If you think that politics does not have something to do with your 401k than you are probably not paying to much attention to your 401k. Can you say Haliburton? What happened to it after Chaney left to take office? If meemory serves me (which it doesn't a lot of times) that when Bush took over the he immediately claimed that the economy was hurting (which it was). Once he made this claim the market dropped 250 points in the next 2 days. The tongue is always a mighty market dispatcher.
GeogiaSnake -- Don't worry about the not liking the Clinton's. They might not like you either.
I wish I had gotten in here to post the urban myth website earlier. Oh well... next time I will be faster. Many GOP complaints can be found as urban myths.