Bush says US economy "strong and getting stronger"

[Judi Lynn]

Bush says US economy "strong and getting stronger"

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US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (R) takes questions from a group of minority journalists at the UNITY in Washington, DC.(AFP/Tim Sloan)

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facing a tough reelection battle, President George W. Bush (news - web sites) shrugged off official figures showing stunningly anemic job creation in July and insisted the US economy was "strong and it's getting stronger."

Government figures showed US employers hired a meagre 32,000 extra workers in July, shocking analysts who had generally predicted a gain of 243,000 and shattering expectations of a rebound from sluggish job growth in June.

In a speech to some 7,000 minority journalists, Bush made no reference to the news and said instead that he had been right to push trillion-dollar tax cuts through the US Congress.

"It was to stimulate the economy. It was to help people have more money in their pocket, so they would demand additional goods or services," he told the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention.
(snip/...)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=696&e=4&u=/afp/20040806/pl_afp/us_vote_economy_bush

[BlueEyedSon]

1. More "black-is-white-ism" from the master

[soleft]

2. gotta love that picture

[Eurobabe]

25. looks like a cocky flip off to me...

[MisterP]

42. he IS turning into Mae West

[htuttle]

3. That's a great picture

Put a powdered wig on him, and he'd be the splitting image of old King George -- the mad one.

[Mel]

4. Mel says,

"Bush is a liar and a flip-pity flopper"

[Beetwasher]

5. This Sort Of Thing Will Only Hurt His Credibility EVEN MORE!!

You can't pull this sort of Orwellian shit off when your cred is already in the toilet...Things are going down hill and quick for these criminals now...

[Nambe]

6. Yikes! His hold your head up drug is wearing off.

Some body run to the prison and get a broom handle.

Don't tell my mother I sait that. I don't care if he's a mass murderer, I refuse to let him bring hate into my life.

I think his speach writer is working for John Kerry today.

[MallRat]

7. PLEASE! STOP MAKING THE ECONOMY STRONGER!

If he continues making the economy stronger, none of us will have jobs or healthcare, and we'll be paying $5/gal for gasoline.

:eyes:

-MR

[Catfight]

22. That's true MallRat, maybe we need to ask George to stop making

our economy any stronger, we just can't handle such a strong economy, it's actually too depressing to have such a great economy! Please, ease up on this great economy and send some of these jobs overseas so we can share this wonderful economy and jobs with others.

[Zynx]

8. "If I say it enough, it must be true!"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. I'm thinking Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels in "Strong and Strongerer"

[Judi Lynn]

10. Whoops, posted in error. Sorry . n/t

[Karenina]

14. Wrong thread!

and a :kick: for that pic!

[hatrack]

11. Damn, Chimpy - do you even READ the news?

Do you even glance at the fucking headlines? Do you?

[leftchick]

12. I heard an Economist on TV this morning say the "R" word....

bushie must not know what Recession means. What an ass.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

35. But surely someone in

the Shrugging Shrub mis-administration will know it's time for an even newer "terra alert."

[Polemonium]

13. gosh if I'd just given myself a $30,000 tax cut I would probably

wonder what all the fuss is about too.

http://tinyurl.com/2rav3

[skooooo]

15. The video to this speech is at..

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Bush_Admin&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=BA&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=15&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

[54anickel]

43. Thanks skoooo! Looked for it earlier when I stumbled across the

thread covering this live. Sounds like it should be a real hoot to watch.

[TheSeventhStranger]

16. Well...

Its not like he has to worry about getting a job. Everytime he gets fired from one job Daddy-B gets him a new one. He'll probably be working for Carlylye by December

[redqueen]

20. Hi SeventhStranger!

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[TheSeventhStranger]

24. Hi

Thanks for the welcome. :)

[Thor_MN]

49. You mean he isn't already?!?!?!?!?

[leesa]

50. Well, pretending to be at work at Carlisle...can't imagine him actually

doing anything very taxing like showing up every day.

[tom_paine]

17. Jesus, what a LIAR!

Our homegrown Caligula...

[mhr]

18. I Don't Think Its Happening In Dallas, TX Mr. Bush - Explain That

[PurityOfEssence]

19. "All my friends are making money"

The problem is his definition of America: it's the "quality people". Therefore, stock market success proves his point.

Hey, there's other proof: luxury retailers are doing much better business, it's just the discount retailers and chains catering to middle- and working-class people that are suffering.

