| Badassbab said: Where were the Tea Party when Bush was in power? Trust they only came to power when a Democrat got elected. |
They only came to power then, and that was when they got the new name...
There were plenty of conservatives who were angry and vocal about it when it came to bush though.
http://www.amazon.com/Conservatives-Betrayed-Government-Republicans-Conservative/dp/1566252857
Comes to mind....
EDIT: Here's another good one.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3184
There were a lot of conservatives talking up, espiecally at the end of his presidency.
Remember, Bush's bailout failed at first... and it failed because 67% of Republicans voted against it... even when it passed the second time, over half of republicans were against it.
The people just didn't start listening to them until the damage became worse.
Heck, it's part of why Obama beat McCain so handily. A lot of conservatives stayed home.
