Quotes of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on January 5, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Here’s my nightmare scenario: It takes Congress months to pass a stimulus plan, and the legislation that actually emerges is too cautious. As a result, the economy plunges for most of 2009, and when the plan finally starts to kick in, it’s only enough to slow the descent, not stop it. Meanwhile, deflation is setting in, while businesses and consumers start to base their spending plans on the expectation of a permanently depressed economy — well, you can see where this is going.
So this is our moment of truth. Will we in fact do what’s necessary to prevent Great Depression II?”
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“We have to act and act now.”
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The Fiscal Patriot Act?
GULP!
artist on January 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Joetox Biden wants the economy to “absolutely tank” now so that he & BHO will appear as saviors.
jgapinoy on January 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Rahm’s there to make sure no good crisis goes to waste.
Do people not understand how this works?
VolMagic on January 5, 2009 at 10:41 PM
About the Israel/Hamas war, BHO keeps saying “There can only be one President at a time.” About everything else, he’s acting as President already.
jgapinoy on January 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and them misapplying the wrong remedies.
- Groucho
MB4 on January 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I thought one President at a time?
rob verdi on January 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Just a scam to increase spending and government (read: Democrat) control. The Dems will end up getting their way on this one. It’ll take generations to clean up the mess they’ll make, if it ever gets cleaned up.
ddrintn on January 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I just want to get myself cryogenically frozen for the next four years. And when I defrost, I don’t want to know what happened.
I’ll just live the rest of my life in blissful ignorance.
JetBoy on January 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Krugman misses a point that I believe to be very significant.
When the Sec. Treasury, and Pres. Of the United States go in front of the cameras and announce an impending economic collapse, people tend to take it seriously.
If this observation is valid, then all the money the government cares to inject into the economy will have no effect if people hoard it because of fear, rather than spending it.
If this observation is valid it makes moot the difference between Keynesian monetary police and the suggestions of Milton Freedman.
Skandia Recluse on January 5, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Please Barry.
Don’t just do something. Stand there!
Sugar Land on January 5, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Yeah, I can see how a recession can compare to the murder of 3,000 people and the destruction of multiple buildings. What an ass.
Don’t know. Since UCLA economists found that the New Deal actually extended the depression by 7 years, I don’t think the solution is a new version of that.
amerpundit on January 5, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Iran, here we come.
If people think Republicans are war mongers they haven’t read their history.
Defecrats put people in camps and nuke other nations.
That’ll give the economy a swift kick.
BowHuntingTexas on January 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
“The failure of monetary policy in the current crisis shows that Keynes had it right the first time.”
I understand that Kruggy is writing in the NYT and thus has to really dumb it down for his readers, but yeesh. Massive deficit spending to stave off unemployment? It’s like Krugs has forgotten about that word… what is it… dynamics? This isn’t a case study yet Krugs. There’s a debt crisis, and Krugs wants….. more debt!!!! Damn, can I get a Nobel? They seem to hand it out to any old idiot these days.
VolMagic on January 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Pelosi: ah, we ah bush’s fault ah President ah Obama and I ah will ah work ah bipartisan ah Bush’s fault ah
joey24007 on January 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Managing expectations.
mikeyboss on January 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Remind these people of this from 2004:
Senators
Representatives
INC on January 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I think you’ll need to stay frozen more than just the next four years. I’m not sure four decades will do it.
pannw on January 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
That is not a bad idea! Hmmmmmm
Love this one! I agree, just stand there and do nothing.
sheebe on January 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
RE: “We have to act, and act now”.
Obama wants the money ‘earmarked’ before people get a chance to see where it is going.
This is the classic “hurry…hurry..hurry, one week only, going out of business, fire sale, everything must go, deep discount, yada yada….”
marketing ploy to stampede the stupid into signing something they find out later they don’t want, and for which they have paid too high a price.
Skandia Recluse on January 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Keeps saying duplicate comment? Hasn’t even posted yet?
