And here we go! The newest Republican talking point as to why George Bush (who just left office two months ago) isn't responsible for today's economy, and as matter of fact why he isn't a socialist but Barack Obama is, is because Karl Rove says George Bush didn't make the decision to nationalize the lending industry. It was three people and three people only says Rove: Geithner, Ben Bernanke, and Hank Paulson.
We are expected to believe-- and if we don't our patriotism will be called into question-- the President of the United States had no say in the greatest departure from American society and culture in its history. If that is true, if what Rove says is actually true, then George Bush was even more of a failure than the American people already believe him to be. How can the president not sign off on, or in the very least not know about, the decision of his administration to forgo our capitalistic structure and implement a socialist-style government intervention system into our lending industry? It's remarkable the depths of stupidity Karl Rove and the Republican Party believe people to be. It's disgusting beyond all measures.
Ali Frick says it best: "Ironically, during the same interview, Rove declared that the Obama administration has got to start accepting responsibility for the outcome of their decisions — seconds before suggesting that Bush didn’t even play a role in one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency."
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