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Old 01-15-2008, 01:30 PM
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Now, economy tops war in election
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The economy is tanking! Great news for the Repugs! Less emphasis on how poorly they handled the war. More on how poorly they handled the economy.
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Old 01-15-2008, 01:34 PM
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The economy is tanking! Great news for the Repugs! Less emphasis on how poorly they handled the war. More on how poorly they handled the economy.
Yup. As usual, it will be up to the dems to clean up the mess(es) created by the repubs.
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Yup. As usual, it will be up to the new party to clean up the mess(es) created by the old party
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Old 01-15-2008, 04:52 PM
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Funny how the economy got really bad right after the dems took Congress.
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Funny how the economy got really bad right after the dems took Congress.
remember thess days?

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLI...inton.surplus/
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Yes, President Clinton was very fortunate to be in office during the dot-com boom. Although, I guess some credit should be given to his administration, since Gore did invent the internet and all.
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Old 01-16-2008, 09:05 AM
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Funny how the economy got really bad right after the dems took Congress.
It really hasn't ever been good for Bush's entire term - people have just been cashing out their equity to buy stuff, a source of of money that has just recently dried up.
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Yes, President Clinton was very fortunate to be in office during the dot-com boom. Although, I guess some credit should be given to his administration, since Gore did invent the internet and all.
Odd how people actually had money in the late 90s (without cashing out their home equity) to invest in things like technology that created the dot-com boom.
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Odd how people actually had money in the late 90s (without cashing out their home equity) to invest in things like technology that created the dot-com boom.
And it's odd how quickly that paper wealth evaporated. Emperor's clothes perhaps?
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