FOX NEWS Poll: 33% Bush at New Low/Gloomy Economic Views

I think this proves just how stupid most poll results are. Either that or how stupid most people are...

By any measure, the economy of the United States of America is booming. Unfortunately, if you watch television news or read the newspaper (remember those?,) everyone thinks we've fallen on hard times. That's too bad. All that government schooling sure comes in handy for the liberal elites running the press when they want to push the big lie.

Right now, unemployment is at 4.7%. By any measure, that's very low...approaching full employment. In fact, in 1996 when Bill Clinton was running for re-election, the media bragged about the unemployment at the time of around 6%. Why brag? Because they wanted the public to think things were oh-so-swell so they would keep Clinton in office. So you get the idea...when there's a Democrat in the Oval Office, low unemployment is low, but if it's a Republican, all unemployment is high. And so the media template goes.

The economy right now is on fire.....in fact, it's been growing year after year. But don't tell the dumb masses. They'll tell you that the economy is in the toilet. Why? It's those darned gas prices! Never mind that gas prices have been high for several years running in the summer months, and ignore the fact that, adjusted for inflation, they've been higher in the past.

Another example: When Bush ran for office he promised to increase jobs in the U.S. For years after his election the press ran with examples on how Bush was failing to live up to his promise. Then .. the the promised jobs started to materialize, the press suddenly couldn't find its tongue. No surprise.

So what's really behind the lack of good news about our great economy? Make no mistake, it is the slanted propaganda churned out daily by the mainstream media and the Democrats. Such is their desire to remove Republicans from office that they will do anything to create the impression that the economy is terrible, and that includes fail to tell you the truth about our current economic boom.

But just look around you.....and you'll see otherwise.

That is, unless your head is in the sand. Like most people on the left.

The stock market just hit an all time high.

The news for Bush may look bad, but you have to look at who is reporting it, and then you'll see the really bad news.

Yeah, he quoted a Fox "News" poll . . . anything from Fox "News" always looks really bad . . .

I'm not a fan of FOX News because of the tabloid like format. They've loaded up on conservative leaning talking heads, but they are a for-profit business. Watch what happens if the country shifts to left, so will they.

I watch CNN to find out if Bill Clinton is having a bad hair day.

What a silly obsession on your part.

And what of you following me around A2K?

You're a legend in your own mind.

yes... the economy is booming... that's why in retail people are sitting on their asses all day alone wondering when perhaps a real buying customer might walk in....

Excuse me? Do you live in a fantasy world?

DOW - Jan 14, 2000 closed at 11,722.98
Jan 14, 2000 intraday high of 11,908.50


Nasdaq - all time high was over 5000 in March of 2000

S&P was at 1,527.46 on March 24, 2000

Which market was above those prices recently? The Dow is getting close but still a ways to go.

Even were it so, the relative "health" of speculative markets is no measure of the financial security of the general population. Just because the rich are getting richer is no reason to expect dancing in the streets.

Why do they always say..

"past performance is no guarantee of future results"?

In many cases the poor performance in the past does pretty much guarantee the same results in the future.

Fool me once.. well.. you can't fool me again. Doing a heck of a job there.......(fill in the blank)

Well, I got out of the market in the middle of 2000.... Then got back in a year later .... so I doubled my returns! Many people I knew watched their portfolios get cut in half.

I should have said "approaching its all time high". My mistake and I admit it.

The NASD was way overvalued in 2000, one of the reasons I bailed.

Most of us are waiting to get trickled on.

I'm thinking the president's ratings are inversely proportionate to the cost of gas.

is that what we're calling it these days?