He clearly has a loathing for the upper income earners and corporate CEO’s.

saiga on March 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM

Of which he is either one or going to be one.

Believe it or not, some blue dogs are more conservative than some Repubskis (Repubniks?), like Spector for instance.

Such amazing color transformations! What a spectacle to see as the wool on these dogs comes off. Of course they lose all shape, too, on the ground with no skeleton to help them. Not a backbone to be seen amongst the gelatinous multicolored woolen masses Upon the Hill.

ajacksonian on March 3, 2009 at 4:19 PM

My nominee for Quote O’the Day!

No win situation right now.

I do remember the ‘Yellow Dog’ Democrats who preferred to vote for a dirty, yellow dog before voting for a Republican… and, perforce, got a party of dirty, yellow dogs that slowly started gaining a pink color to them. The idea of putting Party before principles and Nation didn’t work out so well for those other miscolored mutts and their different colored offspring don’t mind being bluish here and there, but have a nice yellow undercoat.

When it isn’t pink, that is, during shedding season which happens right before any vote in Congress. Such amazing color transformations! What a spectacle to see as the wool on these dogs comes off. Of course they lose all shape, too, on the ground with no skeleton to help them. Not a backbone to be seen amongst the gelatinous multicolored woolen masses Upon the Hill.

They better do something! Obama actually just said on TV that “the stock market is kind of like um a tracking poll”… Oh My god!!!

sabbott on March 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Thanks for the tip:

What I’m looking at is not the day-to-day gyrations of the stock market, but the long-term ability for the United States and the entire world economy to regain its footing. And, you know, the stock market is sort of like a tracking poll in politics. You know, it bobs up and down day to day. And if you spend all your time worrying about that, then you’re probably going to get the long-term strategy wrong.

Michael Goldfarb has this analysis:

Sometimes it seems like our new president is just a little self-absorbed. I’m pretty sure that most Americans don’t view the day to day fluctuations in the stock market, fluctuations that have wiped out half or more of their life savings, as anything like a tracking poll. And these numbers don’t bob up and down. Since Obama’s been in office they’ve bobbed only in one direction. The Dow has lost nearly 1,500 points in just over a month. If Obama’s poll numbers had taken a dive like this during the campaign, nobody in Chicago would have been worried about the long-term strategy — they would have been worried about finding new jobs.

I think (as Archie Bunker would say) the colored guy is doing a decent job.

He clearly has a loathing for the upper income earners and corporate CEO’s.

Yes, they earned it while he had to work hard stealing and taking bribes (e.g. from Tony Rezko), to get his.

Obama is a fraud in every sense of the word.

The regressive side would make up some story of how I hate certain groups of people — which of course is not true — rather than acknowledge my principles and ideas.

WashJeff on March 3, 2009 at 2:42 PM

He clearly has a loathing for the upper income earners and corporate CEO’s.

saiga on March 3, 2009 at 2:34 PM

I would not go that direction. Obama is a true believer of his ideology (i.e., proregressive).

If I were President and was wacking about 10 cabinet posts and their departments. The regressive side would make up some story of how I hate certain groups of people — which of course is not true — rather than acknowledge my principles and ideas.

No, Obama simply believes his ideas will work. And they will work…to diminish liberty and greatness of this country.

I think the democraps realize the american people
are abolutly pissed off and about ready to march on washington..

They dont want to loose tier cushy do nothing jobs
So they are trying to act responsible..

To late..
We need to clean house Now.

jcila on March 3, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Yep, yep, and yep.

Obama’s numerous policies and lack of executive experience are the wrong medicine for what ails the economy.

WashJeff on March 3, 2009 at 2:23 PM

No doubt about it.

And I don’t think this leopard will change his spots. For some stange reason I believe he wants to punish America for slavery and the poor performance of so many blacks in education, income, and culture.

Once he is gone, I will consider the historical slate clean as far as black exploitation is concerned.

One of Idahos congress critters is a blue dog newly elected and so far he has voted against every pork bill to appear (not sure about the minibus pork bill)…

Betcha he voted for Pelosi to be House Speaker, he’s outta here.

She’s the head of the snake, he’s the tail.

However, people who have to live on their investment income have a catch 22. If you are all in cash interest rates are to low to even keep up with inflation. This forces some investment risk for higher yields.

I would say though that a 3% return beats a -25% return, which is what we’ve got since Obama-Mugabe was coronated.

Perhaps the solution is to just spend it all on wild parties and buying houses/cars we can’t afford.

Then we’ll be eligible for the feckless loser bailout plan, which is undoubtedly the next Obama-Mugabe-Pelosi proposal.

And if they don’t bail me out, since my money will be worth nothing, at least I would have had a good time before the whole outhouse collapses.

They dont want to loose tier cushy do nothing jobs
So they are trying to act responsible..

To late..
We need to clean house Now..

DeathToMediaHacks on March 3, 2009 at 1:26 PM

(my folks followed her advice and got out of the market quickly

My parents were concerned that their bank was going to be closed. So they decided to get their money out of the bank, but due to signed contracts, they had to pay-off all loans (which were business related) to get the money out. TO pay back the loans my dad had to liquidate all his stock\mutual fund holdings in July 2008. An example where the threat of bank failure helps. The bank finally shutdown this past weekend.

The market was due for a tumble because its most powerful institutions were compromised.

Cannot prove or disprove your statement, but I would contend that market already knew these institutions were in bad shape.

Markets, first and formost, need stability and confidence to survive and thrive. Obama’s policies represent too much change for the current economic climate. If Obama were to simply let the Bush tax cuts expire (which I disagree with), kept spending in-line, and had a clear bank plan, the market would be reacting better than we are seeing. All this cap-and-trade, health care initiatives, etc. are just too much for the market to absorb.

Obama needs to inspire stability and confidence in the market. I will admit he was handed a tough situation (I am pissed that Bush administration panicked last year), but Obama’s numerous policies and lack of executive experience are the wrong medicine for what ails the economy.

Unfortunately, the water drinkers are so enchanted with “pie in the sky”, they don’t know what they are really looking at.

The market and country won’t recover until Obama wises up about reality vs fantacy land. Rewarding deadbeats and spanking achivement.