the fundamentals of our economy are strong

completely out of touch with my reality.

that was monday right here in Jacksonville

The democrats don't have to make up stuff about him

all you have to do is stand back

McCain does this to himself.

Because if he said anything else

he would have lost the crowd

The "Fundamentals" Are strong. The problem is that the "Fundamentals" aren't being followed. The best of plans are useless unless followed and executed.

i agree with Poliwonk

I wonder what the "fundamentals" are that he is talking about. I would be really surprised if he were to specify what they were.

The fundamentals of the economy are strong? Hey Pal "where's the beef?"

When asked McCain said the fundamentals he was talking about was the American workers. I suppose if you think you can just make up the meanings of words, he's right. But if you have some crazy idea that there are accepted ideas among economists just what the fundamentals of an economy are, then John McCain is a delusional, out of touch geezer.

The fundamentals of the economy are strong?

Where?

Deregulation, championed by Reagan, pushed by Bush, is a fundamental root cause of the problem.

McCain sees no reason to change direction.

The fundamentals of the economy are strong if you are a multi-millionaire, however, for the average person, things are dark and getting worse.

Yes, and I'm from Mars.

Lex, I can't help but notice that you never add anything of substance to the article strings. You just hop about leaving your little insults behind like rabbit turds.

If this wasn't so scary, it would be funny.

"The "Fundamentals" Are strong. The problem is that the "Fundamentals" aren't being followed. The best of plans are useless unless followed and executed. "

I love it. The GOP supporters crying about their own goons not following their own policies. Taken as a paper philosophy, the "free market" makes sense, especially on a very small controlled scale. The problem with the GOP is that they want to keep pointing at that paper philosophy, while they completely ignore what they need to do to keep it in place. And what they need to do is to regulate....something they absolutely will not do because it stops people from screwing others and getting rich quick. Then, they turn around and say that what they have been doing is actually right? This is truly a 1984 tactic - full out. Up is down, right is wrong, wrong is right, black is white.

Face it - for the free market to really work you need a totally honest playing field. And as long as human beings are human, you need oversight to make sure they play honest. The GOP just cannot admit that because that would be admitting that they royally screwed up over the past 8 years. And they seem incapable of admitting that they ever made the slightest mistake.

Beware the person or group that refuses to admit mistakes.....they will keep making them over and over and over and over again...and keep making ridiculous excuses all the while for doing it. We need intelligent human beings who can look at a situation and see the faults and be able to fix it. And Obama/Biden are definitely more than half-way there - they see the mistakes, they have the correct analysis of them and they have plans to fix them. Why would anyone vote for the nay-sayers when they have this option?

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, business as usual for the Republicans, so of course McCain thinks our "fundamentals" are strong.

You have to love comments like the ones Lex left. He fails to show us he has any clue about anything except how to leave a put down on the internet like some little 14 year old left alone with moms computer.

Maybe a reprogramming would work, but the talk radio and conservative think tank crowd have truly screwed up about half the brains in this country, and they don't even realize they are being manipulated for the benefit of the ultra elite. Maybe this mess will open some eyes, but I doubt it....

Don't be so hard on Lex, he did publish an article fragment on my post today, and then disappeared when I pointed out it proved my point, lol.

Lex brings fun wherever he goes. Always brightens up my day.

"The fundamentals of our economy are strong" -- yeah, and we have always been at war with Eurasia.

Bless your little heart, Lex, for putting down the crayons long enough to come play with everybody.

What he meant was the fundamentals of HIS economy are strong. Why? Because he's a millionaire who has no idea what all of us "regular" people in this country are going through. This morning on the Today show he said what he meant was he believes in the American worker and that they are strong.
Yeah, we're strong all right!
There are over 10 million of us who would love nothing more than to have a job were we can prove how strong we are. Did he talk at all about creating jobs for these strong American workers?
NO!

That says it all.

Read this, all of this.

Obama on Economy

McCain shared his wishful thinking just one day after former U.S. Treasurer Alan Greenspan called the current economic crisis "by far" the worst he'd ever seen.

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Fred, I saw that too. On Stephanopoulos.
Sheryl O. I like your analysis, but you went a little too far with the warning against following groups that fail to admit mistakes. Most politicians in general fall into that category. Change must come from the bottom up, and that is still a ways out, no matter who wins this election.

Perhaps he meant to say, "The fundamentalists of our economy are strong." You never see Dobson, Robertson, Parsley or any of those thieves for Jesus on public transportation. Now the people who follow them...that's another story.

Ya know, there was a time when I thought; I'll bet the Dems will find a way to lose this election (with the help of the MSM of course), and I thought Mr. Obama was it, for a long time . . . but it's beginning to dawn on me, that the the Repubs might just have the last word after all.

