Economy vs. Iraq

Interesting. The surge, led by Gen. Petraeus, has been a tremendous success. So much so that the liberal media is silent. Actually, they are succesfully changing the subject to the economy and we simply are not hearing of the Iraqi quagmire anymore. Of course, no matter how well our effort goes over there the Iraqis eventually have to do it themselves. The question is - will they be succesful? That remains to be seen but it sure seems that we are giving them the opportunity.

As for the economy, we do seem to be in or on the brink of a recession. The same thing was verifiably happening in Clinton's final months yet the media tried mightely to give him a pass. They even resorted to accusing Bush of crying wolf before he was inaugurated. We now know Bush inherited a mild recession and it was dealt with quite readily on top of the economic damage cause by 9/11, the costs of the wars and Katrina.

Now, with a recession coming in Bush's last months the libs are painting it as a disaster of Bush's personal making and the Democrats are needed to save us and the world. This is transparent and illogical but it is also an election year. Lying is good and facts are bad. By the way, the amortgage industry wreckage does not need federal help. Let the market deal with unwise borrowers and even more unwise lenders. They are the ones responsible.