Kudlow on CSPAN WJ (hurling insults at callers decrying the meltdown).

[Billy Burnett]

www.cspan.org

[marmar]

1. That dude lives in his own alternate reality universe......

I don't think he's been outside of it since Reagan's second term.

[European Socialist]

2. Kudlow is a shameless POS.

[Billy Burnett]

3. Said that Obama's picks are TERRIFIC free traders. Free market guys. Kudos to team Obama.

"Free trade" has been VERY good for America.

:crazy:

[Billy Burnett]

4. More tax cuts needed. Shouldn't spend our way out of recession.

:wow:

[ellenfl]

9. boner was saying the same thing yesterday.

they just don't get it that TAX CUTS GOT US INTO THIS MESS!!! or, should i say, they DO get it the ARE trying to bankrupt the country.

ellen fl

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Same Guys Who Told Us. . .

. . .that the Clinton tax increases would cause economic catastrophe. (Wrong)

That the country was in recession in 2001. (Wrong)

That the tax cuts in 2001 and 2002 were going to get the economy roaring. (Wrong)

That deficits didn't matter. (Wrong)

That the free market, unregulated, is the cure to all ills. (Wrong)

And now we're supposed to pay attention to them?

I mean. . .really!
The Professor

[ellenfl]

16. what are the criteria again for a recession?

WERE we in a recession in 2001 according to the repug definition? they have skewed that definition so much lately, i'm not sure what it is! does anyone have solid info that we were in a real recession in 2001? that would be a nice meme to debunk.

ellen fl

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Answers

Posted by ellenfl
WERE we in a recession in 2001 according to the repug definition?
According to conventional definition, no. There was not negative real growth in any quarter, let alone two in a row.
But, they were adjusting the definition to describe what they wanted people to think at the time? It gets worse!


they have skewed that definition so much lately, i'm not sure what it is!
After they screwed things up, they started to rely on the classical definition, so as long as their wasn't negative real growth (but there was if the analysis is done thoroughly) they claimed no recession. (I told it would get worse.)

The very same things they claimed constituted a recession (energy inflation, slightly rising unemployment, growth that was lower than the prior 5 years, increase of the money supply, reduction in the velocity of money, etc.) stopped being important. The very things they said constituted a recession in 2001 were the things that were WAY worse in 2004-2008. So, they keep changing the rules.


does anyone have solid info that we were in a real recession in 2001? that would be a nice meme to debunk.
Easy to debunk. Tell anyone who says that to go to the library and go to the reference section. Tell them to start copying the critical economic indicators from the Statistical Abstract Of The United States. The data is clear. If THEY are trying to claim a 2001 recession, MAKE THEM PROVE IT TO YOU! You don't have to debunk it. It's not true, and there is NO data to support it. Put it on them! Dare them to prove they're right! They can't.
The Professor

[ellenfl]

22. thanks, professor. eom

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

5. He's a total waste of television space.

His century is over...and I'm not talking about the 20th. We should all thank our lucky stars that somebody took the risk of "spending us out" of financial collapse on several critical occasions in our nation's past. Really, I think the networks have a lot of fresher voices and keener minds that are not getting enough air-time yet. Mr. Kudlow, please just go away!

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Why Is That Charlatan On There?

He has been wrong about EVERYTHING since 1985! How this guy still has a shred of credibility left is baffling.
The Professor

[ThomWV]

7. What a very rude man.

And his notion of economic policy was simply absurd.

[ensho]

18. yes, rude to the max - a real jerk

nt

[KharmaTrain]

8. An Amusing Segment

The weasel tries to pretend he never "cheerlead" in the high flying IPO days. The good thing about this dude is if he's for something, sell, if he's down on it, you're doing the right thing. He's the financial equivelent of Bloody Billy Kristol...he's never right on anything and will revise history to prove he was. A typical performance.

The fun is to watch this slimeball attempt to be "human". He can't do it. His self-absorption and lack of any soul prevent him from any compassion. A truly vile creature...hopefully he's lost a fortune in his beloved market.

[Billy Burnett]

10. He advised a caller about to lose his home not to be "overly concerned"...

And that all of the nay-saying doesn't help. :eyes:

Utterly heartless sociopath.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. What A Tool!

It's been well documented here on DU how little i think of that guy, but if he said what you reported (and i believe you) he is getting worse than ever.
GAC

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. In his defense he was probably coked up at the time. Was he making funny expressions with his mouth?

[Neshanic]

14. He should start snorting coke again.

[SOS]

15. Kudlow has that combination of arrogance and being wrong all the time

The quintessential modern Republican.

[Elwood P Dowd]

19. Kudlow, Glassman, and Kristol should start a show

and call it "180 Degrees Out Of Phase" because those 3 are ALWAYS wrong.

[Swede]

20. 180 degrees out of phase,like the sine waves below.

[TheCoxwain]

17. I hope someone delivers a power flying kick on his face ...and shatter his nose

and his false pride.


A**hole