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pnwmom

(110,241 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:01 PM Aug 2015

If the economy tanks now due to a worldwide crash, do not expect this to benefit [View all]

ANY Democrat, no matter how much you believe in him.

It won't matter that Congress is dominated by the Rethugs. The President will be blamed, and so will his party -- for everything that happens in the WORLD.

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If the economy tanks now due to a worldwide crash, do not expect this to benefit [View all] pnwmom Aug 2015 OP

That ain't gonna happen. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #1

+1 Dawson Leery Aug 2015 #5

Well Munificence Aug 2015 #8

"Why do you think oil is so low?" A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #13

A 10% correction has come and gone GummyBearz Aug 2015 #14

Sorry, but you just lost all credibility with me. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #15

Who does the federal reserve bank answer to? GummyBearz Aug 2015 #17

LOL A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #18

ROFL GummyBearz Aug 2015 #19

Aren't you the clever little one! A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #20

No need for a special google search GummyBearz Aug 2015 #23

I don't know who will be blamed but president most likely yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #26

Chinese have screwed themselves, too many 20 something males with almost nothing to do snooper2 Aug 2015 #34

Democrats never cause the financial problems and ALWAYS get blamed for them, period. randys1 Aug 2015 #2

It depends on how the crisis is framed, and who is running DJ13 Aug 2015 #3

But don't you know everything bad that happens in the world is Obama's fault? kimbutgar Aug 2015 #4

Kind of hard to duck responsibilty Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #6

Nonsense. The front runner has nothing to do with the Chinese economy, pnwmom Aug 2015 #10

One more time... Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #24

If there is a worldwide recession beginning in China, it won't much matter pnwmom Aug 2015 #25

China might be the trigger, Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #33

The economy won't collapse. Codeine Aug 2015 #7

It'll benefit a non-Democrat. Chan790 Aug 2015 #9

Dream on. He's running as a Dem and he's voted with the Dems pnwmom Aug 2015 #11

Neither will the mainstream base of the GOP. Chan790 Aug 2015 #12

No, it wouldn't be a wash. The President in power is always blamed, not Congress. pnwmom Aug 2015 #16

As I posted on the OP I started nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #21

anyone who thinks they know what the stock market will do short term is a fool. TheFarseer Aug 2015 #22

If things crash hard, The Dem Leadership rightly owns it Hydra Aug 2015 #27

If the world's economy is crashing, the US couldn't single-handedly stop it. pnwmom Aug 2015 #28

Why would we need to save the world? Hydra Aug 2015 #29

We can't. But our economic system is intricately connected to the rest of the world's. pnwmom Aug 2015 #30

Oh, so we shouldn't have even tried? Hydra Aug 2015 #31

Of course we should try. But it's not our economy that appears to be leading a crash pnwmom Aug 2015 #32