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To: i-node who wrote (501437)	8/5/2009 11:32:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576615

Cash For Clunkers A definitive article. I've yet to hear anyone thinking quite so clearly on the subject. One more time, cars were not selling........we had dropped from 16 million cars sold per year to a rate of less than 9 million per year. People were sitting on their hands.....they had no confidence in the economy. Sales promotions by car companies and dealers were not working. We needed something else to get people into showrooms. Hence, the cash for clunkers program. And glory be to God, it worked! Now let's talk about your reaction which is the reaction generally from the right. David Gergin referred to it as churlishness but in the context of the right's reaction to the release of the two journalists. I think churlishness is a perfect word to describe the right's general behavior these days. I bring this up to your for a reason. Americans tend to be positive people. They don't respond well to negativity.....to churlishness. The rating for the Rs is dropping in the polls. Do you think there might be a correlation between the right's churlishness and its standing in the polls? I think there is. Some good advice......lighten up and take your shots where the shooting is legitimate and not from a place of just so much churlishness.