I'm having a tough time getting into the blogging swing these last several days. Possibly due to a bit of insomnia, or whatever they call it when you wake up at 5:00 am, and can't get back to sleep for two hours. Anyway, I am here, so let's get on with it!
The latest FOX "News" thing is this study that says Americans have lost wealth since 2007. Well, duh. But FOX has been characterizing it as "the last three years," which is some pretty peculiar math. And even if you get the math right, you can't blame 2007, 2008, or part of 2009 on President Obama. . .unless you're nuts.
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Surprise! Fox Hosts Blame Obama For Americans' Declining Net Worth
The latest FOX "News" thing is this study that says Americans have lost wealth since 2007. Well, duh. But FOX has been characterizing it as "the last three years," which is some pretty peculiar math. And even if you get the math right, you can't blame 2007, 2008, or part of 2009 on President Obama. . .unless you're nuts.
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Surprise! Fox Hosts Blame Obama For Americans' Declining Net Worth
The Federal Reserve released a study this week showing that Americans' net worth fell dramatically between 2007-10. However, while reporting on the study, Fox News hosts falsely claimed the decline occurred during the "last three years," even though it's clear the decline began two years before President Obama took office. . .
Read more at: Media Matters
Why not blaim it on Obama, after all, he his blaiming the last three years on Bush
ReplyDeleteWell, if Obama wasn't President yet, it's sort of insane to blame it on him. But let me ask you this, "anonymous." If you took over an ailing company, group or government, one that had been left in dire straights by its predessesor, and you managed to get it going again. . .but it turned out to be tough, and you found that the board of directors or legislators who were supposed to help you, FOUGHT you all the way? Would a negative outcome be your fault? When both John Boehner and Mitch McConnell flat out said--immediately after Obama took over--that their number one goal was to make him a one-term president, the writing was on the wall. The weren't looking out for the country, quite the contrary.
ReplyDeleteWe'll never know if Obama's plan would have worked better if he had assistance. And don't give me "he had a filibuster-proof majority. Never happened. The Senate GOP was the most hostile, road-blocking minority ever in office.