Chao Praises Bush Economy, Rips Dems: Unemployment Was 4.7% in 2007

[akt5131]

It was the Democrats that took over in 2007.

[34601k]

I dunno but I'm Chinese so I have to like Elaine Chao lol naw but shes got waay to much money for talking bullshit.

[626718]

Elaine Chao is disgusting, almost as disgusting as her husband.

[uncleemph]

Notice Tony Blair's interview today. He stated Hussein had to go WMD's or not. Every day that goes by shows George W. Bush to have been one of the greatest Presidents of all time. The United States WON in Iraq. Blair is a lefty lefties. Notice what he said. I suppose if President Obama decided to removve Husseins's equivilant nobody would say a word. Maybe give him another Nobel PEACE Prize. Using the same logic, why didn't George Bush receive the Nobel Peace Prize. State controlled media. Sick.

[JonTheUnknownDestiny]

This woman is shaming the Asian community (of which I am a part of). It is her fault as well as the rest of the Bush cabinet for the recession we are in. She is trying to shame the Obama administration for there attempts in fixing the economy that she and along with the rest of the Bush administration could not fix. Chao is a pathetic woman and Hilda Solis is improving the job she failed live up to.

[cocobear33]

mbaguer would you care to prove what she is saying is not true , you call her a idiot for putting for the facts as they were during that time so do you care to prove that she is wrong

[Forestsarecool]

Chao: dont organize with your community. dont talk about the problems in our country. support private corporations. thank you wage slaves.

not that the current solution is any bettter. but come on!

[ho2cultcha]

what gross human beings - all of the faux scum!

[KushPizzaSleep]

The problem is everyone wants instant change. Newsflash!!!!!! the world doesn't work like that, it took bush 8 years to drive the economy into the ground, and after 10 months and actually some small progress being shown, republicans are trying to blow this off as Obama's fault? The sad part is a lot of stupid americans will fall for this.

[yokokurama11]

obama inherited this problem, he didnt create or prolong it. bushs administration helped destroy this economy. get your facts straight, lady.

[portzblitz]

She's not an idiot! She's on a mission...

that was one minute, eighteen seconds brimming with pure, total, and complete, manipulative bullshit.

If anything is true- we're the idiots. We've proven it. This is why the Right (and the Dems) can be so straight-faced and incessant putting this garbage all over the airwaves.

Even just our (the people) remarking about it, let alone our vicious arguing is confirmation for them that we consider their smoke and redirection viable.

We're the idiots.

[Cassak5111]

What a dumb bitch.

[BigPurple121]

This tells me that the GOP is trying to focus on Obama's economic policies. That is a good strategy. It is not a good strategy to flagrantly misuse information. The GOP is destroying their credibility. They need to adopt a platform of common sense economics backed by solid facts. They have the correct economic position! This shouldn't be hard for them.

[mbaguer]

She is a complete idiot. We are screwed now because of people like her. She should be ashamed of herself. I am sure she has a nice fat bank account.

[Richardgwm]

In the postwar era, average annual job creation under Democratic presidents:

2.74%

Republican average:

1.19%

Republicans are terrible at creating jobs.

[flowergirl1313]

This chick must be high

[IAMtheNewWorldOrder]

republicans fuck up and then blame everyone else. end of story.

[p00lman]

I wonder under whose administration it was that the subprime mortgage crisis took effect? HMMMMMMMMM . . .

[j0hnwi11iams]

That environment includes REGULATION of the CASINOS on wall street gambling with OUR MONEY. Bimbo. That environment includes the security and stability of the working class for whom you obviously don't give a fuck.

[KataVideo]

ciao chao. you and bush are scum

[lewghost]

dumbest asian I've ever seen

[p00lman]

No need for racism.

[thinazzabird]

All contractual wealth must be confiscated. One year's food and health stamps would be all that is needed to start over. Let Wall Street wash our windows. There is a stink in their pores they need sweat out.

[carrierexchange]

spending.. spending.. this administration

oh lord

[thinazzabird]

The government is not merely despicable but dangerous for it despises itself.

[thinazzabird]

The mortgage failures should never, ever have been corrected by trusting the people who generated the perverse contracts in the first place. The People could easily have taken control of the situation with a few simple arrangements of sensible debt custody and diminishment if we had leaders of talent who'd a wise program. If McCain and Obama had agreed to push one platform the D + R apparatus would not be subject to this revulsion as more and more people learn about The September Adventure.

