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Summary: Domestic Terrorists Like Begala Substitute For Al-Qaeda!!!!!
Review:
A gravely telling, despairing window into the absolutely ruined state of the Demoncratic party is nightmarishly gathered from reading the reprehensible, unrelenting onslaught of the majority of bitter reviewers, who ferally kidnap the rating of this obscene attempt at YELLOW journalism to 5 stars. All these anti-Bush, Al-Qaeda reviewers NEED TO BE ASHAMED of themselves for intimidatingly hawking Begala's book, because Begala's TRIPE has been apocalyptically ruined by Bush's economic stewardship!!!! Deteriorated liberals, that's the penalty for Begala being so imperfectly S-T-U-P-I-D for authoring his TRIPE after HIS BOSS' recession, and right in the middle of Bush's second round of tax cuts, which have been vindicated as the stimulant of this tumultuously improving economy!!!!
What's irreparably S-A-C-R-I-L-E-G-I-O-U-S is how demoncratic-liberal reviewers are so spiteful that they're fiercely insecure and desperate in their brittle belief system of anti-Bush, courtesy of one of their heinously many Führers, Begala, that they miserably feel pressured to meanly assault any reviewer who doesn't see it their extorting way. This sick mentality's fine, considering how it corresponds PERFECTLY with their Führer Begala's way of mishandling fairness. Begala's, after all, the aggressive denigrator who, during the 2000 elections (which Gore tried to steal), "retorted" to the fact that Bush got votes from overwhelmingly many rural counties, with the disparagement that people of the Heartland of America are fundamentally lynchers, homophobes, racists and heathens. Case in point: the delinquently plotting reviewer who chided someone who wrote, "Clinton didn't do anything to stimulate the economy," by responding with the polluted and inferior filth that "Clinton raised the EITC". Yea, he raised it all right, AFTER shortchanging National Security by crippling military spending. That demoncratic reviewer further discloses how ALL leftists angrily omit facts that are detrimental for their agenda and only doctor bits and pieces to forge "points". What all the demoncratic-liberals keep concealing is that the middle class and poor won't be neglected by Bush's tax plan. The child tax credit is a go at the time of this writing.
A.N.O.T.H.E.R. demoncratic FABRICATION is Clinton left with a surplus. Clinton's plagiarizing "surplus" was the result of NOTHING BUT corporate misdemeanors, "irrational exuberance", gullible stock-buying public and undeserved overvaluation in many company's stocks, and the dollar!!!! Clinton is guilty of committing the infamous stock "BUBBLE" that started the 3-year Bear and appointing another of his co-conspirators-Alan "growth killer" Greenspan-who deflated sustainable economic growth by raising his simple, stupid interest rates MONSTROUSLY TOO SOON. Blame of debt shifted on Bush is a chronically worsening inheritance from the Clinton Admin.. When Clinton absconded from office-suspicious how "Slick Willie" sets up everything for destruction right before evading the whole wreck-stocks already began to contract due to the malignantly inflated, unsustainable extremes of hollowly baseless stock prices, due to antagonistic hype in the dot com mania, where untaught demoncratic "investors" kept ferociously buying empty companies' stocks with no business plans and atrociously out-of-proportion valuations, all happening under Clinton's "watch". Matter-of-fact, by the time Clinton washed his hands of the economy on Bush, many new economy, internet companies went bankrupt, Silicon Valley started its record firing campaign, and Alan "PPT" Greenspan started his pestilent rate slashing massacre that sees today's record low interest rates, which are further unproductive because they still fail to stimulate Diddley Squat.
