The Whole World Has Gone After Him (page 3)

snowbird

A lot of those campaign promises may not appear.

Nine words of sanity, Homerovah.

Sylvia

slimboyfat

I think there is a delicious double meaning in the headline: "the whole world has gone after him". Is this a prediction of the end of the world?

We are in for some very rocky times in the next few years I reckon. Whether there is a "world" at the end of it, or whether it will merely be radically different to what we have been used to up until now remains to be seen.

But I definitely believe Obama has been unfortunate in his timing. Roosevelt in the 1930s timed his entry almost perfectlly to coincide with the nadir of the Great Depression. At the moment the worst is definitely yet to come, and no matter about roots causes and suchlike Obama is sure to get the blame no matter what he does. And that's assuming he does not in fact make the situation worse.

snowbird

Obama is sure to get the blame no matter what he does. And that's assuming he does not in fact make the situation worse.

I respectfully disagree.

In this technologically marvellous age, there is no way blame for anything can be pinned on Obama that is not Obama's doing.

In fact, I think McCain's reluctance to embrace the Information Age was his main setback.

Sylvia

BurnTheShips

Roosevelt in the 1930s timed his entry almost perfectlly to coincide with the nadir of the Great Depression.

Roosevelt's domestic actions made the Depression worse and more lengthy. No recession in US history prior to that one had lasted more than 26 months.

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slimboyfat

Fox News manages to blame Bill Clinton for September 11th for goodness sake. He was out of office over six months. I even heard Clinton being blamed for this year's financial crisis and he's been out of office 8 years. (actually I think he should bear his part of the blame, but not in the simplistic way the right-wing would have you believe - however Bush had eight years to try and avoid it so he must take the most blame)

Plus I really fear there is little governments can do to mitigate the slump we are about to enter. Even the pretension on Obama's part that there is much he can do may be interpreted as a failure.