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MSUber alles · 08-26-2008, 08:48 PM

First I never trashed the logic of the thread a year ago. The Dow was high, so yeah it was kind of hard to protest too hard about that. Go and see for yourself. Of course other economic indicators weren't that strong even as the Dow soared...but we'll get to that in a second.

But let me ask you this. You started this this thread. You were obviously boasting that Bush was doing a great job on the economy based on the performance of the Dow. Fair enough.

But now that its fallen so much in a year and people are calling Bush out for his performance, BASED ON THE STANDARD YOU SET, do you or do you not agree that Bush's handling of the economy has been poor in the last year?

I'm not interested in what anybody else on here says or thinks. I'm only interested if you, tuff bob, are willing to admit how things are now. So far all I've seen is you throwing it back on others saying their logic is faulty and throwing in the predictable "libs" insult. (Which I'm not BTW but thanks for playing). Are you capable of giving any kind of straight answer or do you just dance around rather than admit the President might not be doing a good job now.

And just for the hell of it I'll try to explain your why your "faulty logic" argument is crap. When the Dow was at 14,000+ there were many other economic indicators that pointed that things were going to head downward soon. In your original post you basically said "THIS is the # that matters most". While others disagreed and said that it was basically a mirage.

Now a year later the Dow is at 11,500. IF there were several indicators that pointed in a positive direction, unemployment, housing values, low inflation, new job growth, etc. etc.....and people were trashing Bush based strictly on the Dow...then your "faulty logic" argument might be valid.

BUT as is turns out economic indicators are still down pretty much across the board and the Dow has just finally caught up. So basically the only hypocrite with "faulty logic" here is you who seems to be saying that a year ago the Dow was the be all and end all of economic health, but now is seeming to say it doesn't matter now that the news is not as good.

If in fact that is what you are saying. So far all I see is a bunch of smilies and vague comments not backed up by any arguments. And personally I think the smile is about the dumbest response you could post. It just screams "Man am I stupid". At least make an argument that stands by your OP or admit things have changed and its hard to defend Bush and the economy anymore.

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MSUber alles 1,000+ posts Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,019 #4 Carl Grimes	First I never trashed the logic of the thread a year ago. The Dow was high, so yeah it was kind of hard to protest too hard about that. Go and see for yourself. Of course other economic indicators weren't that strong even as the Dow soared...but we'll get to that in a second. But let me ask you this. You started this this thread. You were obviously boasting that Bush was doing a great job on the economy based on the performance of the Dow. Fair enough. But now that its fallen so much in a year and people are calling Bush out for his performance, BASED ON THE STANDARD YOU SET, do you or do you not agree that Bush's handling of the economy has been poor in the last year? I'm not interested in what anybody else on here says or thinks. I'm only interested if you, tuff bob, are willing to admit how things are now. So far all I've seen is you throwing it back on others saying their logic is faulty and throwing in the predictable "libs" insult. (Which I'm not BTW but thanks for playing). Are you capable of giving any kind of straight answer or do you just dance around rather than admit the President might not be doing a good job now. And just for the hell of it I'll try to explain your why your "faulty logic" argument is crap. When the Dow was at 14,000+ there were many other economic indicators that pointed that things were going to head downward soon. In your original post you basically said "THIS is the # that matters most". While others disagreed and said that it was basically a mirage. Now a year later the Dow is at 11,500. IF there were several indicators that pointed in a positive direction, unemployment, housing values, low inflation, new job growth, etc. etc.....and people were trashing Bush based strictly on the Dow...then your "faulty logic" argument might be valid. BUT as is turns out economic indicators are still down pretty much across the board and the Dow has just finally caught up. So basically the only hypocrite with "faulty logic" here is you who seems to be saying that a year ago the Dow was the be all and end all of economic health, but now is seeming to say it doesn't matter now that the news is not as good. If in fact that is what you are saying. So far all I see is a bunch of smilies and vague comments not backed up by any arguments. And personally I think the smile is about the dumbest response you could post. It just screams "Man am I stupid". At least make an argument that stands by your OP or admit things have changed and its hard to defend Bush and the economy anymore. Last edited by MSUber alles; 08-26-2008 at 10:00 PM.