March 08, 2008

IMPEACH BUSH

IMPEACH CHENEY

BUSH'S POLICIES SINKING ECONOMY

The latest jobs report shows a loss of 63,000 jobs last month. It's the second consecutive month of net jobs lost. Republican economics, especially the trickle down variety we've seen since Reagan, are toxic to the economy. No one except the very wealthy benefits from Republican economic policy. These guys can't leave the White House fast enough. This article by MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM is at www.nytimes.com:

The economy shed 63,000 jobs in February, the government said on Friday, the fastest falloff in five years and the strongest evidence yet that the nation is headed toward - or may already be in - a recession.

Manufacturers and construction companies, reeling from the worst housing slump in decades, led the declines in payrolls. But the losses were spread across a broad range of businesses - including department stores, offices and retail outlets - putting increased pressure on consumers’ pocketbooks.

The unexpected decline raised anticipation on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates again later this month, perhaps by as much as a full percentage point, as the central bank scrambles to stave off a steep economic slowdown.

BUSH IS THE REAL ENEMY

I've found the nastiness in the Democratic primaries disturbing. I have no doubt that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have flaws. My first choice was John Edwards. But I also have little doubt that Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton are infinitely preferable to John McCain and the continuation of the toxic policies of the Bush administration. If Hillary Clinton, in particular, loves this country and wants what is best for the country, she will cease the nasty campaign against Barack Obama. What is best for the country should take priority, not personal electoral success. This article by Sherwood Ross is at www.smirkingchimp.com:

If Senator Obama spends his time between now and the Pennsylvania primary April 22 attacking Senator Clinton he will have focused on the wrong target. Public Enemy No. 1 in America today is George Bush, not Hillary Clinton. When there's a Mafioso in the White House you don't spend your time attacking a legislator he's got in his pocket that voted his way. You go after the capo de regime.

There's enough material on Bush's crimes for Obama to come up with a new j'accuse white paper every day---unless, of course, he prefers to go on quibbling with Hillary over health plans. Health care, after all, is perceived as Hillary's strong suit and the one radio spot she ran for Wyoming focused on it.

Obama, of course, is right not to respond in kind to Hillary's smears. As Bob Herbert pointed out in the March 8, New York Times, when asked if she believed Obama was a Muslim, Ms. Clinton replied, "there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know." Got that? So maybe Obama is a Muslim after all, Hillary hints.