Bush: 'Hang in there'
Did you catch W. on the television news tonight? He says y'all just have to hang in there, that these are tough times, and things might look kinda grim -- or "dim" -- but things are going to be brighter tomorrow . . . tomorrow . . . I love ya. . . tomorrow . . . you're only 104 days away.
"I know that the days are dim right now for a lot of folks," said the President, speaking to workers and management at an office supply warehouse in Chantilly, Va. "But I firmly believe tomorrow is going to be brighter."
He doesn't just believe it. He firmly believes it. And there you go. . . . This is how George W. Bush explained why the economic turnaround might take a long time, why Americans will have to be patient as the credit markets recharge: "It took a while to get it frozen. It's going to take a while to get it unstuck."
Reassuring, isn't it? Gives you a lot of confidence in the effectiveness of the bailout billions, doesn't it? Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months, the head of the Congressional Budget Office said today. The federal budget deficit for the fiscal year that just ended is a record $438 billion. The national debt has passed $10 trillion.
Meanwhile, the worst president of all time (personal net worth: $25 million) must be counting the days (104) -- with almost everyone else -- until he's gone, done, off to clear some brush down on the ranch, and supervise the presidential library at SMU. (We can't wait to see the Katrina exhibit.)
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I'm personally counting down the days until this Democratically-controlled Congress, with their lowest approval rating of all time -- much lower than W's -- is ushered out of Washington.
DR: Got news for you, buddy. The Democrats are going to score big in the next election. A Congress Quarterly analysis says it's plausible that the Democrats will gain at least six seats in the Senate, and 15 seats or more in the House. . . . You can wait until they're "ushered out," but that's going to be a long wait. Republicans had their turn and they blew it.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&docID=news-000002971655
Posted by: Ron | October 7, 2008 9:37 PM
It's even more possible that the Democrats could reach 60 seats in the Senate. Al Franken is within striking distance of Norm Coleman in Minnesota, and a recent poll showed that Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss could also be in trouble. I would be more than happy to see the draft-dodging Chambliss get his comeuppance for having linked a triple-amputee Vietnam vet to Osama bin Laden during the 2002 Senate race.
Posted by: MCG | October 7, 2008 10:52 PM
While we all coast on gas fumes toward election day, our hands on our wallets and a prayer in our hearst for a safe and sane enviornent - one where all chidren can grown and prosper - let us keep in mind that no matter who it is that is elected to this Nations' hightest office, Captain Obama, or I Feel Your Pain McCain, they will need the full cooperation of the House, the Senate, and the members of Congress. Actually, what we really need to be concerned about is how those 535 people will enact the will of " we the people ".
Posted by: Joe Buccheri | October 11, 2008 11:42 PM