Fred Thompson: "unprecedented" economic growth under Bush.

[johnaries]

Yeah, it's unprecedented because never since the New Deal did the Rich get so much richer while the Middle and Lower classes get so much poorer.
As for economic growth overall, according to Dean Baker:

Kennedy-Johnson — 5.2%
Clinton — 3.6%
Reagan — 3.4%
Carter — 3.4%
Nixon-Ford — 2.7%
Bush II — 2.6%
Bush I — 1.9%

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=01&year=2008&base_name=why_would_presidents_envy_bad

[Rosemary2205]

1. Well it IS unprecedented. - extraordinarily BAD.

but definitely unprecedented.

[pinto]

2. Fred Thompson - Economic guru.

Not.

:eyes:

[Dollface]

3. Fred Thompson? I thought he died.

[Canuckistanian]

8. He just smells bad. n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Fishface Fred ?

[ewagner]

5. Nah, he didn't die

he just LOOKS that way.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. Acts that way, too

hehe.

[jobycom]

6. Gas prices, he means?

[ananda]

9. unprecedented destruction of the middle and working classes

nt

[Mist]

10. There's that Rethug habit of not finishing sentences:

Unprecedented economic growth FOR THE UPPER 5%.

[Wetzelbill]

11. I heard him say that, what bullshit

that's the problem with moderators nowadays. When somebody tells a whopper like that they should get hammered.

[the other one]

12. Carter should be ahead of Reagan.

Printing money to buy weapons should not count as economic growth.

[Doug.Goodall]

13. Unprecedented for the rich

Rich businessmen making products for the military to throw away in Iraq find it "unprecedented" to the tune of a Trillion Dollars.

And think of it, if McCain gets elected, we can look forward to 100 more years of this.

[opihimoimoi]

14. Turkey neck??? what about turkey face? This turkey notion of his shows his ignorance

Turkey Brain.....

[Greyhound]

15. The worst part of this is that no one challenged him. He tells a bald-faced lie

on a national show, and nobody calls him on it.

Why bother, we are lost.

[johnaries]

16. Yep, Georgie just sat there and didn't say a word.

I was appalled.

[Happyhippychick]

17. People please. He was talking in his sleep again.

[hfojvt]

18. that's just sad - he beat his father

I can't believe you are bringing this up on father's day. Utterly classless :P

[Initech]

19. Unprecedented for oil barons and war profiteers.

[kentuck]

20. And as NEWSWEEK reported last week...

It's worse than you think. Thompson is correct - it is unprecedented, but not the way he means it.