SOTU: Obama Blames Bush, McCain Not Happy

January 27, 2010: In his State of the Union address, President Obama took a moment to outline the economic mess he walked into as president saying "all this was before I walked in the door." A quick zoom in on Sen. John McCain illustrates his displeasure with the remark.

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• Barack Obama
• John McCain
• George W. Bush
• economy State of the Union
• White House
• Congress
• deficit
• budget

[kalimaganeshshivan]

Everything is Bush/Cheney's fault and their cousin Obama is the scapegoat, but don't worry, he's being paid plenty to be the sacrificial lamb!

[kalimaganeshshivan]

@yoginiha Fuck you!

[bootylicification]

The debt when George W. Bush took office was $5.727 Trillion when he left it was $10.627 Trillion. The total debt that George W accumulated in eight years of office is $4.9 Trillion The debt right now is $13.736 Trillion. In approximately 666 days in office, he has accumulated $3.066 Trillion. Using simple algebra you'll find by Dec 2011, Obama will have accumulated more debt in three years than George W. did in 8 years.

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Allen West 2012

[NIKEplus10k]

The best part of this whole address is that it comes just a couple days after he told a High School that they needed to begin taking responsibility for their actions. I don't wanna hear anything about it's the republicans fault, because I could care less. My family has been bi-partisan for years and It's ridicules how he keeps blaming Bush for all the deficit spending yet he is pushing billion dollar bills through the house and senate like no other!

[Cosmo1093]

Umm... Didn't the Democrats have the majority in the House and Senate during 2008 and 2009? That kinda means they had to pass the budgets for those years, and they had to pass the bailouts. Bush couldn't have added to the deficit in those years without Democratic support of his plans or spending..

[MrRobrepp]

This slump we are in has been a long time coming and republican policies are mostly the reason. If you can't stand the truth when Obama points it out then I guess you try to kill the messenger.

[FiendsInRedSatin1]

The thing is you can get away with pointing out how bad things are once you arrive in office. However, once you've been there for a year or more, it's time to start taking responsibility for what has happened under your watch. Continuing to blame Bush (and I sure don't remember Bush blaming Clinton for the things he could have) just shows immaturity.

[jebman38]

Blaming isn't leading. While I'm not a Bush fan, I do know that most of our problems are not solely because of him. The U.S. Congress has just as much, if not more blame for our current situation as the Bush administration regardless of party affiliation. Complacent, whiney, irresponsible, and above all, corrupt. The biggest "change" we'll see will be in November when all are removed and replaced.

[filoxeve]

@yoginiha no he doesn't blame him but he can surely point out his mistakes. obama is not blaming bush. he is stating the facts. nowadays people are blaming obama for the dire economic times, weren't we already in this mess before he was elected to office?

[yoginiha]

A real man does't blame his predecessor