The Right's biggest nightmare: What if Obama fixes the economy?

[babylonsister]

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The Right's biggest nightmare: What if Obama fixes the economy?
By David Neiwert Sunday Mar 08, 2009 10:00am

Rights Worst Nightmare

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The wingnuts have been exploring nonstop all kinds of gloom-and-doom scenarios that apparently are certain to envelop the American economy under President Obama's guidance. Some of them -- particularly Glenn Beck's -- are wildly over the top, but every one of them believes we truly are headed for the great national crapper.

So if you want to see wingnut heads explode like so much Scanners Popcorn, watch what happens when someone proposes the possibility that Obama's programs might actually work.

Take, for instance, Wayne "Trapper John" Rogers this weekend on Fox's Cashin' In segment with Terry Keenan. When one of the guests wondered if Rogers would subsequently approve of a government bailout of GM should it turn out to actually help the economy improve, he went ballistic:

Rogers: No, but you don't know that, and they don't know that. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on! We've got proof that this doesn't work! All you've got to do is, everybody invokes the Depression. Go back and look at the lessons of the Depression! This does not work! And everybody knows that! So this is a stupid plan, and it's something that you're speculating about, that, 'Oh, this may work.'

Sure. 'Everybody knows that' FDR failed. Uh-huh.

Well, as Stephen Colbert put it the other night:

Colbert: Last scenario. Mr. Moore -- scariest one yet. The year is 2012. President Obama's policies have worked. Pulling out of the Iraq War was the right thing to do. The stimulus plan has the Dow rebounding to somewhere in the 12,000 area. People's faith in the government is restored. Stephen Moore, if this happens, what are you doing? It's gun-in-the-mouth time for you, isn't it?

Moore: Wait. You mean, socialism actually works?

Colbert: Socialism worked. Obama was right. The government can actually solve some problems. Is that gonna happen?

Moore: I'd have to rethink everything I believe in.

My prediction: Even if this scenario becomes reality -- and conservative dogma is proven finally for the dog-something it actually is -- these people will never rethink what they believe in. They won't credit Barack Obama. And they'll try to claim somehow that it proves they were right after all.

It's what they do.

[BlooInBloo]

1. America failing *with* them in power is 1/2 their greatest nightmare...

And has come to pass.

The completion of that nightmare is as you say.

And their response will predictably be as you say, as well.

[David Dunham]

2. Obama's policies will start showing good results by 2010.

[Vinca]

3. It should be interesting.

The President is so confident he makes me feel confident and I'm betting he pulls it off.

[Tab]

4. "Trapper John" is a Repuglithan?

Well, he always DID like his martinis.

[WePurrsevere]

8. Well, the show did get much better after he left and

they brought in Mike Farrell (a Progressive) as BJ. ;) http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist.html

[MidwestTransplant]

5. They would just credit Bush just as they blame FDR for the Depression.

[Oregone]

6. I don't think he will

He has the opportunity to shift the social contract back to the left and change the social framework of the country, but to be able to fight the overall ills of a mountain of worthless debt (and subsequently, the lack of credit causing deficient demand), is a bit too hopeful. We are in this for the long haul. It will pass like a flu, and we can only hope he can address some of the symptoms in the meantime.

[SmileyRose]

7. Wait

Trapper is a wingnut and Alda was out there campaigning for women's rights? No wonder he left the show so fast.

[kestrel91316]

9. Here's their response if he does, lol:

[corruptmewithpower]

10. The President's policies will be successful. They will create a better

environment for capitalism to work.



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