NYT Reporter Desperately Searches for Signs of Economic Progress to Prevent Repub. Victories

NewsBusters ^ | June 25, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Please don't let it be Big Bob!

Please don't let it be Big Bob!

That fervent prayer by Harold of "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" as he desperately hopes that sound of the approaching footsteps don't belong to a sadistic guard named Big Bob comes to mind when reading a New York Times article by Michael Luo. In Luo's case he is hoping that the Republicans won't gain significant victories in this November's elections. He bases his glimmers of hope on what he perceives to be signs of economic progress. It isn't a very strong peg upon which he hangs these hopes but it is pretty much all he has:

The economy is slowly recovering but remains on its sickbed, and most signs still point to a rough cycle for the party. Political analysts expect Republicans to make gains — possibly significant ones — in Congress in November, threatening to retake the House and maybe even the Senate.

But digging deeper, beyond the national numbers, reveals at least a few glimmers of hope for Democrats — still fairly distant and faint, but bright enough to get campaign strategists scanning the horizon and weighing the odds.

[PJ-Comix]

I heard that Big Bob no longer works as a prison guard and has opened up a sandwich shop. You probably DON'T want to ask for his house special.

[Spok]

Signs? They don’t need no stinkin’ signs! They just make it up as they go along.

[cripplecreek]

If I were Luo, I wouldn’t waste a whole lot of time searching.

I’ve reached the conclusion that the democrats actually want high unemployment. I’m not bashing the uunemployed but unemployment is the new welfare. The democrats prove it every time they use unemplyment benefits as a club against the republicans.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

But digging deeper, beyond the national numbers, reveals at least a few glimmers of hope for Democrats — still fairly distant and faint, but bright enough to get campaign strategists scanning the horizon and weighing the odds.

Lol maybe Michael Luo could look into his crystal ball and tell us what the future brings.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I’ve reached the conclusion that the democrats actually want high unemployment.

How could anyone conclude otherwise unless the democrats really believe that high taxes, spending, and regulations on top of more regulations encourages economic growth.

[Yossarian]

Given the scuttlebutt going around about Kumar these days, maybe he really wanted a sandwich from Big Bob?

[nomad]

Tube steak smothered in underwear?