[ETericET]

Si she is suggesting creating a few new bubbles?

[frostwolf1]

The masses are forced to base their viewpoints on erroneous data provided to them by media outlets that are controlled by a handful of corporations and economic/political interests.

Thank you, Chao and Fox, for contributing in such an obvious manner to this problem.

[mexcurmudgeon]

Obviously in the mindset of the conservative FOX commentator, nothing ever takes time. The stimulus package was signed, what do you mean it hasn't done everything? If conservatives see it happening now, then it obviously couldn't have been happening under a Republican, and just took this long to develop!

It's gonna be interesting to see who they blame when there's a new generation of terrorists who hate america spewing out of Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan in 15-20 years.

[1samothrace77]

what was the unemployment rate in 2008

[phffeir]

Its also very important to note that any changes made to the economic status of our country by any president typically takes up to four years to take effect. Thats why the first four years of bush were his glory years, he lived off the economic policies of bill clinton.

And not even one year has passed, and everythings obamas problem

[Superplatanoman]

2007? oh man

[phffeir]

The private sector didnt do a very good job of 'creating jobs' by moving everything to mexico under the bush administration. And just because hes no longer president doesnt make it obamas fault. GM and NCR made the decision to leave my town long before obama came along. They only now have everything set to move

[DixieDale]

She's Sen. Mitch McConnell's wife and just as devious as he is - both up Bush/Cheney/Rove and Corporate America's butts.

Only Fox would give her a platform to priase the Bush years. Disgusting.

[TrollBuster9090]

Yeah, the Bush Administration was big on nepotism. Liz Cheney as a deputy Secretary of State and Lynne Cheney on the Energy Advisory council, Mitch McConnell's wife as Secretary of Labour, Scott McClellan's brother as head of the FDA...

I'm surprised Bush didn't offer her the Supreme Court nomination when Hariette Myers had to bail on it.

[UltraSWG]

4.7% in 2007?

Bush left office in 2009 with 8.1% unemployment and rising.

Who's economy is this, exactly?

[4u2b1ib12]

Fellow Tubelers,

Our current economic collapse began in 1999. Republican Senators (Phil) Graham, Leach, and Bliley sponsored legislation that repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 (Google). Banks, insurance corporations, and Wall Street went wild, with leveraged loans, credit default swaps, and derivatives. They made billions, and are still doing it.

In 2007, crash. The Obama administration was forced to invest, or let our economy completely collapse. You know who to blame.

It be it.

[BigPurple121]

Wow. Talk about intentionally misleading.

[LorenzKamo]

why? just why?

[Aspartame69]

Because if they say it, it must be true...

[FoShizzle951]

Chao should S my D.

[Mernie9]

What's she smoking?

[britzman1]

moron ex-chink bitch

[p00lman]

What does her ethnic origins have to do with her statements?

[KosmicCitizen]

They lie like they breath.

[CalexanderJ]

Oh come on! She can't be serious. Yes unemployment was 4.7% in 07, but I was unaware that Obama took office in 07. My recollection is that he didn't take office until 09, when the unemployment was 7.6% and shedding more jobs each month. Now you can make an argument that Obama hasn't used the right formula to turn the economy around. But you CANNOT cite the unemployment numbers in 07 and pretend that everything was peachy until Obama started spending money, not with any credibility at least.

[zbjordan23]

hahaha...this is obama's economy...lol...this sh*t went bad under bush...its a miracle if obama can fix it in two years...let alone the 10 months he has been president. These bush people are quite hilarious and have some nerve trying to pass their mistakes on to others.

[PersonalJesus348]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

oh man that's hil-air-rious xD

[elsonero82]

wow....what a tard...people like that really make me sick.

[darkally]

wow, she is just nuts and has no grasp on reality

[chrism20]

wow, im speechless.

[d3v07]

That was BEFORE THE RECESSION YOU DUMB goofy looking asian dyke

[Watchout5]

I don't think there was a single thing that came out of her mouth that had any substance. Every single word is either a talking point or a lie. It's hard to blame Obama when I believe it's congress's fault. They decided to debate health care before anything else, the senate is stalling.

