Bush's Early Morning Address Will Cause The Market To . . .

[bigtree]

[amitten]

1. Laugh, roll eyes. n/t

[143tbone]

2. What does ralf mean? n/t

[Wetzelbill]

4. I believe to "throw up."

[bigtree]

5. Urban Dictionary: ralf

ralf. To barf, to barf greatly. Man...she ralfed all over the floor. The ralf smelt like day old rotten butt cheese

[Raine]

10. It means ...

:puke:

[Wetzelbill]

3. it's the Pie Hole Effect

lol

[depakid]

7. It was, but not so much as he's obviously lost relevance.

More important is what Obama does- even Republicans now are looking to him for leadership.

[TexasObserver]

6. The markets will Yawn in response to Dubya.

The markets will do whatever they want to do, unless he announces the infusion of liquidity, in which case, they'll overreact for a few hours.

[DCKit]

11. "...they'll overreact for a few hours" then take the profits.

They've been skimming every penny the fed's injected so far.

[sfwriter]

8. I don't try and undewrstand it, but a rally is on the way tomorrow according to pre-trading...

[bigtree]

9. bargain hunting, maybe?

[L. Coyote]

12. Did he mention how his tax cuts for the rich will improve the economy?

[scheming daemons]

13. At this point, Bush can do no good.

[L. Coyote]

14. Dominate the news cycle when the USA Firings report might lead to his indictment.

[JDPriestly]

15. The essence of economic progress and stability is trust.

That is why you have a Commercial Code. That is why courts will enforce contracts in most cases.

Ironically, laws and regulations encourage trust and therefore a vigorous economy. That's because in a regulated market everybody knows the rules, knows the rules will be enforced and can trust everybody else. Those who don't play by the rules will be forced out by regulators.

The Bush administration sponsored a lawless, relatively regulation-free market that destroyed the trust of participants in the markets.

The markets won't recover until the participants trust each other -- and that won't happen as long as Bush and his lack of regulation are in control. Every time Bush opens his mouth, he reminds everyone just how lawless he is.

[FlyingSquirrel]

16. I don't know about the market, but it'll cause ME to ralf.

So I just won't watch it.

[radfringe]

17. bush has become more than a lame duck

I think the power of the piehole effect has been nullified. He can't get his party to belly-up to the kool-aid stand anymore.

The repubs are floundering, the markets know it and good or bad reactions will depend on what the dems do over the next couple of days.

Personally, I think the dems should just chuck the bail-out bill as it stands and craft a new one that addresses the main street concerns. Screw trying to make nice with the repubs. Set the foundation for a new economic focus.

If this crisis is one of the housing market (i.e. foreclosures) - then you need to stop the foreclosures, rework the mortgages so people can stay in their homes and are able to make the payments. Pumping out the water and pouring it back into reservoir won't do any good if you don't plug the holes.

Obama needs to really get out in front of this. This is a "perfect storm" for Obama to show leadership - he doesn't have to fly into DC or suspend his campaign to do that. Dems can help him by incorporating portions of his economic plans as it applies to this situation.

[Eurobabe]

18. Just the sight of his face on TV causes the market to tank!

Fucking doofus who has no clue.

Hey George, what's behind DOOR #3??

[endthewar]

19. Tank. His last national address just caused people to panic and make a run on the banks.