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A 6.1% Unemployment Rate. It figures.
by Skeptical3

Just the facts.

  1. The last time the Democrats controlled both the House and Senate was in 1994 and the Unemployment Rate was 6/1% (in 1993 the rate was 6.9%)

2. In 1995 the rate dropped to 5.6% when the Republicans took control of the House

3. The Democrats took control of Congress in 2007 when the rate was below 5%

4. For two months in a row now, after 16 months plus of Democrat control of Congress the Unemployment Rate is back to 6.1%. Just like the Good Old Days when the Democrats last contolled our Congress.

And how about Deficit Spending and increases in the National Debt since the Dems took control of Congress....wow!!

You pugs
by partizan

F*cked up the country. Try to be man enough to take responsibility.

If it isn't the fault of the republicans maybe you can cite some of the successes that came out of the 4 yrs in which you pugs had control of the entire government.

Horse manure. McCain tried to
by Skeptical3

regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Senator Dodd and especially Barney Frank stonewalled the effort to put the brakes to very bad policies. As late as 9/12/08 at the heigth of the financial crisis Dem Dodd Senate Chairman of the Banking and Housing et al complained that Bush did not do enough to lend those minorities that cannot make monthly mortage payments including principle, interest and property taxes.

All the while Dodd was number one on the list of all Congressmen receiving campaign contributions from Fannie Mae, just ahead of Obama who is number two. Even as Dem Chairman Dodd was busy writing into the 700 billion dollar Give Away some 20 billion dollars for ACORN the DNC's Street Action Committee for Stealing State Elections hard at work doing just that in OHIO as we post.

Enforcing Regualtions
by partizan
on wall street is the job of the executive branch. You can't run and hide behind congress on this one. Nobody force them to buy what Fannie Mae was offering.
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