If we had a real President, unemployment would be 4.6% and CPI 2.6% - - - - - - what's that? Th

Seriously folks, the economy%26#039;s benchmarks under Bush are at the peak of the interest rate cycle what they were under Clinton at the trough of the interest rate cycle - - - - and I thought we all agreed, economic performance under Clinton was pretty good.

Is Iraq THAT bad that we overlook the strong economy? And why do people refer to Iraq in the plural - - %26quot;failures%26quot; - - - even if Iraq is a failure, it%26#039;s ONE failure.

If we had a real President, unemployment would be 4.6% and CPI 2.6% - - - - - - what%26#039;s that? They ARE?sba loans

Seriously, we have a %26quot;real%26quot; President. One that was overwhelmingly voted for--twice--even the ACLU proved that.

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|||For the millionth, gazillionth, bajillionth time:

THE ECONOMY IS *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* STRONG.

Why do you think people are unable to make their mortgage payments? Because they lost their REAL jobs and took service jobs or %26quot;downgraded%26quot; their employment in desperation. Just took whatever they could when their company went under and/or their job was outsourced.

What the heck is wrong with you that you are apparently able to completely ignore a HUGE, GLARING issue? Like hundreds of thousands of AMERICANS losing their HOMES??????

If you watched some news from around the world and what THEY are saying, it would rock your world.

We are in BIG trouble.|||Actually, ideal unemployment is 5%. Less unemployment also means lower wages. And really, what is your definition of strong? It%26#039;s not matching up with mine. In Missouri, ast least, the levels of children living in poverty are at an all time high--with the exception of the depression.|||If we had a REAL economy people wouldn%26#039;t have to try and convince us how good it is.. we%26#039;d be able to see it. The middle and lower class are still getting screwed.|||Does the President really have such an effect on interest rates? I thought that was the Fed.

Iraq is one, really huge, failure. Do you really want to hear more?

No Child Left Behind - failure

Clear Skies Act - not at all

Bush Doctrine - a success if you invested in war profiteers

Katrina - federal emergency failure to lead

War on Terrorism - Osama bin hiding?|||Hey whazzup Truth,

I have a question for you, when the unemployment number goes up because of all layoffs you know in the mortage industries, will you please tell my brother how great everything is? I am sure that you will be pick up his spirits, since as a loan underwriter he lost his job.

Edit: Hey how come you don%26#039;t have a response for my answer? Come on you know you want to.|||You shouldn%26#039;t base an argument on data, you鈥檙e only asking for trouble.

Libs and the media will only start defining poverty as %26quot;any wage under 81K%26quot;.

If the unemployment numbers remain under 5%, I expect John Edwards to move that %26quot;blue collar%26quot; jobs be factored out of the equation to give a truer perspective of the oppressed.|||The issue, at least in part, is that Bush%26#039;s leadership is so bad that any positive news gets covered by all the negative.

And it%26#039;s not just Iraq. It%26#039;s his inability to deal with Cindy Sheehan.

It%26#039;s his inability to craft a immigration policy that doesn%26#039;t make his own party angry.

It%26#039;s his foolish handling of the Dubai Ports World controversy.

It%26#039;s his mishandling of post Katrina New Orleans.

It%26#039;s his bungling of the Justice Department scandal.

It%26#039;s his nomination of Harriet Miers for the United States Supreme Court, which infuriated his base, while only bothering his usual critics.

And it%26#039;s a bunch of other things I can%26#039;t think of right now.

Even if things are good right now, the bush Administration has bungled their public image to make everyone feel like we%26#039;re in bad times.

The last two years have been a mess for George W. Bush, and the general public is not going to fall back in love with Bush because the Consumer Price Index looks good, and Wal-mart is hiring.