A Recurring Theme

I recall back in 1992, when Clinton was running against Bush the elder, Slick Willie was claiming that the economy was "the worst it's been in 50 years". Must've been pretty bad. Except that it wasn't. The economy had come out of a brief recession and was growing at something like 4% when Clinton won. Of course, the media failed to report on it till after the election.

Then, in 2001, when Bush the younger took office, the media downplayed the fact of a recession that occurred under Clinton's watch had only just ended. Faced with a weak economy, Bush was able to push through the much-maligned tax cuts which, predictably, led to a stronger economy. Now those tax cuts are blamed by the current administration as "the old policies that got us into this mess". And most of the media dutifully and complicitly ignores the fact the federal housing policy is what got us into this mess, not tax cuts.

If exit data from the election is accurate, 53% of voters blame our current economy on Bush. They bought the false narrative peddled by Obama. But this con could not have worked without his media lap dogs.

My point here is that the ignorance of the American voter is willfully encouraged by a left wing media that takes orders from its liberal masters. The article linked below continues this theme. In just 10 days since the election, with Obama safely back in office, we are learning that, surprise!, the economy is actually worse than we were told.

Obama's Economy: What We've Learned Since Re-Election