Political Quotes

“the Senator from Kentucky makes a very persuasive case about how up is down, right is left, that the other side is doing an incredibly masterful job of trying to spin the economy. I want him to comment on something that has concerned me. Over the last 7, 8 months we have seen and heard talk about how bad the economy is, how difficult. I want him to recall from 3 years ago the discussion in the Senate. I want to see if the Senator from Kentucky sees what was claimed at that time by Senator Conrad and others as potentially occurring again in the year 2004. Senator Conrad said in March of 2001, almost 3 years ago to this date: I don't think there's any question but the President is talking down the economy, and the Vice President has hurt confidence. . . . It hurts the economy because it puts doubt in people's minds about the underlying strength of the American economy. And any economy is in part based on confidence. So when the Vice President was talking about recession back in December, that set off a string of newspaper headlines-- By the way, the newspaper headlines: ``Support for Bush Falls on Economy . . . '' after a whole day of speeches on the part of Democrats belittling this economy. It says: Newspaper headlines led to a string of additional emphasis on the negative. When you consistently emphasize the negative, you contribute to a climate that loses and lacks confidence.”