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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (120665)	1/2/2001 2:15:51 PM
From: WTSherman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

<Although the recession in the early 90s was not very long, it caused a lot of trouble for his father, who largely took the approach you recommend, in trying to bolster confidence. < The issue is timing. George I, just plain didn't address the situation as it was developing and then went on a cheerleading campaign that it was getting better before people could see anything getting better. Cheerleading about things getting better, when things are bad doesn't do much good because people have already had their confidence shaken. However, what's occurring now is that you have George II and Cheney driving confidence out of the marketplace at the very time that people still have jobs and money, but, lack confidence about the future. There's no question in my mind that "his Regency" and Cheney are doing this in a cynical way to protect their political butts should there actually be a recession. That's pathetic!!! They'd rather chance helping create recession than risk that the media is going to say its a "Bush recession". Explain to me how that's leadership? Explain to me how that shows character? What I think you've got here is a whole bunch of Nixonian flunkies who can basically convince George II of most anything. They see political cover in talking down the economy. Totally cynical thinking by totally cynical people who learned their trade under the "trickster" himself.