"...Don't listen to those Republicans. We are beating the clock."

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/04/30/clinton_praises_economic_recovery.html

April 30, 2012

Clinton Praises Economic Recovery


Bill Clinton said that President Obama's economic recovery efforts were "beating the clock" historically in comparison to other economies that have been through similar tumult, the Boston Globe reports.

Said Clinton: "If you go back 500 years, whenever a country's financial system collapses, it takes between five and 10 years to get back to full employment. If you go back for the last 200 years, when buildings had been widely owned by individuals and companies, if there's a mortgage collapse, it almost always takes 10 years."

He added: "He's beating the clock, not behind it. Don't listen to those Republicans. We are beating the clock."

[Stuart G]

1. Yep, the Republicans lie, we are indeed recovering...nt

[Enrique]

2. that's the first time I've heard this

I agree with the part about not listening to the Republicans, but I disagree with the idea that we should be happy about this recovery. It's way too slow imo. Plus I think not enough has been done to prevent another collapse. Too big to fail banks are bigger now, for example.

[unblock]

3. i agree. i don't disagree with clinton per se, but that doesn't mean we couldn't have done more

that said, it's squarely on the republicans why we didn't do more.

rmoney winning would be an absolute disaster, a virtual guarantee that we'll be stuck in this mess for a loooooong time.

[alfredo]

4. And we will beat the corporatist Republicans

[longship]

5. I remember it. Hosted by Bud Collyee

Beat the Clock

I watched it in my youth in the fifties. Lots of cream puff pies and other messy stuff. Perfect analogy.