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GDP Slips But Stays Positive
Annotated BEA Graph
Fox News nincompoop Sean Hannity was on tonight expressing deep dissatisfaction with the reported 2.4 percent gain in GDP for the second quarter of this year. GDP slipped from the first quarter level of 3.7. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of positive GDP, a trend we haven’t seen since 2007.
Of course, Hannity never mentioned the -6.7 GDP for the last full quarter of the Bush Administration. But, if he had, he would have been “fair and balanced.” Fat chance of that ever happening.
If Obama REALLY Went “Hard Left”
Yesterday on CNN, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed Obama went “hard left” to lead the country. Mitch is not telling the truth. He is building a false political narrative, like the “Weapons of Mass Destruction” narrative, designed to achieve Rebublican goals.
Here is what a “hard left” agenda would look like:
1. Constant congressional hearings about lies used to build support for the War in Iraq;
2. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld indicted for torture and other war crimes.
3. Nationalize the banks;
4. Raise top income tax bracket to 90 percent.
5. Reparations for descendents of slaves.
6. Introduction of a constitutional amendment to allow gay marriage.
Obama’s tried to lead from the middle. He didn’t go “hard left” as Mitch McConnell would like Americans to believe. Mitch McConnell and his chronies are not honest men. They are strategically using a false narrative to pull the “middle” to the “right.”