That is not a bad idea! Hmmmmmm
Love this one! I agree, just stand there and do nothing.
sheebe on January 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Proposed motto for the Obama presidency: “I won’t be taking questions.”
snaggletoothie on January 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Wasn’t it “re-investment” that got us in this position in the first place (rhetorical)?
And Nancy-Poo should be careful with phrases she doesn’t understand such as “fiscal discipline”. Doesn’t she know she’s sitting beside the $975 million dollar earmark bandit? Probably not if she gets her news from the NYT and MSNBC.
Hog Wild on January 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Oh, it’s nothing a massively, uber devastating war won’t fix, right?
(I’m only half kidding, sadly)
mjk on January 5, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Finally, someone points out the Truth! I wouldn’t doubt for a second that we won’t go to war. The One knows that to make economy get better. We will have to have another war. Democrats are known to be more aggressive and destructible when it comes to wars. As a matter of fact, bet you we will after he is sworn in office.
sheebe on January 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Sorry about that double post. Don’t know what is going on, but is taking forever, then when it loads it says double comment. I am innocent this time I swear!
sheebe on January 5, 2009 at 10:58 PM
They made that movie… it was called Idiocracy. In it the guy woke up to a civilization full of sheep that believed whatever the man on TV said to believe and a black man as President who ruled through showmanship and mindless platitudes and…
oh god… I wasn’t even cryogenically frozen!
Skywise on January 5, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Isn’t this the same rhetoric used to justify the bailout plan?
Sekhmet on January 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Biden:
Gird your loins!
azlibertarian on January 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Only on difficult issues. With the Economy, he’s fully prepared to serve as horribly-underqualified mouthpiece for Nancy and Harry. Sick.
fiscallyconservative on January 5, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Bush 43 needs to get used to his next staring role, Herbert Hoover.
With all of the silly previous presidential allusions, Team Barry will no doubt give this a try. GWB makes the perfect and necessary counter point to our FDR redux. Just waiting for the trial baloons to rise above the offices of Time, Newsweek and the New York Times.
moxie_neanderthal on January 5, 2009 at 11:05 PM
maybe you should add a quote from “Road to Serfdom” allah
jp on January 5, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Standard Dem move, create a crisis and then save it, unintended consequences be damned.
bbz123 on January 5, 2009 at 11:07 PM
definitely, the Dems in 2002 and 2003 were trying to label him Hoover then. Because of Job growth, then into the 04 election the economy took off and that went away. Now that recession is back, the Hoover tag is back.
Recall also when Social Security reform was attempted, the Dems rallied at an FDR memorial for a press conference. They are obssessed with the Depression and their beleif that their ideology saved us. If anything it did consolidate power for them in Washington for awhile.
jp on January 5, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I forgot about that one…never saw it. Gonna have to rent it this week.
JetBoy on January 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM
That’s so true. And never mind the fact that their so-called solutions have in the past not helped, but done harm.
It’s all about power.
INC on January 5, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I didn’t think I could be annoyed by Obama any more than I was during the election… but I have to say, within the first 5 days of this year, I’ve heard him make comments and answer questions, dozens of times with his obnoxious “What I’ve said is”, “As I’ve said”, and “I’ve been clear”. Much of the time it’s part of his usual political dancing when he’s trying to cover after contradicting himself or trying to pull the wool over our eyes after breaking campaign promises… but he’s such a weasel, he uses these “What I’ve said is..” type nonsense for just general questions now, and he comes off like even more of an arrogant prick than previously had (if that’s possible). Just answer the question, Barry, even if you’re just going to continue your pattern of lies and other dishonest statements. But shut up with all this “what I’ve said” and “I’ve been clear”.
And for those who haven’t noticed this obnoxious new trend of his, simply picture his voice (or do an impression outloud if you can) and say those comments to yourself and you’ll immediately realize how familiar it sounds.
RightWinged on January 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM
GIRDED!
…. again!
wise_man on January 5, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Wimp!
