Boortz On The Economy
Great blurb over at Neil Boortz's web site regarding the economy, posted in its entirety:
By any measure, the economy of the United States of America is booming. Unfortunately, if you watch television news or read the newspaper (remember those?,) everyone thinks we've fallen on hard times. That's too bad. All that government schooling sure comes in handy for the liberal elites running the press when they want to push the big lie.
Right now, unemployment is at 4.7%. By any measure, that's very low...approaching full employment. In fact, in 1996 when Bill Clinton was running for re-election, the media bragged about the unemployment at the time of around 6%. Why brag? Because they wanted the public to think things were oh-so-swell so they would keep Clinton in office. So you get the idea...when there's a Democrat in the Oval Office, low unemployment is low, but if it's a Republican, all unemployment is high. And so the media template goes.
The economy right now is on fire.....in fact, it's been growing year after year. But don't tell the dumb masses. They'll tell you that the economy is in the toilet. Why? It's those darned gas prices! Never mind that gas prices have been high for several years running in the summer months, and ignore the fact that, adjusted for inflation, they've been higher in the past.
Another example: When Bush ran for office he promised to increase jobs in the U.S. For years after his election the press ran with examples on how Bush was failing to live up to his promise. Then .. the promised jobs started to materialize, the press suddenly couldn't find its tongue. No surprise.
So what's really behind the lack of good news about our great economy? Make no mistake, it is the slanted propaganda churned out daily by the mainstream media and the Democrats. Such is their desire to remove Republicans from office that they will do anything to create the impression that the economy is terrible, and that includes fail to tell you the truth about our current economic boom.
But just look around you.....and you'll see otherwise.That is, unless your head is in the sand. Like most people on the left.
This is one of the most frustrating things to me...with every economic indicator showing how strong our economy is, with the Dow Jones staying up over 11,000, people still talk about how crappy the economy is. I don't know how many people I've corrected about that, but it just doesn't sink in. They can't tell you why they think the economy is bad, they just think it is. Boortz is right, the slanted, biased news coverage day in and day out has had exactly the effect the left wants it to. That's a shame. We just have to keep hammering the message day in and day out ourselves. The MSM ain't gonna tell the truth, that's for sure.
JASmius adds: No, the Bush White House needs to hammer the message day in and day out. They're getting no credit for the booming economy because they're not seeking any.
When Clinton was president, he and his surrogates were on the tube, well, "day in and day out" touting and taking credit for it. Sure, the media was their willing accomplice, but the Clintonoids didn't take that for granted nor any chances whatsoever; they made sure that every last American was programmed to credit Mr. Bill with every good thing and blame the Republicans for every bad thing. And you know what? For the most part, it worked. Bill Clinton lied, cheated, perjured, suborned perjury, witness-tampered, obstructed justice, and betrayed his country to the Red Chinese. He committed high crimes and misdemeanors that dwarf the worst mendacities the Left has ever hurled at his successor. Yet he left office with one of the highest approval ratings in modern political history. And all because he spared no effort to "focus on [usurping credit for] the economy like a laser beam."
When's the last time you saw Bush or John Snow (He's the Secretary of the Treasury, in case you didn't know) or...heck, I can't think of any other economic policy point people right off hand (a very telling lack) - anyway, when's the last time you saw a Bushie talk up the economy in any kind of systematic, campaign-like, pound-it-into-the-ground-until-it-sinks-into-the-public-consciousness way? Or, God help us, link the boom to the President's tax cuts, which to date are the Administration's only legitimate domestic policy achievement? Never, that's when. And thus the media's doom & gloom propaganda keeps flowing into American heads, unopposed by facts and truth.
Frankly, I personally tire of defending White House policies that they won't defend themselves. Especially when they are so quick to defend other policies (immigration comes to mind) that are simply indefensible. And I suspect I'm not alone amongst the GOP base in that regard.
Might that be why the President's polling numbers are in the sewer? So why doesn't Dubya start mending those fences? After all, the impeachment he would be avoiding would be his own.
