Wreckovery Bummer

Humming right along.

Personal Income Rises 0.1% in June; Spending Falls More than Expected, Down 0.2%; First Decline Since Sept. 2009 (story developing)

UPDATE: How curious. Don’t these guys talk to each other? Geraghty just noticed a GOP get-out-of-jail-Free card, courtesy of the Timmah himself:

Tim Geithner Inoculates Republicans on All Future Job Losses

Remember this comment from this morning, and cite it, and repeat it, the next time you hear some Democrat argue that the debt ceiling deal somehow hurt the economy:

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: So this won’t cost us jobs?

TIM GEITHNER: No, it will not.

UPDATE: No, they DON’T talk to each other, judging by President Grumpy Pants’ press conference just now, where he blamed everything from the Japanese Tsunami to, YES, the debt ceiling wrangling for the lousy economy.

I haven’t heard such a litany of pitiful, barely articulated excuses since Ebola was 3 years old.

6 Responses to “Wreckovery Bummer”

1. Mr. Bingley says:

   August 2, 2011 at 9:08 am

   And by “falls more than expected” they mean “we thought it woud RISE .1% as well.”

2. Mr. Bingley says:

   August 2, 2011 at 10:04 am

   spelling iz herd fer mee

3. JeffS says:

   August 2, 2011 at 11:11 am

   Expectation management is more of an art than a science.

4. Bill N says:

   August 2, 2011 at 7:16 pm

   Tsk! Tsk! THS I really don’t think it’s fair to compare a whining squalling brat to someone who is just trying to serve our country.

   I’m sure Ebola was much better behaved at three than BHO is now.

5. tree hugging sister says:

   August 2, 2011 at 7:20 pm

   Oh, you’re right Bill. Ebola was a veritable angel…and knew enough to blame El Niño.

6. JeffS says:

   August 2, 2011 at 11:02 pm

   From the age of 3? Isn’t that a typo, and you meant “23”?