The Economist Endorses Obama

[LarianLeQuella]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/01/the_economist_endorses_obama.html

Many of The Economist's readers, especially those who run businesses in America, may well conclude that nothing could be worse than another four years of Mr Obama. We beg to differ. For all his businesslike intentions, Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don't believe most of what he says.

I would put this in the "No Duh" column, based purely on the basic math problems that Mr. Romney has shown a proclivity for...

 

[Unabogie]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/01/the_economist_endorses_obama.html



I would put this in the "No Duh" column, based purely on the basic math problems that Mr. Romney has shown a proclivity for...

Ouch.

For all his businesslike intentions, Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don't believe most of what he says.

The best endorsement of Mitt is that he's such a liar you can safely ignore him?

 

[Monketi Ghost]

Mitt Ross Perotmney

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

"Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don't believe most of what he says."

Now THAT's what I've been trying to say for some time. That's exactly it.

Romney is the Catch 22 candidate.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

The best endorsement of Mitt is that he's such a liar you can safely ignore him?

Something like that. I like to think of it as more paradoxical. His proposal is incoherent unless you recognize that he's lying about it.

 

[Upchurch]

The Economist article in question:

Indeed, the extremism of his party is Mr Romney’s greatest handicap. The Democrats have their implacable fringe too: look at the teachers’ unions. But the Republicans have become a party of Torquemadas, forcing representatives to sign pledges never to raise taxes, to dump the chairman of the Federal Reserve and to embrace an ever more Southern-fried approach to social policy.

 

[Brown]

I would put it this way: Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if one defines "works" to include shameless irresponsibility and financial disaster.

 

[Tony]

I always knew The Economist was a no-good commie-athiest-muslim-socialist-liberal-fascist rag.

 

[dudalb]

You have to wonder if Romney really believes in his own plan,or it just pandering to his base?
Even most Conservative Economists think Romney's figures are nonsense.

 

[NotJesus]

You have to wonder if Romney really believes in his own plan,or it just pandering to his base?
Even most Conservative Economists think Romney's figures are nonsense.

I don't believe it's a plan at all. It's just stuff he says to get votes.

 

[Beerina]

The Economist article in question:

Indeed, the extremism of his party is Mr Romney’s greatest handicap. The Democrats have their implacable fringe too: look at the teachers’ unions. But the Republicans have become a party of Torquemadas, forcing representatives to sign pledges never to raise taxes, to dump the chairman of the Federal Reserve and to embrace an ever more Southern-fried approach to social policy.

The first two are excellent economic ideas. The third is idiotic, but is of no direct concern to The Economist.

 

[Humes fork]

Saw this too. I suspected it would happen, especially since the Salt Lake newspaper also endorsed Obama. Though the endorsement from The Economist was rather weak. Compare with their 2008 endorsement of Obama.

I wonder if Nature will endorse anyone this year around.

I always knew The Economist was a no-good commie-athiest-muslim-socialist-liberal-fascist rag.

The funny thing is, The Economist is among the last people you could suspect of communist sympathies. Their editorial stance I'd say is libertarian lite, or simply liberal by European terminology.

 

[Polaris]

I always knew The Economist was a no-good commie-athiest-muslim-socialist-liberal-fascist rag.

It's no Des Moines Register...