Originally Posted by Matt 26z

You are obviously unable to grasp the level of damage that Bush caused. This is the kind of stuff that was going to take the next president -- regardless of who was elected -- their entire first term to repair, and even then things wouldn't be back to normal.

Smart people understood this going into the election. Only idiots believed that Obama or McCain (or anyone from the primaries) was going to quickly fix the economy.

So yes, blaming it on Bush is perfectly valid as long as we are moving forward (and we are).