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Karl Rove Claims The Economy
Is Only ‘Apparently Struggling’
Think
Progress
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Last night on Fox News’ On The Record with Greta
Van Susteren, former top adviser to President Bush Karl Rove said
that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “faces a tough general election
in the midst of a war and a struggling economy.” But recognizing
that he veered away from “Republican spin,” Rove quickly
corrected himself, saying “or apparently struggling economy”:
ROVE: And Senator McCain, who faces a tough general election
in the midst of a war and a struggling economy, or apparently
struggling economy, has got to be very careful about not looking
to distance himself but to differentiate himself [from Bush].
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But the facts stand in stark contrast to Rove’s
spin. In addition to the wide range of indicators pointing to
an economic downturn, it’s “hard to find an economist
who doesn’t believe the US is either in recession or so
close it’s not worth arguing about” as a recent Wall
Street Journal poll of economists found.
In fact, during a Joint Economic Committee hearing today on Capitol
Hill, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “acknowledged
for the first time that a U.S. recession is possible“:
It now appears likely that real gross domestic product will
not grow much, if at all, over the first half of 2008 and could
even contract slightly.
While Rove has previously blamed the media for the sagging economy,
today his Fox News brethren picked up where he left off. This
morning, Fox and Friends wondered if talk of recession is a “media
myth.” During the segment, co-host Steve Doocy suggested
that there are perhaps some “liberal elements” in
the media who are downplaying the economy because “they
are trying to get a Democrat in the White House.”
Perhaps Rove thinks the economy is only “apparently struggling”
because his lucrative post-White House speaking career doesn’t
allow him to feel any of its negative effects.
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