September 06, 2011
— Ace Apparently the word isn't polling too well.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats have dropped the word stimulus from their vocabulary.Though the House minority leader and her caucus are still pushing an economic stimulus agenda to save the economy, they’ve radically changed their rhetoric with the hope of winning over voters who saw “stimulus” as close to a dirty word.
Democrats are now being careful to frame their job-creation agenda in language excluding references to any stimulus, even though their favored policies for ending the deepest recession since the Great Depression are largely the same.
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Recognizing the unpopularity of the 2009 package, however, Democratic leaders have revised their message with less loaded language – “job creation” instead of “stimulus;” “Make it in America” in lieu of “Recovery Act” – in hopes of tackling the jobs crisis.
Debbie Wasserman-Shultz is off-message, and that's odd, because she is usually robotically, inhumanly on message.
She avoids the word "stimulus," but does use the word "Recovery Act," which I thought was now verbotten.
Well, the Republicans who think the Recovery Act didn't work are simply wrong. The Recovery Act, as of the beginning of this year, created an additional 3.6 million jobs. We have -- the Recovery Act had a direct impact on making sure the teachers, firefighters, police officers were able to remain in their jobs. It begun -- it helped begin to turn the economy around. 50% of it was tax breaks to small businesses and to the middle class. So every economist you would talk to that is worth their salt acknowledges that without the Recovery Act we would not be continuing on the upswing. We would still be either stuck or spiraling downward. So the Republicans can't make up their own facts. The bottom line is the Recovery Act had an impact.
Note the original trascript contained the word "(stimulus)" in parenthesis after "Recovery Act," but that was just the editor helping the reader out-- Wasserman-Shultz didn't say stimulus.
You know what she did say? This is good. She can't say stimulus anymore, so later in her soundbite, she says we need an... "infusion."
Infusion. Just imagine them trying out a series of synonyms for "stimulus" in focus groups and deciding that "infusion" tests the best, because it makes people think of good food and drink "infused" by fruit juice or something.
Another word she likes is "impact," as a noun, as in "We need additional impact."
If you're unconvinced that Dumb Debbie is a Talking Points Terminator, enjoy her refusing to comment on the Richard Trumka James Hoffa* declaration of war, insisting that her comment on this matter is that we must work together to aid the middle class.
* Whoops. Hoffa, not Trumka.
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Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at September 06, 2011 10:37 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: Hey.Wheres.Barry at September 06, 2011 10:37 AM (gQLr2)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at September 06, 2011 10:38 AM (C2//T)
Posted by: Tsar Nic's girlfriend at September 06, 2011 10:39 AM (iRlbA)
Posted by: Havedash at September 06, 2011 10:39 AM (sFD5n)
Democrats are like a bad penny.
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at September 06, 2011 10:39 AM (f8XyF)
Out : Don Lemon
In : Barack Obama
Posted by: garrett at September 06, 2011 02:38 PM (lsQ6Q)
Okay, that's funny.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 06, 2011 10:39 AM (3AuGS)
Posted by: Barney Frank at September 06, 2011 10:41 AM (ENKCw)
Countdown to the Conundrum
The entire nation awaits Obama's big speech on jobs. But Obama is about to unveil the same shit in a different package. The peasants are gonna be pissed.
How is Obama and the Democrat party gonna recover from the fallout?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 06, 2011 10:41 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Ron at September 06, 2011 10:41 AM (g+yPx)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at September 06, 2011 10:41 AM (UqKQV)
Posted by: DWSiaSCoaMF at September 06, 2011 10:42 AM (YhI7X)
Wasserman Schultz said he met Monday with James Andrews, president of the AFL-CIO's North Carolina chapter. She said Andrews assured here the state union will fully support the Charlotte convention.
She said Democratic Party is working to ensure that contractors for the event represent "diverse" groups, including unionized workers.
"We expect that there will be the union label as an integral part of the Democratic National Convention in 2012," Wasserman Schultz said. "We have a commitment to making this the most diverse convention, both in terms of staffing and access to providing services and procurement. I think that will be in dramatic contract to the way the Republicans are doing it
Wasserman Schultz said convention organizers are working with Charlotte officials, including Democratic Mayor Anthony Foxx, to make sure the event is open and accessible.
"There won't be any problem with people who are attending the convention, planning to be involved. This is America and Democrats obviously support everyone's right to free speech. There will be, like any other convention, an opportunity for individuals to stage their protests, but doing so without interfering with the participants.
http://tinyurl.com/3nwt6k2Posted by: William Amos at September 06, 2011 10:42 AM (HcYmo)
Furthermore, what happens if this is incorporated into President Wunderkid's speech on Thursday night?
If millions of Americans weren't suffering I'd laugh at this.
