<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>HotAir</title><link>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2011/08/03/flashback-welcome-to-the-recovery/feed</link><description>HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:22:17 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Flashback: "Welcome to the recovery!"</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[The NRSC wants to give some equal time to Democrats in its latest web ad, and so they let their opponents do all of the talking.  The spot flashes back to statements from Barack Obama, Harry Reid Claire McCaskill, Tim Geithner, and Jay Carney extolling the recovery that they created &amp;#8212; a recovery that new data shows never really happened.  With economic indicators falling and Wall Street hitting reverse, it&amp;#8217;s a good time to recall the sales job conducted by an administration that had no product in the first place:]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:45:32 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2011/08/03/flashback-welcome-to-the-recovery-n179846</link></item></channel></rss>