The true nature of the entire recession was stemmed from the lack of leadership coming from Bush-lite. His tax cuts have done nothing for the nation as a whole, other than launch the nation into the largest ever deficit. His whole office has been unsupportive to the entire economy from the getgo. Leaving little for those tens of thousands who lost thier job starting just about when he got into office. The bulk and the majority of the tax cuts haven't even gone into effect, so don't even go there. I have to ask if the economy would have taken a nose dive if the other guy, who actually WON the general election would have taken office. Since the majority voted for him, if he felt the nation was on the right course, then the majority wouldn't have stopped spending money. There were nothing but bad news coming out of the whitehouse for the first year he was in office. If he put out another "the country is headed for a recession" one more time!!!! While that is nothing that can be tested there are so many things since then that have gone very badly for the president non-elect. Putting aside the 9/11 incident which may or maynot have been changed. His office has purgered themselves and has done perverse acts of treason against the US. None of which seem to be holding anyone in his office accountable for. They should all be put in jail for treason. Since no one in the whitehouse wants to step forward and save the ship, the ship should sink. He has proven himself little more than a pompus arrogant man, who wants to drive the country to his own needs. When you have the heads of major technology firms going to washington to ask for help, there is a problem. Intel & et al are asking washington for changes in business policy. When he lied about Iraq having WOMD there is a problem. Then I find it a major farce that he climbed on the financial bandwagon with Enron, MCI, etc. What ever happened to all of them. Absolutely nothing when it comes to the MCI folks. So how many people lost everything from cooking the books. The workers did, the ceo's and cfo's still have all of thier ill-gotten gains. There still hasn't been any direct help for those poor souls that lost thier entire IRA, lifes savings, and still can't find a job. He had better go on another vacation while he is at it!! So think again when voting for the poorest non-elect that this country has ever seen. Regan, Bush, and even Clinton were so far ahead of Bush that he can't hold a candle to any of the three. Especially since I would rather see a pervert(Clinton) in office that gives a flying rats pitoot about the country, than one that has no clue whatsoever about anything at all. Bill Clinton left the largest excess in the history of the US and Bush-lite has just piddled it all away. Not to mention that he used Social security like his own piggy bank the week before 9/11.