[Quilla]

The day after Thanksgiving sale figures were immediately reported and if I recall correctly, they were fantastic. I considered it a bit suspicious that a week went by without concrete numbers on overall Christmas sales. As it is a given that the media leans far to the left, I suspect these figures have been out there but the delay came in interpretation (aka spin) time. The goal is to continue to paint a dismal picture of President Bush's administration's policies.

That being said, I have never seen more traffic, longer lines, and crowds at malls than I witnessed this year. I'm not buying the publicized gloom and doom figures.

[Dave S]

That being said, I have never seen more traffic, longer lines, and crowds at malls than I witnessed this year. I'm not buying the publicized gloom and doom figures.

Ever think that perhaps everyone doesnt live like you? Perhaps the workers who lost their jobs dont live anywhere near your mall. You are generalizing from a specific. Kind of dangerous.

If the sales figures were being purposely held by the media to hurt Bush, dont you think that Fox News or someone on the Internet would have the numbers and would publish them? Or are you saying that it is all these individual corporate entities that are collectively doing their best to hurt Bush by hiding their sales figures until the last minute? I dont think so.