Bush Says U.S. Economy Fine, Despite Credit Crunch

AP   |  Ben Feller   |   December 17, 2007 02:14 PM


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President Bush worked to reassure Americans on Monday about the economy but said "there's definitely some storm clouds and concern" because of the nation's credit crunch and mortgage problems.

"But the underpinning is good," Bush told business and community leaders at a gathering of Rotary Club members.

"We've had a pretty good economic run," the president said in a speech intended to show he is aware of the public's edgy mood these days. Consumer confidence has eroded as turmoil in the housing and credit market have battered the economy.

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Just another case of head-so-far-up-ass-he-can-see-out-again. Must be very confusing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:32 AM on 12/19/2007

Bush has got to be on drugs to think our economy is in fine shape. How can he be so out of touch with reality.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:13 PM on 12/18/2007

Oh if only Jerry Falwell were here to explain the onset of the economic calamity is because America has become a haven for homosexuals. It's far more entertaining then listening to the decider attempting to act like he knows what he is doing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:19 PM on 12/18/2007
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Who believes a single word that comes out of his mouth?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:44 PM on 12/18/2007

The economy must be ok....the DECIDER said so ...right?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:29 PM on 12/18/2007

I remember a few months ago it came out he only got a C or a D in one of the business classes he flunked. What makes him an expert now? Because he declared himself relevant or because he does not know what sovereign means?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 AM on 12/18/2007

When this man opens his mouth, beware.

If he says there are WMDs in Iraq, it means there aren't.
If he says Iraq is behind Al Qaeda, it means they aren't.
If he says he will get to the bottom of who outed an active CIA agent, it means he won't.
If he says Mission Accomplished, it means it isn't.
So what does it mean when he says the economy is in great shape?

Be worried,.... be very worried.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:22 AM on 12/18/2007

Yeah, Bush-boy ought to "get out more" and
smell the stinking economy he created as
Pretzel-dent of the You-G'Night-It-Stakes.

Our economy is great for the war profiteer
CORPORATE WELFARE QUEENS, pals of Bush-Cheney,
grabbing all the tax dollars out of USTreasury.
But everybody else in middle-American gets screwed.

Jeez, if that Bush-boy don't stink, I dunno what duz.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:00 AM on 12/18/2007

No applause from the Rotary Club? Not even with the favorite promise to veto a tax increase?

Everybody's just waiting for Bush to go away.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:51 PM on 12/17/2007
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Well, if he says it's fine then we should ALL be really worried.

" It became very clear to me sitting out there today that every decision I've made in my entire life has been wrong. My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every aspect of life, be it something to wear, something to eat - it's all been wrong. "

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:11 PM on 12/17/2007

Why does anyone even listen to that idiot anymore?
He either lies or doesn't have any idea what he is talking about.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:15 PM on 12/17/2007

In 1929-32, the Hoover Administration uttered essentially the same words and did nothing. Now the Federal Reserve bunch is trying to resurrect an economy that has been brought back from near death experiences so many times under this post-rational-economic duplicity that it approaches the impossible.
An incompetent and dishonest administration have brought the world's strongest economy to wreck and ruin. You can be assured that the President will be expounding much in the time he has left in Office. But no one will listen. He is a leader without anyone willing to follow. Such a calamity bodes ill for any Country. It leaves our Country defenseless to foreign or domestic opportunism or treachery.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 PM on 12/17/2007

YEa right shit head. Just like the WMDs. You think I'm gonna believe a member of the lucky sperm club? Some shit head who has been bailed out by his daddy every time he cried.

Just be fucking lucky the Dumbocrats are too frightened to put your fat head on a guillotine.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:10 PM on 12/17/2007
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Nothing news worthy here. If you remember, it took Bush to even admit there was a recession that had been ongoing since he was given the office by the courts. And even then he only agreed to admit it was a recession after he could blame it on Clinton and 911.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:55 PM on 12/17/2007
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Does Bush feel the necessity of preserving his record of getting everything wrong? What's wrong with this guy? Does he even really exist?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:55 PM on 12/17/2007
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