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Putting her lot in
By Ned | May 5, 2008
Over at the ol’ stomping grounds, Dean Baker is mad.
Yesterday on one of the Sunday morning talk shows Clinton said: “When the federal government, through the Fed and Treasury, gave $30 billion in a bailout to Bear Stearns, I didn’t hear anybody jump in and say, ‘That’s not going according to the market, that’s rewarding irresponsible behavior.’”
I feel personally insulted and so should everyone connected with TPMCafe. As you all know, that is exactly what I have been screaming at the top of my lungs. In fact, I’ve said this so many times, that many of you are sick of hearing it.
And I didn’t just say it at TPMCafe. I also said it at The American Prospect, Truthout, the Guardian, and Common Dreams. In fact, I’ve also said this in such prominent news outlets as the Lehrer News Hour and The New York Times.
Uhhh, Senator? Maybe the reason you didn’t hear much of the dissent on economic issues is because you don’t like to listen to actual economists when it comes to that shit. Which is totally understandable. Because economics is, like, soooooooo boring.
On the plus side, this means Clinton is less of a panderer than I thought! When she said that she didn’t pay attention to economists, I thought that was just a another attempt to grab the “anti-elitist” label in the dumbest way possible. But it turns out she was actually serious. Uh, yay?
Topics: Economics |