Tame the Lame Blame Game

I've long been weary of President Obama's blame-the-GOP mantra, which is often echoed by his defenders. Yes, BHO did inherit some huge problems (most of which he made worse). The economic recession had causes from both the recent as well as distant past. President Bush spent way too much money (not nearly as much as Obama is on track to spend), but what hurt the economy more were the Clinton-era liberal programs forcing mortgage lenders to lend to many thousands of seriously under-qualified folks, which led to the housing bubble growing and popping.

The knee-jerk response of any criticism of Obama is usually, "Well, under Bush..." Who says we have to go back to Bush? There's no logical reason to bring him up. The one we need to go back to is President Reagan. Let's cut spending*, cut taxes, protect human life from conception to natural death, and project American strength around the world. At least Bush did three out of the four. Right now we're doing none of them.

If the liberal defenders of Obama think anyone wants to go back to Bush, they ought to remember how unpopular he was. Liberals opposed him because he was a Republican, moderates because of the war in Iraq, and conservatives because of the spending.

Since there's blame enough for both parties, let's focus on the solutions that Reagan espoused. The same principles that the founders of our country espoused.

*I understand that Reagan didn't cut spending. He wanted to cut domestic spending, but had to compromise with the Democrat Congressional majorities during his administration. He allowed them their spending if they gave him his tax cuts, which revived us from the Carter recession and led to great national prosperity. And Reagan had to spend a lot on the military, to rebuild what Carter had dismantled.

Good times!

What a great week for the USA!
1) A non-liberal was elected as Massachusetts' junior Senator.
2) The Supreme Court freed the First Amendment from the shackles of so-called Campaign Finance Reform.
3) ObamasCare died.
4) Air (anti-)America went out of business.
God give us more weeks like this!