Fox News guest to MSNBC: Hannity is ‘so upset that the economy is rebounding’

[Botany]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/13/fox-news-guest-to-msnbc-hannity-is-so-upset-that-the-economy-is-rebounding/

A Fox News guest who took on Sean Hannity for blasting President Barack Obama even as employment
dropped to the lowest level in more than four years reaveled on Tuesday that the conservative host and
others at Fox News are “so upset” that the economy is recovering.

During a panel discussion on Monday, Hannity talked over Occidental College Associate Professor of Politics
Caroline Heldman as she tried to point to positive economic indicators like that the unemployment rate had
dropped to 7.7 percent and the stock market was soaring.

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“You know, I have never met a group of people that is so upset that the economy is rebounding than the
folks over at Fox,” Heldman told MSNBC’s Al Sharpton. “I mean, the signs are really clear, not only the
unemployment rate dropping, but housing starts, new housing starts, housing prices, the fact that the
stock market has doubled since 2009, that private wealth has been fully restored… But it is getting better,
and we can’t be in denial about this because that actually affects consumer confidence.”

[graham4anything]

1. Yup. and thankfully 90% of the Democratic voters are very, very happy with President Obama

Why anyone doesnt want to think, see and admit otherwise, I don't know.

[fitman]

12. Limbaugh's

mantra when conservatives were in office it should be treason when Democrats spoke ill of the economy-as in his words they were purposely creating a environment were people would not spend money by telling them how bad the economy was.

Funny, under Obama he does it nearly every day-scares people into not spending money and telling them home bad the economy is..

fricken hypocrite

[Berlum]

2. Republicans are working to tank the American economy out of spite

How shitty is that?

[Botany]

3. egg zac lee

they know things are working out and want to stop that ASAP because it kills their narrative
that the liberal democrat's big spending is hurting the economy

Paul Krugman's NY Times piece the deficit is falling and the stimulus worked

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/krugman-dwindling-deficit-disorder.html?_r=0


What’s really remarkable at this point, however, is the persistence of the deficit fixation in the face of rapidly changing facts. People still talk as if the deficit were exploding, as if the United States budget were on an unsustainable path; in fact, the deficit is falling more rapidly than it has for generations, it is already down to sustainable levels, and it is too small given the state of the economy.

Start with the raw numbers. America’s budget deficit soared after the 2008 financial crisis and the recession that went with it, as revenue plunged and spending on unemployment benefits and other safety-net programs rose. And this rise in the deficit was a good thing! Federal spending helped sustain the economy at a time when the private sector was in panicked retreat; arguably, the stabilizing role of a large government was the main reason the Great Recession didn’t turn into a full replay of the Great Depression.

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Now, I’m aware that the facts about our dwindling deficit are unwelcome in many quarters. Fiscal fearmongering is a major industry inside the Beltway, especially among those looking for excuses to do what they really want, namely dismantle Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. People whose careers are heavily invested in the deficit-scold industry don’t want to let evidence undermine their scare tactics; as the deficit dwindles, we’re sure to encounter a blizzard of bogus numbers purporting to show that we’re still in some kind of fiscal crisis.

[stevenleser]

4. I said the same thing during my show on Sunday. It does make them unhappy.

It makes them unhappy because they are desperately invested in the idea that a Republican President is good for the economy, and a Democratic President is bad for the economy.

That he hurt that meme is one of the reasons Republicans impeached President Clinton.

Republicans will do ANYTHING, ANYTHING, ANYTHING to try to protect this meme.

[Life Long Dem]

5. Yeah, I saw that

There should be more guest on MSNBC that were on Fox News saying things such as this to counter the lies they put out.

[RobertEarl]

6. Remember when?

When Obama was first elected, Fox, Rush, and the Turtleman, all said they wanted Obama to fail.

[Botany]

9. This really sticks in their craw because they invested in two things:

1) We (the GOP) want him to fail.
b) Obama doesn't understand the economy

You can smell their fear and desperation as they are working to kill the economic recovery,
the Affordable Care Act, and the access to the vote for millions of people. Where would we
be if they hadn't been trying to obstruct everything? Such as Obama's American Job Act which
would put millions of people to work doing things that have to get done such as fixing our
bridge.

[RobertEarl]

10. But most Americans have forgotten

It's either that or they are just brainwashed.

They actually advertised their feelings of wanting a duly elected president of the United States to fail at his job.

And the people just sat on their asses and ate it all up.

[kairos12]

7. Hannity would root against a cure for cancer if it happened with a dem in office

[NewJeffCT]

11. and so would Rush

Wasn't it Alan Greyson that said that if Obama cured cancer, the GOP would accuse him of putting cancer doctors out of work - or something like that.

[steelhead77]

16. I think he said...

That if President Obama wanted a Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich for lunch, they would vote to ban bacon.

Frickin' punks!

[nyquil_man]

8. It's just a matter of time before they start saying that the best thing to do in a good economy

is to cut taxes and regulations.

Then again, that's their solution to everything.

[Skittles]

14. WTF

war, taxes and deregulation are NEVER off their agenda

[MinM]

13. Just one more example of how Fox News hates America...

Here's another:

@FoxNews: Does a 1901 photo prove that German Gustav Whitehead beat the Wright brothers for the crown 'first in flight?' http://fxn.ws/Xtvxg2

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/311858145293123585

Attempting to credit some German guy with inventing flight over the Wright Bros.

[PowerToThePeople]

15. typo?

blasting President Barack Obama even as employment
dropped to the lowest level in more than four years

I think that was supposed to be unemployment.

[lpbk2713]

17. I'm still waiting for Hannity to make good on his water boarding challenge

He's a candy ass and nothing he says can be taken seriously.

[Dawson Leery]

18. Of course they are.

Rethugs have done everything to take Obama down.

[shenmue]

19. Fox News: plant life?

I mean, they can't be human. They're either robots or some kind of grain.