This is pretty shocking. Today, President Obama said, "if we are
keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our
economy, all the outstanding companies, workers, all the
innovation, and dynamism in this country, then we're going to get
through this. And I'm very confident about that." Video below.
It seems like ages ago, but when John McCain came out in
September and said the "fundamentals of the economy are strong"
candidate Obama responded furiously, in what became a defining
moment of the campaign.
Back then, McCain's
said, "And my opponents may disagree, but those fundamentals
-- the American worker and their innovation, their
entrepreneurship, the small business, those are the fundamentals
of America, and I think they're strong."
That sounds strikingly similar to what President Obama said
today, but at the time, candidate Obama said:
"I just think he doesn't know," Obama said in Grand Junction,
Colo. "He doesn't get what's happening between the mountain in
Sedona where he lives and the corridors of Washington where he
works.... Why else would he say, today, of all days -- just a
few hours ago -- that the fundamentals of the economy are still
strong? Senator -- what economy are you talking about?"
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Philip Klein is The American Spectator's Washington correspondent. You can follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Philipaklein
