You've gotta f**king be KIDDING me: "McCain: Fundamentals of economy “very strong”"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

June 9, 2008
McCain: Fundamentals of economy “very strong”
Posted: 02:08 PM ET

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/09/mccain-fundamentals-of-economy-%e2%80%9cvery-strong%e2%80%9d/

FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

The economic news seems to get worse with each passing day… but it sounds like John McCain may not have heard the news. Here’s what he said Thursday in Florida: “I have a fundamental belief that, I have a great belief that the fundamentals of our economy are very strong, very strong.”

Really, Senator McCain? That’s not what millions of Americans are saying. A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows 78% of those surveyed rate economic conditions as “poor”. Only 22 percent say “good.”

Here are some of the reasons: The economy lost another 49,000 jobs last month, which means more than 324,000 jobs have been lost since the first of the year. The unemployment jumped to 5.5% last month – that’s the biggest increase in the unemployment rate in 22 years.

More and more Americans are losing their homes: one million homes are now in foreclosure. The equity Americans have in their homes-their biggest asset-has declined to the lowest level since the end of World War II. Americans’ net worth has declined by a staggering $1.7 trillion dollars.

Then there are the rising costs of energy. For the first time in our history, gasoline now tops $4 a gallon and is headed higher. Oil traded at a record high of $139 a barrel Friday, with predictions of $150 a barrel by July 4 and Goldman Sachs saying it could reach $200 a barrel within two years. The peak summer driving season is just getting under way. These fuel prices impact the cost of virtually everything else.

And, with the nation on the brink of recession, the stock market is taking a hit too – declining almost 400 points last Friday alone. The U.S. dollar continues to weaken against almost all foreign currencies – declining 15% against the euro in the last year. We are $9 trillion in debt thanks to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the irresponsible fiscal policies of the Bush administration. And we continue to run huge trade deficits with China.

[mcctatas]

1. apparently, his brain took the fast train to crazy town

but had a layover in WTF-ville

[annabanana]

2. "The fundamentals are strong"

This is exactly the phrase Chucklenuts has been using for the past couple of years. I think they like it because it sounds, you know, so SOLID.

It makes me think of iron underwear. . .

[babylonsister]

3. Excellent! Let him keep saying that; by all means, gramps, continue. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a WINNER.

Absolutely, babylonsister. ABSOLUTELY.

On one hand, I shake my head in disbelief over this stuff when I read it.

On the other hand, I celebrate when I understand what Obama's going to DO WITH IT.

I can imagine Obama in a room full of working class people, saying "John McCain the fundamentals of our economy are very strong, very strong. What do YOU think?"

:patriot:

[billybob537]

4. Economy goes down Beer sales go up

That's a win win for McCrazy old coot

[Yael]

5. Beautiful! He should make that a central theme of his campaign.

Go John Go!!

:rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. He should copy Bush's "The economy is STRONG and getting STRONGER" riff.

Just keep hammering the message.

Happy days are here again.

A chicken in every pot.

Make the Bush tax cuts permanent.

Let's stay in Iraq for 100 years.

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.

Sounds like a winning platform to me.

:rofl:

[Yael]

9. Oh heck yeah!

I think I will give him some feedback via his website about how the left is trying to scare us all on the economy and we NEED his uplifting message.

:evilgrin:

[Yael]

12. Feeback left via the website:

Senator, thank you for your uplifting message about the economy. The left is hammering how bad it is, and we need your message of hope.

:evilgrin:

[gateley]

15. Hasn't this poster been to the

grocery store or gas station lately? Idiot.

[Yael]

16. The poster or Mr. McEconomy?

[momster]

24. Keep up the good work, Yael!

Tell McCain his message is resonating with the grass-roots and he'll keep spouting such stupidity as he rides the Big Express to Obscurity-ville!

[liberal N proud]

7. Huh?

"a fundamental belief that, I have a great belief that the fundamentals" ??????

