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b-happy - "Today, we learned that Obama's decisions continue to impact Alaskans; while we as taxpayers now own General Motors, Obama closes another dealership ."

The statement that we, the taxpayers, own GM due to Obama's decisions clearly links the failure of the auto industry to Obama rather than to Bush, under whom the economic collapse commenced. THAT is an irrefutable fact of history.

Let me present an analogy.

Let's say a construction firm is contracted to build a dam. They build a defective dam that develops dangerous cracks. This contractor is fired and a new contractor is hired to build a new dam.

While the new contractor prepares to build a new dam, the original dam completely collapses and the flood destroys all the towns downriver.

Should we blame the second contractor for not building the new dam in time to avoid the flood? Or should we blame the original contractor for building a faulty dam in the first place?

Should we blame Obama for not moving fast enough or not pushing an even higher stimulus package to save the auto industry while he is trying to revitalize the entire economy? Or should we blame Bush for not heeding the signs of impending collapse of the mortgage, credit, banking, housing, retail, and now auto industries in late 2007??

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