That was one of the stupidest things I ever heard a politician say, and that is not a trifling accomplishment.

I don't think it was stupid at all, John. It was a political sentence, and it was the kind of political sentence that wasn't meant to fool anyone who isn't already fooled. He really didn't lie. The fundamentals are theoretically intact. We still produce, distribute and consume. Those are what the fundamentals of economy are. He just didn't bother to add that we're producing, distributing and consuming grossly substandardly.

Sue,

I think I understand what you mean . . . but he said; STRONG !

Sure, John...Of course, he used the strongest word he could. Everything is relative. A reed is strong compared to a blade of grass, but not to a tree.

Once again, we see the huge difference between the two candidates. McCain is old school politics. As the election approaches, you might want to be on the lookout for more statements from McCain similar to this one, though they may not be as blatantly obvious.

Statements like this are reinfocers to the block that already supports him. There are many in the block that support him that also feel the grave crunch of the economy. If there were to be anything to sway them away from him, it would be the economy. The political strategists that probably told him to say this know that the statement will take a lot of guff from most, but that's not important because those people aren't going to vote for him anyway. It's geared to save votes of any who might wander only because of the economy. So, once again, the statement is only reinforcement to an already committed constituency.

Someone could also say something like, The fundamentals of sustainability are strong in Galveston. Surely, people are donating food and clothing and temporary shelter is being provided, so the statement is nebulous, and it's difficult to disprove from that angle.

Let me just add one more thing that I meant to mention above. The timing of this statement is also very significant. He makes the statement while he is slightly ahead in the polls. He's just grabbed some new voters and the stategists know that they need to hear some grandfatherly words to assuage any remorse from their newly made decision because they could change their minds the next time they fill up their gas tanks. Reinforcement is key now.

"Lex, I can't help but notice that you never add anything of substance to the article strings. You just hop about leaving your little insults behind like rabbit turds."
Brian M

I've noticed the same thing. Maybe it's because I'm a miserable liberal loser and I am just too stupid to understand the profound insight hidden in Lex's comments.

the profound insight hidden in Lex's comments.
Michael H aka ac slim ,

Michael I think you would need
"X-ray" vision to see that "Insight"

ROTFLMAO

I am that poor getting poorer that Holly comments about.....

Marsha, while I have your attention here, I'm awaiting an answer to the question I asked you here yesterday. Would you please respond? Sorry Fred.

watch this

Yes, Fred, I did watch it. I watched it from the same politically angling perspective as I watched the McCain video. They're different flavors of the same quality of ice cream or cr...p, as you'd like to look at it.

First, keep in mind that it's always easier for the non-incumbent side to make promises. Obama displays a very nice and sincere manner when delivering speeches. He cites the litany of wrongs that are undeniable, giving credence to the need for CHANGE and blaming Washington and the current administration. He tries to get the focus off ot the attacks on him, producing a COLB, etc.

Then he gives you an outlined plan. Reform the tax system. I happen to like his tax reform plans for the middle class and seniors. It's one thing to talk about it, and another to get that reform legislated, however. There are virtually no pensions left in corporate America anymore. They've been largely replaced by 401Ks, so I'm not so sure I understand his reference to safeguarding pensions.

Energy independence can certainly not be achieved overnight and, as he says, it will take 10 years, and that's at least. He's not going to be held accountable for that, because he could do virtually nothing and just allude to the time frame it will need to be realized. This is a very safe promise.

He wants to crack down on lobbyists and I like that idea too, and the plan he has outlined on his website to implement that, but it's a monumental task. The idea, alone, to provide the searchable database for the public is going to involve millions of dollars and lots of planning. I commend him if he can get this going. I have my doubts though. As far as ending the war in Iraq, uses the word responsibility. He's come a long way since his initial idea of a set time table and pulling out no matter what. He's also recently said that he wants to increase the size of the military. That doesn't seem to be in line with his dovish declarations. He also mentions rebuilding our country rather than rebuilding Iraq. I don't see that it should be an either/or situtation in light of what he said about responsibility, if it really has any substance.

He also says it won't be easy, and throws the ball right back in your court, but ever so rhetorically tactfully with the phrase, spririt of unity and shared responsibility. It gives the people such hope that they are playing this great role in helping to bring America back to its youthful vitality. It implies that anyone who isn't for this wonderful change, must be against it. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Well Sue, it could be all of those apologetic things you have pointed out here, or, more likely, since he's been losing it in bits and pieces for over a few months here, it could be it's further evidence of his mental collapse. I'm betting that the simplest explanation, as it usually is, is the truth.

thanks for sharing with us

"the fundamentals of our economy are strong" should be changed to the fundamentals of our economy have been destroyed.