Reply #68: Maybe the "X" factor is the huge sum of money China has been forced [View All]

[Samantha]

to agree to invest to offset the tremendous imbalance of trade between the two countries.... The Washington Post carried a story this week saying the Bush* misadministration had been bargaining with the Chinese government to set the balance in order. China has agreed to purchase a number of planes from BOEHING (spelling?) (surprise, surprise) and a huge, huge dollar number of automobile parts. Those two categories are the main beneficiaries of the agreement.

If someone took the liberty to figure in this tremendous amount now agreed upon into the level of growth over the third quarter, that might be part of the explanation as to how Rove got his 7% calculation. When I heard the story, I was reminded of that period of time when Bush* was campaigning in 2000. The story had broken that the State of Texas was running huge surpluses. Overnight, the statistics were re-generated to magically reflect a huge surplus. One commentator said that if Bush* were elected, the problem of dealing with the number manipulation would not hit until he was long gone from the Lone Star State. Bush* had the figures altered to remove the opportunity for Dems to criticize him on his economic program during the presidential campaign. Offhand, I say he is employing the same maneuver this presidential campaign election season, just using different tools to achieve the same economic slight of hand he's so adept at using.

Overall, I am going to go on a limb and say the economy is going to "grow" every month for the next 12 months. And as the economy grows between now and the election, so will Bush*s nose.