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The Four Lies About the Economy That Obama Needs Voters to Believe

Rock Strongo Wrote: Jun 07, 2012 7:02 AM
He's a great actor, as is Matt Damon. How is it that so many dingbat leftists are such good actors? Maybe it's because they have only a passing acquaintance with reality in the first place.
Red Spot in a Blue State Wrote: Jun 07, 2012 11:55 AM
Crap. I'd already written off Matt Damon. But I really like Morgan Freeman........Now I've got to add him to my blacklist. For your racists out there, Matt Damon is on the blacklist too.............the conservatives are on the whitelist................how racist is THAT?
Jay Wye Wrote: Jun 07, 2012 10:16 AM
I like them both,but I will not see their movies anymore.
I refuse to contribute to their salaries,that they use against America by supporting socialists.

President Barack Obama's re-election turns on his ability to convince voters that 1) Obama inherited a "Great Recession," 2) every "independent" economist supported the "stimulus," 3) "bipartisan" economists agree that Obama's stimulus worked, and 4) as actor Morgan Freeman puts it, racist Republicans say, "Screw the country ... we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here" -- nothing to do with deeply held policy differences.

That's a lot of merchandise to push.

1) Take this "Great Recession" business.

Remember the "misery index"? The term, popularized by former President Jimmy Carter, used to mean inflation plus...

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