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POLITICO: OBAMA LOSING THE STIMULUS MESSAGE WAR. It’s not the messenger. It’s the message that st…
POLITICO: OBAMA LOSING THE STIMULUS MESSAGE WAR. It’s not the messenger. It’s the message that stinks. And, as a wise man once said, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.
Losing the message war?
politico.com — The sheer size of the stimulus has prompted protests that are causing some moderate Dems to flinch.... (more) Losing the message war?
Losing the message war? (Politico)
news.yahoo.com — Politico - At this crucial juncture in the push to pass an economic recovery package, President Obama... finds himself in the most unlikely of places: He is losing the message war.  (more) Losing the message war? (Politico)
Obama losing the “stimulus” message war?
Obama losing the “stimulus” message war?
faustasblog.com — Jeanne Cummings of Politico says Obama’s losing the stimulus message war At this crucial juncture in the... push to pass an economic recovery package, President Obama finds himself in the most unlikely of places: He is losing the message war. And ... (more) Obama losing the “stimulus” message war?
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Obama Goes On Offense-- Pushes Trillion Dollar Boondoggle
Gateway Pundit — ... dollar Generational Theft Act. This comes after polling data yesterday showed that Americans are not in favor of this gi-normous spending bill that includes water slides, dog parks and a Frisbee golf course. It is so big that as Mitch McConnell said, "If you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion." That's a big hog. As Glenn Reynolds put it: "It’s not the messenger. It’s the message that stinks. And, ...

A Real Summary of the Dems Pork Fest
SCSUScholars — Jeff Jarvis: “We are bailing out the past. Instead, we must bail out the future.” We could start by not saddling the future with trillions more in debt for bailing out the past . . . Instapundit

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