Daily Kos: State of the Nation

After pointing out that George W. Bush left us with 71% more unemployment, 2% less median income, 37% less value in the stock market, 13% less domestic oil production and 13% more foreign oil imports, and an 86% higher national debt, Devilstower at DailyKos points out that it’s not because Bush was a bad president, but because he was a perfect Republican.

Bush wasn’t just a Republican president, he was the Republican president. Bush was the guy who took everything on the GOP platform seriously. He went to bat for every idea that ever got the official elephant nuts seal of approval. The record that resulted isn’t just a measure of Bush’s incompetence, it’s a measure of just how bad Republican ideas are in practice.

Republican insistence that the market could be self regulating wrecked the market… as it has every time it’s been tried.

Republican insistence that rewarding folks who already had loads of cash was the best way to spark the economy failed to make things better for the average American and widened the gap between rich and poor… as it has every time it’s been tried.

Republican insistence that giving the oil companies billions would result in a burst of domestic production failed… as it has every time it’s been tried.

Republican insistence that the market alone would position us for our energy future left us more vulnerable to those who control overseas oil resources… as it has every time it’s been tried.