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Center_Mid · August 7th, 2003, 10:50

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I would also like to say that it is ignorant for us to point the finger at Bush for all the economic doubt and failure that has been occuring. First of which, the stock market was falling before Bush came into office. Second of all, the economy, which is based on public confidence, was shattered by Sep. 11, as well as the fraud among CEOs of large compainies. How is it, that we can blame this on Bush?

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Yeah, but don't you think he'll take the ENTIRE credit if the economy turns around and soars by 2004??? Of course he will! Learn this well - politics is more often about perception than reality. If people think that your policies helped the economy, then you win elections. If people think that your policies hurt the economy, then you lose elections. The fact that the economy is influenced by a ba-zillion factors won't mean squat. Why not? Because it takes too long to explain in a speech and won't play well on TV.

As far as the TSA goes, it doesn't matter if it was a Dem idea, it's an executive agency. Executive - i.e, the President controls it. Remember civics class? If you want to make changes to the TSA, then write Bush, not Daschle. If you want to abolish the TSA, well, tough - it ain't gonna happen. As Tenney points out, it would be political suicide to do so, because it would look like Bush was dismantling anti-terrorist protections. The private sector demonstrated that they couldn't hack it when it mattered - even after 9/11.

August 7th, 2003, 10:50	#71
Center_Mid Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 213	Re: Very telling quote... [ QUOTE ] I would also like to say that it is ignorant for us to point the finger at Bush for all the economic doubt and failure that has been occuring. First of which, the stock market was falling before Bush came into office. Second of all, the economy, which is based on public confidence, was shattered by Sep. 11, as well as the fraud among CEOs of large compainies. How is it, that we can blame this on Bush? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but don't you think he'll take the ENTIRE credit if the economy turns around and soars by 2004??? Of course he will! Learn this well - politics is more often about perception than reality. If people think that your policies helped the economy, then you win elections. If people think that your policies hurt the economy, then you lose elections. The fact that the economy is influenced by a ba-zillion factors won't mean squat. Why not? Because it takes too long to explain in a speech and won't play well on TV. As far as the TSA goes, it doesn't matter if it was a Dem idea, it's an executive agency. Executive - i.e, the President controls it. Remember civics class? If you want to make changes to the TSA, then write Bush, not Daschle. If you want to abolish the TSA, well, tough - it ain't gonna happen. As Tenney points out, it would be political suicide to do so, because it would look like Bush was dismantling anti-terrorist protections. The private sector demonstrated that they couldn't hack it when it mattered - even after 9/11.