SouthernGent on January 5, 2009 at 11:26 PM
You’re right. It’s a patronizing cover up for duplicity and he’s done it so long that he’s probably almost incapable of giving a straightforward answer. When someone has been building a facade of their persona for a long time, that person have to be very careful that everything he says can be taken several ways, so that in the future he can apply a meaning at will.
I’ve had some personal dealings with a narcissist. I saw and learned this the hard way.
INC on January 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM
AAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!!
The economy tanks because the economy was worried about what the government would do about the economy!!????
Isn’t ANYONE curious what the economy would do if left to its own devices??? Or is that TOO FUCKING INSANE TO IMAGINE???
When does the revolution start?
jimmy the notable on January 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM
The Great Depression,Part Deux!
Hopey,”We have an extradinary challenge….yada..yada..yada
——————-
Right from the word go,er,as soon as Obama’s hand comes
off the ‘good book’,the Liberal Party as well as the Lib’s
Marxist Socialist Media,will be bending over backwards,to
ensure that as the first African American President term is
a rounding smashing success!
And,make no mistake about it,America is at War,and at the
rate that things are progressing with Pakistan,Israel,and
Iran,it could go global!
And again,the Liberals could be in denial,its a War Time Economy,and yet,when’s the last time Obama,or Team Hopey
has mentioned Iraq or War in particular!
Krugman wants hand-over-fist-spending,like yesterday or
better yet,last month,oh wait,they did that already,in a
real s-l-o-w-voice,as in Nancy Pelosi,700 Billion Dollars!
Okay,Krugman,flush more American Tax Payers dollars down
the lew.If I’m correct,the banks bought more banks,and not
one dime went to lending!
So Krugman,whats your next brilliant Liberal bleeding heart
idea?
Oh thats right,more cash infusion,to the banks that won’t
lend!
Now,Obama wants to employ American’s,such a noble idea,for
infrastructure purpose’s,and where is the money coming from,
no income coming in,no new business’s,so again,the grand
Socialist Utopian Dream is to drain the American Coffer’s
even further!
Absolutely Outstanding!
And all along,as Obama looks like the great’HOPE’and all the
new ‘CHANGES’,America will go further done the economic dra
in!
And,as per usual,Liberals and the media will blame the
Republican Party for the next fifty years,after all Krugman
isn’t it all about keeping the Liberal’s in POWER,but hope
fully not for the next fifty years!
canopfor on January 5, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Question: If Krugman was worthy of a Economics Nobel prize (booby prize), then why couldn’t he predict and write about the current economic problems? Peter Schiff saw it coming for years and warned about it.
Krugman is a phony.
Biden is a chia pet.
Obama is presdent and the depression has arrived.
Kini on January 5, 2009 at 11:33 PM
On the brightside…
Obama may yet show that Bush was a strong leader if not an out and out genius… (comparatively)
Skywise on January 5, 2009 at 11:37 PM
The longer it takes for Obama to get his stimulus package through, the harder it will be to make the tax increases retroactive to 1/1/09.
OldEnglish on January 5, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I recommend creating a senate economic crisis committee made up of its newest members, Princess Caroline and Al Franken.
Obarfy needs to get the top minds to work on this right away, who better than Cary and Screamin’ Al?
Bishop on January 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Here’s another nightmare scenario for Obama: He does nothing, passes no stimulus bill, and the economy recovers naturally without any help from government, proving that the combined intellectual capital of the market is smarter than the economically illiterate Obama could ever be.
Tantor on January 5, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Happy New Year
ballz2wallz on January 5, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Obama is a dolt, he should leverage his adoring minions in the MSM to talk-up the economy, its all about PERSCEPTION and not actual performance, 90% of life is a Psychops exercise! (hyperbole….well to be honest its about 68%)
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 12:03 AM
That grinning, botoxed, slobbering nitwit Pelosi will be the death of us.
Jaibones on January 6, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Betting the one will initiate the draft!
