It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid


	It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid

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7-20-2008 8:52 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/31d6cf10-bd99-4b2f-8f45-4eb622d629fd/BFD2D208-C59C-4443-B336-267E3AADFDD9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20rich.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=bf273a79c91ae725&ei=5087%0A" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20rich.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=bf273a79c91ae725&ei=5087%0A" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20rich.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=bf273a79c91ae725&ei=5087%0A"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">
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</NYT_HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20rich.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=bf273a79c91ae725&ei=5087%0A"><P>THE best thing to happen to John McCain was for the <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602562.html">three network anchors</A> to leave him in the dust this week while they chase Barack Obama on his global Lollapalooza tour. Were voters forced to actually focus on Mr. McCain’s response to our spiraling economic crisis at home, the prospect of his ascension to the Oval Office could set off a panic that would make the IndyMac Bank <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/business/09lend.html">bust</A> in Pasadena look as merry as the Rose Bowl.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20rich.html?em&ex=1216699200&en=bf273a79c91ae725&ei=5087%0A"><P>“In a time of war,” Mr. McCain <A href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/15/mccain_i_know_how_to_win_wars.html">said last week</A>, “the commander in chief doesn’t get a learning curve.” Fair enough, but he imparted this wisdom in a speech that was almost a year behind Mr. Obama in recognizing Afghanistan as the central front in the war against Al Qaeda. Given that it took the <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/world/asia/08afghanistan.html">deadliest Taliban suicide bombing</A> in Kabul since 9/11 to get Mr. McCain’s attention, you have to wonder if even General Custer’s learning curve was faster than his. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BFD2D208-C59C-4443-B336-267E3AADFDD9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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