Although Chief Justice Roberts changed constitutional law's
course, he didn't alter this election's. November still runs
through the economy -- regardless what the Court decides. If you
don't believe it, recall Obama's own recent words.
Occasionally, we say something we only wish were true -- even Presidents do.
When Obama recently said "the private sector is doing fine," it was a sort of political Freudian slip. Everyone, including the White House knows it is far from "fine." However they so want and need that to be true, that the desire lying just below the surface can easily become inadvertently irrepressible.
Even once the jaw-dropping gaffe's enormity was realized, it was hard for Obama to walk away.
This time, fully prepared for the question, he stated: "Listen, it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine.… [W]e've actually seen some good momentum in the private sector.… And so that has not been the biggest drag on the economy.… The folks who are hurting, where we have problems is small businesses that are having a tough time getting financing; we've seen teachers and police officers and firefighters who have been laid off…"
Of course, Obama is in an impossible situation here. On one hand, he risks attacking his own record if he accurately says the economy is doing badly. On the other, he risks looking clueless if he says it is not. So, he tried to differentiate -- saying the private sector was "fine," and that largely it was the public sector that was doing poorly.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/03/still-a-fine-mess
Occasionally, we say something we only wish were true -- even Presidents do.
When Obama recently said "the private sector is doing fine," it was a sort of political Freudian slip. Everyone, including the White House knows it is far from "fine." However they so want and need that to be true, that the desire lying just below the surface can easily become inadvertently irrepressible.
Even once the jaw-dropping gaffe's enormity was realized, it was hard for Obama to walk away.
This time, fully prepared for the question, he stated: "Listen, it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine.… [W]e've actually seen some good momentum in the private sector.… And so that has not been the biggest drag on the economy.… The folks who are hurting, where we have problems is small businesses that are having a tough time getting financing; we've seen teachers and police officers and firefighters who have been laid off…"
Of course, Obama is in an impossible situation here. On one hand, he risks attacking his own record if he accurately says the economy is doing badly. On the other, he risks looking clueless if he says it is not. So, he tried to differentiate -- saying the private sector was "fine," and that largely it was the public sector that was doing poorly.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/03/still-a-fine-mess
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