Wouldn’t surprise me if the “draft” is what Biden was talking about when asking his fellow libtards to please stick with them, that in time this move will make since.
Keemo on January 6, 2009 at 12:10 AM
I’m hoarding my money and I suggest everyone do the same. I buy gas for my car, I pay my car loan, car insurance, house payments, utilities, groceries, cell phone, internet bill, and that’s it. The basics, nothing beyond that. Save save save. If we do have deflation, money in your hand will be so much more powerful. The buying power will be incredible.
The government wants you to bail THEM out of this pickle by spending money, even money you don’t own but have to borrow. Obama wants you to bail out his fledgling administration with your finances. Just say no to this.
Save your money and reap the rewards of deflation. When this is all over, next year, or ten years from now, you will be sitting pretty. Obama will be an historical footnote.
keep the change on January 6, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Support Cindy Sheehan’s race against {Bela} Pelosi.
@<@
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Jailbones…..
She is such the unrepentant whore…ahhaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Paul Krugman is a nightmare.
Biden is an almost invisible dwarf.
Obama, well, he’s the Übermensch.
Best on topic was Thomas Sowell, tonight on H & C.
That book is yet to be written. She’s got quite the history. There are boys around who remember good times. For now, the madam is ‘leading’, or at least pretending to.
She looks like a little girl in love with the boy king, sitting on royal chairs, while the chaperons watch from the background.
Entelechy on January 6, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Step one: Create a crisis
Step two: Identify government as the solution to said crisis
Step three: Take hundreds of billions of dollars from a bamboozled citizenry
Step four: Create new crisis
Mojave Mark on January 6, 2009 at 12:32 AM
To make matters worse….we’ve just run out of coffee…arrgghhhhhhhhhhhh
HawaiiLwyr on January 6, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Mojave Mark, indeed, while blaming Bush for all of it, some of it for good reason.
Entelechy on January 6, 2009 at 12:33 AM
You know… Starbucks Rules man… Sorry, but Kona coffee is overrated in my taste buds.
I kinda like the very Guilty Ann Coulter.
As for Pelosi
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 12:47 AM
I pay my car loan, car insurance, house payments, utilities, groceries, cell phone, internet bill, and that’s it.
Does scotch count as groceries, and what category would ammunition go under?
Bishop on January 6, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Scotch, yes! It makes a good mix with Orange Juice which is rich in vitamin C.
Ammunition, consider that like celery. You need it for soups, stir-fries, rice pilafs, cheese wiz, etc….
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Entelechy……
Thank you for the insight, I’ve always appreciated your calculated evenhanded and composed offerings. I tend to be far to reactionary and dismissive, I’ll caulk it up to “conditioned response” (no Pavlovian cheap shots if you please) cognizance dictates we function as a retort to needs, be they primal stem function or highest of human capability, compassion.
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 12:59 AM
This country has gone insane.
The number of people who believe these idiots is simply amazing.
Americans don’t want the truth anymore, the entire nation is a bar full of drunks who want the intoxication of lies.
Speakup on January 6, 2009 at 1:02 AM
I take that back…. watching it now.
Tax cuts we need.
Govmint spending we don’t need.
Best quote: If you’re giving tax cuts to people that pay no taxes, it’s welfare. {paraphrasing}
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Speakeasy……
No, truth is the first casualty of entitlement, remember that political populism is analogues to the love bestowed upon a whore by their pimp.
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 1:11 AM
So that’s what a stimulus check is….. I want more….. MORE
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 1:18 AM
Someone sent me this in an email. Don’t know where they got it but it’s probably making the rounds.
HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?
This should boggle your mind!!
And scare you as well!
HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?
1 .
At Wal-Mart,
Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour
of every day.
2 .
This works out to $20,928 profit
every minute!
3.
Wal-Mart will sell more
from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th)
than Target sells all year.
4.
Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot +
Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco +
K-Mart combined.
5.
Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people
and is the largest private employer. And most can’t speak English
6.
