The Right's biggest nightmare: What if Obama fixes the economy?


	The Right's biggest nightmare: What if Obama fixes the economy?

ratilfar

3-9-2009 6:20 PM

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3-9-2009 6:57 PM

ratcatcher2

Would they prefer ...'The collapse of America is unavoidable'

3-9-2009 7:28 PM

ratilfar

I don't know about that but I do know they don't mind playing the lyre while Rome burns.

3-9-2009 8:29 PM

nuttyriv3r

Fixing the economy? That's great. Who wants to hear about that, though? We're talking about a nation that loves melodrama...drama keeps people talking and viewing and spreads virally as free marketing. There is no drama in a fixed economy.

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