Posted by: lu at September 06, 2011 10:42 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 06, 2011 10:42 AM (eMPxE)
Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at September 06, 2011 10:42 AM (OhYCU)
HAHAHAHAHA! That's how you make tea.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at September 06, 2011 10:43 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at September 06, 2011 10:43 AM (71LDo)
Posted by: Barney Frank at September 06, 2011 02:41 PM (ENKCw)
Now you've gone and done it. Can't stop laughing.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 06, 2011 10:43 AM (WUWb9)
Posted by: Havedash at September 06, 2011 02:39 PM (sFD5n)
Yeah, but imagine the cheap and unlimited energy coming from that fusion. And green too.
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 06, 2011 10:43 AM (H/MnC)
I will be shocked if people actually watch this speech in large numbers. What's the point?
Everyone's tired of this pompous twit. Even his supporters are impatiently glancing at their watches.
Posted by: eleven at September 06, 2011 10:44 AM (7DB+a)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 06, 2011 10:45 AM (eMPxE)
Posted by: Tsar Nic's girlfriend at September 06, 2011 10:47 AM (iRlbA)
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at September 06, 2011 10:48 AM (nRTou)
We could always use a few extra hands to beat up some teabaggers!
Posted by: Debbie Whatsername Schultz at September 06, 2011 10:49 AM (Y+DPZ)
I'm pretty sure a Hoffa has been in a trunk.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at September 06, 2011 10:49 AM (hLRSq)
Debbie: This is a sign that we should all support Barak Obama.
Bystander: Nazi Pelosi, you just poured rat poison in my coffee.
Pelosi: So...you want a double then?
They really only have one setting.
Posted by: sifty at September 06, 2011 10:50 AM (4CSeG)
“We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. And I have just one interest, and now if I am wrong somebody else can have my job. I want to see this country prosper. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promises. I say after eight years of this administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started. And enormous debt to boot.”
--Henry Morgenthau, FDR's Treasury Secretary
It doesn't matter what you call it, a shit sandwich still tastes like shit.
Posted by: The Regular Guy at September 06, 2011 10:51 AM (qHCyt)
Posted by: sifty at September 06, 2011 10:51 AM (4CSeG)
Wow, and my blowup doll girlfriend has hair just like Debbie!
Posted by: proud dum-dum at September 06, 2011 10:52 AM (Y+DPZ)
The Unions have been holding this country hostage for several decades now and are knee to elbow deep in the reasons we're broke and mortgaging our futures. They don't have the numbers to rule this land.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2011 10:55 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 06, 2011 10:55 AM (GwAtD)
SLUT4JESUS
Posted by: mike at September 06, 2011 10:55 AM (RNBJ3)
Posted by: buzzsaw at September 06, 2011 10:56 AM (M3mVf)
I like the sound of that.
Posted by: Dracula at September 06, 2011 10:56 AM (BDTek)
I like the sound of that.
Posted by: Enema Boy at September 06, 2011 10:58 AM (BDTek)
Posted by: steevy at September 06, 2011 10:58 AM (fyOgS)
Posted by: cherry pi, terrorist hostage taking SOB at September 06, 2011 10:59 AM (OhYCU)
Are you not stimulated infused?!?!
This is the same woman who accused Republicans of wanting to "shut down American auto manufacturers" while tooling around in a 2010 Infinity, which is Japanese (I don't care btw, but it goes to show how clueless she is).
Furthermore, the healthiest American auto manufacturer is Ford, the only one of the Big Three who was not stimulated "infused". F*cking twit.
Posted by: Maximus at September 06, 2011 10:59 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 06, 2011 10:59 AM (niZvt)
That's the jailbait wife of that actor who played the asshole prison guard from The Green Mile. And yeah, she's fucking retarded as hell. Twitter access should be given out like driver's licenses, you need to pass a written test first!
Posted by: EC at September 06, 2011 11:00 AM (GQ8sn)
She's still not getting it right.
It's created OR SAVED, dumb bitch.
Regardless....you're still lying.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2011 11:00 AM (UK9cE)
Behold, our future !
Posted by: Blacksheep at September 06, 2011 11:02 AM (8/DeP)
Posted by: mike at September 06, 2011 11:03 AM (RNBJ3)
Posted by: tsj017 at September 06, 2011 11:03 AM (4YUWF)
I often wonder what the scenario is for someone like WashHerMan or Slo-Joe to be elevated to the highest levels of government. Who are the morons who vote for these morons and why?
True story...the fellow who graduated last in my high school class is well on his way to becoming a state senator. I couldn't believe it when he won a house seat. He's done nothing noteworthy while he's been in office. I sat in on a remote town hall meeting with him a while back. It was embarrassing. He stammered through the whole things with platitudes such as, "I'll have to reseach that", "I'll get back to you", "I'll have someone look into this", "we'll take that under consideration", etc., for the whole meeting. He couldn't respond to any question or issue in an intelligent manner. And it's onward and upward for him. I wonder who's behind him pulling his strings, because this guy did good to add 2+2 when he graduated high school.
Posted by: Havedash at September 06, 2011 11:03 AM (sFD5n)
Clearly, that's not how Democrats think. Change the word, and the policy will suddenly work. Do more of it, a la Krugman, and it'll suddenly work. Blame businesses for not upping their game, and it'll suddenly work. Do anything except admit that Keynesian policies are a failure.
