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jmowreader

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17. The record deficits of Obama were his first act of veritas

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 15, 2014, 03:23 PM

Mar 2014

You may not be aware of this, but Bush ran the two biggest expenses of his administration - the wars - as off-budget expenditures. If any private sector company would have done this it would be called accounting fraud and anyone who knew it was happening but did nothing to stop it would be sent to prison. Obama put the wars back on the books as soon as he knew of this fraud.

And then he halved the deficit.

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The Country was Fine 'til the Start of '09! [View all] africanadian Mar 2014 OP

They were there. They are "patriots and republicans". Autumn Mar 2014 #1

I think it goes beyond "Democrat" africanadian Mar 2014 #4

Oh yea there were no brain aneurisms under Clinton at all dsc Mar 2014 #5

I think some people are bound and determined that it be racism. Autumn Mar 2014 #7

Yeah, no racism HERE africanadian Mar 2014 #14

Yes that is racism. Out and out racism and those are hate sites Autumn Mar 2014 #19

Most of the crap they said about Bill Clinton was way out there. Autumn Mar 2014 #6

Correct Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #8

Thanks! africanadian Mar 2014 #16

That neglects something very important Prophet 451 Mar 2014 #22

actually no it is not hfojvt Mar 2014 #2

That is wholly incorrect frazzled Mar 2014 #9

it is not at all incorrect hfojvt Mar 2014 #25

FY2009 should be put down to Bush Mariana Mar 2014 #27

The record deficits of Obama were his first act of veritas jmowreader Mar 2014 #17

Exactly. All of Bush's "official" deficit numbers were lies. nt. Mariana Mar 2014 #28

For me it goes back to the screaming town halls in '07 and '08. oldandhappy Mar 2014 #3

You mean '09 and '10, right? africanadian Mar 2014 #21

It's VERY Simple! chuckstevens Mar 2014 #10

a-fucking-men! africanadian Mar 2014 #15

Not "as simple as black and white". You can't omit green. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #11

Yeah you ask some of the libertarians why they did not protest under Bush Rex Mar 2014 #12

Fuck. Drinking a schlitz beer??? Autumn Mar 2014 #20

A Schlitz beer, a Crossman Air Rifle and a photoshopped nutcase seveneyes Mar 2014 #30

Where were they? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #13

k&r... spanone Mar 2014 #18

They claim they were just as disgusted at Bush Prophet 451 Mar 2014 #23

That's what Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #24

I've come to the conclusion that people who irrationally *hate* Obama are racist. GreenEyedLefty Mar 2014 #26

My theory is they are the grandchild of the Dixiecrats through the rurallib Mar 2014 #29