I find it surprising how many vocal critics here just don't realize how their behavior now compared to "then" makes them utterly unworthy of being taken seriously.
Spending wasn't a concern when Bush was in office, now you'd think the Feds were literally drawing funds from your own bank accounts.
A president making tough, not so popular decisions then was an example of leadership and character, now it's the mark of Marxist tyrant ignoring the voices of We The People.
Anyone voicing dissent with the executive's agenda then was unpatriotic, a dirty liberal, or a terrorist sympathizer. Now dissent is suddenly patriotic, and required of all real red-blooded Americans.
Noting the failures of Cheney/Bush 6 or 7 years into that admin was puerile and naive, as the effects of presidential terms can't be fully realized and appreciated sometimes decades after that admin has left office. Now an admin can be judged and declared faulty a scant 2 years into it's first term.
Back then criticizing the economy under Bush was only a method by which to show one's financial ignorance, as Presidents don't directly control said economy, and besides it was all Clintons fault anyway. Now the President is expected to flip his magic switch and fix everything, and any mention of the causes of issues is strictly verbotten, to be met with infantile retorts like "Bu Bu Boooosh!" I guess that's how kids react to having glaring double standards exposed though, but the 180 regarding past presidents is still funny.
To quote Hayabusa from awhile ago, if you weren't complaining then, you shouldn't be now either. But if you can't help yourself, at least do it in a way that doesn't make you like a brain donor. Bashing Obama for using a teleprompter in a prepared speech for instance, looks exceeding stupid coming from Bush voters (a man who beyond commenting on baseball or fishing, could not form intelligent or informed comments on anything to save his life). Still waiting to hear where that teleprompter was when Obama ripped Boehner and Co. news @ssholes in Baltimore last year.
The Obama Heyday will indeed come to an end, and things aren't looking good for Dems in general now, but it still all has to come a long way to bear a resemblance to the White House of 2006-2008. That was a sinking ship with rats bailing over the sides.
Spending wasn't a concern when Bush was in office, now you'd think the Feds were literally drawing funds from your own bank accounts.
A president making tough, not so popular decisions then was an example of leadership and character, now it's the mark of Marxist tyrant ignoring the voices of We The People.
Anyone voicing dissent with the executive's agenda then was unpatriotic, a dirty liberal, or a terrorist sympathizer. Now dissent is suddenly patriotic, and required of all real red-blooded Americans.
Noting the failures of Cheney/Bush 6 or 7 years into that admin was puerile and naive, as the effects of presidential terms can't be fully realized and appreciated sometimes decades after that admin has left office. Now an admin can be judged and declared faulty a scant 2 years into it's first term.
Back then criticizing the economy under Bush was only a method by which to show one's financial ignorance, as Presidents don't directly control said economy, and besides it was all Clintons fault anyway. Now the President is expected to flip his magic switch and fix everything, and any mention of the causes of issues is strictly verbotten, to be met with infantile retorts like "Bu Bu Boooosh!" I guess that's how kids react to having glaring double standards exposed though, but the 180 regarding past presidents is still funny.
To quote Hayabusa from awhile ago, if you weren't complaining then, you shouldn't be now either. But if you can't help yourself, at least do it in a way that doesn't make you like a brain donor. Bashing Obama for using a teleprompter in a prepared speech for instance, looks exceeding stupid coming from Bush voters (a man who beyond commenting on baseball or fishing, could not form intelligent or informed comments on anything to save his life). Still waiting to hear where that teleprompter was when Obama ripped Boehner and Co. news @ssholes in Baltimore last year.
The Obama Heyday will indeed come to an end, and things aren't looking good for Dems in general now, but it still all has to come a long way to bear a resemblance to the White House of 2006-2008. That was a sinking ship with rats bailing over the sides.