"Dave Drum -> Jeff Binkley"  wrote in
news:31271$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 JB>> The prior 8 years were fine except for some excessive government
 JB>> spending (which skyrocketed under the current administration)
 DD>   and JB> excessive congressional pressure for banks to make bad loans
 DD>   to people JB> who were unable to repay the loans.  Remove those two
 DD>   items and those 8 JB> years were pretty spectacular.

 DD> That's akin to saying "Other than that how did you enjoy the play,
 DD> Mrs. Lincoln?"

 DD> What of the obscene and totally unnecessary adventure in Iraq? What of

Rachel Maddow hit it right on the head, when she described all the flat-out
lies that got us into invading Iraq, and how those lies blew up in our
faces.

First Bush and Cheney said Al-Qaeda was in Iraq. Lie.
Then, Saddam had a nuclear bomb-making program. Lie.
Then, Saddam had tons and tons of gas and biological weapons. Lie.
Finally, Saddam was a bad guy. Not a lie, however Saddam was just the
loudest and most bombastic of all those bad guys in the Middle East.

The *REAL* reason the US invaded Iraq? Cheney's buddies made huge profits
in no-bid contracts.

 DD> the policies that led the economy into the mess that it is still
 DD> digging out of - without, I might add, any help and much obstruction
 DD> from the politicians which got us into the mess.

Yeah, gving that big fat tax break to the richest 2% sure did great for the
US econonmy, didn't it? (sarcasm off)

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