Bush: 'Best days are yet to come'

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051206/ts_usatoday/bushbestdaysareyettocome;_ylt=Aly2ZU9MgzFa0YdxoSjt4xms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Bush: 'Best days are yet to come'

By David Jackson and Sue Kirchoff, USA TODAY Tue Dec 6, 7:47 AM ET

President Bush flew to rainy North Carolina on Monday to make a campaign-style sales pitch: The economy is better than you think it is.

"This economy is strong, and the best days are yet to come," Bush told employees at a construction machinery plant near Greensboro.

Blasting "pessimists" who had attacked his tax cuts, Bush credited those cuts with triggering high growth rates and rising employment.

He again urged Congress to make the tax cuts permanent, saying the economy grows "when people are allowed to keep more of their own money."........

[Arkana]

1. "Gray skies are gonna clear up...put on a happy face."

"Please?"

What a lying douchebag. Yeah, sure, the best days are ahead--for the richest 5% of the country.

[rodeodance]

2. today--on Wolf B. show--he showed a clip of Jr calling Dean a pessimist.

....Blasting "pessimists" who had attacked his tax cuts, Bush credited those cuts with triggering high growth rates and rising employment.

[rodeodance]

4. Jr must have learned a new word-pessimist--now is his talking point

for anyone who disagrees with him.

[jokerman93]

18. No I don't think that's it

I think he's going for the Reagan pose. I remember they tried the Reagan "optimism" thing for a couple weeks after the old geezer bought the farm. It fell flat on its ass. Didn't take.

Now he's grasping desperatly for Reagan's imaginary coat tails once again.

IMHO

[htuttle]

3. Well...NOW he's quoting Herbert Hoover

:eyes:

[CBHagman]

60. Can "nattering nabobs of negativity" be far behind?

Yesterday the lead story in The Washington Post was the failing grades for preparedness given to the government by the 9/11 commission. Tellingly, The Washington Times had Rumsfeld's kvetching about the supposed negativity of the press as its lead story. :eyes:

[MichiganVote]

5. Just a chicken in every pot kind of life children

[rodeodance]

6. What a self rightous prick!

....Reiterating his overall economic agenda, Bush made extensive comments on pensions, saying too many companies are not putting away enough money to protect their workers' retirement.

"My message to corporate America is: You need to fulfill your promises," said Bush, who also urged Congress to tighten pension rules.

Despite positive economic numbers, polls show that many Americans believe the economy remains weak and some blame Bush.

In a Gallup Poll taken Nov. 17-20, 63% said the economy was fair or poor, while 37% called it good or excellent.

Karlyn Bowman, who analyzes polls for the business-oriented American Enterprise Institute, said the negative attitudes have less to do with the economy than another issue:
Iraq.

[thecrow]

40. Uhm.. what did corporate murka promise the smirky one?

What is this code for?>???

[ChiciB1]

7. Happy Days Are Here Again!!!

La De Da, La De Da!

Oldies But Goodies????? Get a Grip!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Better days are coming

as soon as this asshole is removed from power.

[SharonRB]

31. LOL

Exactly what I just told my hubby. I said I actually agreed with something Bush said -- "The best days are yet to come." Yeah, the day when he's gone for good.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Well, I partially agree

But we have a long wait. *'s Reign of Error expires in January of 2009.

[cureautismnow]

12. Yes, on January 20, 2009 we will party like it's 1999...

as long as Diebold et al get marginalized. Hopefully. Mr. Fitzgerald can speed the time frame up a bit.

:party: :toast:

[NYCGirl]

10. Oh, my God. He's turned into Herbert Hoover!

:evilgrin:

[BiggJawn]

54. "Prosperity is just around the Corner!"

Yeah, but WHICH corner?

2 Big Macs in every lunch pail, too!

[WI_DEM]

11. Yep the day you leave office either by impeachment or when

your rein of error/terror is over.

[RamboLiberal]

13. Yep in 1,140 Days I hope to be singing Happy Days are Here Again

and don't let the WH door hit you on the ass on your way out.

Damn it's depressing we have this idiot for that long.

[SKKY]

56. Not that you're counting the days or anything, huh?

[Zynx]

14. He has remarkably bad timing on this.

The housing market is obviously beginning to buckle and that could slow the economy a great deal next year. He is actually making these statements at the peak of the cycle.

[sofa king]

15. Do you people really think he's going to leave just like that?

[pinniped]

16. Doesn't anyone show the POS the business section?

I'm sure the front page article about GM closing/slashing 12 plants might be of interest.