Well fundamentally, he is fundamentally crazy. OMG

[onethatcares]

10. what are these "fundementals"?

corporations get to screw over the majority of American citizens, reap obscene profits, and people lose their homes??????bucking assholes will never know what it's like to wonder how you're gonna feed three kids and a wife.

[Skittles]

11. the man is just plain f***ing clueless

a fact that Obama needs to make very clear to the entire nation

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. He will

Obama is smart enough to realize that the best ammunition against McCain is McCain's own words.

Really.

McCain fashioned the noose, stuck it around his own neck, and is in the process of kicking the milk carton out from under himself.

:patriot:

[gateley]

13. I wonder if HE knows that gas is $4/gal. nt

[Yael]

18. $4? Did you see this earlier?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3411224

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. I paid $4.79 per gallon for Chevron Supreme today.

Yeah, yeah...a lot of people ask me why I put supreme in my car.

A friend of my dad's used to do my car's tune-ups. At the time I put Shell regular in the tank. When you change the spark plugs, they look like they have been dipped in French's mustard.

So I use supreme.

:toast:

[Nay]

26. He doesn't care. His wife is an heiress. nt

[unblock]

17. "fundamentals" == code for fundamentalists

it means have faith, the economy will recover. and by the way, a vote against me is a vote against god.

[beac]

19. I think McSame has confused "fundamentals" with "fundamentalists."

Like this preacher in Georgia who rakes in 1 mil a year and drives a Bentley:

http://theframeproblem.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/megachurch-millionaires-what-happened-to-caring-for-the-poor-and-unfortunate/

Or these fine examples of Christian piety:

# Benny Hinn, a TV preacher who runs the World Healing Center Church in Grapevine, Texas. Hinn, who travels the globe conducting faith-healing revivals, lives in a seven-bathroom, eight-bedroom mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean valued at $10 million. It is claimed as a parsonage.

# The Rev. Creflo Dollar's World Changers Church International in College Park, Ga. Dollar drives a Rolls Royce and has large homes in Georgia and New York. He is asked to provide a list of all vehicles provided for himself, his wife, board members and ministry employees.

# Joyce Meyer Ministries in Fenton, Mo. Grassley asks Meyer and her husband David to explain expenditures like a $23,000 commode with a marble top, a $30,000 conference table, an $11,000 French clock and a $19,000 pair of vases for the ministry headquarters.

# Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Newark, Texas. Copeland is asked to explain how cash offerings are handled during overseas crusades and to explain the use of a ministry jet for "layovers" in Maui, Fiji and Honolulu.


http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/01/12/mega-churches-under-investigation/


McInsane figures if the warriors for Jesus can still afford to fill up their luxury cars and staff their mansions by the sea, everything is A-OK here in the good ol' U.S. of A!

[VP505]

21. Cafferty sums it up well.

Really, Senator McCain? That’s not what millions of Americans are saying. A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows 78% of those surveyed rate economic conditions as “poor”. Only 22 percent say “good.”

[spanone]

22. like bu$h*, maybe dumber

[guitar man]

23. of course they are

the upper .01% are making a KILLING, screw the rest of us. That's the kind of economic "fundamentals" that have always been great news to him and his ilk. :grr:

[Monk06]

25. So raise that debt limit to $ 12 Trillion and party on for another year then

raise it to $14 Trillion

What a fucking retard. That's what comes
from a lifetime of never earning an honest
paycheck.

[Gabi Hayes]

27. somebody here linked a good replacement for that shot:

[Lifetimedem]

28. LOL for HIM and his they are

Remember he is getting almost 60k a year for the DOD and another 15k or so from Social Security and he is getting his Senate salary and his "expense account and lobbyist paid vacations..

Then of couse beer is still selling well so the little woman is bring in some "extra cash

[chill_wind]

29. Another **remarkable doozy** for the Dems' GE ad writers. n/t

[Brigid]

30. Let McCain go out on a day of job-hunting with me.

Then we'll see what he thinks. :grr:

[On the Road]

31. I am More Sanguine About the Long-Term Economy

than most people here. But McCain's comment is just crazy.