[flavor13]

Yet another day in the Fox News/GOP fantasy land. I'm still waiting for all those pink slips they promised. . .

[xalston]

this is why i don't respect republicans because, they say stuff like this as if we havent been living in america the past 8 years. They literally treat us like we are fucking morons. What she is proposing would be like me shooting someone and then saying its the doctors fault for not saving him. who elects these types of people cause i got some land in florida i need to sell.

[greenfive]

The Bush administration wasted Billions of dollars in Iraq, failed in Afghanistan and allowed Wall Street firms to deceive shareholders and make billions. Bush's legacy and everyone associated with it will go down in history as utter incompetent failures.

[route99]

With the stellar Bush Adm track record on the economy I didn't even know they had economic advisors. I figure they were just letting Cheney spin a roulette wheel and whatever number it landed it on that was the war contractor that was going to get a blank check.

Who woulda thunk a recession would have increased unemployment from 2007 to 2009? Shocker Chao! And please deregulate Wall St. some more. That had nothing to do with the meltdown. Nothing to see behind the curtain folks. Move along.

[thinazzabird]

the federal government's job is to squeeze it's doctrinal uselessness through the needle of Corporate ingenuity so that Asian chicks in light pink can get into heaven too

[TrollBuster9090]

Well yes, according to Holy Trinity theory, that's right. You have The Free Market (god), the invisible hand of the Free Market (the holy spirit), and Ayn Rand (son/daughter of god)....the only way to get into supply side heaven is to sacrifice market regulations on the alter of the Free Market (The American Enterprise Institute).

[AtlasObjectivist]

Troll - you are an embarrassment to western civilization, crawl back in your hole.

[TrollBuster9090]

That's it?

Well, since you're obviously a follower of Rand, who was the worst writer of prose in the english language I'm not surprised you can't come up with anything more clever. Try it in Russian, it might sound better in translation.

[someperson111]

She literally LITERALLY skipped the ENTIRE year of 2008, WOW.

[route99]

Well the Bush people basically gave up on governing sometime in late 2007, so technically 2008 never happened.

I think Jimmy the West Wing intern was running things for some time there. So you're going to have to find him to get any answers.

[someperson111]

LMAO, I literally laughed my ass off reading that post man. Now I have to go put it back on.

[betterlucknexxtime]

Chao is insane! Republicans are such liars.

[thane17]

Obama owns this economy AND war now!

[freelowper7]

simply amazing...what of a breed republicans are.

Should we even believe anything they say? Cao is delusional or has been living under a rock. Bush handed Obama the worst recession since the great depression. Trying to spin that fact at this point is suspious for mental retardation.

[Dimaggio369]

@freelowper7 How come now we like to blame congress for not helping Obama with the economy. Blame the congress more than Obama, but when we elected a democrat majority congress the economy begis to turn it's Bush's fault. Silly double standard liberals.

[joshpnw]

Thanks again TPM!

I don't get enough time to watch Fox News... you guys put up all the best clips!

[junkforkaryn]

perhaps i'm dating myself, but i remember a time when people who were proven liars and publicly shamed would keep their mouths shut and fade into the wallpaper.

[VendettaVV]

Bullshit, Government spending was nearly twice as much when he left office as it was when he went in. The Bush administration was the one behind most of the TARP, bailout, and stimulus packages. Obama is now implementing more of the same. Actually this whole shit goes way back 1913, when F. Reserve hijacked our economy. Herbert Hoover started preaching free-market principles and canvassing for Republicans during FDR's reign. The result? 20 years of Democratic dominance. Bush admn=Socialism

[bigc028282]

The same criminals behind the private fed reserve, are behind the "climate change" IMF/U.N. SCAM.

P-ACT the f*ckers, and institute some water-boarding I can believe in.

HOPE in one hand, BUSH in the other.

[thid1]

when you lie to my face, when we both know the truth, all you demonstrate is your willingness to lie to my face.

Elaine Chao has no credibility

[Melpheos1er]

4.7% of unemployment but it was a fake economy based 3000% on debt (this is the average leverage the banksters ursed )

[CivilRadiant]

If you want to know the truth behind all this smoke and mirrors you should watch a documentary called,

"The Power of Nightmares"

Available on Google video or torrent.

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