Worst Economy Since … never mind.

When you need to get your liberal social agenda through … and fast … it’s the worst economy since the … well you know the rest. But when it’s time to speak positively to business leaders … well, what the heck, it’s not that bad.

Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is “not as bad as we think” and his plans will speed recovery.

Challenged to provide encouragement as the nation’s “confidence builder in chief,” Obama said Americans shouldn’t be whipsawed by bursts of either bad or good news and he was “highly optimistic” about the long term.

Glenn Reynolds calls it the “Emily Litella” Presidency. Never Mind … because so much has changed since February when the Democrat Congress and Obama were trying to push through the Porkapalooza and a multi trillion dollar budget complete with deficits as far as the eye can see.

Remember?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPKTkilZYsg

Oh and remember this one?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd8mq9Ohnhs

I guess it all depends on who you are speaking to and what’s on the agenda.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

2 Comments

  1. Dimsdale on March 13, 2009 at 5:47 am

    It is only a "catastrophe" when it is politically advantageous for it to be so for the Democrats.  Too bad about the side effects on the economy in the meantime.



  2. Dimsdale on March 13, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    This is a problem primarily of the Democrats own making.  Remember how McCain was excoriated for saying that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" in an attempt to counter the continual economy bashing of the campaign mode Democrats (actually the BDS mode Democrats, who talked down the economy since 9/11).  Obama can barely stop doing it now, and had to reprogram his teleprompters to start putting out positive messages.



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