tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post4057743091542002565..comments2023-10-08T03:32:30.673-04:00Comments on MoreMonmouthMusings: Holt's Continued Silence on Rangel Scandal is DeafeningArt Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100037385214581196noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-25581984427005321092010-08-05T12:43:31.184-04:002010-08-05T12:43:31.184-04:00"just remember where we were a year ago."..."just remember where we were a year ago."<br /><br />I have a better idea. Just remember where we were TWO years ago, BEFORE Obama was destroying the country at the beckoning of NoClue Nancy.<br /><br />Two years ago employment was only 6%. The Dow Jones was higher. Unemployment was 6%, not 9.5% as it is now. We hadn't gone two trillion dollars into debt for programs that didn't work. The country hadn't nationalized General Motors robbing shareholders of all their equity - unprecedented in this country and likely unconstitutional. Racism was not the number one topic in Washington. No one accused anyone of racism every time someone was caught with their hand in the cookie jar. When Bush's poll numbers went down, it was called racism. What a poor loser's excuse for failure. <br /><br />Citigroup was stronger. housing prices were higher. There were fewer foreclosures, which, although pretty bad at the time, have escalated dramatically in the last two years. We didn't have a government stand by doing absolutely nothing but point fingers for three months while the gulf was filling with oil. If you remember, Democratic apologists complained that it took Bush four days to do something about Katrina. Imagine if he did nothing for three months. Imagine if he played golf seven times during that period like Obama did. <br /><br />Congress was not polarized, voting on every bill strictly along party lines within maybe two or three senators going one way or the other. <br /><br />Consumer spending was higher. Public optimism was higher. Jobless claims were smaller. It goes on and on. Let's face it, the Obama administration has been the biggest presidential disaster in American history. He may well prove to be a worse president than Jimmy Carter -- something long thought to be unattainable.Trevaniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-32268544043315627032010-08-04T20:25:56.954-04:002010-08-04T20:25:56.954-04:00anon: 3:52 "Economy he helped create?
Are you...anon: 3:52 "Economy he helped create?<br />Are you kidding me? Rush Holt no more created this economy than Obama.<br />What a stupid statement.<br />The economy has improved since Obama took office. Employment will still be the lagging indicator as many economist have predicted. We've got a long way to go, but we're heading in the right direction.<br />Facts are facts whether you want to believe it or not. Just remember where we were a year ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-91385153024539321232010-08-04T15:52:26.160-04:002010-08-04T15:52:26.160-04:00We have to cut him a break, it's
very time-con...We have to cut him a break, it's<br />very time-consuming trying to find<br />a NEW JOB in this terrible economy<br />he helped create!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-2587618314547184582010-08-04T14:57:51.853-04:002010-08-04T14:57:51.853-04:00Who knows what Holt thinks. He can't be asked ...Who knows what Holt thinks. He can't be asked because he's basically in hiding. Won't hold public town halls, won't debate...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-26873249019535044642010-08-04T06:28:21.228-04:002010-08-04T06:28:21.228-04:00Has anyone asked the Congressman what he thinks? O...Has anyone asked the Congressman what he thinks? Or is this just partisan political grandstanding.ambrosiajrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755697132206783482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20985341.post-26192985649528274512010-08-03T22:40:35.097-04:002010-08-03T22:40:35.097-04:00Holt probably doesn't want to criticize Rangel...Holt probably doesn't want to criticize Rangel (or Waters, for that matter), or call for him to step down, because he doesn't think Rangel did anything wrong. He probably sees this sort of behavior as a legitimate perk of power. That would explain Holt doing nothing for twelve years except following the voting directives of his party bosses, all the while living off the toil of the people who put him there.<br /><br />Even if Holt thinks Rangel did something wrong, he's unlikely to criticize him absent enormous pressure to do so, because he always puts party loyalty above doing what is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com