True... and we weren't attacked by aliens from outter space, and no major U.S. city was stomped by Godzilla.  I'd say anytime you spend more than $5 trillion of money you don't have and the only accomplishment you can point to is something that DIDN'T happen, you screwed up somewhere.  Who knows... maybe there would have been more attacks if we hadn't gone to war... we will never know.  But, still... the war in Iraq has only cost us about $600 billion.  Where did the rest of the $5 trillion go and what do we have to show for it?  Was the federal government investing with Madoff?

I agree you can't blame the President for everything.  But, in large part, it was due to the incompetent appointees of the Bush administration and the man never met a bill he didn't like.  Congress shares in the blame for out of control spending, but the President always has the option of using his veto power.

As of December 2008, President George W. Bush had vetoed only 12 bills since taking office in January 2001. Only one Presidential veto occurred before Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007. This is the fewest Presidential vetoes of any modern President; in March 2006 Bush set a 200-year veto record. Source: US Senate.

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Robert A. Franco
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