Comments on: Recovery Board Spokesperson: People ‘Make Mistakes’

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:35:40 +0000

Oh please...

If this had been a Republican administration the following would've happened:
a) The numbers would've never even been available on-line or in any other easy way to fact-check (the last administration, in particular, was allergic to sunshine in dark corners).
b) Even if the media had found this kind of thing in a Republican administration they would've either buried it (ala Fox) or bowed into submission to the administration.

Pete made some very valid points and in my opinion, I'd rather they flub the message but actually try to rectify the problem (which they appear to be doing) than the message be pitch-perfect but there's shenanigans behind the scenes. It's a refreshing change of pace...

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:51 +0000

Image the media uproar if a Republican administration would have done this. The cry would have been that conservatives cannot run the government. Yet, a liberal DEmocratic administration screws up in a very public way and everyone begins to make excuses and the blame does not go very high in the administration.

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:04:48 +0000

Something like this is no surprise here in Michigan.

http://freep.com/article/20091115/NEWS15/311150…

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