Reply #9: The right wing.. [View All]

[sendero]

... lives in a fantasy-spin world. They spin everything to the point that they don't even know what is true. Many of these droolers still think that "success" in Iraq is possible, even though anyone with two brain cells knows that even if everything went perfectly from this point forward the price was too high, there can never be "success".

Since in their world perception is reality and they've managed to snooker Americans into buying into their bullshit perceptions, they think they can do it in every sphere.

But reality has a way of forcing itself. As you say, consumers aren't just slowing down because they are hearing the economy is weakening, they are slowing down because they are Out Of Money and Up to Their Eyeballs In Debt.

No amount of happy talk is gonna fix that.