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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	I want things better
	Date:	11/7/2008 11:27:55 AM

The terrorist attack took place in 2001 -- and he was re-elected in 2004, so I'm not sure it was as much of a factor as you would try to say it is. He did the invasion of Iraq (sorry, but I still think it was wrong. We should have gone after the bad guys in the Afghanistan/Pakistan Mountains), it it has cost this country billions of dollars. I think when the Dems were elected as the majority in Congress, it was more about sending a message to Bush that people weren't happy. Let's face it -- Congress didn't do much before the Dems took over either. They waffled around and didn't get anything done -- people were fed up. And don't forget that most of the Republicans on the Hill weren't on board with Bush either in his 2nd term. And don't forget those great stimulus payments. Now that was a real accomplishment...
No one thought the bailout was a good idea and everyone still voted for it because they were afraid not to. They tried to make it look like they were doing sometihing.

It ticks me off when Congress thinks it is more important to investigate steroid use among baseball players, and all the other time wasting hearing, instead of getting onto the business at hand.

I think Bush had one shining moment -- 9/11/2001 and the days following, and after that, it's been fear mongering, and trying to hide what they were doing from the American people. They re-interpreted laws, deregulated the makets among other things. Don't forget that Abu Grave happened on his watch too, thanks to the decision by the Justice Department about what was "acceptable".

I'm happy to see Bush go. I don't know what the future holds, but when everything is this low, there is a chance that it will get better. And I'm willing to take that chance.