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The Clintons and Economists
May 06, 2008 12:52 PM
Yes, the Clinton campaign has taken an aggressively anti-economist stance in order to push her gas tax holiday proposal.
But 'twasn't always so.
- jpt
h/t Josh Marshall
May 6, 2008 | Permalink | Share | User Comments (42)
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Obama may be elected as top one liar for the longest lies: 17years lie about his pal Resko and 20years lie about his uncle pastor Wright...
No matter what, Obama is a liar and he was caught by lying..
Posted by: True Truth | May 6, 2008 3:37:22 PM
Well we have more enemeies now than we did before he came into office.
The Iraq goverment has a 300 billion dollar surpluss. While our economy and the American people are suffering.
Bush is such a wonderful president.
Posted by: Sick and Tired | May 6, 2008 3:36:29 PM
Spock - Bush/Cheney are the enemies of America. You feeling good about their "leadership"? Pre-emptive war based on lies, "Mission Accomplished", spying on American citizens, torture, worst economy in our history, highest national debt in our history. Hahahaha - yeah, they're real pals of America.
Posted by: EddyNewHope | May 6, 2008 3:35:30 PM
Hey Libs everytime you insult President Bush the better, becasue the more you hate him it shows the Better President he is!!
No one wants the enemies of America to like our President!!
Posted by: spock | May 6, 2008 3:26:22 PM
TRUTH is Conservatives have given a long term solution to our oil problem -- Drill HERE !!! Open more Refineries!!!
or Charge Libs more money foor there gas while Americans pay less!!
Posted by: spock | May 6, 2008 3:24:18 PM
Well it was you good wonderful blue collar voters that put Bush in office for two terms. Anyone with a lick of common sense wouldnt have given him there vote. Ya'll are the reason we are in this mess. And now you and fellow americans who didnt vote bush are reaping the negative benefits of a horrible president.
And Obama supporter youre right. We already have a dishonest president in office, that we cant wait to ship back to Texas.
Why would anyone want to replace him with another liar, who wouldnt know the truth if it slapped her in the face.
Posted by: Sick and Tired | May 6, 2008 3:18:58 PM
Clinton is showing that she is willing to take on the oil companies. That's good enough for me. You can all speculate about how the oil companies will just hike up the prices. I think that your anger would be best served if aimed at the "RECORD PROFIT" OIL COMPANIES. I wish these economist would have been more vocal or more dug up by the press when Bush was depleting our Soc Sec, our surplus and throwing us into Iraq. It's this whole system; corporations and media that pushed Bush and now have pushed Obama. No thanks!
Posted by: irma | May 6, 2008 3:12:31 PM
Now are these the same economists that for some reason have not stood up and spoken to the media the two times Bush and Congress cut us some tax relief checks for political purpose (poor poll numbers)?
Posted by: irma | May 6, 2008 3:04:30 PM
What's Obama gonna do about the short term you ask? Nothing, because there's nothing you can do in the next MONTH to fix an entrenched corrupt system that's been working it's tentacles into our country for decades.
He has presented longterm solutions, most of which are the same one's your candidate Clinton has presented, because THAT's the solution. There is no long term solution that actually works.
Somehow that's a problem, though for you people. You'd rather choose the candidate who will Lie about a short term solution than the one who is telling the Truth about the situation.
Which doctor would you choose? The one who gives you magic beans to cure your cancer, or the one who'll level with you about your chances and talk about a long course of treatment?
Posted by: fontapa | May 6, 2008 2:28:55 PM
At least she is willing to put something are state had a gas tax holiday for sixty days and no one was unhappy about it.
Posted by: Bishop | May 6, 2008 2:23:00 PM
So what has Obama said he will do is what I am asking to help us.
Posted by: Bishop | May 6, 2008 2:20:09 PM
Put the legislation up. Let Bush veto it. Put it up again. Let Bush veto it again. Let McCain explain it away.
Better to fall down punching than to lay down and whine. Better to start the fight and let the gas moguls and energy traders know they are in for a fight they will lose.
You want them to negotiate? Carpet bomb them until they weep. I know, that's the old politics. It's called giving a damm. Better than tea and crumpets.
Posted by: len | May 6, 2008 2:18:55 PM
Bishop -
That's just the problem. Voters are being swayed by her gas tax bill foolishness, which is a right now issue, even though it's a completely fabricated pile of bunk. They're not being asked to vote based on what she'll do as President.
Thanks, you've precisely highlighted what concerns most of us about her current tactic.
Posted by: fontapa | May 6, 2008 2:17:00 PM
Obama is opposing something just for the sake of opposing, he tried to show he is different...
He didn't tell the true reason why gas price keeps going up for last ten years.....
He has neither short-term solution nor long term strategy to relieve or solve the problem...
Yes, he is different.."out of touch" to common people...
Posted by: True Truth | May 6, 2008 2:16:32 PM
Lois ,you will be worse off with Hilly in there the even Mc Caim she don't care for anyone but Hilly.,She will say and do what ever it takes to get elected .Nothing will be changed same ole Washinton.She cashed in a blind trust of 41 million, yes MILLION she will not show you this until this is over, it all came from the same people she says she will do away with in Washington...Do you think she ever went hungey????Do you think she has bought one drop of gas in 24+ years?????Do think she ever went cold?????
Posted by: honest | May 6, 2008 2:15:50 PM
It's not about what she can do right now it's about what she would do when she is President.
Posted by: Bishop | May 6, 2008 2:13:23 PM
Obama positions in this week
against cutting taxes
defends Iran
defends OPEC
McGovern and Carter wrapped into one landslide loss package.
Posted by: geevill | May 6, 2008 2:12:35 PM
Whats Obama's plan for Gas and energy problems.
Posted by: Bishop | May 6, 2008 2:11:12 PM
len, Do you really think that they can have a gas tax cut this year? Come on fella, think....Bush is President not Hillary..she cannot pass anything
Posted by: carnival | May 6, 2008 2:08:06 PM
It's always enlightening, fontapa, to read from people who bought into the change and hope memes reply in the most cynical terms possible to the one proposal that gives even a tiny bit of relief to the poor.
You are elitists. You can't deny it. You are far more concerned about winning an argument than the people who are taking the hits from manipulated gas prices.
Hillary is proposing something that is a bit of short term help for those who need it most. You are only interested in the so-called long term solutions that can't produce results in two years much less one summer.
Face it; you are completely out of touch.
Posted by: len | May 6, 2008 2:05:03 PM
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