So... who wrote the NYT op-ed?

[Benton]

(09-10-2018, 04:20 PM)GMDino Wrote: Yes, you are exactly right except that Obama did not use the "same tactic" but rather talked about how to makes things better.

If you do not see how Obama's statements go "high" while Trump's go "low" that is probably, as you say, your bias.

Presidents typically take credit for the good things that come to them from previous administrations, and past presidents typically don't say much about it. I always just assumed it was 1- a matter of respect and 2- the fact that presidents typically take lumps for bad things the previous administration did.

Welcome to the modern era.

Obama did a lot to turn the economy around, but he also made a point to note that in went in the toilet under "the previous administration" and that policies "over the eight years" before he got there were mostly tax cuts and trade deficits. It was much more tactful than the stuff Trump spews out, but at the core it's the same. Obama was mostly doing it to pat Dems on the back, Trump is mostly doing it to pat himself on the back, but, again, throwing the last guy under the bus is throwing the last guy under the bus.

I don't recall either Bush or Clinton doing it (although Clinton may have, I wasn't much into politics then to be honest).