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JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:07 PM May 2012

Andrea Mitchell allowed Romney adviser to perpetuate the big lie.

Though she dutifully badgered the previous guest, an Obama economic supporter who claimed Bain Capital operated much like John Dillinger, she happily accepted at face value the economic pipe dream of the Romney team member's rebuttal.

In particular, he said Mitt Romney wants to reverse Obama's hatred of business by giving "incentives" to allow them to hire more workers.

Of course he's talking about supply side tax cuts that have been proven ineffective, but this big Republican bang theory assumes there's a shortage of goods in America because employers have to get by on skeleton crews to offset high (or any) taxes.

Is there a waiting list to buy cars, refrigerators, or power tools? Sure, we have to wait 20 minutes for a pizza, but are retailers sending customers to their competitors because a shortage of labor leaves them unable to fill orders? Of course not, and if business gets another cut in taxes, there's no reason they'd want to add employees to help phantom customers.

Only a Republican economist can throw out the entire law of supply and demand to please the wealthy. It's only in the GOP bizzarro world that supply directly causes a demand for goods.

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Andrea Mitchell allowed Romney adviser to perpetuate the big lie. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo May 2012 OP
Just STOP watching Politicalboi May 2012 #1
Well said. Hear! Hear! JDPriestly May 2012 #2
As a woman, I don't like her HockeyMom May 2012 #3
That is what she is there for liberal N proud May 2012 #4
You do mean Andrea Greenspan, don't you? Mika May 2012 #5
I wonder if Andrea and her husband kneel down and pray to Ayn Rand every night aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #6
I recall an interview Greenspan gave a year after his resignation JohnnyRingo May 2012 #9
Ah, the libertarian delusion. Mutiny In Heaven May 2012 #13
Thanks for calling her on her double standard... kentuck May 2012 #7
If supply creates demand rbixby May 2012 #8
It is. JohnnyRingo May 2012 #11
Damn, supply side wins again! NT rbixby May 2012 #12
yup DemocracyInaction May 2012 #10
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
1. Just STOP watching
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:15 PM
May 2012

That witch. If her ratings go down, maybe they will get rid of her. I don't watch Joe (Too early anyway), Andrea, Dylan, and only one show of Tweety.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
3. As a woman, I don't like her
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:28 PM
May 2012

She is my generation and should know better. I cannot forgive her comments (lack of) on Contraception/War on Women, or her stating that Marriage was a Sacrament.

Yes, I will not watch her. On the other hand, the more I watch the Reverend Sharpton, the more I like him. HE has definitely gotten it more together. Andrea, unfortunately, hasn't.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
6. I wonder if Andrea and her husband kneel down and pray to Ayn Rand every night
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:58 PM
May 2012

Her husband was a major Rand thrall, one of the members of her exclusive inner circle.

JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
9. I recall an interview Greenspan gave a year after his resignation
Tue May 15, 2012, 04:03 PM
May 2012

I don't believe his overdue retirement was a coincidence as he, more than anyone, could see the storm clouds on the horizon. It was indeed his policies that seeded those dark clouds of economic despair as he admitted in the interview.

To paraphrase: In response to the question whether he made any miscalculations during his term, he said he sincerely didn't think Wall Street would kill the goose that was laying their golden eggs. In other words, he incredibly discounted greed and assumed everyone would play along with financial deregulation relying on the honor system.

Not only did they nearly kill the economic goose, they raped it, plucked it, carved out the best cuts, and set the dying carcass afire at the side of the road for the taxpayers to resuscitate.

Worst Fed Chairman ever.

If we used old Soviet government justice, he and his ilk would be exiled for life to The Tongrass wildlife reserve where he'd be living in a camp on the frozen tundra.

Mutiny In Heaven

(550 posts)
13. Ah, the libertarian delusion.
Tue May 15, 2012, 05:04 PM
May 2012

No regulation and everyone will play fair!

No health insurance and churches and charity will pick up the slack!

Utter bellends.

kentuck

(110,947 posts)
7. Thanks for calling her on her double standard...
Tue May 15, 2012, 03:03 PM
May 2012

If she were the only one, we could live with it. Unfortunately, so many in her profession - not prostitution - permit the Repubs to respond to every question as if they are assumed to be correct and the Democrat is assumed to be wrong. It is widespread.

rbixby

(1,140 posts)
8. If supply creates demand
Tue May 15, 2012, 03:40 PM
May 2012

Then why aren't the gigantic piles of dung from livestock flying off the shelves?

JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
11. It is.
Tue May 15, 2012, 04:19 PM
May 2012

They package and distribute bullshit by the truckload at Fox News and AM radio.
Barstool Republicans absorb it as a daily diet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

DemocracyInaction

(2,506 posts)
10. yup
Tue May 15, 2012, 04:13 PM
May 2012

Wasn't that one steaming pile of suit today? She absolutely looked frantic ....like she had a gun to her head telling her she MUST sell Mitt on her show!

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