Just a brief follow-up on Rove’s speech. The usual way one measures the economy is the gross domestic product [GDP]. Since he didn’t mention it, I looked it up:
I didn’t see much in the graph other than the ‘dip’ when Bush was elected. Then I ran across a link today on Huffpo about the 4th quarter figures in 2005. It’s shown as % increase over the last quarter:
I expect Rove knew this when he made his speech. The 4th quarter economic indicator says that the economy is stagnant.
Spin again?
Just gathering facts so I can talk back to the T.V. set during the annual Bush spinfest A.K.A. The State of the Union Message A.K.A. Massaging the State of the Union.
Just passing through to pass this along. Hugh Hewitt interviews Karl Rove: Karl Rove on Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid http://www.radioblogger.com/#001337
evilpoet,
What an amazing ‘spinster’ he is! I don’t know how he keeps a straight face. Thanx for the link…