The brazenness of partisan rhetoric each day hits new lows. And here is one for the books:
For months since January 20, 2009 when President Barack Obama took over any bad economic news was attributed to Obama, even when he was in office for less than a month.
But now the stock market has hit 10,000 and amid some gloomy economic news there are some positive signs — so Fox News’ Neil Cavuto calls it “the Bush recovery.”
Get it?
If health care reform passes with no or one GOP vote and it proves popular, presumably Cavuto will then call it “the Bush health care reform plan.”
Many Republicans will now take up Cavuto’s terminology. Many Democrats (and economic experts) will be aghast — and many independent voters will feel vindicated by their decision not to join a political party.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.