Obama said on the campaign trail that the politics of fear must – and would – end.
But in order to sell his stimulus package, he has been predicting all sorts of superlative dire scenarios if the bill is not passed.
Such as this gem: “If Congress does not pass the stimulus bill, every American citizen will starve to death.”
Somebody explain to me how this is different from Bush’s rhetoric that justified extreme counter-terrorism measures?
Hoping to boost the economy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Republican leader John Boehner, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson negotiated a tax rebate deal that will give $300-$1200 checks to Americans this spring. [ See story ]
When asked about his own involvement with the stimulus package, President Bush said that he made mistakes as a young adult, but has been clean for years.
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Senate majority leader Harry Reid said he’d defer to Pelosi because “she knows all about giving things ‘lifts.’”
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