Fox News Edits Clip To Suggest That Biden Recently Declared ‘Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong’
Yesterday afternoon, Fox News’s Martha MacCallum introduced a segment highlighting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer’s claim yesterday that the “fundamentals of the economy are sound.” “After weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune,” MacCallum said.
Yesterday afternoon, Fox News’s Martha MacCallum introduced a segment highlighting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer’s claim yesterday that the “fundamentals of the economy are sound.” “After weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune,” MacCallum said.
She then played clips of Romer and other administration officials making seemingly positive comments about the current state of the economy. One of the clips was of Vice President Biden saying, “The fundamentals of the economy are strong!” After the segment, MacCallum said, “All right, well the mantra for the weekend is clear, looking at what was said over the course of the shows on Sunday.”
Bachmann Falsely Claims Her Earmarks Were ‘Very Small’ Compared To ‘Average’ Earmark Cost For Minnesota
Last week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined the chorus of members of Congress criticizing the practice of earmarks while requesting their own. Except Bachmann went a bit further, claiming that she has “not taken earmarks in the last three years that I have been in Congress because the system is so corrupt.” In fact, in 2008, Bachmann requested 7 earmarks costing nearly $4 million in taxpayer money.
Last week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined the chorus of members of Congress criticizing the practice of earmarks while requesting their own. Except Bachmann went a bit further, claiming that she has “not taken earmarks in the last three years that I have been in Congress because the system is so corrupt.” In fact, in 2008, Bachmann requested 7 earmarks costing nearly $4 million in taxpayer money.
Bachmann appeared on Fox News this weekend and again railed against earmarks. This time, Bachmann admitted that she had previously taken her own but emphasized that she has taken a “no earmarks pledge.” But when host Brian Wilson challenged the sincerity of her pledge, noting how much Bachmann has requested in earmarks, she tried to downplay the cost, claiming it’s a “very small” amount compared to other Minnesota earmarks:
WILSON: Well, I see a government watchdog group says since you became a member of the House you’ve taken in, oh, $3.7 million in earmarks.
BACHMANN: Well, the average earmark I think for the state of Minnesota for the members of Congress is somewhere around 70,000– $70 million, so mine is very, very small on that level and that’s in the first two years that was in. After I saw the way that the process worked, after being a freshman, I saw how corrupt it was and took an earmark pledge and that’s why I personally have no earmarks in the current budget bill and the stimulus bill that was passed this year.
WILSON: Well, I see a government watchdog group says since you became a member of the House you’ve taken in, oh, $3.7 million in earmarks.
BACHMANN: Well, the average earmark I think for the state of Minnesota for the members of Congress is somewhere around 70,000– $70 million, so mine is very, very small on that level and that’s in the first two years that was in. After I saw the way that the process worked, after being a freshman, I saw how corrupt it was and took an earmark pledge and that’s why I personally have no earmarks in the current budget bill and the stimulus bill that was passed this year.
Chris Wallace Plays Concern Troll for the Rich on Fox News Sunday
From Fox News Sunday March 15, 2009. I think the only interests Chris Wallace may have in mind during this line of questioning are his own as he hammers Austan Goolsbee about a line in the introduction of the President's budget.
From Fox News Sunday March 15, 2009. I think the only interests Chris Wallace may have in mind during this line of questioning are his own as he hammers Austan Goolsbee about a line in the introduction of the President's budget.
Wallace: Finally I want to get into a little bit of the Obama budget with you. 3.6 trillion dollars which calls for major tax increases on the wealthy. And I want to read you something from...the President's budget. "While middle-class families have been playing by the rule, living up to their responsibilities as neighbors and citizens, those at the commanding heights of our economy have not."
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All during the Gerbil years the stock market was doing well, companies were making profits, the economy was growing....but it was growing overseas, it was only profitting a few, and none of it trickled down to the middle class, that is why we are were we are.
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