Wal-Mart is the largest company
in the history of the World.
7.
Wal-Mart now sells more food
than Kroger & Safeway combined,
and keep in mind they did this
in only 15 years.
8.
During this same period,
31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy
(including Winn-Dixie).
9.
Wal-Mart now sells more food
than any other store in the world.
10.A 0
Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores
in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters;
this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago .
11.
This year, 7.2 billion different
purchasing experiences will occur
at a Wal-Mart store.
(Earth’s population is approximately
6.5 billion.)
12.
90% of all Americans live
within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart
13
Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street
MB4 on January 6, 2009 at 1:36 AM
The best things in life are free,
But you can give them to the birds and bees.
I need money. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
Your love gimme such a thrill,
But your love don’t pay my bills.
I need money. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
Money don’t get everything it’s true,
But what it don’t get, I can’t use.
I need money. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
That’s what I want. (That’s what I want.)
Money. (That’s what I want.)
Lots of money. (That’s what I want.)
Whole lot of money. (That’s what I want.)
Ah-hunh. (That’s what I want.)
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh-huh. (That’s what I want.)
Woah, yeah, (That’s what I want.)
Give me money. (That’s what I want.)
a-Lots of money. (That’s what I want.)
All those lean greens, yeah. (That’s what I want.)
I got that-a…that’s what I mean. (That’s what I want.)
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh-huh. (That’s what I want.)
Woah, yeah, (That’s what I want.)
Give me money…
- Barrett Strong
MB4 on January 6, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Kini… You dog!
Take off the magic goggles and view the really that we face. Obama and his (flying monkeys) buds are saying go out and ho like you never ho’d before, then trust us to take care of you…. we’ll give the fat ass’d transsexual an equal share, even tough no one, I repeat no one did or would avail themselves of “its” charms.
Moral and ethical relativism can only guarantee or death.
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 1:44 AM
“Kini on January 6, 2009 at 1:18 AM”
WHERE’S MAH MONEY?!
:-)
Buckaroo on January 6, 2009 at 1:45 AM
Joe Biden
Hates
WalMart
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Speaking of death…..our, not or, sorry.
Mr. Bacardi has rendered me…. punch drunk and w/o bail!
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 1:55 AM
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 12:59 AM
:) I’ve always liked your comments. For me, I’ve lost all compassion. Fools don’t deserve much of it. Also, some here would never think me “composed”, but that’s just fine.
Kini, she was also great. I meant that Mr. Sowell was good on the topic of bailouts. Glad you saw both.
Entelechy on January 6, 2009 at 1:56 AM
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – de Tocqueville
Needed more prominence. Thank you Speakup for reminding me of this great quote, and great man.
Entelechy on January 6, 2009 at 1:59 AM
Working on it Boss!
Say it ain’t so!
It’s too late. I’ve already subscribed to…. leather and lace.
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Nough said, youngest is flying in from St Louis tonight, AA MD80, could be nasty icing all the way to BOS, pucker factor is always amplified by weather. Night to all and thanks Ent….
dmann on January 6, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Forget the economy. The Assoc Press informed us that the Messiah is running out of time to fix Global Warming.
jediwebdude on January 6, 2009 at 2:17 AM
“Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:08 AM”
NOTHING can beat the time stewie kicks the crap out of brian, including using the flamethrower …
:-)
Buckaroo on January 6, 2009 at 2:19 AM
I dropped at least $1500 into the US economy today… So nobody can fault me for bringing it down! I’m doing my part!
Seixon on January 6, 2009 at 2:20 AM
I’ve dropped a couple of grand in the 4150 chrome-moly-valadium steel industry just in case the supply of canned beans dries up.
Limerick on January 6, 2009 at 2:24 AM
VICTORY IS MINE!
@ن@
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:25 AM
sorry, that’s vanadium. Fingers refuse instruction.
