Economics has become part and parcel to politics. If you support the side in charge, things are looking up. If not, things are getting worse. Simple as that.
I got an Example that kinda of covers double talk too:
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder
#1
Transcript of Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, and Economists’ Press Conference Following Economic Forum 10/21/2009
http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=1414
“So for that reason, despite the fact that we’re looking at an absolutely horrendous long-term fiscal outlook,”
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#2
Wall St. Journal : The Case for Optimism on the Economy 12/16/2009 | Alan Blinder
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408814/posts?page=24
“Let me offer instead, in deliberately one-sided fashion, the case for optimism.”