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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:20 AM Original message |
were we in a recession when Bush was elected? |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. The end of the dot com bubble happened then and was the start of a recession I think. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The recession began after March 2001 and last until after 9-11 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. nope.... more manufactured BS from the right wing |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. in 2000 - he has got to be kidding....he inherited one of the best economies! |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. and a massive surplus that we don't have right now to help us out |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. It depends on how you define recession |
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Oleladylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. We had 0 deficit in 2000 |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. No. Tech was in a funk, but the rest of the economy was OK. It was the |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. One of the more bizarre Bushisms, IMO. |
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Oleladylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Flashback |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. He and Cheney talked about a recession months before the election.. |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. No |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Bush was never elected |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Too funny! n/t |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. The slump technically began late in Clinton's term. |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. No Bush has not taken blame for anything |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. no ... Repukes were scaring the populace into thinking that one was coming |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. georgie's yapping thew horrible clinton economy |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not a recession. There were problems, but the recession hadn't started. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Actual timing of recession: March 2001-November 2001. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not according to the NEBR |
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MadinMo (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. In his second term, |
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