Originally Posted by Rochard (Post 21362248)

We were all on the gravy train and no one wanted it to stop. It's the job of the president to protect it's citizens. President Bush didn't do that.

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 21357478)

Of course that is true. However, this race more than any other in my life, shows how truly broken the system is and how truly disappointed people are in it.

The entire system is broken and people voted against it... that is the one and only issue people should be concerned with fixing right now. Whining about Trumps latest tweet when you know he's a pompous asshole, just as he was last year, the year before, 5 years ago, 15 years ago etc is pretty pointless. Everyone knew he was an asshole... but he won the presidential election.. .that should be what people are looking at as being the problem. In my view, this is what Democrats don't seem to get. Everyone knows he's a dick and he says obnoxious shit... that isn't going to change.

How about we all focus on what matters such as examining how these two thoroughly unfit people rose to the top to begin with???

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21362296)

it was politically impossible to stop... any attempt to put brakes on it would have been described as: "Republican cocksuckers are against affordable housing! they want to make it harder for low and middle class families to get mortgages!"...

so no, Bush administration couldn't do much without committing political suicide... :2 cents:

and in hindsight it all seems obvious, but like you said no one wanted it to stop, everyone (not just banks) was making $$ hand over fist, and so everyone wanted the good times to last a bit longer, no one wanted it to end...

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 21361459)

The blame lies squarely with the voters. Americans have been voting for politicians who are paid for, more interested in lobbyists than voters for decades. The UK has the same problem. We all need to stop voting for the party and start looking into the credentials of the candidate.

Make politicians fear the people.

Originally Posted by Magnetron (Post 21364051)

The voters are going to retaliate against the Republican Party when they fail to Make America Great Again. There will be no Democrat obstructionism in the next 4 years to blame for their failures.

Originally Posted by Bladewire (Post 21364144)

2 years :thumbsup

Originally Posted by Magnetron (Post 21365047)

Towards the end of his term, Trump will publicly blast everyone around him for the failures. He'll be the epicenter of a Ring of Fire and a Republican Congress will be caught up in the "fault" zone.