On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:26:57 -0500, satyr >
wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:17 -0400, Usenet User
> wrote:
>
>>Two years ago the Democrats took control of Congress. One year later the
>>economy started to go into a tailspin.
>
>And exactly what do you think the Democrats did to cause that? Did
>they deregulate the banking industry? No, that was the neocons. Did
>they raise taxes? No, the Bush tax cuts remain in force to this day.
>Did they deflate the housing bubble? No, bubbles deflate on their
>own. Did they waste a trillion dollars (and thousands of lives) in
>Iraq? No, that was the neocons again.

What did they do to *prevent* the crisis? What did they even
*propose*? They, afterall, controlled all legislation.

>
>>Obama's lack of leadership and
>>total and complete inexperience has kept consumer confidence at a low.
>
>Consumer confidence just jumped by the most in four years.
>
><http://seekingalpha.com/article/134000-still-low-consumer-confidence-improves-significantly>
><http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aGCiuVKXzvaQ&refer=home>
>
>>Couple that with a failure of the so-called stimulus program that is not
>>and will not create jobs,
>
>There are signs it is working, but it is really too early to tell.
>
>>is causing consumer confidence to remain low
>
>Typical neocon tactic: repeat your own misinformation until someone
>believes it.


Irony anyone?