Brit Hume: "Doin' Fine" Was No Gaffe: "But there has been general chatter on this point. The left has been making this argument on blogs for months. The left has been claiming for a year that the private sector is "doing fine," we just need to give money to state governments so that the Democratic Client Class of bureaucrats can be spared any cuts in benefits.Time to funnel more money to buy the election O course...
They view this as a type of stimulus spending -- the best kind, because it flows into the hands of the Democratic Client Class.
So this did not come out of nowhere. This as been written about, and argued, and urged, for a long time.
Obama made a mistake, but he did not "misspeak." His error was to say aloud the talking point he's been reading -- and believing -- for months."
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