Then again, I don't think the monkeyboy knows what a business section is.

[wordpix]

49. economy looks fine if you don't factor in huge deficts and debt,

sharply increased energy prices and everything else rising proportionately.

"The U.S. economy looks good, I might even say terrific," says Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics, who has advised the White House on fiscal policy in the past.

These people are living on a different planet---will love it when they come back down to earth in jail.

[high density]

17. What a wise "non-partisan political analyst" quoted at the end there

Anybody who thinks this economy is great is a delusional Republican.

[tabasco]

19. " Happy Days Are Here Again"

1929 - Milton Ager.

"Best days yet to come" - 2005, President George Bush.

[symbolman]

20. I hope he used "jazz hands"! ala Homer Simpson

He should just start running around in a cute little skirt with pom poms..

Basically it all boils down to nothing but CAMPAIGN, that's all they do, it's all they've ever done, they can't RULE anything, they can't LEAD, they only steal and Cheer..

[Ilsa]

21. Only if he falls down two or three flights of stairs.

I'm just kidding, of course. :sarcasm:

[Kablooie]

22. Oh You silly Billies! Turn that frown upside down!

[FormerRepublican]

23. Yeah, we have Bush's ouster to look forward to.

Then we will definately have better days.

[Megahurtz]

24. Did he say "The economy grows when

the wealthy are allowed to keep more of their own money."???

Sure, "The economy is better than you think it is." only for the wealthy.

I swear this guy lives in a bubble.:banghead:

[Dances with Cats]

25. They can't fuckin' get worse.

no mo' text....

[Peace Patriot]

26. "A Ford in every garage, and a chicken in every pot!," I believe, was

Herbert Hoover's campaign slogan, just before the Crash of '29.

Meanwhile, the glitteratti of the late 1920s were putting on a "Beggars' Ball" in the Waldorf Astoria, where everybody who was anybody came dressed up like homeless and hoboes and tramps, and feasted and danced and drank the night away--as Black Tuesday approached like an icy wind from a Greenland glacier.

"The best days are yet to come."

Well, I think, actually that a warm and lovely breeze is blowing in from the south--from the rebirth of democracy in Latin America, and that those whom our government and businesses have exploited and abused for so many centuries, are about to teach us the meaning of forgiveness, and generosity, and the spirit of democracy. I don't know exactly what I mean by this, maybe something to do with Hugo Chavez's extraordinary assistance to America's poor. But I feel it very strongly--that our people and our democracy are going to be refreshed in some way--by the beauty and intelligence and spirituality that is blooming in the southern hemisphere, and that we will thereby avert the disastrous course that the Bush Cartel has set us upon.

Sometimes I have premonitions. So, maybe Bush is right. "The best days are yet to come," and they include him and his Cartel losing their power to harm us and others.

[Peace Patriot]

35. "Warmth for poor (New York City) consumers (Courtesy Hugo Chavez)"

Post by RamboLiberal at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1969291

From: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/372198p-316488c.html

"Low-cost heating oil is about to start flowing to the South Bronx under Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's fuel-for-the-poor program.

"Three Bronx groups will announce today an agreement with Citgo, the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company, to receive heating oil shipments this winter at 40% below wholesale price.

<snip>

"'We anticipate a savings of between $300,000 and $400,000 in our fuel costs for the winter,' Belle said. 'From a practical standpoint, it's a great program.'"

<snip>

"And that leads us to the big question: If Chavez and Citgo can forgo a small portion of Venezuela's windfall oil profits to make life a little easier for America's poor, what are our own oil companies and our leaders in Washington doing?"

[LongTomH]

27. The economies of India and China are growing!

They're growing about about twice our GDP growth rate. Of course, that's where all our jobs are going! :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:

[cosmicdot]

28. I agree it's Hooveresque, but did ** borrow it from WJC?

"This is a very great country. And our best days are yet to come."

closing statements ...1995 State of the Union

"Don’t stop, thinking about tomorrow, Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here, It’ll be, better than before, Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone. ..."

[sendero]

29. 5 years later..

... it's the "tax cuts".

Sure it isn't dumb luck?

[Deja Q]

30. I think they call that place "Heaven", too...

Pull that stick out, Dubya, it's not even doing you any good anymore.

We all know a limp economy is being fed viagra by offshoring and other antiamericanworkrer acts. And your idea of 'economy' only revolves around the wealthy anyway.

BTW, more people are not allowed to keep their own money thanks to higher costs of living. Particularly energy costs and we all know your friends are gouging us to death. But, once again, you only consider the wealthy as being people. The rest of us are expendable to you.

