You knew it would happen just before an election.

[lonehalf]

Government Revenues up

Stock market at new high

Gas prices down

Consumer confidence higher

Real earnings up

No Hurricanes (I used to think that the people who were saying that Bush created and maintained hurricanes were a bunch of nuts - now I must reconsider)

Main stream media reporting Republican gains in polls

I've been predicting this for a long time. The manipulation is horrid. And the population falls for it.

As Gomer Pyle once aid, "Shame, shame, shame!!!"

[nini]

1. But they didn't count on the big Dawg to address reality

did they?

[teach1st]

2. Especially those politicians who manipulate hurricanes...

..I mean really. Those hurricanes should be thrown in jail as accomplices.

Iraq lies and death - attacking the wrong country
Torture
Propoganda
Katrina
Incompetence and ignorance
Cronyism
Propogating terrorism

Let them manipulate hurricanes. Let them use magnetic powers to harness the mole people.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. If they can create earthquakes and tsunamis,

why not control hurricanes?

[darmok167]

9. Forgive me for asking but

Were those tongue in cheek comments or are you really of the opinion that they can control earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes? Honest question.

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Tongue in cheek of course.

You have to be pretty kooky to think that the government can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, or hurricanes.

[darmok167]

11. LOL Just checking.

I'm new here, I admit, and I mean this with all due respect, but you never know anymore. :-)

[napi21]

3. Allraces tighten whennearing the end.

NO, neither Party can control the stock market! There is a bit of good news about the pric of gas though. Jack Cafferty has a show on the weekends called In the Money. At the end of each showhe gives a question that viewers are asked to answer for the following week. Thequestion answered this past week was "Will the falling gas prices affect your vote in Nov?" I was thrilled to hear Jack say"I received thousands of responses to our question, and I'm very pleased to say NOT EVEN ONE person said YES!" Most of the responses he read said they believed the prices were being manipulated, and it wasn't going to work with THEM!

More $$ is always spent by all candidates toward the end of the race, but I still feel confident that the Dems will do well.
the only peoplethat pay close attention to the DOW highs Ibet aren't anyone who would EVER vote for a Dem anyway!

[lonehalf]

5. I've been a Democrat all of my adult life

I support and vote for Democrats in every election.

I follow and invest in the stock market. All of my retirement funds are in the market (and were before I retired too).

I think you are going to be surprised at how many DUers invest in stocks.

Any one who has a 401-k or a 403-b (or for that matter, a checking or bank savings plan) is in the stock market.

So there!!!

[napi21]

8. I must not have phrased my statement correctly.

I too have all my savings in a 401k, and although I check the#'s at the closing bell, I'm more interested to see ifit had an effect on MY HOLDINGS! Many times it doesn't!

The people who watch each1//4 pt rise & fall, and what segments of on the upswing and what markets might suffer from some bad news are usually NOT ordinary people.

[acmavm]

4. I don't think that your post is accurate. How can government

revenues be up. The rich aren't paying taxes, those that are working make less money, and we're having to sue to big oil companies now to get the royalty money they've not been paying for drilling on public lands.

Stock market at a new high? Is it a record breaking high? Is it sustainable?

Real earning up? Not at all. The top 20% are earning more, the 80% that pay taxes are losing in the wage area, we're back to 20 years ago.

So frigging what the MSM are reporting. The repubs are only up in polls that are skewed to turn out that way. We're still gonna take the House and Governorships, maybe even the Senate.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Government revenue is up because because the economy is growing

Although the rich and corporations may not pay as much taxes as you would like, they are still paying more than before because they are making more money.

[ComerPerro]

12. I've heard Gov't revenues are up, but the fact remains

they are probably not at the level they would be if it weren't for Bush's tax cuts and for the corporate welfare.

The stock market "at a new high" is only high when you compare it to its remarkably poor performance under Bush.

Same with "real earning", its up from the rock bottom Bush had it at, but not nearly at what it could or should be.


This truly is the Administration of Lowered Expectations.