In Which, God Help Me, I Praise George W. Bush For Something

7:34 pm EST February 28th, 2008 | News | 5 Comments

Just for a nanosecond. A moment from the start of today’s presidential press conference:

Q Mr. President, bad economic news continues to pile up, the latest today with the GDP barely growing. Are you concerned that a sagging economy and hard times will help defeat John McCain, like it did your father in 1992? And how far are you willing to go to prevent that?

THE PRESIDENT: I’m concerned about the economy because I’m concerned about working Americans, concerned about people who want to put money on the table and save for their kids’ education. That’s why I’m concerned about the economy. I want Americans working.

Reporters are obsessed with framing everything as a campaign issue. For them, the years between elections are just filler between campaign seasons. But for the rest of us, in reality, it isn’t. Bush answers this question in the right way, knocking out the reporter’s stupid framing of it as a campaign issues. The economy matters because it affects the life of Americans. Not because it may or may not hurt John McCain in the fall. Leave that kind of stupid question to fellow journalists and pundits.

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5 Responses to “In Which, God Help Me, I Praise George W. Bush For Something”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    February 28, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    I’m concerned about the economy because I’m concerned about working Americans, concerned about people who want to put money on the table and save for their kids’ education.

    Of course, you know he was just kidding, don’t you? If he wasn’t, he’d propose something other than TAXCUTTAXCUTTAXCUT as a solution.

  2. durablend says:
    February 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    King George still insists there’s no recession (“it’s only the liberals who keep talking the economy down to try and further their sagging election chances”)

  3. merl says:
    February 29, 2008 at 5:39 am

    Of course the man is full of shit. He cares about himself. That’s it.

  4. SaveFarris says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

    There’s hope for you yet!

  5. Scratch says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:37 am

    I’m amazed it took a Republican and Bush supporter to point out that he talked about Americans who want to put money on the table. Money. On the table. That’s kinda funny.