Also untrue is the charge Bush squandered the surplus by racketeering them to the wealthy. Are demoncratic-liberals really stormily delirious-or intentionally covering-up facts-that they repugnantly refuse to see that 9/11 (by Clinton enfeebling the military and not sharing intel.), job losses and shrinking economy (Clinton's flaw also, due to hyping a "bull market" based on 0 fundamentals and in peril of toppling) and corporate scandals (Clinton AGAIN for never governing foul play because he was preoccupied infecting public sentiment into not accounting for anything as long as stocks continued "ascending") are reasons the surplus was exerted. Demoncratic-liberals are so dense that they reprimand whoever's in power, because it's the most direct scapegoat. Another hazardously common mislead they use is to accredit Clinton's tax cuts for stimulating the economy, which is sacrilege to even tease. The only accident that created "jobs" and "growth" during Clinton's tenure was fierce fanaticism for cheap internet IPOs, which created devious jobs which couldn't be sustained because of their respective "companies" never producing a profit, and equally menacing growth which was based on a majority of misdirected victims duping themselves on being able to infiltrate the "new economy" "internet insanity". That's why during Clinton's times, areas which sincerely signal strong economies-jobs in manufacturing and construction-weren't so well off like those internet shams.
Other intolerabilities in Begala's tirade are his traumatized hang-ups posing as defender of poor and middle classes, when upper-tax bracket Begala's a millionaire. Begala exhausts repetitive libel against Bush for hurting the economy, portending he's no official denigrations to cite, for cutting investment in education and training-when this unmasks Begala as failing economics, since only the consumer amounts to anything in an economy, accounting for 75% of it. Another dirty tactic that liberal reviewers use to justify their exclusive soullessness of slandering anyone who doesn't agree with them is to lie that demoncrats impose their goals with humor while republicans use "hatred". The condemnably self-defeating "reviewer" from May 12, 2003, claims this same forgery by intolerantly, directly leaping to this conclusion without any objectivity in his narrow-mind, which furiously casts doubt on his nonsense's legitimacy. Further repelling, comic mischief from this "reviewer" comes when he ACKNOWLEDGES demoncrats use propaganda also-yet justifies the demoncratic version by downplaying it as "humorous". That's so reprobate, it's actually hilarious. But being cancerously contaminated with double-standard hypocrisy, the ravaging demoncrats who read this'll coarsely respond with their usually inept strategy of tarnishing me or anyone they oppose, the only way their views can be upheld, by suppressing criticism against them!!!! Begala's the CEO of demoncratic apologists, liberal traitors and the "I Hate America" movement which started in America, but has since been adopted by several jaundicing countries!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Domestic Terrorists Such As Begala Substitute For Al-Qaeda!!
Review: A gravely telling, despairing window into the absolutely ruined state of the Demoncratic party is nightmarishly gathered from reading the reprehensible, unrelenting onslaught of the majority of bitter reviewers, who ferally kidnap the rating of this obscene attempt at YELLOW journalism to 5 stars. All these anti-Bush, Al-Qaeda reviewers NEED TO BE ASHAMED of themselves for intimidatingly hawking Begala's book, because Begala's TRIPE has been apocalyptically ruined by Bush's economic stewardship!!!! Deteriorated liberals, that's the penalty for Begala being so imperfectly S-T-U-P-I-D for authoring his TRIPE after HIS BOSS' recession, and right in the middle of Bush's second round of tax cuts, which have been vindicated as the stimulant of this tumultuously improving economy!!!!What's irreparably S-A-C-R-I-L-E-G-I-O-U-S is how demoncratic-liberal reviewers are so spiteful that they're fiercely insecure and desperate in their brittle belief system of anti-Bush, courtesy of one of their heinously many Führers, Begala, that they miserably feel pressured to meanly assault any reviewer who doesn't see it their extorting way. This sick mentality's fine, considering how it corresponds PERFECTLY with their Führer Begala's way of mishandling fairness. Begala's, after all, the aggressive denigrator who, during the 2000 elections (which Gore tried to steal), "retorted" to the fact that Bush got votes from overwhelmingly many rural counties, with the disparagement that people of the Heartland of America are fundamentally lynchers, homophobes, racists and heathens. Case in point: the delinquently plotting reviewer who chided someone who wrote, "Clinton didn't do anything to stimulate the economy," by responding with the polluted and inferior filth that "Clinton raised the EITC". Yea, he raised it all right, AFTER