Conservatives keep claiming that Obama will ruin the economy…

Posted by bruni on August 20, 2008

…yet when you point to Clinton’s success, they’re quick to remind you that the president can’t directly influence the economy, it’s highly cyclical, and he rode a tech boom.

If the first two are accurate, then Obama can’t “ruin” the economy. If he can, then clearly Obama has the opportunity to be just as successful.

Which story do you guys want to stick to…?

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Oil vs. renewable energy analogy

Posted by bruni on August 08, 2008

Oil is like the road system we have, that may have some potholes and ruts, but with some capital investment, we can improve them and they will serve our needs for now and the future.

"Renewable Energy" is like Lyle Lanley selling the monorail system to the people of springfield. a lot of money invested in unknown technology that may or may not work or may or may not be better than what we already have/could have invested in.

I find when people make analogies in an argument it’s because they want to obscure the facts.
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