So I have no qualms saying you are a short-sighted idiot, Massa B. x(

I'm also counting the days until that construction machinery plant closes down here and opens up in the outskirts of Hong Kong...

[4_Legs_Good]

32. Do any of these "campaign sytle" deals actually help him???

His numbers across the board keep falling. Is any of this worth the effort for him???

Why not have him go into the White House, shut the door, not say anything, and pretend like he's hard at work.

I bet his numbers would improve.

david

[Straight Shooter]

33. Hey, georgie, my income has dropped 25 percent this year.

And all the signs point to it dropping another 25% in 2006. Yippee! I'll finally be so poor that I'll qualify for state health care. Yep, things are just looking better all the time. :sarcasm:

Sure hope my 14 year old car doesn't bite the dust.

edit, too mad to type straight

[Guaranteed]

34. Ahhh...yes. The old "best," meaning "worst" bit.

Ha ha! Always gets me!

Good one, Chimpy!

[davekriss]

36. He' playing a Reaganesque "morning in America" card...

...which was true, starting with Reagan in 1981, for the top 1% of our nation. They were about to throw themselves a multi-trillion dollar party and leave the rest of us with the debt bill. Their share of the nation's net wealth increased over 12% from 1983 to 1998, while the share for the bottom 99% declined by over 6% (and for the bottom 80% by over 11%). A wonderful transfer of wealth from the masses to the few.

GWB intended and is succeeding at doing again the deeds of his father and Reagan, which is to increase the ability of the already-wealthy to appropriate more of the value we all create.




(statistical claim covers period from 1983 to 1998 and can be found here, http://www.inequality.org/factsfr.html.)

[Raine]

37. Yeah,

sure...NOT!

[yorkiemommie1]

38. what shade of lipstick are U putting on the pig, now?

no matter what, i ain't buyin' it.

[GRLMGC]

39. Yeah

When you and your evil party are out of power, motherfucker!

[Demeter]

41. When Dubya's in the Hague the Economy Will Bloom!

Every time it rains, it's raining pennies from heaven...

[Karla Marx]

42. The best days are yet to come...

...when we dump chimpy's sorry ass.

[Hardrada]

43. I have to admit it's gettin better.

It's getting better all the time.

CAN'T GET NO WORSE!!

[BikeWriter]

44. Better with every indictment!

[VegasWolf]

45. Of course, once Bush is impeached! nt

[Wordie]

46. Oh jeez...best days for WHOM???

...the corporate sponsors of the administration, or the working poor?
...the insurance companies, or the uninsured?
...the no-bid contract corporations, or the residents of NO?
...the far-right religious organizations, or the ones which welcome all of us?
...the upper class taxpayers, or the lower and middle class taxpayers?
...the corporate-dominated media, or those who need to know?
...the drug companies, or the seniors?
...the wealthy, or the poor and needy?

I could go on and on...

[wordpix]

47. again with the tax cuts for the rich that will make Amerika's economy

better. Asshole *:thumbsdown:

[TankLV]

48. ...when we're finally rid of you, you drunk cokesnorting Lying AWOL

asswipe CRIMINAL!

[wordpix]

50. the economy will improve with the cabal in jail with court orders to

return their criminally gained profits to the Treasury.

[0007]

51. America's best day will be when junior and the boys are taken

the Hague and charge with war crimes.

[sakabatou]

52. Oh crap

[savemefromdumbya]

53. That's the funniest thing I have heard!

so Mr Bush how are YOU going to balance the books. Tax cuts won't bridge the gap. Economists are laughing at you. But it is not funny for the rest of us and our future generations.

[kineneb]

55. what kinda' dope is he smokin'?

'cause I wanna' avoid it. George, Dude, you gotta' get outta' that bubble, 'cause you sound like an idiot.

[Vinca]

57. Hmmm - wonder why he didn't appear at a textile plant.

Oh . . . yeah . . . all that stuff comes from CHINA now.

[BlueManDude]

58. 1/20/09 will be a better day.

[raccoon]

59. Yeah, just "don't worry, be happy." nt

[MODemocrat]

61. Best days are yet to come after Bush is no longer president

He can crow all he wants to about how good the economy is, and what a swell job we're doing in Iraq; but the facts are totally different than his rheoteric. I still can't believe that 40% of the electorate thinks he's doing a good job. :boring:

[noonwitch]

62. The best days will come once Bush is out of office

It's not going to be this year, with heating prices where they are.