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From the lens Democrat vs. Republican.

Do you think that the housing crisis was resolved by the Democrats? Food for thought: How many more people have lost their jobs and lost their homes since Barack Obama was elected in 2008?

  • Tolovaj Feb 21, 2012 @ 8:40 am | delete
    I don't think problem is in Obama or his administration. Crisis is produced by all elites in 20th century.
  • ChineseKitesforKids Mar 29, 2011 @ 10:03 am | delete
    As a Christian, I pray for discernment and don't categorize myself. I do lean more to the republican views only because some liberal views have created a sense of dependence that is draining this country, like welfare for instance. We need to stop creating this sense of dependence on government and more dependence on SELF!
  • todd Nov 8, 2010 @ 6:42 am | delete
    Why is it that the media so easily convinces people that Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq? Almost every single person in Congress (Both Dems and Reps) agreed with the intelligence from the US, Israel, Great Britain, and from Hussein's son himself. Bush acted partially as a response to the CIA and others and Congress agreed. The real reasons he went were probably based more on protecting Israel, rescuing starving children in Iraq, redeeming his dad's name, and reeling in a dangerous dictator, but why focus on unproven intel. Furthermore, google "WMD pilots Syria barrels Sada" AND THEN "yellow cake Diego Garcia Canada". PLEASE stop being manipulated by the media and register as INDEPENDENT!!!
  • WhitU4ever Nov 8, 2010 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    I agree with you Todd on everything except that people should register as an Independent. Voting for Independent candidates wipes your vote off the map in major elections. We have never in the history of America had an Independent President, let alone a Vice President. That is not to say that it cannot happen, but it really depends on which way an Independent candidate leans, and how well liked they are by the majority of Americans. It would take an especially well-known and well-liked Independent candidate to stand a chance in a final election.
  • JUST ME Nov 23, 2009 @ 11:08 am | delete
    i think that the video was very intersting but at the same time i believe it could have been a little better. i mean the video didn't anwser all my questions but it did anwser the majority of them. Thank you and have a great day.
  • AmoralDeviant... Jun 27, 2009 @ 1:15 am | delete
    Well I have to agree this post is definately not a "non-partisan" lens but over filled with Republican rhetoric and opinion. I still stand undecided even after this election and stumbled upon this sight in a hopes to find a non biased opinion, but I am quickly learnin that anything posted by a republican is strictly biased and fervant to the "old-white" man. I appreciate your attempt to "convert" democrats to republicans by exemplifying the party in a "halo-wearing" light when infact the democrats, historically have done more postive for this country by making sure the majority of us are taken care, like my republican friend who receives disability benefits when she is able bodied enough to work. What we need is a non-partisan government that shares the best of both sides. That will free this country from evil, suffering and peril.
  • todd Jun 21, 2010 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Screen name Amoral Deviant and standing up for Liberals.

    At least you are true to yourself. You have moral integrity,
  • Whit Jul 11, 2010 @ 8:33 pm | delete
    AmoralDeviant, there is no such thing as a non-partisan individual, let alone a non-partisan government. The latter is a spooky thought, if you ask me. Those in the government are plagued by temptations of power, fame, and fortune. The idea of this website is to get people to think about what they stand for and get their voice back, for the sake of everyone who lives in this country. Am I biased? Unashamedly, yes! I stand for something rather than nothing. I believe in the people's right to make a living and keep what is earned, rather than give nearly half of it back to a wasteful, irresponsible government; a monster that is out of control, too proud to care about individuals, and it is untying itself from accountability as we speak. Do I want you all to know that? Definitely.
  • WhitU4ever May 28, 2009 @ 9:25 am | in reply to Canada | delete
    The national debt is said to have been 11 Trillion when Bush left office. Considering that Bush didn't create the entire debt... that it was there when Clinton left office, we also need to take into consideration that the majority of Congress during the latter years of Bush's administration were Dems (well-known spenders). Bush attempted to compromise to get Congress to remove the gridlock on his agenda before leaving office. (Bad form in my opinion.)

    The point: There is no comparing the two on spending. Obama's feet hit the floor spending. Instead of using it to keep the country safe from terrorism, he has spent it on bailing out those who made financial mistakes, etc., etc., etc., and we can't even keep up with counting how much more he has spent in the first 100 days in office than Bush did in eight years! The word Maniac comes to mind.
  • kaykay Nov 3, 2010 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    actually, there was not a debt when clinton left office, we did have a surplus of money. gas and food prices were down. people were not being foreclosed on, and America was working. Bush came in and gave tax breaks to the rich, the middle and poor class were carrying the burden of paying taxes. Obama took office promising a change, it took Bush 8 yrs to mess up our system and you people want him to fix it over night. Remember, Bush lied and said those countries has weapons of mass destructions, and have we found any of that? No! It is his fault we are at war, in two different countries, and did he ever locate Bin Loden? You have CEO's, Presidents, ect... of these company getting million dollar bonus;and people were loosing their jobs. We have more homeless, and jobless people now than ever, even in the Great Depression. Which if Bush or any other Republican was in office now we mostlikey would be having the next Great depression. Is this what you people really want? You have to spend money to make money, and to make money for all classes of people not just the rich. So stop blaming Obama for this Country's problems. Problems which started the day Bush took office. Both parties need to come together and support the President before there is no country left to destroy.
  • WhitU4ever Nov 5, 2010 @ 1:51 pm | delete
    kaykay: check your facts. There was a national deficit when Clinton started office. You may be referring to the decrease of the national debt under the Clinton admin, which was only .2%... yes, that is a decimal in front of the number two. But there was still a debt that had been left there by previous administrations. From what I can see, there has never been a time when we have been without a debt. It has increasingly grown since we began. It has gone down and it has gone up, but it has never been paid in full. It has always been used for political gain.