shortchanging National Security by crippling military spending. That demoncratic reviewer further discloses how ALL leftists angrily omit facts that are detrimental for their agenda and only doctor bits and pieces to forge "points". What all the demoncratic-liberals keep concealing is that the middle class and poor won't be neglected by Bush's tax plan. The child tax credit is a go at the time of this writing. A.N.O.T.H.E.R. demoncratic FABRICATION is Clinton left with a surplus. Clinton's plagiarizing "surplus" was the result of NOTHING BUT corporate misdemeanors, "irrational exuberance", gullible stock-buying public and undeserved overvaluation in many company's stocks, and the dollar!!!! Clinton is guilty of committing the infamous stock "BUBBLE" that started the 3-year Bear and appointing another of his co-conspirators-Alan "growth killer" Greenspan-who deflated sustainable economic growth by raising his simple, stupid interest rates MONSTROUSLY TOO SOON. Blame of debt shifted on Bush is a chronically worsening inheritance from the Clinton Admin.. When Clinton absconded from office-suspicious how "Slick Willie" sets up everything for destruction right before evading the whole wreck-stocks already began to contract due to the malignantly inflated, unsustainable extremes of hollowly baseless stock prices, due to antagonistic hype in the dot com mania, where untaught demoncratic "investors" kept ferociously buying empty companies' stocks with no business plans and atrociously out-of-proportion valuations, all happening under Clinton's "watch". Matter-of-fact, by the time Clinton washed his hands of the economy on Bush, many new economy, internet companies went bankrupt, Silicon Valley started its record firing campaign, and Alan "PPT" Greenspan started his pestilent rate slashing massacre that sees today's record low interest rates, which are further unproductive because they still fail to stimulate Diddley Squat. Also untrue is the charge Bush squandered the surplus by racketeering them to the wealthy. Are demoncratic-liberals really stormily delirious-or intentionally covering-up facts-that they repugnantly refuse to see that 9/11 (by Clinton enfeebling the military and not sharing intel.), job losses and shrinking economy (Clinton's flaw also, due to hyping a "bull market" based on 0 fundamentals and in peril of toppling) and corporate scandals (Clinton AGAIN for never governing foul play because he was preoccupied infecting public sentiment into not accounting for anything as long as stocks continued "ascending") are reasons the surplus was exerted. Demoncratic-liberals are so dense that they reprimand whoever's in power, because it's the most direct scapegoat. Another hazardously common mislead they use is to accredit Clinton's tax cuts for stimulating the economy, which is sacrilege to even tease. The only accident that created "jobs" and "growth" during Clinton's tenure was fierce fanaticism for cheap internet IPOs, which created devious jobs which couldn't be sustained because of their respective "companies" never producing a profit, and equally menacing growth which was based on a majority of misdirected victims duping themselves on being able to infiltrate the "new economy" "internet insanity". That's why during Clinton's times, areas which sincerely signal strong economies-jobs in manufacturing and construction-weren't so well off like those internet shams. Other intolerabilities in Begala's tirade are his traumatized hang-ups posing as defender of poor and middle classes, when upper-tax bracket Begala's a millionaire. Begala exhausts repetitive libel against Bush for hurting the economy, portending he's no official denigrations to cite, for cutting investment in education and training-when this unmasks Begala as failing economics, since only the consumer amounts to anything in an economy, accounting for 75% of it. Another dirty tactic that liberal reviewers use to justify their exclusive soullessness of slandering anyone who doesn't agree with them is to lie that demoncrats impose their goals with humor while republicans use "hatred". The condemnably self-defeating "reviewer" from May 12, 2003, claims this same forgery by intolerantly, directly leaping to this conclusion without any objectivity in his narrow-mind, which furiously casts doubt on his nonsense's legitimacy. Further repelling, comic mischief from this "reviewer" comes when he ACKNOWLEDGES demoncrats use propaganda also-yet justifies the demoncratic version by downplaying it as "humorous". That's so reprobate, it's actually hilarious. But being cancerously contaminated with double-standard hypocrisy, the ravaging demoncrats who read this'll coarsely respond with their usually inept strategy of tarnishing me or anyone they oppose, the only way their views can be upheld, by suppressing criticism against them!!!! Begala's the CEO of demoncratic apologists, liberal traitors and the "I Hate America" movement which started in America, but has since been adopted by several jaundicing countries!!!!
