Obama did the bailout though, which was ridiculous. But, yes, 2008 wasn’t his fault. US Presidents are usually around just long enough to do enough good/harm that the next fellow in office gets praised/blamed for it.
And, yes, Clinton (B.) screwed things long before Obama was office. And likewise, Republicans hated Clinton, despite the fact that he was largely a Republican in Democrats’ clothing (‘tough’ on ‘crime’, easy on megacorps). He has a large share of the responsibility for the mess of the US prison systems (including the disproportionate share of black males in jail; but he played sax on Arsenio Hall once, and so black people liked him, and that carried over to his wife as well).
