Posted on 07/12/2009 12:43:04 PM PDT by fiscon1
One of the worst things that can happen to an administration is for them to see things as rosey while the citizenry suffers. It's sometimes called the Pollyanna effect. Especially when they are talking about the economy, the administration is always in a difficult position. If they sound gloomy, they talk down an economy. Furthermore, economic health is the administration's responsibility. So, if the economy is suffering, who's responsibility is it? Remember how Jimmy Carter addressed the nation and presented a near doomsday scenario. That didn't help him or our nation. Yet, when you proclaim everything just fine while things aren't it could be even worse. Those are the waters that President Obama is dangerously close to treading on right now. Yesterday, the president used his weekly radio address to defend the stimulus and call for more patience.
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And the RATS doing obeisance to obozo the clown are the Pollyanna III.
It could be him...
“The peasants have no bread.”
“Then let them have cake.”
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