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Summary: A Must Read For People With Brains & Republicans Too
Review: I knew Dubya was no one to be trusted with America's pocketbook but I didn't realize just how bad it is until I read "It's Still The Economy, Stupid", by Paul Begala. Yes, Bagala is a well known Bush basher and some of what he says is somewhat tongue-in-cheek or seen as sarcastic by Bushies; but when one gets through the fluff there is a scary story of a man, George W. Bush, whose economic policies alone can be frightening. Begala eludes to other things such as broken campaign promises Boy George made and methinks if he had delved more deeply into other aspects of junior's administration and some of the shenanigans he pulled before being appointed our President by the Supreme Court readers would be even more shocked and dismayed ... There are many fine Americans that are taken in by Dubya's rhetoric. This book uncovers some of the rhetoric and makes one very suspicious of Dubya and his pander bear tactics at personal appearances, photo ops and for sound bites. Don't get me wrong, George W. Bush seems like a decent sort of person. He loves his God, his country, his wife, mom, apple pie and all that but he just has a twisted sense of what is right regarding the economy.
He is sort of a Robin Hood in reverse. Bagala describes it well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a patriot, who cares about the future of our great land and who doesn't want to have to support granny when she loses her social security. Republicans should read it too. They might learn something about what they helped put into the White House. Buy it, read it pass it along.
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Summary: Spouts from a closed mind
Review: If you have ever watched CNN's "Crossfire", then you know about Paul Begala. He is the wildly fanatic liberal opposing the wildly fanatic conservative Tucker Carlson. As I see it, there is no point in reading this book. It falls under the category of unobjective political drivel. There are so many far right and far left books out there it is a wonder those who follow politics aren't going crazy trying to decipher who is telling the truth. I have a better idea, let's all stop reading ideologically driven junk like this and maybe they will stop writing this nonsense.
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Summary: Read it and make up your own mind
Review: Insanity, said Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. By this measure, the latest Bush tax cuts qualify as certifiably insane. Where have we seen this deranged fiscal strategy before? Remember Ronald Reagan and Supply Side Economics? In the early 1980s, Reagan promised the nation that if we lowered tax rates on the wealthy, the economy would grow so much the federal budget would be balanced "within three years, maybe even two." Sober people were skeptical-and rightly so. Reagan's Republican opponent for the 1980 presidential election, George H.W. Bush called it "voodoo economics." His own Budget Director, David Stockman, called it a "Trojan horse," a scam intended really to funnel more money to the already rich. Stockman was quickly dismissed. The results, we now know, were a disaster. In 1982, the first full year after the tax cuts were enacted, the economy actually shrank 2.2%, the worst performance since the Great Depression. And the effect on the federal budget was catastrophic. Jimmy Carter's last budget deficit was $77 billion. Reagan's first deficit was $128 billion. His second deficit exploded to $208 billion. By the time the "Reagan Revolution" was over, George H.W. Bush was running an annual deficit of $290 billion per year. Yearly deficits, of course, add up to national debt. When Reagan took office, the national debt stood at $994 billion. When Bush left office, it had reached $4.3 trillion. In other words, the national debt had taken 200 years to reach $1 trillion. Reagan's Supply Side experiment quadrupled it in the next 12 years. Is there anything to compare this to? When Bill Clinton took office he intentionally reversed the Supply Side formula, raising taxes on the wealthy and reducing them on the lowest wage earners. Supply Side true believers predicted the arrival of the Apocalypse. Bob Dole said the stock market would collapse. Newt Gingrich said the world would fall into another Great Depression. What actually happened? Between 1992 and 2000, the U.S. economy produced the longest sustained economic expansion in U.S. history. It created more than 18 million new jobs, the highest level of job creation ever recorded. Inflation fell to 2.5% per year compared to the 4.7% average over the prior 12 years. Real interest rates fell by over 40% producing the greatest housing boom ever. Overall economic growth averaged 4.0% per year compared to 2.8% average growth over the 12 years of the Reagan/Bush administrations. Most impressively, Clinton reversed the mammoth deficits of the Supply Side years, turning them into surpluses. He used these surpluses to begin paying down the national debt. By virtually every meaningful