Curious . . . during the Bush Reign of Ruin, did you ever see a debt ticker on ANY media outlet?

[HughBeaumont]

You know, years after he stood on that podium, whatever podium it was, and asked for a blank check for military spending and the Rubberstamp Rodeo lovingly gave it to him, damn the long term cost?

Ever recall seeing that National Debt ticker ANYwhere on ANY TV station after it was nearly doubled under his watch?

Every time I look at CNBC, and this was even months before the whole Ceiling thing, you'd see this National Debt odometer at least twice a week and now, you see it every day.

It's funny how that works. Or not.

[peace13]

1. It's un-American to look at the debt when a nation is at war...remember? n/t

[HughBeaumont]

8. It's apparently un-Murkin to look at lots of things during occupa . .er . . war.

Like human rights, business regulation, Habeas Corpus, due process, corporate and judicial corruption, the National Debt, average wages, the Treasury, the job market (never mind that the greatest period of hiring during 2001-2008 was 2004-5 . .. his re-election years), etc.

[peace13]

10. Yes...it has been a long sad road! n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

2. No, only happens if there's a Democrat in the White House.

[leveymg]

3. Sure. CNN ran it between Operation Iraqi Freedom reports every day in 2003.

Real patriots. :patriot:

[dissidentboomer]

5. I'm shocked. Truly. I'm sure any comments were directed, somehow, at liberals or Congress.

[dissidentboomer]

4. No. Of course not. Why, it couldn't have been President Richie Rich's fault!

Should someone have shown it during Bush's reign of terror, it would have been labeled as CONGRESS' debt. If it wasn't labeled as such, Wolfowitz, Rove, and Cheney would have seen to it that the folks responsible either had to hide or never, and I do mean never, worked again, even as unskilled labor.

[MiniMe]

6. According to John Stewart, it should be President Job Maker-e Job maker

You can't specify "rich" any more

[pokerfan]

7. "Deficits don't matter"

Dick Cheney to Treasury: "Deficits don't matter"

Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill was told "deficits don't matter" when he warned of a looming fiscal crisis.

O'Neill, fired in a shakeup of Bush's economic team in December 2002, raised objections to a new round of tax cuts and said the president balked at his more aggressive plan to combat corporate crime after a string of accounting scandals because of opposition from "the corporate crowd," a key constituency.

O'Neill said he tried to warn Vice President Dick Cheney that growing budget deficits-expected to top $500 billion this fiscal year alone-posed a threat to the economy. Cheney cut him off. "You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter," he said, according to excerpts. Cheney continued: "We won the midterms (congressional elections). This is our due." A month later, Cheney told the Treasury secretary he was fired.

Source: Adam Entous, Reuters, on AOL News Jan 11, 2004

[HughBeaumont]

9. Kick.

:kick: