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Originally Posted by TracyCoxx
Everytime BO gets on TV, the stock market takes another plunge. The American people have no confidence in him that he can get the economy going. I guess charisma doesn't pay the bills.  |
TRUE STORY 2:
Going back to Tracy's point about Obama opening his mouth and the stock market dropping, I swear this is true. In fact, now that I think of it, I can't believe that I didn't see this as a clip shown throughout the day simply because it was SO perfect. Then again, that might tell you a little something about media bias and how the mainstream news is doing whatever it can to help Obama...
This morning, I was curious to see if the various cable news channels would show Timothy Geitner or any of the other Obama people giving their latest testimonies on Capitol Hill, since Team Obama was scheduled to try and do various things today to generate positive press about their economic plan. So, I started to watch Fox News, but since I had just pulled an all-nighter, I fell asleep on the couch with the TV still on. A short while later, I woke up literally in time to catch Obama just as he began to answer some questions at the White House, where he was sitting alongside Gordon Brown (the visiting British Prime Minister who is pushing this lame idea of the US and Europe banding together to create a "Global New Deal" that, of course, America is supposed to bank roll).
However, what was truly hysterical was that off to the right hand side of the screen, tucked down in the corner, was a smaller box that showed the current stock market numbers. Well, as Obama started to talk, I noticed the market was at +14 and I thought: "Well, at least it's a positive number today." But then a split second later I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if the people on Wall Street were watching this too, so we could literally see in real time exactly how they react to anything Obama says?
Well, sure engouh Obama started to answer various reporter questions, and then he launched off into yet another mini-speech to defend his budget and all of the spending he wants to do...
...At which point the +14 went to +13.
Then a moment later it was 12.
Then Obama continued on about the money he wants to spend,
that he anticipates yet ever more stimulus packages, and it went to 11...
Then 10...
...And as I continued to watch, I just laughed out loud and thought: "Wouldn't it be funny if it went from a positive number to a negative one AS he was talking? So that the more he talks, the lower the market goes?
And sure enough, that's
exactly what happened. In the short time Obama had talked, the market had literally flipped...gone from positive to negative...and went from +14 to -14. Which put a funny image into my head because I could almost imagine a White House aide standing off camera who was freaking out and who was urgently whispering to him: "Stop talking! Don't even finish your sentence! You're only making it worse!!!"