measure-employment, growth, inflation, interest rates, investment, deficits and debt-the economy performed better once the Supply Side experiment was terminated and replaced with a more honest economic policy where we actually pay our bills as we go. This might all be ancient history if the spectre of Supply Side economics had not reared its ugly head again once Bush II took office. In selling his $1.6 trillion tax cut-half of which went to the wealthiest 1% of Americans-Bush promised in 2001 that it would produce 800,000 new jobs. In fact, the economy has lost 2.7 million jobs since Bush took office, again, the worst economic performance since the Great Depression. The effects of Bush's tax cut on the deficit and debt are exactly what we would expect having seen Reagan's results-only worse. Bush inherited from Clinton a fiscal surplus of $127 billion. In his first year he turned that into a deficit of $158 billion. In this, his second year, he will run a deficit of over $400 billion-a swing to the worse of over $600 billion in only two years. Now Bush has sold us on still another megadose of this same Supply Side voodoo. Two thirds of his new $350 billion tax cut will go to the top 10% of income earners. Bush's Congressional ally, Tom DeLay, promises more such cuts for every year Bush is in office. The long term effects of these policies are profoundly damaging. When Bush took office, the government's ten year surplus was forecast to total $5.6 trillion. This was critical to building fiscal soundness as the Baby Boomers begin to retire. Now, the ten year forecast projects a cumulative deficit of $1.1 trillion, a net loss of $6.7 trillion in only two years. With the exception of World Wars, this is the greatest, most rapid destruction of public wealth in the history of the world. This is $6.7 trillion that is not available to pay for an entire generation's retirement as we promised. It cannot rebuild the nation's schools or retrain the technologically unemployed. It cannot shore up a foundering Medicare system or provide insurance to the more than 40 million Americans without it. The interest costs of funding this debt will soon approach half a trillion dollars a year and will retard investment and, therefore, economic growth for decades to come. All this torrent of debt does-and we shouldn't underestimate the prodigious potency of this feat-is line the pockets of Bush's already gorged campaign contributors. Rarely in public affairs do we have the luxury of such starkly clear, empirically proven, historically sound contrasts. If Bush's tax cuts do not represent a fiscal process wildly out of control it is hard to imagine what does. And sadly, per Einstein's insanity dictum, we've seen it all before. Bush wants people to believe these losses are due to a recession he inherited from Bill Clinton. But the economy has grown for seven of the last eight quarters Bush has been in office, hardly a recessionary environment. In truth, the losses owe to a reckless economic philosophy, the failings of which have been conclusively, and now repeatedly, demonstrated. We need to wake up from our patriotism-besotted, war-induced stupor. Losses and debts of this magnitude threaten our nation's well being far more than do fictive weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a two bit, third world thug. Destroying our fiscal patrimony at the very moment we need it most-when history shows we should know better-is nothing short of national insanity.
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Summary: Bush's Agenda Analyzed
Review: It's too bad that the goofy cover and politically motivated title will discourage many readers from this well written book. From the analysis of Bush's economic "plan" to the current administration's very pro-business/pro-wealthy policies, Begala offers a troubling and scary future for this country. Moreover, he highlights the highly questionable and very unethical business practices of both Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, the latter who had business dealing in 1998 with Iraq, Iran, and Libya and made over $45 million dollars in 5 years as CEO of Halliburton while at the same time laying off workers and slashing health benefits. Begala also debunks many of the myths that have been perpetuated by the Right Wing to include Clinton being responsible for corporate greed and failing to deal with international terrorism, that the recent tax cut spurred economic growth and favored all Americans, and that the surplus was easten away by the tragic events of 9/11. In truth, the current administration has slashed eductional funding, opened up greater opportunities for corporate greed, begun to dismantle enviromental regulations, and have done more for big business than for the working poor (who are really feeling the pain of the slowdown in the economy.) I would urge anyone who is interested in discovering the direction of our current administratioin to read this book. Though Begala's tone is clearly biased, the arguements, facts, and non-partison evidence are hard to dismiss and will cause great concern for both liberals and conservatives alike.
