[No Surprise] Bush Backs Off of 2.6 Million New Jobs Claim

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-02-18 06:08pm

Film at 11.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2004-02-18 06:17pm

Now he chickens out......

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-02-18 06:47pm

A young George W. Bush Practices for when he's eventually elected PRESIDENT!

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-02-19 12:15am

Almost as stupid as his economic advisor stating that exporting jobs is good for the economy. Idiot.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-02-19 12:21am

Defiant wrote:Almost as stupid as his economic advisor stating that exporting jobs is good for the economy. Idiot.

Except that Mankiw was right. The outsourcing is good for the economy in the long run.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-19 12:26am

Defiant wrote:Almost as stupid as his economic advisor stating that exporting jobs is good for the economy. Idiot.

He was right, in a refreshing moment of honesty.

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-02-20 07:23pm

Joe wrote:
Defiant wrote:Almost as stupid as his economic advisor stating that exporting jobs is good for the economy. Idiot.
He was right, in a refreshing moment of honesty.

He was economically correct, but politically stupid. Kind of reminds me of when James Watt(Reagan's secretary of (state?)) said that they had the perfect team because it consisted of "A gay, three women, two blacks, and four jews" or something like that.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-20 07:25pm

James Watt was the secretary of the interior; at one point, he said we didn't have to worry about taking care of the environment because the rapture was coming.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-02-20 09:02pm

Joe wrote:James Watt was the secretary of the interior; at one point, he said we didn't have to worry about taking care of the environment because the rapture was coming.

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Please tell me he was fired shortly after he said that.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-23 06:19am

Watt was a proponent of "dominion theology," an authoritarian Christian heresy that advocates man's duty to "subdue" nature. His deep faith in laissez-faire capitalism and apocalyptic Christianity led Secretary Watt to set about dismantling his department and distributing its assets rather than managing them for future generations. During a Senate hearing, he cited the approaching Apocalypse to explain why he was giving away America's sacred places at fire-sale prices: "I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns."

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Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-02-23 06:42pm

Andrew J. wrote:...

Please tell me he was fired shortly after he said that.

Actually he mostly got away with that without getting fired, although he took a beating in the press. What eventually killed him was the comment that went something like, "we've got a gay, two blacks, two Jews, a cripple... and we have talent." He was forced to resign after saying that.