Posted by
stace on Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:46:50 AM
Obama spent the first 6 weeks of his presidency bad mouthing the economy. It was the worst economy since the Great Depression. It was such a crisis that the stimulus bill just had to pass. And, of course, he made things seem horrific because he wanted to scare the nation into accepting the porkbarrel bill. But there is more to it than that. It goes to the cult of personality his cronies have built around Obama and that the nation accepted when it elected him.
The economy when he took office had to be horrific. It was still Bush's economy. Obama could never be held responsible for it. So bad mouth it he did, and he howled at the moon.
Now that the stimulus bill has passed and he's been president 7 weeks, he knows he has to begin painting a brighter picture. He could not have chosen a better time. The markets are rising, if only a little. Still, to be over 7000 again is a good thing. Moreover, reports have just come out that indicated that retail sales for February did not fall as badly as was predicted. And this on Obama's watch. So now he starts crowing. This is his economy.
But, of course, it's a farce designed to fool the rube's in Pennsylvania who voted for him. Convince them everything is going to be ok and it solidifies the cult of personality that made them vote for him. He will help the middle class and fix the economy. Besides, the Pennsylvanians are still clinging to their guns and religion far too much to have been watching the markets at all.
Some pundits say that Obama doesn't care if he's only a one term president. That's obviously wrong. Obama is solidifying his cult.