President Obama’s new tack on the campaign trail is to get people to forget the last year and a half and try to scare the voters by saying, “Remember who got us into this mess and who is getting us out of it.” Is that supposed to rally the voters to the Democrats jamming budget busting program after budget busting program down their throats? Let me make two points to any voter to whom that strategy may give pause.
- George W. Bush isn’t running for office
- According to the Bureau of Economic Statistics, the recession started in December of 2007. Who was in control of Congress for a full year by December of 2007? That’s right, the Democrats.
So if you want to punish those who were in charge when the recession hit, with Bush gone, that leaves the Democrats. Fire away.
