Mar 4, 2009 ... And what have we seen?" he said. "Well, in just one month — just one month, the  Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the  war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined — in one  month." This is quickly becoming a Republican talking point. Rep.
Oct 5, 2017 ... Most of the fact-checks–524–come from PolitiFact; 492 are by FactCheck.org,  and 324 from The Washington Post's Fact Checker. ... “In just one month, the  Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the  war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined.”.
Mar 24, 2009 ... The Washington Post has a great graphic which helps put President Obama's  budget deficits in context of President Bush's. What's driving ...... in their budget!"  Fair enough, but spreading a trillion or so "off-budget" war spending over the  previous seven years changes the graph less than you might think.
The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly  combine to lure America into endless wars it can't win. ... for telling The Wall  Street Journal that the all-in costs might be as high as $100 billion to $200 billion,  or less than the U.S. has spent on Iraq and Afghanistan in many individual years.
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has elicited a variety of  public perceptions regarding his policies, personality, and performance as a  head of state. In the U.S. and elsewhere, journalists, polling organizations, and  others have documented the expression of an evolving array of opinions of  President ...
In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined.