The problem with this statement is that is incomplete, so incomplete as to be dangerously inaccurate.

And everyone keeps making it, Dem pols, media, bloggers, and presidential candidates.

The complete truth is:

“The fact that Americans are now focused on the serious business of government and are now forced to confront the absolute failure of _republican policies_ (read neo-con, the defacto Republican party) and the Bush administration.”

The danger in continuing to make this error of omission is allowing the opinion to grow that getting rid of GWB is the solution, it’s not, it’s dealing with _Republican_ policies and governance. I mean the _actual_ policies not the apple pie memes; no government/small efficient govt., war profiteering/strong national defense, no regulation/minimal regulation, corporate welfare/pro-business, and on and on…

The problem with John McCain is _not_ that he voted like Bush 90% of the time the problem is that _both_ men are 100% committed to the Republican ideology.

Obama has been more consistent and outspoken in raising the problem as Republican but not nearly enough. We are about 20 years late in having the discussion of why a majority of people living in a country that is dominated by small business would think an economic policy that favors the wealthy and _big_ business and counts on benefit trickling down to them is the best way to go.

This is where the Dems, especially the DLC Dems have been complicit in the raping of the American public.

The problem isn’t a particular rapist it is the act of raping.