Liberal media cant stand the fact that Bush is responsible for a strong economy?

Question

It's time now, folks, for another installment in the monthly "Better Than Expected" series from the Drive-By Media. This time, it's job growth. Headline from Jeannine Aversa, AP economics writer: "Job Growth Is Better-Than-Expected." What is this, the sixth or seventh straight month where all the experts have been stunned by economic news? "Employers boosted payrolls by a better than expected 132,000 jobs in June, enough to keep the unemployment rate at a relatively low..." Relatively low! It's record low! (You just have to love these people. Everybody's being exposed to the way they do things and they don't get it! They continue. They refuse to adapt. "...better than expected 132,000 jobs...relatively low unemployment rate at 4.5%. It was another sign that the economy is snapping out of a nearly year-long sluggish spell." A nearly year-long sluggish spell? I love this part of the article, too. It says, "Despite the healthy jobs market and the budding rebound the public is giving President Bush low marks for his economic stewardship." Oh! Well, I'm so surprised. The media spend 30 days a month reporting how bad everything is going, then on the 31st day of the month they write the CYA, the "economy's getting better than expected" story, and it's on to the next four straight weeks of hand-wringing. It's all about creating a perception of disaster, imminent doom, and crisis.

They follow up that with copious polling to see how well they're doing at creating that perception. You know, polls are the quality control tests that the Drive-Bys use to gauge how well they're "managing the news," and "managing the news" is exactly what they do. That phrase comes from this guy in the Buffalo News. He had a newspaper column the other day that we read to you about the immigration bill and how the old media got trampled here, and the new media ran away with it, and they gotta figure out now -- the old Drive-Bys have to figure out -- how they're going to "manage the news of the presidential race." Whether it was unwittingly done or not, that's one of the best eye-openers as to how people in the Drive-By Media view their jobs that I've ever seen: "manage the news." So all polls are, for the most part, are the quality control tests that the Drive-Bys use to gauge how well they're managing the news. "Let's say they spend 30 days just beating the garbage out of the economy, just ripping it to shreds. Then they go out and do a poll: 'How's Bush doing on the economy?'" and the poll says, "Bush sucks on the economy," and the Drive-Bys say, "See? We've been managing the news well. We're doing a damn good job of creating a negative perception where none exists." That's exactly how it works.

Answer 1

Once again no source for your ramble.

Is it rushlimbaugh.com?

Answer 2

Every GOP President since Reagan has artificially boosted the economy by flooding it with borrowed money, some of which finds its way into their own pockets (think Halliburton). It doesn't mean Bush is a great President. It only means that, like Reagan, he knows how to fool the gullible. Also like Reagan, he lacks the foresight to realize that excessive borrowing and spending will hurt the country in the long run. Like most Republicans, he couldn't care less about that because it will be someone else's problem.

Answer 3

From what I can find, the Republican party controlled both houses of Congress from 2002 through 2006. In the 2006 elections, Democrats took a small majority of 51-49 in the senate and 233-202 in the House of Representatives which they held for the two years leading up to the 2008 election. Guess when it all went bad?

Answer 4

The economy appears strong, for on the surface are the filthy rich people driving our nation, but under the hood you'll find the poor are getting poorer, and vice-versa for that matter. This is something the Bush administration doesn't want America to find out. Something you need to learn too.

BY THE WAY, everyone prospered significantly during the Clinton years, yet conservatives pretend that never happened. Go figure.

Answer 5

Housing slump, high gas prices, 9 trillion national debt, budget deficits, productivity outpaces wages, 1st Q of 2007 GDP the lowest in years, enormous trade deficit that costs jobs, outsourcing continues to steal good jobs and other indicators prove the economy isn't a great.

How exactly has Bush alone created our "great" economy?

Answer 6

I'll try and keep this real simple for you.

the average Americans personal debt is at an all time high.
the average Americans personal savings is at an all time low.

I like to see how the Bush economy is affecting the average American since that would mean the majority of us. See how that works???

Just to help you out on future questions, when you use the term "drive-by media" you lose all credibility.

by the way median household income was $46,326 in 2005, up 1.1 percent from 2004 after adjusting for inflation. This is the first annual increase in real median household income since 1999.

Answer 7

Anyone who knows anything about economic policymaking knows that the president has a fairly small influence on short-term economic growth, if any. There are some exceptions, such as crisis events, but generally that is the case.

What could help in the "long-term" is a good energy policy, health care policy, education policy, and getting the budget situation in order.

Answer 8

A million McJobs do NOT make a good economy.

If you had even the slightest bit of knowledge under your belt, you'd realize the housing market and money lending market are about to TANK. Economists have known it for over two years now.

Maybe you could learn a few things before pretending to sound informed.

Answer 9

The media hasn't been liberal since the early 80s.

The economy isn't strong. The comptroller general of the USA, a fiscally conservative Republican named David Walker has said repeatedly that we are in big trouble financially and are on the verge of a devastating financial collapse because of GWB's deficit spending.

Educate yourself before wasting so much time writing a whole lot of crap.

Answer 10

No, THIS is how it works:

Any hardworking blue-collar tradesman will testify that there were more McJobs created in the last couple years than anything ~ NOT the really good paying jobs on which you can raise a family and make mortgage payments.

Get real.

Answer 11

Wow another bias interpretation of the TRUTH oh screw it I’ll call it what it is a LIE

Ok smart guy how about doing some REAL comparisons to say years in the last twenty. Throw in inflation factors, cost of living factors, and please catagorize the “new” jobs in yearly incomes, and pay particular attention to those “jobs” with a yearly income that rates BELOW the poverty line.

Yet another twisted idea that "this hot economy" is fine and dandy with main stream Americans.

They must spoon feed you that stuff that comes out of cows...and I'm NOT talking about milk.