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Who the hell consults economists about the economy?
By Ned | May 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton pulls a McCain:
From Hillary Clinton, after being asked if there’s a single economist who thinks a gas tax holiday makes sense:
“Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to put my lot in with economists.”
This is the kind of quote that makes me want to drink a lot of bleach. Not just a little. A lot. Regardless of how else you feel about Clinton, isn’t she supposed to be smarter than this? But I guess when your opponent has an insurmountable lead, the only campaign strategy left to you is tackling every single pander with all the enthusiasm is a starving man on a raft trying to eat his weaker, chunkier fellow survivor. Which is to say it’s as notable for the desperation and futility involved as the amorality of it.
This is called “jumping the shark.” Except, given the recent history of Clinton’s campaign, it’s more like she jumped ten sharks, then decided to turn around and re-jump some of the bigger ones.
Topics: Economics |
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