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Oliver Willis: McCain Still In Denial On The Economy
The Reaction: The economy sucks, stupid!
Fired Up! Missouri: Out-of-Touch Twins: Hulshof and McCain Both Think Economy is Strong
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: (McCain's Home State - AZ) Foreclosures hit SW Valley hard
McCain Still In Denial On The Economy
Oliver Willis —
Says the fundamentals are strong even as America slogs through the Bush-induced malaise…
The economy sucks, stupid!
The Reaction —
... today on Ingraham's radio show: I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong. We've got terribly big challenges now, whether it be housing or employment or so many of the other — health care. It's very, very tough times. It's very tough. But we're still the most innovative, the most productive, the greatest exporter, the greatest importer. But what fundamentals? As Think Progress notes: Inflation is rising; Real ...
Out-of-Touch Twins: Hulshof and McCain Both Think Economy is Strong
Fired Up! Missouri —
How's this for GOP message discipline? Both John McCain and Kenny Hulshof think the economy is doing well. Maybe from their perch. McCain has at least seven houses (note: staff recount still not official) and millions of dollars in annual income. Hulshof has an 800 bottle wine collection. Good thing Jay Nixon gets it. Here is what he had to say today at an economic summit: "Let's face it, our economy is moving in the wrong direction." Straight talk ...
(McCain's Home State - AZ) Foreclosures hit SW Valley hard
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in home foreclosures - 665 percent and 563 percent, respectively."In Goodyear, 60 to 70 percent of homes are bank-owned," Marthaler said. "I also know that, based on statistics from Coldwell Banker, close to 75 percent of the homes we sold last month - and we had a good month - were bank-owned properties. Sales are up, sure, but prices are way down." Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/200... Why is McCain so out of touch with his home state? McCain: ‘I Still Believe The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong’
Job one
Political Animal —
... Palin aside, he simply doesn't sound like he understands what's really going on out in the outside world, and when he's forced to talk about it he has nothing to say. Republican orthodoxy forbids any serious response -- forbids, in fact, even the possibility of an effective response other than yet another round of tax cuts -- so it's best to mutter a few bromides and move on. And that's what he does. It doesn't help that McCain recently described the fundamentals of our economy as " strong ," and argued that we've seen " ...
Weisman Gets on the Tire Swing
Matthew Yglesias —
... Here’s John McCain on August 20 talking to Laura Ingraham: “I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” ...
Greenspan’s “once-in-a century” financial crisis counters McCain’s economic hallucinations
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Pam Spaulding
“I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong. We’ve got terribly big challenges now, whether it be housing or employment or so many of the other — health care. It’s very, very tough times. It’s very tough. But we’re still the most innovative, the most productive, the greatest exporter, the greatest importer.”
-- John McCain, on the Laura Ingraham program (8/21/2008)
How long can McCain keep up this fantasy that a few tax cuts will get us out of this ...
McCain Still Thinks The Economy Is “Fundamentally Strong”
Firedoglake —
... Just three weeks ago, John McSame said:
I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong.
Oh well.
UPDATE
eCHAN and Attaturk point out that it's actually ...
Final Verdict on the Modern Republican Economy
BlueOregon —
... I think we are better off overall if you look at the entire eight-year period, when you look at the millions of jobs that have been created, the improvement in the economy, et cetera. - January 2008
[George Bush] should be judged very, very well as far as the economy is concerned. We’re in a long sustained period of economic growth. - March 2007
I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong. - August 2008
Against that background of consistent support for the Bush ...
Cheers and Jeers: 2008 Flashback, Pt. 3
Daily Kos —
... Flashback to August 20, when John McCain raised eyebrows by asserting that "The fundamentals of our economy are strong." When he ...
