WP: Bush's Economic Indicator: 2 New Jobs

[kskiska]

President Campaigns on Tax Cuts at Stock-Car Chassis Maker

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., March 4 -- President Bush rhapsodized Thursday about the possibility that a stock-car firm in this hot, dry community will add two jobs this year, as he refined his campaign message of economic optimism.

Bush, seated on a highchair along with five small-business workers, was speaking at a "conversation on the economy," a talk-show-type event the White House stages regularly in front of television-friendly signs that say, "Strengthening the Economy."

Prompted by the president, chassis-maker Les DenHerder said the tax cuts Bush backed might allow him to hire two or three more people.

"When he says he's going to hire two more, that's really good news," Bush said. "A lot of people are feeling confident and optimistic about our future so they can say, 'I'm going to hire two more.' They can sit here and tell the president in front of all the cameras, 'I'm going to hire more people.' That's confidence!"

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[aquart]

1. Okay, that's desperately pathetic.

[ThePittsburghKid]

2. Well, this goes right up there

with the McDonalds-as-manufacturing jobs.

You know its bad when he gets excited over two whole people

[mn9driver]

3. Woooohoooo!!! The job market's cookin' now!

This country is being run by Martians. :crazy:

[brokensymmetry]

4. Two more jobs????

Wow! :bounce:

The economy is really catching fire now, isn't it? Why, at this rate, we'll have replaced all the jobs lost last year about the same time the Sun burns out....

[WillyT]

5. If We Can't Beat These Utter Fools Next November, Then...

'we get the Democracy we deserve', no???

CHRIST!!! (non-denominational)

:grr::nuke::mad:

[Voltaire99]

19. Flashback: 2000

A lot of us said the same thing then. Do you think we deserved the past three years?

Perhaps, for not resisting the coup and the tax cuts and the war and the Patriot Act, we did. . . .

[mhr]

6. 2 People Per Day Times 365 Days Equals 730 Times 3,150 Years Equals

2,300,000 lost jobs.

[brokensymmetry]

11. I'm so ashamed of myself!

A mere 3,150 years to replace the olst jobs - and here I, cruelly and unfairly, suggested that it would take until the Sun burned out.

I should have given our beloved leader the credit he deserves. I'm sorry! :spank:

[Don Claybrook]

7. OK, all the rest of you unemployed folks, back off!

I read this thread before you, and I'm claiming one of those two jobs. I called it first, something I learned on the 2nd grade playground. Sure, I'm a network engineer by trade, but I'm ready to retrain and enjoy the benefits of the exciting new NASCAR segment of the economy. After all, since there are two jobs available in this field, the field is obviously more vibrant than any other sector of the economy.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

17. (psst...there's no future in stock cars...remember "peak oil"...???)

Gen'lemen, Ready on the Fry Line...On Yer Marks...Get Set...FLIP!!!

[Frances]

8. He did the same thing the other day

So pathetic

I wondered how even Republicans can stifle laughter

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

9. Ummm. I think the guy meant that as sarcastic, which of course

would be WAAAY over *'s head.

Yeah, I can hire two whole more people with my tax cut.

Think about it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Well, the guy didn't actually hire the 2 guys

He only said he was thinking about it. Let's check back in 2 months.
What kind of shitty jobs would those be anyway??

Is this the best he could find? He couldn't find a guy who just put on a second shift to meet the increased demand for his products as a result of smirks improved economic conditions? --- I suppose that would have been IMPOSSIBLE..

[whistle]

14. I heard Bush on a radio broadcast...

... actually say at one of these small business pep rallies, "This person's gonna hire 5 people, that person give jobs to 2 more people. Pretty soon we are all excited!!!" The only thing missing was Howard Deans scream by Bush at that point. It reminded me of the time I was flying across the U.S. and there was this Republican lady in the seat next to me and we just got news that Mount St. Helen's in Washington state just blew its top off. I made a concerned comment about I hoped there would not be any human deaths from this, but of course there were, only in the plane at that moment no one knew. This lady turns and says gleefully, "Just think of it. Our very own volcano. It's that something." The heart and soul of real Republican Americans. The rest of us don't count. Tusk tusk. Well, we have not had a volcano erupt in the U.S. since, so will this do? :nuke:

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. Pretty soon we are all excited

Yes, I remember that particular non sequitur well. What a fucker.
This is madness.

I can't really say here what circumstances re: smirk that would make me "excited".

[alcuno]

12. Is this a parody? "Bush, seated on a highchair..."

I won't remark on the two new jobs, but just say, "highchair?"

[flamingyouth]

13. I thought the same thing - waaaah! waaaaah!

Maybe he missed his nap today? :shrug:

[alcuno]

15. The writer certainly has a way with words.

I'm sure Rove loved to see a stool being called a "highchair."

[I AM SPARTACUS]

18. goes with his new role as Baby Doc...