By any measure, the economy of the United States of America is booming. Unfortunately, if you watch television news or read the newspaper (remember those?,) everyone thinks we've fallen on hard times. That's too bad. All that government schooling sure comes in handy for the liberal elites running the press when they want to push the big lie.
Right now, unemployment is at 4.7%. By any measure, that's very low...approaching full employment. In fact, in 1996 when Bill Clinton was running for re-election, the media bragged about the unemployment at the time of around 6%. Why brag? Because they wanted the public to think things were oh-so-swell so they would keep Clinton in office. So you get the idea...when there's a Democrat in the Oval Office, low unemployment is low, but if it's a Republican, all unemployment is high. And so the media template goes.
The economy right now is on fire.....in fact, it's been growing year after year. But don't tell the dumb masses. They'll tell you that the economy is in the toilet. Why? It's those darned gas prices! Never mind that gas prices have been high for several years running in the summer months, and ignore the fact that, adjusted for inflation, they've been higher in the past.
Another example: When Bush ran for office he promised to increase jobs in the U.S. For years after his election the press ran with examples on how Bush was failing to live up to his promise. Then .. the promised jobs started to materialize, the press suddenly couldn't find its tongue. No surprise.
So what's really behind the lack of good news about our great economy? Make no mistake, it is the slanted propaganda churned out daily by the mainstream media and the Democrats. Such is their desire to remove Republicans from office that they will do anything to create the impression that the economy is terrible, and that includes fail to tell you the truth about our current economic boom.
But just look around you.....and you'll see otherwise.That is, unless your head is in the sand. Like most people on the left.
This is one of the most frustrating things to me...with every economic indicator showing how strong our economy is, with the Dow Jones staying up over 11,000, people still talk about how crappy the economy is. I don't know how many people I've corrected about that, but it just doesn't sink in. They can't tell you why they think the economy is bad, they just think it is. Boortz is right, the slanted, biased news coverage day in and day out has had exactly the effect the left wants it to. That's a shame. We just have to keep hammering the message day in and day out ourselves. The MSM ain't gonna tell the truth, that's for sure.
JASmius adds: No, the Bush White House needs to hammer the message day in and day out. They're getting no credit for the booming economy because they're not seeking any.
When Clinton was president, he and his surrogates were on the tube, well, "day in and day out" touting and taking credit for it. Sure, the media was their willing accomplice, but the Clintonoids didn't take that for granted nor any chances whatsoever; they made sure that every last American was programmed to credit Mr. Bill with every good thing and blame the Republicans for every bad thing. And you know what? For the most part, it worked. Bill Clinton lied, cheated, perjured, suborned perjury, witness-tampered, obstructed justice, and betrayed his country to the Red Chinese. He committed high crimes and misdemeanors that dwarf the worst mendacities the Left has ever hurled at his successor. Yet he left office with one of the highest approval ratings in modern political history. And all because he spared no effort to "focus on [usurping credit for] the economy like a laser beam."
When's the last time you saw Bush or John Snow (He's the Secretary of the Treasury, in case you didn't know) or...heck, I can't think of any other economic policy point people right off hand (a very telling lack) - anyway, when's the last time you saw a Bushie talk up the economy in any kind of systematic, campaign-like, pound-it-into-the-ground-until-it-sinks-into-the-public-consciousness way? Or, God help us, link the boom to the President's tax cuts, which to date are the Administration's only legitimate domestic policy achievement? Never, that's when. And thus the media's doom & gloom propaganda keeps flowing into American heads, unopposed by facts and truth.
Frankly, I personally tire of defending White House policies that they won't defend themselves. Especially when they are so quick to defend other policies (immigration comes to mind) that are simply indefensible. And I suspect I'm not alone amongst the GOP base in that regard.
Might that be why the President's polling numbers are in the sewer? So why doesn't Dubya start mending those fences? After all, the impeachment he would be avoiding would be his own.
posted by Jennifer at 12:22 PM
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