Why is it that recessions have a nasty habit of timing themselves to embarrass the GOP?

[scheming daemons]

Anybody ever wonder that?

9 of the 11 post-World-War-II recessions have occurred during Republican administrations.



Republican economists always tell us that recessions are part of the economic cycle and are inevitable....


I guess it is just a coincidence that they seem to always occur when the Republicans are in charge.
:sarcasm:

[riqster]

1. We just need to be more patient with those all-knowing Elephants

...they'll trickle the wealth down to us, eventually. Meanwhile, pass the gruel, willya?

[BurtWorm]

2. Truth has a liberal bias?

(h/t to Rob Corddry)

[YOY]

9. I thought it was Colbert and "The facts have a well know liberal bias."

or something like that.

[BurtWorm]

11. whatever.

;-)

[Cleita]

3. Your kidding? Right? n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

4. It's crazy but all the fruits of their conservative economic policies

always seem to bare out during times of democratic rule. It's uncanny. Democrats are so lucky.

[amdezurik]

7. and despite history and common sense

they always seem to think they can control it and are always caught by "surprise" how that never seems to work...

[unpossibles]

8. Just like all those lucky poor people who skate by without paying taxes

(that was sarcasm, btw)

[YOY]

10. According to that flawless logic Reagan totally took Carter's credit.

n.t.

[scheming daemons]

5. Bush is the only post-World-War-II President to preside over two separate recessions

Think about that.

[Phred42]

6. Facts are known to have a Liberal Bias

[Joe Chi Minh]

12. Recessions are just mean. But not mean enough to impoverish Republican

leaders. In fact, I have a nagging suspicion that they actually prosper amazingly right before those mean ole depressions. Funny thing is, in the UK right now, NuLab(c)'s finest seem to be living high on the hog.

Apparently, there's a marked reluctance among our whole polity, all effectively of a right-wing right wing, to have their expenses scrutinised. Who'd ever a thunk!

[Acadia Blue]

13. Because their flow up economics causes recessions.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Um.....Because They Cause Them

I'm just guessing! No i'm not!
The Professor