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Summary: antidote for Bushonomics
Review: On the night of November 5, in the aftermath of 9/11, America was in a vengeful, nasty mood. Karl Rove's campaign strategy was largely based on the politics of fear. CNN was touting the latest in military technology on an hourly basis. It was hard to find a liberal voice; Democrats were cowering in the corners.
Whatever the possible merits of the Republican cause, it got somewhat lost in the paranoia. Bush, to his everlasting credit, was frequently describing Islam as a "religion of peace" while maintaining a hard line against terrorists and Sadaam Hussein. The net result was that the Democrats lost 3 incumbent senators. This night "The New Yorker" described as the coronation of the Bush Dynasty. I was looking for an alternative voice and found this book, and I'm glad I did. Begala was a member of the Clinton Administration and is proud of Clinton's economic policies. He is ruthless in tearing down every aspect of Bushonomics, and attacks President Bush personally on several levels--thus providing some democratic balance to a one-sided election. It is an informative look at the first 2 years of the Bush Administration, with a definite and very strong Democratic bias.
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Summary: The Worst Economics Book Since the Depression
Review: One has to wonder where Democrats like Begala get their moxy. When they ran against Bush I it was the "worst economy since the Great Depression" and now running against Bush II it is "the worst record on jobs since the Great Depression." Boy I bet Herbert Hoover can't wait until they don't have HIM to kick around any more. I skimmed this little farce in the bookstore, and while I read at least one sentence from every paragraph in the book, I can't even claim to have found any NEW distortions from the liberals. Guess they are as adamant about recycling as they claim. Let's start with a few immutable facts before wiping the gum off our shoe with this book and tossing it in its proper place. Bill Clinton inherited an economy growing at a roaring pace of over 4% when he entered office, and he left it with negative growth. The most recent recession started either in Clinton's last quarter in office, or the one right after. My friends, this is etched in stone. No Democrat, no matter how many talking points faxed directly to the Washington Post and NY Times editorial board, can make this untidy point go away. More facts - Clinton benefitted from a peace dividend from a Cold War we were no longer fighting, and from the reduced deficit spending of the S&L bailout which ended in the early 90s. He had his eye on spending this windfall and then some, but a Republican Congress put up an electric fence. In the end it didn't matter, as an economic boom driven by the internet industry filled government coffers so EVERYONE (republican and democrat alike) could overspend, and still have enough left over. Was this the doing of a brilliant economic vision of Billy from Arkansas or dumb luck? The cornerstone of his economic agenda was a massive tax & spending hike he himslf referred to as a "turkey" in an honest moment. If turkeys can't fly, they certainly can't instigate massive growth in a private sector economy. Returning to today, the paltry economic growth inherited by Bush II is showing historic signs of strength, this despite the fact our economic activity was devastated by an attack on our shores and a war overseas. That is hardly a record to condemn our President and his economic policies. More Americans are working now than at any other time in history, and unemployment is at the statistical equivalent of 1996, when Bill Clinton was re-elected in large part due to the economy's performance. Interest rates and inflation are exceptionally low, and the markets have rebounded. Finally, this recovery is nascent; more is yet to come. I suppose this will be most germane in November when voters decide, but as a conservative I am not the least worried about the performance of the economy under Mr. Bush, and nothing in this book approaches a persuasive argument otherwise. Let's look at some of the specific accusations of Begala's book: Deficits are up, (always a concern), but this is unrelated to the economy; interest rates have yet to budge, nor has inflation ticked up. The effect on actual people is nugatory. What interests me is how Democrats that NEVER cared about deficits are suddenly such guardians of the public purse, when it took a GOP Congress to balance the budget in the 90s. If one cares to look at the record, Robert Reich, among just one of Clinton's economic gurus, publicly stated many times that balancing budgets was not a goal of the administration, but investing in America's infrastructure was. This is public record folks. Which brings us to his point that Bush is not investing in America. Now that Bush and the Congress are happily spending on