[cthrumatrix]

28. lol ... i would agree but that implies use of logic...and shrubya has none

[Tracer]

29. The stock market???!!!???

I've got some money in the market in retirement funds, and I've watched the market continuously slide downwards.

I used to hope that it wouldn't go below 10,500.

What is it now?

Georgie's pals can't be too happy about that (and neither am I).

[kymar57]

51. Hey Tracer

I know what you mean.Last week I made my deposit into my retirement plan only to watch 2/3 of what I put in disappear this week. But take heart. We have to be in it for the long haul and shrubya won't be in charge much longer.

[HuckleB]

21. So now he's going for the wry, ironic vote?

[Politicub]

23. It's the stench of Bushco that's "strong and getting stronger"

The word economy must be a typo. Sloppy journalist, I guess.

[Ilsa]

26. "If only all the whiners had a $5.15 per hour job, then Murica would be

a much nicer place for my friends and famly to live."
(sarcasm off)

[Neshanic]

27. His utter disgust at being asked questions is now official.

Does that show any plainer the contempt and revulsion of having to answer anything? Not in my book. He has no time for the "little people", or any people that do not have money or connections.

He is an ugly little man.

[MikeG]

30. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!

[Triana]

31. L.I.E.

...can't spell REPUBLICAN without 'em...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

32. Somebody needs to turn right side up the chart FratBoy's looking at....

...because DOWN sure doesn't equal UP.

[Corgigal]

33. analysts who had generally predicted a gain of 243,000

Who are THESE analysts? Shouldn't they be fired for not even being close? Only this adminstration allows professionals to screw up this badly.

[stevebreeze]

47. I try to keep tract of the one economist who correctly predicted the stock

bubble's collapse. Dean Baker!

link here of economic reporting review and other great economic information. http://www.cepr.net/index.html

[0007]

34. There are signs that the economy is picking up and doing great.

I saw a homeless man sleeping in a new refrigerator carton the other night.

[The_Casual_Observer]

36. This from the same guy that is still holding out hope that WMD will be

found in Iraq.

No UBL
No Jobs
No Peace in the middle east
No money in the treasury
Highest gas prices in history


Is is what the world looks like when the rw AM radio pundits actually get what they want for 4 years.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

37. Can't....help...self...must take...picture..to lounge......for caption.

[arwalden]

38. What?!!? Is He On DOPE?!!?

[Canuckistanian]

39. He must be talking about the smell

The economy stinks.

[lebkuchen]

40. You can say the economy is getting stronger

but that doesn't make it so!

John Kerry

[sandraj]

41. still needs to work on that

fantasy vs. reality thing.

[coreystone]

44. I do believe that....

the building located at 1600 Pensylvania Avenue has been covered with the sands of Arabia. I am still looking for news alerts which may be entitled: Al Quaeda Drops 1 Million tons of Sand Upon a White House Full of Ostriches

[RamboLiberal]

45. Listen to this Chimpy!

"We've broken through our lows for the year, and the outlook for the near future looks even more negative," said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at Spencer Clarke LLC. "Today's jobs data was clearly disappointing and calls into question the strength of the labor market, the strength of the economy and the strength of corporate profits over the next few quarters."

<snip>

"This was the report for the month. This is what everybody had pinned their hopes on to really stabilize the market, so to have this kicked out from underneath us really creates some serious issues," Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services, told CBS MarketWatch.com.

Having taken out all critical support points in the major indexes, Mendelsohn said, things could "get really nasty" from this point on.
"This is a disaster shaping up in here," he said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/05/national/main634314.shtml

Start thinking about which moving company's vans you want to back up to the WH! You're heading back to Crawford!

[Der_Alte]

46. strong & getting stronger

He's back on dope, the bastard.



;-)

[depakid]

48. "analysts had generally predicted a gain of 243,000"

So, who were the "analysts" and what data did they base their "analysis" on. Enquiring minds want to know....

[smirkymonkey]

52. My hatred for George W. Bush* is getting stronger and stronger

I honestly didn't think it was possible to hate him anymore than I already did, but he has really outdone himself this time.

I have friends in other countries asking what the HELL is wrong with people in this country. Why can't we see what an absoulte disaster this administration it? Even when I try to explain, they still don't get it - the danger is so apparent to them.

I have to say, I really don't understand it either. My idiot sister is about to lose her job and has the nerve to say about outsourcing: "Well, If I owned a company, I would do whatever I could to cut costs too." Luckily for her, her husband pulls in serious dough, but she STILL doesn't fucking get it. And, in general, she's a decent person - just totally clueless and over influenced by her nazi, right-wing husband.