Can somebody explain the Davis/Clinton paradox to me?

[Sephirstein]

Repukes blame Davis for Cali's economy, but wouldn't credit Clinton when the U.S. economy was good.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. The rabbit hole goes deeper

The repubs had Davis' head for massive deficits...
Repubs praise Bush for massive deficits...

Recall Bush goddammit. He's the REAL problem.



BUT, I must say on a side note that this recall was a blessing in disguise. Why? Well Davis was a bad apple that's for sure. But there was no politically correct way to run a different Democrat in his place.

Now, the next 3 years of deficits and taxation will be blamed on Arnold. With this bitter taste of the California economy in the people's mouths, a new fresh democrat ( one who can genuinely appeal to the minority vote) will be welcomed.

[Sephirstein]

3. Ya...

Just like the Reagan economy let Dukakis beat Bush in '88.

Take nothing for granted....

[Punkingal]

2. Freeper logic.....

impossible for DUers to understand or explain!:7

[AP]

4. It's the media, stupid!

People will think what the media tells them to think. And if people don't think what the media tells them, the media will say they did anyway.

[screaming_meme]

5. California's got budget problems that Davis OK'd

Even when tax revenues were increasing during the boom, Davis's spending outstripped it. Even back then.

Davis didn't cause either the boom or the crash. He totally fucked up the thing he had control over, the state budget.

Likewise, Clinton wasn't responsible for the great economy, or its crash. He was in charge of making sure the budget was balanced, and he and Congress did a super job at that.

Bush is increasing spending in the face of falling tax revenues, which is even worse than what Davis did. Read an article in The Economist that when models the IMF use to determine a country's solvency and market risk were turned on the US, the results were shocking. A rating of 50% is cause for concern and possible intervention by the IMF. The US scored a 75% rating. Luckily all our debt is in dollars, and we can just print more :)