Not so stimulus
Obama campaigned for the stimulus, and said things like: “A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe.“ Now, his aides are saying this: White House dampens stimulus expectations.
It’s no wonder they’re back peddling. When you act like your stimulus bill will work miracles, you’d better believe the uneducated masses will think that was well.
But, at least, he’s understands what will happen if his bill fails to do much: “Now, look, I won’t lie to you, If it turns out that a few years from now people don’t feel like the economy’s turned around, that we’re still having problems, that folks are still unemployed, that our health-care system’s not more efficient, then, you know, you guys won’t applaud me the next time I come down here.” Source
