Jeb Bush: Obama should "move on," stop blaming George W. Bush for economy
AP
(CBS News) President Obama often reminds voters of the dire economic conditions he inherited from the previous president's administration, but President George W. Bush's brother, the former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said it's time for Mr. Obama to take responsibility for the still-struggling economy.
"I think it's time for him to move on," Jeb Bush said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I mean, look - the guy was dealt a difficult hand, no question about it. But he's had three years. His policies have failed."
Bush said he was taught that blaming others was "kind of unbecoming over time - you just can't keep doing that."
He said Mr. Obama should "offer some fresh, new solutions," but added he doesn't expect the president to do so before Election Day.
Polls this year show Americans still give former President Bush a great deal of blame for the state of the economy.
Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative magazine the National Review, said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that voters are cutting Mr. Obama some slack "because he legitimately inherited a terrible mess, and we're growing - not anywhere the way we should - but we're growing a little bit."
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So, if Jeb's brother, Junior, comes over and burns his house down, do you suppose he'd blame someone else, completely unrelated, in a few years for all the fire damage, just because some time passed and he hasn't finished rebuilding yet?? Nice, if you can find anyone stupid enough to fall for it!
Tell Jeb to read his recent history books. See if the historians blame Bush's follies on anyone else. It took 8 years for the damage to get done, including Junior's revenge war expenses and his idiocy in giving the multi-millionaires and billionaires outrageous tax cuts, so NONE of his outrageous expenditures got paid. No income means no bills got paid from his fiascos!
Then, Obama and the Democrat's should hold the bag?? Hilarious!! 8 nyears of damage usuallt take 16 years of repair!! But the one who CAUSED it all, remains the same throughout!
Are ALL Republicans this stupid, or ONLY the Bush kids??
1. Why did you allow Casino's to open in FL with no regulations
2. No back gound checks
3. No one watching were the money is going
4. Money laundering
5. WHY YOU HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A MAN
With the Republicans in the Congress, that was plainly impossible to achieve and it is duplicitous and deceitful of dubya v2.0 and the rest of the right to claim to be possible. It is the equivalent of "Hey, is it my fault I'm in your way?".