America is not wrecked - yet
In response to Gloria J. Gignac, I was amused with the admonition of a previous writers "bad mouthing" of President Obama, as she then went on to berate President Bush with the same tired, mean spirited DNC, MSNBC talking points we've heard for years.
Shouldn't Mr. Obama get the same respect the Left continues to give Mr. Bush? We're all about fairness now.
As far as Mr. Bush "wrecking" our country and Mr. Obama having to clean it up, you don't "clean up" a deficit by increasing it tenfold over the next decade. Do you "clean up" isolated corporate malfeasance by nationalizing major corporations and giving the unions, yes giving, them over 50 percent of the ownership as in the case of General Motors. That's what they do in Venezuela!
Do you "clean up" a health care system that 80 percent of respondents claim they are pleased with by totally revamping it in a worthwhile effort to insure the uninsured. Maybe Congress will actually start reading bills they vote on. There are better ways to accomplish needed reforms. Dummying down to the British and Canadian models is not the answer. Canadians come down here for treatments, not the other way around.
Your claim that President Bush is now "hiding in shame" is another cheap shot. Presidents historically leave the scene in respect for their successors when it comes to policy discussions. In recent history, only Clinton and Carter have chosen to violate that unwritten rule.
Why do so many people around the world want to be a part of this country if it is "wrecked" as you claim? Do we need to continue the fine-tuning we have been doing for 233 years? Yes, of course. Do we want to become Europe? I don't think so. This country is not wrecked ... yet.
Dick Wilson
Schaumburg