are we to blame as much as any president?

i had the most interesting conversation with a man from Iraq at the ford dealership a few minutes ago , he was saying look , there is no blame for bush , no blame for Obama . not Mccain , not Palin , not Clinton , his view was this , sure the presidents do add to the fire of economic woes , but here is the problem in america , you tend to send so much of your economy over seas , half of the people want to drive a Tundra , a Mercedes , a Volvo , and so and so on , the price of these vehicles is so high and the money goes over seas , this is with any foreign product . he also stated that not only is it the American consumers fault but the auto makers , of course people are going to buy a toyota with 40mpg compared to an american vehicle with 19 mpg , if ford made a truck that got 35 mpg , sure who wouldn't buy one , but for years people have said , buy american , keep the money here and the jobs here , instead we send it all over seas , what can do to bring economic growth back to America . are we going to rely on a president to fix our faults , he can only do so much ! im not sure how many of you have actually been out and seen what is happening right at this very minute , but where i am i am seeing jobs flying out the window left and right this month alone with no end in sight , sure all the bashing of Obama and McCain and Bush is sometimes fun on yahoo , but people we have to come togather somewhere down the road and act like americans , what can we do to achieve this ? how can we once again be brothers and sisters and be proud of who we are ?