The last six years all they did was block bills and votes.

I don't like to, since so many of your posts are so badly written and your game totally sucks.  But the truth is the truth.  After doing their best to shoot the economy in both feet for the past 6 years, the Republicans want to take credit for the economy since the election, when it has actually been strong all year and growing well since before that.
Look, these clowns have gotten away with every lie they've told for six years.  Why should they stop now?

All the libs here have been saying, and very recently I might add, that R's were blocking all these great ideas Obama has to improve the economy.

First of all, I don't really care what "all the libs here have been saying."  I don't like most of them and am not responsible for what they say.  I don't read it either.
But, yes, the Republicans blocked some of the things Obama wanted to do, though the most significant things he did when he had a majority in both houses were the stimulus package and the bailouts of the auto companies.
The stimulus, despite Republican lies about it, actuality did work.  I can say from my own observation that a huge number of highways and bridges in the northeast have been rebuilt with stimulus money and lots of jobs saved or created.  And the auto bailouts kept about a million people working.  Not to mention that most of the money was recouped by stock sales.
There's no way to demonstrate what would have happened to the economy if these two things weren't done, but many believe we would have been spun into an economic "nuclear winter."
The Europeans, for example, did a lot less stimulus and a lot more belt tightening and look what shape they're in.  Our economy is much healthier.  If it wasn't, you'd be blaming Obama.  So you can't deny him some of the credit.

Libs are making the case NOW that the economy is getting better due to Obama. The things you are talking about are 5 years old.

France. The shooting suspects were raised in what looked like a housing project.

Not aided by the Republicans. The economy has been getting better ever since and really got much stronger last year.  Look at the stats.  As for Obama's role, the stimulus helped because it kept things from going lower and got the recovery started.  If things were worse you'd blame him. So since things are better he deserves some of the credit.
Maybe you didn't understand your own question, because I nailed it.
As for the middle class, it's been in deep trouble since a decline that started under Reagan, was briefly lifted under Clinton and has continued since then, abetted by the lousy tax policies of Dubya.
But again, you didn't ask about the middle class.  Seems like every time I give you an answer you try to change the question

Too simple?  What a shock

of course I wouldn't, it's simply one element to the many flaws in liberalism. Everything has pros and cons.

and with interest rates already so low, he did so with almost no bullets left in his gun. Huge props to him.

BTW, I expected to hate him, and only gradually came around after watching the great job he did.

I do have to say, a lot of his work is being undone right now. This overly strong dollar might be helping drive oil prices down (and I admit being biased here) but a strong dollar is the last thing we need with an 18 trillion dollar national debt, much of it owed to the likes of China.

St C, please explain to Pimples and the other morons who are bound to argue with me, just why a strong dollar is such a bad thing. You are so much more patient than me in explaining simple concepts that full grown men and women seem to be unable to grasp on their own.

Look at Europe today, and how is that austerity program working for them? Stimulus helped, and in each recession, depending upon its severity, you do as little as tax cuts, or do you more like what was proposed in 2009, including TARP.  

Damn, I hate it when I have to agree with you, but you leave me no choice by agreeing with me.  Where's GaGa when we need him? LMAO!

head over to the St. Regis, walk up to the bar, pretend you're Steve Kroft, and tell the first hot chick you see, "my favorite tastes and colors are pink and brown". If that doesn't work, pretend you're Bill Cosby, and just say, "drink this"! Not sure if those are the best moves. But as long as you got moves and money. Well, if you don't have the moves, double up on the money (lmao).  

I still would like someone here to answer why 75% of the public feels like we are in recession since Mari won't ever address it.

The shooters were leftist poster boys, deny reality all you want. I'm sure you've read enough about them by now. You should have been able to make the connection.

I think you are still upset about me calling you old, nicky46 or both ways.

If 75% of the public "feels" like we're in a recession, then we are?  Please.  I'm not saying sentiment is unimportant but when it's the opposite of all the other actual metrics it's not exactly the most telling figure.
Have a nice weekend.  Get laid, for goodness sake.  It might clear your head.

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Also, I don't pick women up in bars.  Well, unless it's in Costa Rica.  Much easier to bring the money to their hotel room and fuck them.  I like to keep the chit-chat to a minimum.

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My problem with you is the way you express yourself here.  It's weak.  And, yes, you really do suffer from a lack of game.  And I know more about you than you think.
So please continue to call me old.  Nothing you can possibly say bothers me a bit.

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Every news program this week will be addressing France's open policies on immigration, and it's impact on national security. Is that the only element involved? No. However that is the foundation which everything else is built on.

politicians hold back the economy.  give credit to big bad evil oil, as their tracking and advanced technologies have given us lower energy prices despite having a Prez who appointed an Energy Secretary who admitted to wanting high oil prices.  score one for the private sector.  Get guv out of its way and we would grow the economy enough to generate tax rev to put a dent in the 17 trillion deficit

The thought of Obama taking credit for lower oil prices is laughable, for the very reasons you cite.

Because of this, I am voting for Obama for King in 2016. I am in the oil business and these low prices are killing me. Obama is my best bet to returning to $100 oil, and fuck the Constitution and that pesky 22nd Amendment. He doesn't pay any attention to the rest of the Constitution, why should we get all hung up on an Amendment that far down the list, when even the first ten Amendments are being trampled over on a daily basis?

Fuck the rest of the economy, I am voting for higher oil prices!!!

The "metrics" are not making it down to the peeps. Obamas horrible approval rating on the economy, 2/3 of the country wanting a direction change and the PBS poll I cited about the 75%, along with the largest Republican lead in congress since 1928 all back that up.

The fact you felt a need to explain yourself says all I need to know.

know what a recession is. A recession is two consecutive quarters of decline in the GNP.  Wages have very little to do with a recession – in fact wages and salaries seldom fall in a recession but usually increase, albeit not as fast as in boom times:

I assume you will trust its source. It doesn't matter what a technical definition of a recession is. They are telling you they are hurting. SC is right about the top 25%. They are doing well or quite well.  

It is like the rooster taking credit for the sunrise!   Their contribution to the improved economy = 0, Big ZERO.

"wealth gap” between the middle class and the rich, not economic conditions so poor that the middle class can legitimately feel like they are in a recession.

You are telling the middle class they are wrong about their own lives and their own experiences and not only that but you spoke in absolutes saying "anyone in the middle class" further making your point ridiculous.  

yes my iPad made a typo

ironically high oil prices are good for you for obvious reasons, and for the liberals so they can scapegoat people like you.  The free market will sort this out like when oil wells start getting capped like West Texas late 80s/early 90s when it was not profitable to drill.  Then, when supply is lower and the price goes up, oil companies do well again and the democrats revive their oil bashing cottage industry.  This stuff runs in cycles,