Posted by
Mike Bates on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:03:06 PM
Over at the most trusted name in news, they sure know how to party
when it's called for. That was evident this afternoon on CNN Newsroom
when anchor Ali Velshi
gushed:
Happy birthday, dear stimulus. Our producer Ben Tinker
(ph) baked this cake. It is a stimulus happy birthday -- first birthday
cake, which is also a pie chart. It is the birthday of the stimulus. It
is actually very --
In the same segment Velshi assured guest Jared Bernstein, chief
economic adviser to Vice President Biden, that "I don't think we give
much sway to people who say nothing (in terms of jobs) was created,
it's just hard to actually respond and say something was created, cause
jobs were lost."
Presumably not celebrating the stimulus's anniversary with a cake
were the 94 percent of respondents to a recent CBS/New York Times poll
who don't believe the stimulus has created a substantial number of new
jobs. Of course, Ali doesn't give them much sway anyhow.
Those Americans don't matter. At CNN, it's time to celebrate
Obama's great achievement and those hundreds - or is it millions? - of
jobs he's created or saved. It's enough to send a thrill up your leg.