Final nail in the economy's coffin? | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)
Careful what you wish for (none / 0)
Yes...the economic stagnation and an unpopular criminal President...another case of deja vu.

The general, only-pay-attention-two-week s-before-voting public is a fickle lot. When they cast their votes, they will do so knowing we're in deep doo doo. They will soon forget that it was the Bush years which brought us here and whoever is president will take the blame for decades to come. Ask Jimmy Carter what it's like to take over a failed economy, work for four years to get it back in shape and then have some out of work actor come along and take the huzzahs. Sux, I bet.

Ever hear the saying, "Well, at least it can't get any worse"?

Wrong.

by MedfordTim on 02/01/2008 12:34:27 PM EST

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A-friggin'-men (none / 0)
"...take over a failed economy, work for four years to get it back in shape and then have some out of work actor come along and take the huzzahs."
That's the best summary of the Reagan years I've heard yet.

"If you're not pumped up, then get the hell out, 'cause you don't belong here." -- Cenk Uygur

by Spinny on 02/01/2008 12:47:24 PM EST

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Except that... (none / 0)
...Reagan and his cronies did everything they could to take whatever national "profit" there was out of the growth and give it exclusively to the absolute richest people they could find.  That they weren't entirely successful is because Democrats controlled Congress, but they did slow down the recovery from the sabotage done by the Saudis for more than a decade.

by Juarez Traveller on 02/01/2008 09:18:14 PM EST

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Final nail in the economy's coffin? | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)