infrastructure like highways, education and assorted other projects (most of which I can assure you is excessive) Democrats decry deficits. Well welcome to the party. All of the things Begala says Bush is neglecting, like job training and education have seen 30% increase in actual dollars in Bush's tenure. Begala of course makes the obligatory Democrat argument that Bush offered a huge giveaway to the rich in the form of taxcuts, not mentioning that now as opposed to Clinton's last year, the top 1%, the top 10% and the top 50% of taxpayers are paying more of the tax burden then under Clinton. The top 1% now pay 35% of all taxes in this country, a fact that Al Sharpton, a man who thinks enough of himself to seek the job of President, didn't himself know. I suspect many other liberals don't know it either, as it certainly isn't in Begala's book. Either way, the terrible tax cuts have spurred economic growth which will create an overall increase in revenue to the government. Since Mr. Begala is so fond of spening money, you would think having more money to spend would be a good thing. It is, but crediting a Republican for anythingis a bad thing, so let's call him stupid and make a few coins off a book. I am sure Paul Begala will happily trumpet the candidacy of Mr. Kerry, who by his own public declarations is offering hundreds of billions of dollars more in spending proposals than Bush. To Mr. Begala and his kind, deficits won't be important, but "investing in Americans" with such proposals will be. As the economy slows under the weight of Mr. Kerry's tax & spend proposals, all those goverment pork projects will be good for people. It will be the most active "make-work" Administration since the Great Depression. Rest in peace, Mr. Hoover.
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Summary: Poor Little G W
Review: Paul Begala and I share things in common that Little GW does not:
1. Paul and I are REAL Texans; in my book "Co-Dependent", I have clearly shown that Little GW is not.
2. Paul and I have a heart that understands that we as a nation should not abuse the abused. Little GW sees a need to only comfort the comfortable.
3. Paul and I can put three words together without walking over our tongues. Everyone knows of Little GW's Bushisms of course many people are trying to find some clinical reason for his Bushisms: Does he have dyslexia, apraxia, or is he just plan dumb? I think they all miss the mark and I believe that I have located a real clinical reason for his Bushisms, however you will have to wait for my next book "Any Clown Can Appear Presidential" to learn what it is.
There is also something we do not have in common: Writing. Paul Begala is one of the best minds around. He writes intelligent well thought out books. Where as my works are that of a hack when weigh against his. Needless to say, I'm not really sure that Little GW can read without help with the big words.
It's Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, The GOP's CEO is full of hard facts handed over with "Good Old Down Home" humor. This book could very well be the down fall of little GW if only more Americans would read it with a open mind... but they will not which proves the point I made in "Co-Dependent" which is "common sense is much too common"
Read this book... It is a real joy... scary but still a joy. Rick Goodner, Author of "Co-dependent... What a Bore and Other Clinical Observations".
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Summary: An exercise in truth-telling
Review: Paul Begala's book, It's STILL the Economy Stupid, is more relevant than ever as we approach the 2004 election. It is clear from his editorializing that Begala is no fan of George Bush, but that shouldn't stop any thinking person who wants to understand who "the only President we have" is and what he stands for from reading this book - Democrat or Republican. The book is well written and well documented. Begala does not make unsupported accusations. He carefully lays out the evidence that makes his case. In this book, Begala goes through Bush's speeches and his record and uncovers a number of disturbing patterns, including George's habit of making promises and then disregarding then days or weeks later and his systematic efforts to cut taxes for ONLY the rich, with the super-rich receiving the vast majority of the benefits. Begala also carefully explains how the Republicans in Congress blocked Clinton's efforts to put reforms in place that would have curbed big business and avoided both the Enron and accounting scandals among others. This was especially interesting to me, as the Republicans have laid the blame for these things at Clinton's feet. Don't take my word for what Begala says. If you want to make an educated choice between Bush and Kerry in November; if you want to understand who you're voting for; if you want to understand the record of the incumbent President, read this book.
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