    The national debt when Clinton entered office was 5.369 trillion dollars. And when he left office (after his second term), it was 5.638 trillion dollars. That is an increase. The lowest the debt has ever been since having one was under Andrew Jackson, who brought it down under $100,000. That was during the 1800's, and it was a lot of money at the time. Republicans and Democrats have been almost equal regarding spending until now. But no president has ever out-spent, out-taxed, and out-socialized (all three at once) our country as much as Obama.

    Our government has always been in debt, which means that Bush s not solely responsible for messing it up in only eight years. Nor is Clinton responsible for messing it up solely in his eight years. And we are only asking Obama to freeze spending on luxury items that come across his table to sign. But instead, he and the Dems are attaching pork and all kinds of things we never knew to the bills they attempt to pass while they have the chance, and it us and our children who are being borrowed from with our tax dollars. With all the jobs that are gone now, the only ones with money to pay those kinds of taxes will be the rich, and the rich are who the Dems wish to tax the most. There goes both the jobs AND the rich! Because the rich provide jobs plus 40% of the total U.S. tax dollars that the government collects to pay for it's spending habits.

    Regarding Bin Laden, Clinton had him at sniper point three times and let him go. One of those times, his reason was because he was playing celebrity golf.

    As for your claim that we have more homeless and jobless people now than during the Great Depression: the percentage of unemployment during the Great Depression was at 25%, whereas unemployment in September 2010 was at 9.2%. January was when it was at its highest, at 10.6%. This is hardly a Great Depression. People were living in boxes lining the streets of New York and other places then. You don't see that here. We are FAR better off than they were. The unemployed still drive diesel engine pick up trucks and live in two story homes with pools today. Even people who have just lost their homes can still rent a house or apartment and find shelter.

    Regarding your claim that you have to spend money to make money: if you are talking about business, you are right. But the Federal Government's purpose is not to make money. It is NOT a business.

    I am not blaming Obama for all of the problems this country faces. But I am saying that his policies are not good for us and our children. You ask me to stop blaming Obama. Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? You just blamed Bush for all of our problems. It's true that we need to come together, but it is not true that we need to support Obama's efforts to bankrupt us and make us more vulnerable to terrorist attack.
  • Canada May 28, 2009 @ 7:35 am | delete
    There is no doubt that during Bush's 8 year reign over the united states, that he doubled the countries debt from 5 trillion to almost 10 trillion. You cannot defend that. It is a fact.
  • WhitU4ever Nov 9, 2010 @ 10:15 am | delete
    Canada, there is no doubt that Bush raised the debt faster than anyone before him, but does that justify how Obama plans to triple the speed of Bush? Watch this video for an illustration.
  • WhitU4ever Feb 24, 2009 @ 1:11 pm | in reply to your name here | delete
    Republican debt? Wow... so, trillions were just passed by Obama in the name of bailout, yet when he does it, it is helping the country... it's not debt that we the taxpayers and generations to come will have to pay?
  • Angelina_Howard Oct 20, 2008 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Another great political lens. 5* Well done. I like when all content flows nicely.
  • Portable_eBay Oct 19, 2008 @ 3:44 am | delete
    Both parties have its strong and weak points. I wonder what would happen if they get together.
  • saraht43 Oct 15, 2008 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    It's sad that the very people that Fanny and Freddy started out to help buy homes, the lower income families, will now be the ones most hurt because of the greed of the leaders and supporters of those companies. Because lenders will now scrutinze thier credit 100 times more closely. But it was the democrats who caused these 2 companies to colapse.
  • middle class mommy Oct 11, 2008 @ 3:25 pm | delete
    I am so sorry for the terrible circumstances in your area & in the rest of this country. In good conscience I had to say that it is policies of the Democratic party leading all the way back to the Lyndon Johnson (democrat president) 1968 in which Fannie Mae became a stock holder company. SubPrime lending in the sense that we know it today was a tenant of the democrat party(esp. 90's) to encourage votes,not to look out for those in search of their american dream. I live in a small apartment with my husband & two boys, we can't afford a house, though if a bank told us we could (as was the case in the vast majority of these loans) I would have trusted them and taken the loan. Please really educate yourselves, do the work, see the root and the solution. I am an independent and have voted green party, democrat and republican. I am concerned that the public isn't doing their homework, and in order to change the world we must equip ourselves with knowledge. best of luck to you & your vote.
  • KimGiancaterino Sep 4, 2008 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    I'm adding my Squid Angel Blessing too. Well done!
  • SemperFidelis Sep 3, 2008 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    Great job on this one. I wish there were a strong independent party, as I for one, am a little of both parties. 5* and favorited.
    Also, blessed by a Squid Angel today! :)
    Colleen ~ www.squidoo.com/squid-angel
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