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Bush in denial?

news.yahoo.com — President Bush said Thursday the country is not recession-bound and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. "We acted robustly," he said.

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  • LordMalok, on 02/29/2008, -9/+57Great clip. He's pretty much in lame duck President-mode IMO at this point. Just riding it out til the next person steps in takes over.
    • starbabe, on 02/29/2008, -10/+6It isn't like he can force his hand at this point, so yes he is a lame duck at this point.
    • LeeSoong, on 02/29/2008, -2/+21The first step is to realize your economy has a problem...
      • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -12/+5Actually, economics is primarily a psychological phenomenon, so the first step is to never realize the economy has a problem. If everyone thinks we are in a recession, we stop trading with each other ("hunker down") and cause a recession. If we don't think we are in a recession, we continue spending and hiring and a recession doesn't happen.
        • LeeSoong, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1I'll keep that in mind when gas is $ 15.50 a gallon...
          just believe, just believe - there is no place like home, there is no place like home ...

          Why drive a car? Close your eyes and click your heels three times !
      • guntario, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4@ Locke
        Right... Hyperinflation is not real people. Just spend your way through it. It's all in your imagination.
        • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2You seem to have the concept of inflation confused with the concept of recession.
    • Totalchaos02, on 02/29/2008, -4/+17Yeah, all the election news made me forget for a while that he was still president. I miss that feeling....
      • thechitowncubs, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Interesting, the rest of the country is probably living the same dream.
    • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -16/+25Wtf do you expect him to say? Were DOOOOOOMED. Head to the banks start withdrawing your money sell your stocks while you can OMFG DOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? I'm pretty sure no president would do that.
      • MikeSD34, on 02/29/2008, -5/+13Accepting and broadcasting the fact that we're in a recession to the general public would cause an out-lash and would likely speed us into a death spiral. I'd rather have a slow recession then a market crash. I don't like Bush, and I hope he doesn't believe his own hype, but it's not the kind of thing the general public will accept well.

        Those who are in a position to secure their money are already doing so, the others were screwed from the beginning.
        • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -7/+7Anyone who says we are in a recession right now is either a liar or just guessing. It is actually impossible to know if a recession has started until six to nine months after the recession began, because a recession is defined as two quarters of negative GDP. Q4 had a positive GDP, so we won't know if a recession started in January until the Q2 numbers come out in July.
          • avasol, on 02/29/2008, -3/+3Impossible to know if you're an American that never leaves the country.
            Everyone else is buying your merchandise and services at half price compared to 98.
            The dollar is so absurdly low at the moment that it's starting to look like a third world economy.
          • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3I travel to Europe every few months. I am quite aware of the exchange rate. The recession refers to GDP, not exchange rates. You have no idea what you are talking about.
          • didiman, on 03/03/2008, -0/+1Locke, this is Digg....stop trying to use logic and reason
      • gypsi, on 02/29/2008, -7/+5ron paul might, maybe not in so many words
    • JStraum, on 02/29/2008, -2/+31Mission Accomplished!
    • deleo, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8I would even go a step further. It kind of feels like we don't even have a President right now. I watch the current campaign thinking we will have a President next January, but until then there is really nothing going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
      • akrondude, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1at THIS point??
        • haydesigner, on 02/29/2008, -0/+7Oh, come on now, don't give us this crap.... Bush's administration has been doing PLENTY of things for the past seven.

          Of course, everything he has done has been wrong... but still....
    • pintomp3, on 02/29/2008, -3/+7lame duck? he's pretty much still getting whatever he wants from the pansy democratic congress. yes, i'm aware it's a thin majority and not enough to override a veto, but they could stalemate him instead of lubing up america and bending over.
      • Lewie, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3They have been doing some things. For their Winter break, Democrats kept congress in Pro Forma session, which prevents the President from making recess appointments.

        This explains a little more: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yvblmh
      • aliengoods, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Also, they didn't let him skate in with his telco immunity *****.
    • HigherLogic, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8>> Just riding it out til the next person steps in takes over.

      You mean clean up his mess, right? Just like all his ventures...
    • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2All crippled water fowl take offense at your comparison.
  • esmartcredit, on 02/29/2008, -12/+23Poor...he doesn't have a brain...
    • Dgen_X, on 02/29/2008, -5/+40cheney doesn't have a heart, and congress doesn't have the courage to stand up to him

      Now if only we could get some ruby slippers for rice.....
    • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -16/+5Bush was intelligent enough to trick us all into an Iraqi war but to dumb to tell us we are *****? Your a blinking genius.
    • jstohler, on 02/29/2008, -3/+9When has Bush ever NOT been in denial?
    • gypsi, on 02/29/2008, -3/+2...a heart
      ...da noyve
    • genovais, on 02/29/2008, -3/+5"All this and more can be yours in November, vote McCain!"
  • phenry, on 02/29/2008, -10/+104Another "Mission Accomplished" moment... Be afraid, be VERY afraid!
    • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -13/+2Its possible there isn't going to be a recession. And if we have one might be so minor might not be worth mentioning. There is no official recession yet. And rather then hoping one arrives so you can bitch about it on digg.com how about you emo geeks take your Prozac and develop optimism. Or else just go back to your closet and write crap like this:
      "angry hands meet just service
      freedom comes to soon for one so long a sin
      trapped in a fortress feeling as if norm
      can destroy the demon
      unleash you strong
      cannot accept fate as is
      I will save you
      this I promise
      this battle not to be sung
      to keep so i do not insure
      to sink as low as this rachete foe
      family he claims but by blood this only true
      but actions show nothing but a demented shrew"
      • popfrogs, on 02/29/2008, -0/+11We've been in a declining recession for 2 years. The media was scared to mention inflation, but now it's too obvious to ignore. Inflation is easy to see because prices for finished goods and fuel continue to rise out of control while income remains flat. The GDP is also experiencing very sluggish growth.

        The reason Bush says there's no recession is because he's not in a position to see it. He doesn't work a 9 to 5 or put gas in his car. He doesn't pay $4 per gallon for milk like the rest of us (which is funny, gasoline is nearly as valuable as milk now). From his perspective, the world couldn't be better. His shares of Halliburton, Exxon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics are all going straight up. His cronies are getting rich off the 'war effort' and Afghanistan is exporting record amounts of opium + heroin.

        If anything, this is the best time of Bush's life. He is actually being honest with us for once, but the sad truth is, everything is just fine *from his point of view*.
        • haydesigner, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3It has been more than two years. One could easily argue that it there has been one most of his administration (to be fair, that does have to include the mini-recession he inherited from Clinton right at the beginning).
        • Monk22, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2a rescission would require two quarters of negative GDP growth which there hasn't been in a long time. L2economy
      • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -9/+1I will answer you with a website link that I find sums up my position to a T :http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200802 ...
  • gginsburg, on 02/29/2008, -8/+74When Bush speaks - think the opposite! Remember we will be greeted with open arms and flowers in Iraq or WMD!!!
    • clownloach, on 02/29/2008, -3/+15Agree totally with this
    • starbabe, on 02/29/2008, -3/+8It is hard to disagree with that. Will be interesting to see what changes will come with the next President, no matter who is elected people will be more confident in the future then they currently are. This alone will help the economy as people send more when they feel good about things.
    • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -21/+4Iraqis are more happy to see us then the Muslim terrorist that straps bombs to his chest to kill other Muslims with. As for WMD's even though I was a teenager in Clinton years even I know that Iraq was considered a threat by Clinton Administration and was bombed in 1998. I wonder if any other digg users know this. here is a link you might find useful. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/ ...
      If in 1998 Clinton thought Iraq was such a threat is it such a large stretch that 4 years later the threat would be equally felt?
      Rather then grasping for the most far out wild conspiracy theories cant we try to accept that there are possibilities that don't include big brother and jews ruling the world?
      • CryRightardCry, on 02/29/2008, -4/+19Hmm.
        I suppose you just "forgot" that no one blew up before we went in and wrecked the joint?
        • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -7/+2People should be responsible for their own actions. You believe Bush is responsible for Iraq. Maybe he is maybe he isn't. The fact is a person who goes into a crowd with a bomb on their chest to kill 40 or so people who aren't even Americans is crazy ***** and anyone who doesn't agree must be out of their minds. This person is also 100% responsible for their actions. And I don't suppose 2 or more of these crazy ***** doesn't help make Iraq stable wonderful place to live? If you ask me 2 or more suicide bombers a day are playing a large part in wrecking the joint not Bush. Saying the suicide bombers are not responsible is like saying the art institute that refused to accept Hitler as an art student is responsible for what came after.
      • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -21/+2I suppose if I go to your house with a gun and kill your family that you would feel my parents are to blame? Ah thank God for the America where nobody has to accept responsibility for their own actions. Let FREEDOM RING!!
        • Wartyboskfapped, on 02/29/2008, -3/+16I'm sorry, but you really are a ***** retarded idiot. You are always 100% wrong and your statements never appear to be anything but unadulterated worthless *****. If you ever miraculously evolved an ounce of sense and read back the crap you wrote, you'd jump in front of a train out of pure embarrassment.
        • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -16/+2Wah wah Emo Kid. If you had the balls to say this to my face you wouldn't be hiding behind a computer screen. No you would probably send your mother. I can say whatever the ***** I please. Welcome to America. been there before?
        • Syraxis, on 02/29/2008, -2/+12Aww, isn't that cute? LukasSmith is trying to be an internet tough guy. By the way, you're one to talk about calling someone an emo kid, judging by the image in your profile, you look like you forgot to take your Antidepressants. See? I can troll too.
        • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -13/+2I just stooped to child level for warty but apparently hes not the only teen trolling digg.com. I guess teens have nothing else to do on Thursday night. Well talking on your level has been fun but You are now blocked. No time to continue this childish game. have a nice day. I dont agree with you live with it. take it like a man not like warty who followed my comment with obscene and insulting commentary. Grow up warty. Well bye bye dont expect further response.
        • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 02/29/2008, -1/+9LukasSmith makes perfect sense to LukasSmith
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Jp33ulMtQ
      • StarlessKnight, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3Translation: "Alright, they were wrong, but everyone really, really, really suggested that they might possibly believe the unsupported allegations and tentative beliefs that Saddam could have the potential to create WMDs. Or, in other words, don't blame them, Clinton believed it too...he just managed to NOT drag America into a lasting invasion over something that didn't actually exist to out a man that posed no threat whatsoever to America after the international community strangled Iraq through sanctions, Food-for-Oil scandal aside."
      • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -10/+2Clinton didn't have a 911. Remember those cartoons of chickens with their heads cut off? Welcome to America.
      • meninostongue, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Bush used the threat of force to get inspectors in there. They were getting good cooperation from the Iraqis and were reporting no WMDs. If Bush had simply let that process proceed, he'd have been seen much differently. In that way, at least, he would have been more effective than Clinton at dealing with this perceived threat. However, he chose the invasion route, and that is why he gets slammed and Clinton does not.
    • davidrools, on 02/29/2008, -1/+9"The Turks need to move, move quickly, achieve their objective and get out," he said.
      that's funny...
    • Apocrypha, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Ya, he's a "uniter" not a divider. I guess he must have meant he'll be really good at uniting the rest of the world against the U.S.
  • suzywang3000, on 02/29/2008, -53/+9he's right, the economy is not in a recession and now that the Fed has cut the overnight lending rate, I doubt we'll have a recession.
    • rwinte, on 02/29/2008, -6/+11I think he's right. Technically recession means that our GDP has gone down for 2 quarters straight. If you look at the statistics, our GDP has not done that. Therefore, we are not in a recession. We could still go into a recession, but we are not in one right now.
    • badqat, on 02/29/2008, -17/+6Bingo...I'm beginning to think folks WANT a recession or worse...keep on saying it, and eventually it will come true!
      • bobcat7407, on 02/29/2008, -7/+3Of course they do, anything that makes Bush look bad diggers are for.
        • makkaveli19, on 02/29/2008, -3/+2so if i keep saying i'm a chicken, will that be true?
        • neocognitism, on 02/29/2008, -4/+2maybe thats the case, maybe not
        • siszam, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2We don't have to make Bush look bad. Killing and disabling tens of thousands of Americans did that. Just like every Republican before him. He screws up the economy, victimizes the poor, leaves a trail of bodies then blames the incoming Democrat.
    • BossKey, on 02/29/2008, -6/+8The Fed is facing a slow economy and inflation rates we have not seen for decades.

      If the Republican Party's second coming of Jimmy Carter says we're not headed for a recession...
      ...he means we're headed for a depression!
    • Nation, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2hey hey hey ... nobody who knows anything about economics is allowed in this bush bashing fest ... only those who are ignorant of economics allowed!!!!!
  • umbriago, on 02/29/2008, -7/+83Not in denial. Head straight up ass, like always.
    • koolkeith987, on 02/29/2008, -13/+2Naw, just retarted
      • jchrome, on 02/29/2008, -1/+16Quick tip: 'retarded' is not the best word to spell incorrectly when trying to make a point about another person's intelligence.
        • aliengoods, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1It's well known that Bush loves a Pop-Tart in the morning, but sometimes he'll have one in the afternoon. If said afternoon Pop-Tart is chocolate, his blood-sugar skyrockets and he loses all ability for rational thought. In this case, we refer to him as having been 'retarted'. But I do believe koolkeith used it out of context, as I've seen no mention of said afternoon tart.
    • MajorLeague, on 02/29/2008, -5/+3Does that have something to do with pop tarts?
    • Sil369, on 02/29/2008, -3/+2nsfw: http://www.rickywolking.com/news/uploads/HEAD-UP-Y ...
  • tobybarnett, on 02/29/2008, -24/+6At first I like GW and what he had to say but now it is just a waste of oxygen when he speaks. The coming election gives me hope that this current administration will soon be replaced and the country and move forward.
  • Truzseeker, on 02/29/2008, -6/+27(lol) but how about this ... U.S. Home Foreclosures Jump 90% as Mortgages Reset (Update5) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&si ...
    • regeya, on 02/29/2008, -10/+6And you know, at the risk of sounding like a Republican drone, the downward spiral started before Bush was in office and spikes in things like oil prices have just helped cause a domino effect. This was bound to happen at some point, considering how fast and loose banks have been with loans. Add to that that there's very little influence the federal government has outside of regulation, and even I have a hard time pinning this on old George Douchebag Bush.
      I'm more worried about the constant escalation of prices that get attributed to the rising price of oil, and the lack of raise in wages to compensate. That will cause the economy to slow as sure as anything. Businesses keep claiming that a rise in wages will kill them; guys, something has to give somewhere, unless your ultimate goal is to tank the world economy.
      I'm betting the baby boomers thought they'd be dead before the ***** hit, though, and to be honest I think they were counting on it. To them, I say BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...seriously, I have no sympathy for the jerks who helped cause the problem and thought the problem would stay hidden until they were dead.
      • accvrat, on 02/29/2008, -3/+5Digg 4 *****!
        • haydesigner, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5regeya: "And you know, at the risk of sounding like a Republican drone, the downward spiral started before Bush was in office and spikes in things like oil prices have just helped cause a domino effect. This was bound to happen at some point"

          Because SEVEN YEARS was not long enough to 1) figure it out, and 3) fix it???
          How much slack can you give someone?
      • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -0/+8The home bubble started when the stock bubble burst. People got the idea that stocks were bad investments so they channeled all their money into land, and Greenspan encouraged them by lowering loan rates. This all happened after Bush took office, though it's hard to say it is his fault.
        • popfrogs, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1Eh, I don't think Greenspan cutting rates did anything to start the real estate meltdown. Subprime lending is what caused that problem. Now the banks all expect a bailout for making horrible ***** decisions (intentionally) by selling homes to people that can't afford to buy homes. It seems like the banks are losing ***** of money...but they wind up owning the properties and land outright after people default on them, so it's a win/win as long as they can convince Congress they are hurting.
          The worst possible thing the Fed can do is to keep slashing rates. The banks eat this like candy, because it allows them to borrow more for less. This whole thing was a huge setup and I don't know if I should feel sorry for the people that bought homes and had to leave them or not.
          • Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5Low loan rates lead to skyrocketing home prices because people only consider the cashflow perspective. Skyrocketing home prices lead to 0% down ARM loans to idiots, on the assumption that the house would grow equity so quickly that the idiots could refi with a fixed rate after they get some equity via appreciation.

            So yes, low rates did have a big impact.
      • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4Ah yes, pre-Bush, average $1.39 per gallon of gas. Those were the days.
        More here: http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/0 ...
      • aliengoods, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2The troubles in Bush's first year were the result of the dot-com bubble bursting. This time its the result of rampant overspending by the US government, namely in Iraq. This has caused the Federal Reserve to create more imaginary money to finance the war and stimulate the economy. How do you think a currency gets devalued anyhow??
  • Insightful, on 02/29/2008, -7/+49Other Bush denials from http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/8884.html:

    * “[Rafael Palmeiro]’s the kind of person that’s going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn’t use steroids, and I believe him. Still do.”

    * “Both [Rumsfeld and Cheney] are doing fantastic jobs.”

    * “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”

    * “We do not torture.”

    * “I don’t know whether we’re going to get [bin Laden] tomorrow or a month from now or a year from now. I don’t really know. But we’re going to get him.“

    * On the Democrats retaking Congress in ‘06: “That’s not going to happen.”

    And of course… Mission Accomplished (banner)
    • haiduz, on 02/29/2008, -2/+6im pretty sure thats just a river in egypt
    • jahurt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7How about this one...
      "Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so."
      • withincontext, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1In retrospect, perhaps Bush meant he was going to order the court for a warrant, not get an order from the court. A self-professed 'decider' could certainly see the logic in that.
  • GhostyBoy, on 02/29/2008, -12/+64He's just a front-man for elitist dick-holes.

    If he sounds like he doesn't have a clue it's because he doesn't. He's the fall guy for the banks and corporations who own America. You can replace the puppet, the strings still go up to the same puppet masters. This guy is a ***** joke. He didn't run America into the ground. We did it to ourselves when we bought into this *****.
    • CryRightardCry, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7True enough.
      He's going to be hung out to dry in the end.
      Too bad he's too dumb to see that coming.
      Or maybe they promised him something worth being the most hated man in the world?
      • haydesigner, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3No they told him that he'd be the most loved man in the world.
        And he bought it.

        And we bought him. Twice.
        • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6He realizes that he is far from loved. A 19% approval rate is hard to disguise as anything else. However, in his mind he believes that he will be vindicated in the end when history looks back at his decisions.
          That is honestly how I think he justifies everything. Personally, I think he will end up going down in the history books as the worst president ever, to the point of making Nixon look good.
      • flaknugget, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Opportunities to hold that man to account have come along numerous times.

        People do call him many disparaging names, but have yet to find anyone to actually act. That reflects more on the country as a whole than on W. the individual.
    • orphenshadow, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah, It's sad really, as easy as i find it to want to hate the guy, I find it equally retarded to push all the blame on him, He is nothing but a puppet, and once the strings are cut, the puppet masters will have a new toy.
  • Y0tsuya, on 02/29/2008, -5/+31This is just government-speak for "Everything's great on this end. You're on your own, amigos."
  • CaptinCrunch, on 02/29/2008, -5/+18He knows damn well what is going on, the only "denial" that is going on is that he thinks he is a good liar.
  • Dumbledorito, on 02/29/2008, -7/+11Now that the housing bubble has burst, can someone pop the one Bush lives in, please?

    And can it be televised?
    • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2My car has a bumper sticker, "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot."
      Take heart of the fact that he will return on January 20th, 2009.
      • aliengoods, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2You're assuming he gives up power. We're another terrorist attack and marshal law away from 'Bush for Life'.
  • maxpower17@digg, on 02/29/2008, -19/+25***** DOUCHE BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    He is in-dangering hundreds of millions and nobody cares! He should be impeached just on the grounds that he is a DUMB ***** and doesn't care about the people. war criminal! Treasonous bastard
  • brainboy77, on 02/29/2008, -11/+14i hate you dubya. sooo bad.
  • MrCharlie71, on 02/29/2008, -12/+25DIVERSION, THE PRIMARY STRATEGY
    Experience has proven that the simplest method of securing a silent weapon
    and gaining control of the public is to keep the public undisciplined and
    ignorant of basic systems and principles on the one hand, while keeping them
    confused, disorganized, and distracted with matters of no real importance on
    the other hand.

    This is achieved by: (1) disengaging their minds, sabotaging their mental
    activities, by providing a low quality program of public education in
    mathematics, logic, systems design, and economics, and by discouraging
    technical creativity. (2) engaging their emotions, increasing their
    self-indulgence and their indulgence in emotional and physical activities,
    by: (a) unrelenting emotional affrontations and attacks (mental and
    emotional rape) by way of a constant barrage of sex, violence, and wars in
    the media - especially the T.V. and the newspapers. (b) giving them what
    they desire - in excess -- `junk food for thought' -- and depriving them of
    what they really need. (3) rewriting history and law and subjecting the
    public to the deviant creation, thus being able to shift their thinking from
    personal needs to highly fabricated outside priorities.

    These preclude their interest in and discovery of the silent weapons of
    social automation technology. The general rule is that there is profit in
    confusion; the more confusion, the more profit. Therefore, the best approach
    is to create problems and then offer the solutions.
    • gmallard, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4I did not do thumbs up. But not down either.
      The people who did down are cretins.
      SunTzu: "He who knows the artifice of diversion will be victorious."
    • Amiga500, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0Dang nabbit boy, you been watching Ziegheist again? Go to bed right now, and don't even THINK about supper.
  • mediaspree, on 02/29/2008, -5/+10“I know there ’s a lot of, here in Washington people are trying to — stimulus package two — and all that stuff. Why don’t we let stimulus package one, which seemed like a good idea at the time, have a chance to kick in?” Way to convince the U.S. Americans! Like the time we were told it was a good idea to invade the Iraq.
    • Apocrypha, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1By Bush's own admission he's "not so good with economics".He actually said that.
  • stopbrorape, on 02/29/2008, -8/+14What war in Iraq?
    • 68024, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3Does that comment come with or without the sarcasm? I guessed with, so I dugg you up.
  • YahtzeeG, on 02/29/2008, -8/+11Its hard to argue that we aren't in a recession, you just have to look at the key economic indicators... or just pick up any credible magazine...
    • psykiv, on 02/29/2008, -6/+7But but... Fox news told me that...
      • psykiv, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3For those of you digging me down, its sarcasm!
  • manicallday, on 02/29/2008, -6/+9No. Denial requires a greater level of thought that he's capable of. In this case he's just repeating what someone told him to say. He doesn't really understand what he's saying. He just repeats what he's told to earn his peanuts.
  • Dgen_X, on 02/29/2008, -4/+19He totally sucks at the Jedi mind trick....
    this is not the economy you are looking for....
  • jonnyeuchre, on 02/29/2008, -7/+22
    I don't think it is denial. Just a guy who's never been bothered by the truth.
    • chase001, on 02/29/2008, -3/+6When you have as much blood money as the Bushes going back to Prescott Bush you can buy your own reality.
  • yujie, on 02/29/2008, -14/+1Was he in denile about the Amazon river too?
  • piratearggghhh, on 02/29/2008, -5/+18Why would Bush care? Him, Dick Cheney and the rest of his ***** administration have had the most profitable years of their lives during his administration. They've been living in the golden era of government contracts and big oil. Way to ***** us over before you leave.
  • Spoomeister, on 02/29/2008, -4/+8Can someone please send him to Isreal to try to make peace over there again? Let him "act robustly" in a sand dune for the next 11 months.
    I long for the days when lame duck presidents would hide overseas and STFU about their domestic screwups.
  • bradcrc, on 02/29/2008, -5/+15It's like OJ.

    If you lie to everyone else enough times, sooner or later you're going to start believing yourself.
    • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4Does that mean Bush will write a few books after he leaves office? For example...
      "If I Ruined the Economy"
      "If There Were No WMD's"
      "If I Violated Civil Rights While Wiretapping"
  • FredSpeaking, on 02/29/2008, -3/+7"The Turks need to move, move quickly, achieve their objective and get out," he said.

    /rolleyes
  • ynggrsshppr, on 02/29/2008, -11/+3Hah I just wrote about this. I took a screencap:
    http://ynggrsshppr.dyndns.org:8080/images/news1.jp ...
    • ynggrsshppr, on 02/29/2008, -6/+3Link got fudged up. It's news1.jpg
  • UGM2099, on 02/29/2008, -3/+12Well if you're a rich and powerful ***** and wont be responsible come 8 months from now, would you care?
  • steelaz58, on 02/29/2008, -5/+6He has been doing nothing but hoping his presidency was over since he was re-elected, that way he doesn't have to make any decisions and the democrat who becomes president is left with the mess he made to clean up.
  • ddathcha, on 02/29/2008, -3/+8Stupid or Liar?
    • clayasaurus, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4stupid puppet scapegoat
    • thedaylights, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4Liar
    • megaloid, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1"Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
    • Gazoo2001, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1"Stupid or Liar?"...d'oh, don't make me choose! Can't he be both?
  • AbelZhu, on 02/29/2008, -7/+4we technically aren't in a recession (last quarter had
    • joe8pack, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1Don't believe your eyes and ears. only believe the government statistics, they are your friend, they will take care of you. no need to think, just react. No need to verify, the government will make sure everything is great.
  • trolleyfan, on 02/29/2008, -3/+16Jeeze, has the man _ever_ been right in the last seven years?

    If he said the sun was coming up tomorrow morning I'd ready a flashlight...and I'd probably need it.
    • londubh, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4That would be William Bloody Kristol. And the answer would be; No.
  • cblokzyl1, on 02/29/2008, -13/+16Ok I disagree with Bush on almost every issue but he is right for once the economy will be just fine and wont go into a recession because
    1. The tax rebates are going to the middle class citizens who will spend the money
    2. Stocks are low but many companies are still making profit and growth
    3. Most of all he is leaving office in 10 months and that will make everybody feel at ease
    • LukasSmith, on 02/29/2008, -14/+4Oh god you said something GOod about BUSH!! NOOOOOOOO. HOW can we emo liberal ***** be happy knowing the world isnt black the sky a bird swallowing our souls the stars swords to stab our hearts DEATH!
    • regeya, on 02/29/2008, -5/+2Amen. And because I'm a middle-of-the-road kind of guy, I think Bush is a douche, is an idiot for thinking that trickle-down economics actually works, every bit the coward Clinton was, and if he's a conservative I'm Jenna Jameson, but I totally agree with you. There's little wrong that won't correct itself, and much of the rest can be fixed, and the last remaining bit will be replaced by What Comes Next (whatever that is.)

      The bad thing is that it's an election year, and because many media outlets will be vying for the 'right' candidate to win. Oh, don't deny it, anyone who watched the '92 election can tell you this tim is as bad as then; everyone except for News Corp wants Obama to win, and that means they'll do their darndest to make sure people think we're headed for national, nay, global financial disaster--and it's the Bush Administration, of course, who caused it all, naturally; certainly the private sector has no responsibility in this, do they?

      The other dirty little secret people aren't telling is that all those people allowing their homes to be foreclosed upon will buy again, at least eventually, at lower market prices. And all those other things that are going wrong now? Solutions will be found in the long run. Do I know what they are? I'm not the most brilliant man, but one of the first which comes to mind, at least for the short term, is to do everything possible to get oil prices under control, which means getting oil companies (the guys making record profits) under control. The list goes on. None of it is easy, but it's all within the realm of possibility. America didn't get to the point it is without a little pain and sacrifice, which means we didn't do it by sitting around being miserable little douches whining about how we're all doomed.
    • Apocrypha, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Uhm, already in a recession fool.
    • rowjimmy, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1well, many leading economists think we are already entering recession, or if not yet, the delayed reaction of the fed's moves will probably do so. as per your points,
      1. The tax rebates are going to the middle class citizens who will spend the money - WRONG. the money will be spent servicing debt, which wont help the economy at all
      2. Stocks are low but many companies are still making profit and growth - that's just it, though, nothing is benefiting the workers and entering the economy in general. the stock market continually plunging is a better indicator of economic health than the fact that a small elite are bankrolling on america's demise
      3. Most of all he is leaving office in 10 months and that will make everybody feel at ease - as much as i hate bush, this isn't just about him - this is about unsound fiscal policy snowballing out of control - bush being gone might make people feel happier, but the momentum will (and already is) have picked up more than enough to potentially cause some trouble
  • alphonseragusa, on 02/29/2008, -6/+17Anyone who criticizes King George is a terrorist and will immediately have their phoneline tapped, telecom records seized and rectum emptied.
    • andersan, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2That's good, because I had some mexican food for dinner and I really do need my rectum emptied. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning though, after I drink my coffee.
  • strel1337, on 02/29/2008, -5/+7He reminds me of the Iraqi officer who was saying things like "Americans were far away from Baghdad" as the American tanks were rolling in. Basically in denial, not that i support the war just saying.
  • kreatre2007, on 02/29/2008, -14/+12He's not in denial. The truth is that the democrats want there to be a recession so that one of the socialists trying to get their party's nomination can ride in on a white horse and save the country from the evil Bush administration. What's wrong with having faith that the economy will bounce back? Does Bush have to always spout bad news to be believable? Why not place blame where it belongs? Look at the high energy costs. We're not allowed to develop our own sources of energy. Because of that, we have to deal with rising costs. The environmentalist wackos won't let us use what we already have. It's OK for other countries to drill for oil or dig for coal or build nuclear power plants but, we're not allowed. Until the liberals recognize that they're to blame, there will be no real and lasting improvement. Conservatism works every time it's tried. Liberalism fails EVERY TIME.
    • thedaylights, on 02/29/2008, -11/+5Didn't they go ahead and approve drilling in the Alaskan Reserve? Hm, sounds like you guys are allowed to pollute your environment for oil. Notice I said oil, not energy. Because you don't need to pollute for solar energy, or you can reduce pollution by improving cities mass transit, mandating lower emissions standards for auto manufacturers - all steps the federal government has avoided or gone out of their way to block. I wonder why? Maybe because the government is OIL MEN! Condoleeza Rice is the name of an Exxon oil tanker. Bush is an oil man. Wake up and smell the burning.
      • kreatre2007, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1You're an idiot. You can't run cars on solar energy (yet). I have full faith that we will eventually develop new sources of energy that will be better for the environment and hopefully cheaper as time goes on. In the meantime, we need to continue developing the sources we have now. This isn't the 1970's. We now have environmentally safer methods of extracting oil. We have better methods of burning coal. The whole government is not made up of oil men. That's not a bad thing anyway. These people understand the oil industry. They're better qualified that someone who doesn't. Oil is not killing the planet as the liberal nut jobs like to think. In the end, this isn't about the environment. It's about having power over our lives. It's about the liberals in government wanting to control every aspect of how we live. It's about their wanting to create a populace dependent upon government for everything.
        • kh99, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0"It's about the liberals in government wanting to control every aspect of how we live."

          You think *liberals* want to control how you live, and you're calling someone else a moron? Never mind, it's not even worth the effort to try to explain it to you.
          • kreatre2007, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1It's not worth the effort for you because you can't say anything to refute my point.
    • kh99, on 02/29/2008, -11/+8Put the tin foil hat back on, nut job.
    • steelaz58, on 02/29/2008, -8/+7The environmental whackos would love to develop new sources of energy so we don;t have to invade countries to secure our energy sources. We have tapped out our resources, so drill anywhere you want and you will find a thimblefull of oil to fill our 50gallon appetite for oil How about jumpstarting the economy by having the US become a leader in alterative fuels. Sadly though, that may not guarantee Bush and every oil man from Kuwait to Dallas that he is beholding to.
    • licnyc, on 02/29/2008, -6/+9I see you conveniently forgot the over 1 billion dollars a month we spend in Iraq. Its amazing you'll blame the democrats and the environmentalist for how badly bush has governed the country- you forgot to blame clinton too. Give it a rest.
      • devophl, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8Try nearly 2 billion a week in Iraq not to mention other expenses we're not privy to. I heard someone mention that in 2007, one out of every 15 dollars the US spent was going into the quagmire called Iraq. At the same time, Bush will nearly double our national debt from 5.5 trillion to just over 10 trillion when he leaves office. He's also overseen one of the largest, if not the largest, increases in the Federal budget during his 8 years.

        Greenspan made an ominous warning back in 2003. He mentioned that for the first time, we couldn't finance our debt from within. In other words, prior to 2003, we had enough American investment in bonds to cover the debt. In 2003, that changed and the US had to rely more and more heavily on countries like Japan, China and others to fund our debt. The bottom line is that we no longer have the wealth in this country to sustain our spending habits and most of all cover our debt. We're bleeding red ink out of every pore and we're in for a long protracted recession to readjust our way of life to our ability to create wealth.

        The great Reagan/Bush experiment that is global free trade has virtually bankrupted the US. The end of US economic dominance is very near.
    • Dumbledorito, on 02/29/2008, -4/+12If what Bush is doing is "conservatism," you have failure on a grand scale, one so massive you can see it from orbit. There is nothing that he's done in his term in office that hasn't turned to complete *****.
    • zedstream, on 02/29/2008, -0/+8Sorry, but I must shatter the delusion. Conservatives have been in power prior to most economic downturns, including the granddaddy--that's right, the Great Depression.
    • coustoe, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4hehe, I know its ironic that if we could actually develop our energy sources Coal, Nuclear, wind, Hydro, we wouldnt be in Iraq there wouldnt be this Staginflation.

      Who do you think is stop us from doing this? I hate liberals and Environmentalist They always shoot themselves in the foot then everyone else afterwards.

      I laughed when California had their brownouts and almost went bankrupt, all because the liberals in san fran and berkely wouldn't let anyone in the state build more power plants. Dumbest ***** in history.
      • zedstream, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Burning coal releases mercury into the atmosphere, which eventually settles out. Nuclear waste storage is problematic. I don't see conservatives lining up to have a depot near their neighborhood. Hydro interrupts the life cycle of fauna living in the rivers. Dead rivers benefit no one.

        Wind is cool.

        So, merely expanding production isn't the best solution.

        California actually avoided building more power plants by increasing efficiency. Although reluctant at first, businesses came around once the realized all they money they were saving. The conservative owners were thrilled.

        The brownouts in California were caused by a conspiracy led by Enron to manipulate the market. A non-free market. Very un-conservative.
    • oldgal, on 02/29/2008, -3/+2Have some more koolaid
    • traxman, on 02/29/2008, -1/+0lol Bush isn't the only one in denial!
  • ren1999, on 02/29/2008, -7/+11What a President can do and what a President can not do are specified in the U.S. Constitution, Constitutional Notes, and other laws. Also, there is an unspoken and traditional set of rules for the behavior of a U.S. President. It is time to put those unspoken rules into written rules in case another person like Bush comes along.

    George W. Bush has knowingly hurt our country on behalf of his own interests and those of multi-national minded friends who do not care about the American people.

    Bush and Dick must be investigated and held legally responsible for the damage they have done, including the severe economic punishing they have given to us.
  • MajorLeague, on 02/29/2008, -1/+5Captain George W Bush of the U.S.S. Internets
  • thedaylights, on 02/29/2008, -4/+7He just doesn't give a ***** how he sounds anymore:
    On one issue particularly worrisome to American consumers, there are indications that paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline is not out of the question once the summer driving season arrives. Asked about that, Bush said "That's interesting. I hadn't heard that. ... I know it's high now."
  • digindrivefast, on 02/29/2008, -3/+7It's never going to be over at the rate we, as Americans, allow the criminal behavior of all our elected officials...
    Exasperation!
  • NelsonR, on 02/29/2008, -5/+5This douche bag (Bush) even said he wasn't aware of and denied gasoline is heading for four dollars a gallon. Is this where Republicanism is leading us to, ignorance with a mindset of delusional thoughts?
    • Apocrypha, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Well, if he said that clearly you should believe otherwise because that is the only way to get to the truth when the jackass speaks.
  • nobody7, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4Here is the video of him saying this:
    http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Bush_supports_NA ...
    http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Bush_distances_f ...
  • shinkou, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4Good luck, Americans!
    • badqat, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3Why of course Japan will just do wonders if the US economy were to collapse! In case you haven't noticed, your economy is so tied into ours a recession or depression here would...let's just say f'k the whole world economy.
  • steelaz58, on 02/29/2008, -4/+4Every year there is a presidential election the economy slows down because people are unsure as to what is going to happen. The stimulus package may provide a small bump, but when you are trying to jump start an economy by injecting such an insignificant amount of money into it ($250billion is about .01% of our economy) it is like trying to pay your bills by betting at a roullette wheel. It is more about hoping it will work than knowing it will work.
    • Apocrypha, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1The US economy isn't "slow" because of an election. It's because of the endless warring and the mismanagement. War is not good for a countries economy. Period.
  • DonJohnTom, on 02/29/2008, -8/+3Bush still thinks Santa Claus is real
  • warlordwrites, on 02/29/2008, -4/+8Greetings

    Send the good paying careers offshore leaving only McJobs while we import cheap crap from China then expect the consumer to leverage their house and run up big debts on the plastic to keep the wheels on.... And we act surprised that the sub-prime greed machine imploded? Of course it's a recession It'll be 1929 all over again before this crap shakes out

    Enjoy the journey

    WarLord
    • stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Don't forget to bail out the lenders making the sub prime loans at the expense of the taxpayers while leaving the people in need hung out to dry.
  • SuckMyDigg, on 02/29/2008, -2/+21The first rule of economic recession is you do NOT talk about economic recession.
    The second rule of economic recession is.. YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC RECESSION.
    • yodaj007, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1Can we go over those again? I didn't take notes.
  • Gr8pl8ts, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0Sure...he makes enough money. He can put some back in the pot for the rest of us. HE'S not recession bound...
  • pjpark, on 02/29/2008, -5/+3This is what a recession looks like: link broken already, no time to fix!!!
    Here is a picture of a girl in a suitcase: http://tinyurl.com/yrux2f

    In conclusion, we are not in a recession until Obama says so.
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