THE BUSH ECONOMY

...is expected to grow at 5.7% next year, making it the best in 20 years.

Best. Economy. In. 20. Years.

Spin that, lefties.

MORE: And since we're talking about the Bush economy, it might be useful to look back at the Clinton recession. That's right, the Clinton recession. It's looking like the economic revisions will peg the beginning of the so-called Bush recession to sometime in 2000. Now, unless you lefties really think Bush is an evil genius capable of time travel, you can't call it the "Bush recession" anymore. If you're interested in being honest, anyway.

Now, let's say it together--growing economies shrink deficits, receeding economies do what? They grow deficits. So...at least some of the responsibility for today's deficits should be placed on Clinton's shoulders, if we're going to blame presidents for recessions and all. Not all of it, obviously, since the Bush administration has in fact been spending like a collection of drunken sailors, and not all of that spending has been on the necessary war meant to save all of us from terrorism (you folks who don't support the war aren't exempt from protection, unfortunately, or you might be forced to change your tune). But, here's the interesting thing. The economy took a massive hit on 9-11. It was already in recession at the time, therefore we were on a track to hit deficit spending before long if we weren't there already. But we're miraculously out of recession now, and were less than two years after that hit. Why? I'd say that the Bush tax cuts are a likely reason. You got a better one?