2009 in Review: A Bad Year for Democrats

Rising unemployment and an ever-increasing deficit, a stimulus bill that failed to stimulate the economy, budget-busting health care legislation that would raise taxes and cut Medicare, and broken promises on transparency and closing Guantanamo it hasn't been a very good year for Democrats. Here, the year in review.

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[Wilone328]

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[MrJ567]

@malcolmhex So a minority that until January couldn't even filibuster is responsible for holding things back this year? Oh brother, idiots like you are the reason that democrats are about to lose the House in November.

[web9250]

Great piece of work highlighting the lies and hypocrisy of the loony left.

[web9250]

@TheBigLebbowskii Amen brother! I'm no Republican but this group of Dimocrats has to GO!

[TheBigLebbowskii]

Lets see who's really responsible, the guy who gave us 500 billion in debt or 2 trillion... Gee, what a hard question, isn't it?

Republicans in 2010.

[malcolmhex]

yeah i love stuff like this cus i actually recall how things were before 911 as an adult. I remember quite well the multi billion dollar SURPLUS that bill clinton left us with as dubya took office. not to mention who is the one who actually drove us into this debt and who it is that is currently responsible for the non bipartisanship and here's a hint:

IT'S THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SENATE holding things back.

anyone with eyes and ears and an education over the 5th grade level can see that.

[RichPeru63]

I became a conservative because of the fact that liberals have failed to me that they cared and really supports America. I was an Independent and the Left drove me Right and now it looks I'm there to stay. The dems in power really don't care about me, just about their political future. With them in power, I'd love to live outside the U.S. With common-sense conservatism, I'm happy to live here.

[PragmaticStatistic]

This GOP fiscal-conservative left the party because they increased spending 33%, did not pay down the national debt with the $200 billion they inherited, spent billions in earmarks to get re-elected, got us involved in an unnecessary & clostly war over non-existent WoMD, increased our Debt -to-GDP ratio from 58% to 84% in 8 years, gave $700 billion in bank bailouts, and gave us tax breaks that went on the national debt for our children to pay for. This is not fiscal responsibility in my view.

[nickshanks]

Is this a joke? Republicans make me laugh, and not because they are humorous.

[ROBdeLIS]

Any year the Democrats are in power is a bad year for Democrats.