Limerick on January 6, 2009 at 2:28 AM
What kind of beens? Are they magic beens? ☺
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:28 AM
Mr. Bacardi can have that effect.
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:30 AM
Bacardi beans…….or is it beens…..aw the helkl with it!
Limerick on January 6, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Limerick on January 6, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Explosive combination, isn’t it.
Kini on January 6, 2009 at 2:53 AM
What happened to his “one president at a time” philosophy?
Oh, my bad. He’s a god. I forgot.
madmonkphotog on January 6, 2009 at 5:38 AM
War is never the answer! NO WAR!
I thought we were done with the Bush/Cheney era of saber-rattling. I say we pause for some introspection and try to understand why the economy hates us. We need to open a dialog with this economy without preconditions.
President Kucinich would know how to handle this.
saint kansas on January 6, 2009 at 5:59 AM
Oh, my bad. He’s a god. I forgot.
madmonkphotog
Julius Caesar thought he was a god. Brutus and company showed him otherwise. I’m counting on Obama’s cuts to be self-inflicted. Brutus can sit back and watch this time.
SKYFOX on January 6, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Obama’s plan is mind-blowingly, depressingly horrible and will do zip, zero, nada to stimulate the economy – like, say, his piddling cuts in payroll taxes adding up to a whopping $500 a year. That wouldn’t cover the Arugula bills.
I’m also getting pretty tired of hearing people suggest that delaying the end to the Bush tax cuts until 2010 will somehow stave off further disaster. It’s nothing but a longer walk to the same cliff. However, promise to make them permanent and watch the stock market go zoom, zoom, zoom.
Buy Danish on January 6, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Between Caroline Kennedy’s “you know” and BO’s “EXTRAORDINARY” we could have a real drinking game going.
New game: COUNT THE VARIATIONS OF THE WORD: EXTRAORDINARY in all of BO’s speaches and replies.
stenwin77 on January 6, 2009 at 7:26 AM
If Obama’s plan passes, it’s a certainty.
MarkTheGreat on January 6, 2009 at 7:58 AM
This dolt is on the fast track to completely destroy the country.
rplat on January 6, 2009 at 7:59 AM
The opposite is true. The original depression was turned into the Great Depression because of government involvement.
In 2009, our government is much larger so it can do more damage. There are more ignorant people, in number and precentage, who have no clue how the free market works, why the free market is the best system and why the fed should stay out of it. All they know is the crap they are fed through headlines and soundbites. Bush gave the rich tax cuts = economy bad.
That is all they know.
We have more people who are not contributing to the economy at all, and are actually a drain on resources.
We have also just elected the most unqualified person in the history of all elections to run the country. We now have the antithesis of a leader put in the position of leading the country.
At this point I think that is is impossible to ever shrink the size of our government.
reaganaut on January 6, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Why bash Wally-World just because it’s big? That seems like a liberal prescription.
Wal-Mart is one of the few giant corporations that’s not left-wing, though I wouldn’t call them right-wing either.
jgapinoy on January 6, 2009 at 8:43 AM
In 2000 Rush had a montage of congressers and senators complaining about Bush “talking down the economy” before taking office, meaning that he was saying true thing about it. He oughta dust it off and play it again.
Akzed on January 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Why can’t I shake the feeling that the Presidency to Barry is just a vehicle for superstardom and the country be damned. His ego can not be tamed even at the expense of the country. Even if everyone keeps telling you that you are superior to God, how crazy do you have to be to actually believe it?
sherry on January 6, 2009 at 9:19 AM
sherry on January 6, 2009 at 9:19 AM
You’re right. But, he’s not stupid. He’s picking and choosing what he wants to tackle. He’s avoiding foreign policy and concentrating on his Economic Stimulus. This way he can be seen as the “saviour of the working class” he perceives himself to be. Anything he doesn’t want to deal with, he uses the “one President at a time” excuse.
What happens after January 20th? God help us.
kingsjester on January 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM
What happened to there being “only one President at a time”?
drjohn on January 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM
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