I never said that, Frank. I even suggested that there's some evidence that the economic downturn began during the latter half of Slick Willie's second term.

Now I'm no Dubya apologist (I still think the man is borderline retarded), but he's not responsible for everything that's wrong with this country today. Iran is on him. They didn't attack us, and frankly I'm tired of playing Big Brother to the rest of the world when they're going to resent us anyway. But the seeds of the recession were probably already taking root when Dubya was sworn in, so he should get a little slack there.

Truth be told, every President inherits one kind of mess or another.