Thursday, March 13, 2008

No. Just most of it.

You need to think back to late 2000. Before Bush was President. Before 9/11.

There were not the racial, economic and religious divides in the country that there are today. The stock market was going steadily up. Oil was below $25 a barrel. The price of consumer staples was stable. You could buy a cheap loaf of bread or a pound of hamburger for 89 cents. Housing prices were not jumping 20 or 30% a year. We were not at war.

Today we are at war. We are a deeply divided society. We have had two stock market crashes. Our currency is debased and the cost of commodities goods and services is skyrocketing. Millions are losing their jobs, their homes, their lives as they know them. America is becoming a different place and not a better place.

Is Bush responsible for all this? No. Just most of it.

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