guess he would know).
Your example two is a little odd. Let's just say that republicans do say what you claim. Are you in a position to say that the economic restructuring that companies (and the tax code) went through during the late seventies into the late eighties is not to blame for the economic boom in the nineties? I think you would be hard pressed to find too many economists that would argue against that.
I think your premise is wrong though. Most of Bush's crashing popularity numbers can be directly attributed to the disfavor he has gained from his republican base. He was never going to be popular among liberals, but when he betrayed his base they left him. So I would suggest that republicans are not making excuses for him; they are in fact disgusted with his big government leanings.

Answer 2

I can only address your two specific examples,

1. it is not Bush's job to "get" Bin Laden that is the Job of the military or the CIA. As far as Cliton, the only reasonable critisisum I've heard about him is that suposedly at one point a forieng govrnment knew where Bin Laden was and could have delivered him to use and Cliton Suposedly passed it up.

2. The Presdient has very littel to do with the econmoy while he's in power. The desicions a president makes have an econmic impact latter on. The truth is the great economy durring the Cliton adminstration was the result of the .com boom more then anything else. But if any Branch of Govrnment could take credit for that great econmy it would be Congress. They have a lot more power to effect the current economy then the President.

Answer 3

Bush has his failings, but finding a master terrorist in the wilds of Asia is not exactly like finding Waldo. Plus he's moving around, has plenty of people protecting him and his whereabouts, and probably often crosses international borders, which can make pursuit diplomatically dicey.

He was never offered Osama.

Yes, there was job creation under Clinton, and the economy was generally pretty good. But he did have the benefit of having interited a booming economy. And when Bush took office in 2001, the US was in a recession that had started in 2000.

All this blamestorming and pussyfooting gains nothing, but I'd bet that if Democrats were willing to stop the St. Clinton and Satan Bush spewings, so would their opponents. But I really do not see the Dems giving up the politics of personal destruction - it's all they really have.

Answer 4

Bin Laden:
I was talking to a friend of mine about this a few weeks ago. He is Marine Recon and has been to Afghanistan several times. Nutshell: He says they know exactly where Bin Laden is. He's holed up in a mountainous area that is so fortified it would cost thousands of lives to go get him, and the military isn't prepared to make that sacrifice. If you remember, the Soviet Union tried to drive Bin Laden's gang out of those mountains for a decade and were unable to get the job done. There is a reason Afghanistan was the Soviet's Vietnam and we appeared to take it over so quickly...we didn't go up in those mountains. That's how it was explained to me.....


Job creation:

unemployment has been under 5% for pretty much 3 straight years now. We are importing workers from Mexico because they apparently do "jobs Americans won't do." what is the excuse for being unemployed? I don't get it! and don't give me any crap about it all being minimum wage jobs...not happening! i have a house full of teenagers at home and I KNOW McDonald's is hiring at $8 an hour while min. wage is $5.15.

Answer 5

I'm sorry to say but Bin Laden's FIRST attack on the WTC was early in Clinton's career NOT Bush's. We sat by and did nothing. What better opportunity than an attack on our people? That would be a history lesson not economics. And as far as job creation goes, well we have to have a strong economy for that and so many people like to make it the president's fault or else his greatest feat but I believe it all has to do with the American people...Are we strong? Are we out there buying? What are we doing to make the economy stronger?????

Answer 6

I have a question for you. At what point did we capture Hitler (and by the way Bin Laden is not even half as powerful as he was) Well since you are a liberal and therefore most likely don't really study history (not as it really happened anyway) We didn't. The fact of the matter is that he can't show his ugly face around anywhere because he would get it shot off. These guys would turn in their own mothers for half the ransom we have on his head. As for jobs well unemployment is lower now than it was when Bill Clinton was re-elected. GET A GRIP

Answer 7

How can you blame something on anyone like finding a terrorist? It's a military operation. There are task forces on the job. It's not an easy thing to do. Why haven't you found him?That's good that there were jobs created during Clinton's term. No one is ever always wrong and no one is ever always right. There have been a lot of jobs created during Bush's term as well.

Answer 8

It is a coverup for all there failed policys.
You don't have to believe them, but it makes them look legit
While big business takes over the country and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
What is funny to me is that the average guy still buys into their rederick They don't even care if you like it, There making money
Wake up people. There crooks

Answer 9

Actually, Clinton had him in custody...and released him...had he kept him imprisoned....there probably wouldn't have been a 9-11

Answer 10

Um... Democrats make excuses too, they blame everything on the Republicans.