The cheery chart above is brought to you by the Financial Times, at which you will read that they believe the electorate will wise up much faster this time. Why not? They caught on to Carter quickly enough.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Economics
Lord, I'm tired of economics. Guns are so much more fun. Still, here's a comparison of results between two presidents efforts at fixing an economic slump:
At this point in the second Summer Of Recovery, you'd have to think things might be looking rather grim for the Lightworking Messiah, but remember, FDR parlayed a similar result into four terms and even got his veep elected before the electorate decided to quit blaming Hoover.
The cheery chart above is brought to you by the Financial Times, at which you will read that they believe the electorate will wise up much faster this time. Why not? They caught on to Carter quickly enough.
The cheery chart above is brought to you by the Financial Times, at which you will read that they believe the electorate will wise up much faster this time. Why not? They caught on to Carter quickly enough.
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Two problems with optimism about the voters.
First is that Obama has ACORN, and uses it a lot. What voters do and want may not matter much.
Second, Reagan sat in our parents' or grandparents' times. "Old" is typically suspect. And we have cell phones and other electronics that entertain to a much higher level of saturation -- and distraction from the world.
Carter was a good man of character and faith who loved America, honored and respected the Constitution, and that limited what he was prepared to do to the country. It was Carter's naivete that limited what he could do *for* America.
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