[TexanToTheCore]

Actually, same store sales for Walmart were down last week.

[trek]

A good article that misses the point.

The tenor of the main stream media is more positive since the election because the members of the press feel better. They feel better not only because their guys won, but because they feel (correctly) that they had a big hand in the victory. And, in the end, the news coverage we get from the press is all about them.

This is why it is important to have partisans of both stripes in the press. The problem today is that all we have are democrat partisans in the main stream press.

[Brilliant]

I went out yesterday to buy something. The traffic wasn't bad, and there really weren't the throngs I'd expected.

[SauronOfMordor]

We went out shopping today (suburbs of Philadelphia). It was not an impressive crowd, more like a standard Saturday than the start of the Christmas shopping season. Parking lots (around noon) were maybe a quarter to a third full.

[lowbridge]

I recall back in August 1992 the Presidential campaign was in full swing. The local (New York) ABC station decided to do a story on the economy. They did a LIVE remote from a Mall in Long Island and asked passersby how they felt the economy was doing. The results were mixed. One third thought that the economy was doing fine. One third thought it was doing horrible. And the remaining one third thought it was doing ok, but could be better.

Fast forward 4 months later. It's the first week of December. Clinton has won the election. The same local ABC station decided to do another story on the economy again. And they aired the same video. Only they edited out the ones that thought the economy wasnt doing so well. Left in were all the ones who thought the econmomy was doing great. And the word "LIVE" was still in the upper corner. No mention of the fact that this was old video. They actually pretended that this was a brand new and live report from the mall. (of course it did look strange for people during the month of December wearing short sleeved shirts and pants)

[reg45]

People are taking their last opportunity to spend their own money before the imposition of new higher taxes reduces them to paupers.

[mdmathis6]

One fly in the ointment...its still a Republican administration...

therefore both parties can claim credit for the economy!

[WireAndWood]

I did not go out shopping on Black Friday but for a variety of reasons I drove by Wal-Mart several times. The traffic was NEVER a problem anywhere in the city, and Wal-Mart's parking lot was no more crowded than usual - probably less so.

I've heard time and time again already that the season is off to a poor showing, but of course the idiotpress will tell us otherwise.