Harry Reid: "I had nothing to do with" bad economy

[utvolpj]

Sorry I just found this to be laughable at best. The Senate majority leader for 4 years has had nothing to do with the economy? I realize he's in a bad situation in this election but at least tell the truth Harry.

"I had nothing to do with the massive foreclosures here," Reid said during an appearance on the ABC News/Washington Post "Top Line" program, adding that he also had no part in contributing to the state's dismal unemployment figures.

"I don't have any hand in what took place during the Bush administration. I tried to rein that in," Reid said.

also note the Blame Bush lines coming out when he gets behind. Starting to sound like yo mamma jokes

 

[droski]

try to get a liberal to actually explain to you specifically what bush did to torpedo the economy. they really get flustered.

 

[BigPapaVol]

To be fair, he probably had very limited input into the disaster. His issue is going to be that he has been trying to exacerbate the problems, via nanny state entitlements programs, for the entirety of his career.

 

[utvolpj]

To be fair, he probably had very limited input into the disaster. His issue is going to be that he has been trying to exacerbate the problems, via nanny state entitlements programs, for the entirety of his career.

see I don't think that's true. His state was killed by the housing bubble and the libs were the ones pushing for the changes that started most of it.

 

[BigPapaVol]

see I don't think that's true. His state was killed by the housing bubble and the libs were the ones pushing for the changes that started most of it.

The libs opened that door, but it's not like the Bush admin, when he had full congressional support, didn't do everything in their power to keep pushing, hard, the universal home ownership idea. All had good intentions because they are right in that home ownership is the basis for wealth and upward mobility in America, but they missed in that you can't be selective in who gets preferential loans and that home ownership simply isn't manageable by everyone.

 

[utvolpj]

The libs opened that door, but it's not like the Bush admin, when he had full congressional support, didn't do everything in their power to keep pushing, hard, the universal home ownership idea. All had good intentions because they are right in that home ownership is the basis for wealth and upward mobility in America, but they missed in that you can't be selective in who gets preferential loans and that home ownership simply isn't manageable by everyone.

but you push for it, get it and then when it blows up just say you had nothing to do with it? Sure the Bush admin sucked but there were plenty around who were very happy to cash checks for them, including Harry.

 

[sjt18]

This is one of those issues that conservatives can only win on by not playing... The minute they start trying to explain that it was a liberal ideal that was started by and mostly perpetuated by Dems... The MSM will get an opportunity to hang that millstone around Bush's neck and turn the election into a referendum on Bush. That's what Obama has been trying for months.

The fact is that the Dems started the program and it actually did some good until Clinton decided to expand it late in his second term. He pushed for even looser standards resulting in the bubble. But Republicans used it as a selling point too. Reagan approved. W used high minority home ownership in his second campaign.

This is a problem that is maybe 75% to 25% blame on Dems... but any effort to use it will result in the MSM placing 100% of the blame on Bush.

 

[BigPapaVol]

but you push for it, get it and then when it blows up just say you had nothing to do with it? Sure the Bush admin sucked but there were plenty around who were very happy to cash checks for them, including Harry.

I think that's fair. Reid isn't to be absolved of all blame, but his real problem is going to be having pushed so hard for Eurohealthcare. Americans didn't and don't want it. It's a disaster from the word go.

 

[KB5252]

Where you can pick Reid apart in this particular instance is his comments about trying to reign in Bush while saying he had no part in this mess. That line will come back to haunt him because all the right will have to do is point to his instrumental role in the massive spending since Obama took office, he denies blame for Bush's mess but was a key player in bringing us the mess of the current administration.

He failed to do what was in America's best interest then, he failed and played a major role in the mess to come from the current administration. Stick to these points and you have him nailed, he's got nowhere to go.

 

[volinbham]

Simple question for Reid. If you had nothing to do with the economy for the past 4 years, why should we send you back to Congress when we need focus on the economy?

 

[BigPapaVol]

Simple question for Reid. If you had nothing to do with the economy for the past 4 years, why should we send you back to Congress when we need focus on the economy?

ah, that great universal political law of unintended consequences.