Thursday, August 19, 2010

Classic bump and lift?

Do a quick scan of the news and take a guess at what today's top headline is. Is it "Weekly Jobless Claims Post Surprise Jump, Hit 500,000?" Nope. Is it "More tough economic times forecast by CBO?" Nope, that's not it either. In my own personal experience, the two most talked about stories today are "TIME Poll: Majority Oppose Mosque, Many Distrust Muslims" and "White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily."

What?!

Don't be a mark. Unemployment is officially at 9.5% (although the real number is probably floating around 20%). The economy is still in tatters. There has been no "summer of recovery." With millions of Americans wondering how they're going to feed their families and pay their mortgages, we cannot afford to be distracted.

This is one of the oldest tricks in the book; let's show Washington that we're not going to fall for it anymore.

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