Probably neither*. If Ron Paul goes 3rd party I might kick him a vote, just because I know it won't matter**. *Spare me the "if you don't vote, you can't complain" bull****. We all know that's 2-party propaganda of the highest order. **Arguably, it does not matter at all how I vote, as I live in Texas. We all know which way this state's going to go and I'm definitely not voting for any of those clowns.
All using funds from law signed by President Bush and it was Bush who said he could use the money for auto industry despite it not being its original attended purpose. I really just find it amazing the amount of credit President Obama gets for the auto industry bailout, while Bush is completely ignored. Republicans don't even go after Obama about it because most Republicans were against TARP, and they've worked hard to paint every debt increase on Obama, even if it was passed during the Bush administration. Obviously Obama did support TARP, and he supported the auto bailout since he was not required to release any additional funding to the automakers, but I'd at least throw it out there.
Pretty much feel the same way. I'm leaning towards casting a ballot for my favorite 3rd party candidate.
Care to read mine again, I wasn't referring to the part you highlighted, I was referring the the part I...you know..quoted. "Bush said he could use the funds", that part, right there.
Yeah, my plan as well. I'll be voting for a third party candidate - any third party candidate - one way or another. I hope Ron Paul runs though so that some of his ideas (that won't get play with either major party) will at least get some attention in the race.
So, you misunderstood my post. I don't mean Bush gave Obama permission to do anything, but rather that Bush while President decided that his executive authority authorized him to use those funds to lend to the auto industry. Could President Obama have made the same decision once he was in office? Sure he could have, but thanks to his predecessor, he didn't have to.
Obviously President Obama, but Obama already knew he had the authority to do so. There was controversy around the decision when Bush originally made it, that Obama didn't have to deal with because it had already been established that the President had that authority.
I'm pretty sure there was a lot of controversy behind it when Obama did it as well, but I get your point.
I'm sure the Republicans probably complained about it. They are just harder to understand though all the complaining. They worked so hard to pin TARP on Obama, despite it being passed under Bush, and the fact that Obama was sitting there with a $350 million dollar blank check that Bush and congress left for him that pretty much went unused. Now Obama is receiving 100% of the accolades for its success. I certainly don't blame Obama for taking credit, since he supported it, oversaw it, and had to deal with the criticism.
