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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:01 AM Original message |
So we've been in a recession for a year but they just announced it yesterday? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, a week after Obama announced his economic team. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And they WILL put all the blame for it on Barack. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. They've already started. Bastards. n/t |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. And the Clenis |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. While the Bush admin is known for lying, economic stats have always taken a while |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. & the issue is always confused with the use of lots of big numbers |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Essentially it is not tin-foil time |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Agree. And the problem with this recession is it's usually over when the numbers come in. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. in ten years |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. The gubmint cooked the books and TV lied to us all. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Heard junior with my own ears say it's not a recession, but a slowdown |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. Eight years of lies |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Sanctity, reichousness, duplicity, disingenuousness, mendacity just to name |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. LOL |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. strictly speaking, they didn't say we still ARE in a recession. only that it began in december 2007 |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. I bet most DUers believe that it's really the Great Depression 2. nt |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. A person might be suspicious given an election going on. nt |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. When Republicans changed recession definition.... |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. my thoughts exactly |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. Actually, the recession began in the middle of Oct. '07 |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. They had to wait until after the election to protect McCain |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. On the recession, from September 2007... |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. All of their confusing rhetoric is designed to hide the actual truth |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is just their style of writing and yes many times it takes |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. the bush cabal has used economic statistics as propaganda tools from the start |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
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