This from that Republican house organ, the Wall Street Journal?? "Here are some results so far: The Dow Jones Industrial Average has declined by nearly 2000 points since he took office; unemployment has risen to 5.7% from 4.2%. In the six quarters of the Bush presidency, growth of gross domestic product has averaged 1.1%, down from 3.6% in the last six quarters of the Clinton presidency. In the Journal/NBC poll, only 38% of Americans believe the country is safer than a year ago." Sorry, I can't give a link, because the WSJ is subscription only; I got the quote from ABC's Sept. 11 edition of The Note. The Note, by the way, is a daily newsletter from the political unit of ABC News; if you're a junkie like I am, it's fun. Lots of links, sarcasm and irreverent attitude.
This is an interesting portrait of Washington at war; it doesn't quite feel like war, the reporter says. One thing that's different from Washington at war after Pearl Harbor: no serious Congressional or blue-ribbon panel has yet undertaken an investigation to discover all the details of the tragedy.
"The motive, clearly, is hatred..." That's one of the points made in this retrospective op/ed by Bernard Lewis; he's a Princeton Near Eastern studies scholar, sometimes respected, sometimes reviled.
Posted by Linkmeister at September 12, 2002 03:28 PMDo you subscribe to the Hardball newsletter? Same kind of thing, except it's the show notes and a ton of links to stories they're considering.
Posted by: Scott at September 12, 2002 05:12 PMThose are some interesting, depressing figures Linkmeister. I believe though, that these falling figures are not due to Bush's actions in office; they are the reprecussion of the 8 years of Clinton the USA went through. Now we're paying for his mistakes.
Posted by: Josh at September 13, 2002 04:54 AMHey, I was quoting the WSJ; since I am not about to pay for a subscription to it (for economic rather than ideological reasons; it's a helluva good paper if you stay away from Gigot and the editorial pages), I was unable to read the rest of the article. It may very well have made the same point you do.
Posted by: Linkmeister at September 13, 2002 07:19 AM