Comments on: There Won’t Be Enough Air Freshener to Cover the Stink of Failure in There http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/12/there-wont-be-enough-air-freshener-to-cover-the-stink-of-failure-in-there/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cheesestickhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/12/there-wont-be-enough-air-freshener-to-cover-the-stink-of-failure-in-there/comment-page-1/#comment-672501 Cheesestick Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:04:17 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6559#comment-672501 EricH, I imagine the fervent supporters are going to be convinced of that. The media & the Democrats have managed to convince a whole bunch of people that we've been in a recession for the last 5 or 6 years. Even though none of the numbers indicate that, that is what they believe. And why shouldn't they? They heard it on the news. What will be interesting is over the next 4 years, the media will tell everyone how wonderful the economy is even as it starts to sink...and if they have to acknowlege any bad news at all, they will simply blame it on the legacy of GWB. We'll see though...right now it is still fresh, all of that "programming". EricH, I imagine the fervent supporters are going to be convinced of that. The media & the Democrats have managed to convince a whole bunch of people that we've been in a recession for the last 5 or 6 years. Even though none of the numbers indicate that, that is what they believe. And why shouldn't they? They heard it on the news.

What will be interesting is over the next 4 years, the media will tell everyone how wonderful the economy is even as it starts to sink…and if they have to acknowlege any bad news at all, they will simply blame it on the legacy of GWB.

We'll see though…right now it is still fresh, all of that "programming".

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/12/there-wont-be-enough-air-freshener-to-cover-the-stink-of-failure-in-there/comment-page-1/#comment-672499 Jimmie Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:38:12 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6559#comment-672499 As it happens, Erich, I've been hacking around a longer post (that's not ready for publication yet) about the Buyer's Remorse I've mentioned a couple times earlier and how we're already being prepared for disappointment. Your coworker's thinking is going to be one manifestation. The other one is going to be sheer anger that President Obama didn't do everything he promised to do (and everything his supporters expected him to do). I saw a poll yesterday that showed that over 70 percent of the respondents expect Barack Obama to fix our economic problems in his term. Your coworker is one of the 30 percent who thinks he won't. What will happen when he doesn't? As it happens, Erich, I've been hacking around a longer post (that's not ready for publication yet) about the Buyer's Remorse I've mentioned a couple times earlier and how we're already being prepared for disappointment.

Your coworker's thinking is going to be one manifestation. The other one is going to be sheer anger that President Obama didn't do everything he promised to do (and everything his supporters expected him to do).

I saw a poll yesterday that showed that over 70 percent of the respondents expect Barack Obama to fix our economic problems in his term. Your coworker is one of the 30 percent who thinks he won't. What will happen when he doesn't?

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/12/there-wont-be-enough-air-freshener-to-cover-the-stink-of-failure-in-there/comment-page-1/#comment-672496 EricH Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:10:02 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6559#comment-672496 I just spoke with a coworker who's a fervent Democrat, and according to her, GWB has made things so bad in this country that as long as the Obama administration doesn't make them much, much worse, it should be considered a success. So even if the country finishes the first term slightly worse off than it is now, in every department, that's a win in the (D) column. And I thought you were setting low expectations, Jimmie; look how wrong I can be. I just spoke with a coworker who's a fervent Democrat, and according to her, GWB has made things so bad in this country that as long as the Obama administration doesn't make them much, much worse, it should be considered a success.

So even if the country finishes the first term slightly worse off than it is now, in every department, that's a win in the (D) column.

And I thought you were setting low expectations, Jimmie; look how wrong I can be.

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