I can easily imagine these idiots pushing flags representing imaginary divisions around a map in a bunker, as artillery shells rain down outside. That's the level of their grip on reality.
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 06, 2011 11:03 AM (JUzf5)
This is one of the ways that the socialists support each other. Given a crisis at the local level, they will lay off essential personnel until the voters get so upset that they will approve new taxes and federal bailouts. They won't lay off the bureaucrats. It is a gigantic scam. I do not know how to deal with that kind of stuff except with an electoral flame-thrower.
Posted by: No need to thank me- I enjoy being helpful at September 06, 2011 11:03 AM (zVHzM)
It doesn't matter what you call it, a shit sandwich still tastes like shit.
Posted by: The Regular Guy at September 06, 2011 02:51 PM (qHCyt)
But we'll put some mayo on it this time.
Posted by: Prez Dick-O at September 06, 2011 11:04 AM (QKKT0)
Uh oh....in that video, they're focusing like a laser again.
10,000 more jobs lost in the next 2 months.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2011 11:04 AM (UK9cE)
38 It doesn't matter what you call it, a shit sandwich still tastes like shit.
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I'm just going to take your word for that
Posted by: buzzsaw at September 06, 2011 11:06 AM (M3mVf)
Each ad campaign will target a segment of the Democrat base:
1. Like, Dude, Gaia like totally wants to give you a like a welfare check every month to buy like granola and weed.
2. Yo dawg, you gittin' a muf*ckin check, yo! Bitchez bout to git paid up in dis mess!
3. Comrades, join with your brothers and sisters in receiving your fair share of the wealth stolen from you by the greedy fat cat banker capitalists!
4. Sisters! Smash the patriarchy with this new progressive grant from the government! Also, have some abortions on us.
Posted by: sifty, Why Does It Hurt When I Tea? at September 06, 2011 11:06 AM (4CSeG)
Posted by: Retread at September 06, 2011 11:07 AM (BO5ap)
That's the jailbait wife of that actor who played the asshole prison guard from The Green Mile. And yeah, she's fucking retarded as hell. Twitter access should be given out like driver's licenses, you need to pass a written test first!
The stupid, it burns like herpes-covered napalm on my brain-eyes...
Posted by: sifty, Why Does It Hurt When I Tea? at September 06, 2011 11:10 AM (4CSeG)
Posted by: Blacksheep at September 06, 2011 11:13 AM (8/DeP)
We're still saying "green-collars jobs" instead of "Civilian Conservation Corps" though, right?
Posted by: FireHorse at September 06, 2011 11:15 AM (RZRz9)
Posted by: huerfano at September 06, 2011 11:17 AM (kD+se)
"So every economist you would talk to that who is worth their salt"
They are so much smarter than we are.
Posted by: Grammar Nazi at September 06, 2011 11:21 AM (EXsuU)
Hm, must've been a reverse Freudian slip of some sort. Looks like Deb said "aid" when she meant "butt-rape".
Posted by: PCachu at September 06, 2011 11:36 AM (r2Oug)
"every economist you would talk to that is worth their salt"
Just one more instance where we need to de-credentialize (as Mark Steyn would say) our public policy, reject the prescriptions of "experts," and get back to common sense. In my family that means:
1. Don't spend more than you bring in.
2. Have a few simple rules and enforce them consistently.
Someone will have to prove to me why these wouldn't work on the macroeconomic level before you tax and spend and regulate us into oblivion.
Posted by: The Regular Guy at September 06, 2011 11:36 AM (qHCyt)
Posted by: CanaDave 'You can have my Gibson when you pry it out of my cold dead fingers' at September 06, 2011 11:39 AM (T3vxL)
SLUT4JESUS
Posted by: mike at September 06, 2011 02:55 PM (RNBJ3)
That has to be some kind of parody of some kind. A bodily breakfast in bed like pancakes with a creamy filling injection!
whaaaa? Thats disgusting, not sexy. All her twitter posts are like that. It just cannot be real. I'm calling bullshit
(please let it be so)
Posted by: Billy Barty at September 06, 2011 11:53 AM (Tv6z3)
Posted by: mike at September 06, 2011 12:18 PM (RNBJ3)
"We need additional Infusion. Deep Infusion. Deep, Deep Infusion."
"We need additional Impact. Deep Impact. Deep, Deep Impact."
Posted by: I see sexual inuendo everywhere at September 06, 2011 12:28 PM (WDF1/)
Another word she likes is "impact," as a noun, as in "We need additional impact."
Ummmm...Ace? Impact is first and foremostly a noun.
It is the use of the word as a verb that is a more recent "development" of the language. As in "to impact another thing" by having an effect on on it. Until recently, the main think that was "impacted" was teeth. And in that case, "impacted" is an adjective.
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Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 06, 2011 10:36 AM (GKQDR)