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Originally Posted by dissention

Bush says US economy "strong and getting stronger"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e_economy_bush

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facing a tough reelection battle, President George W. Bush (news - web sites) shrugged off official figures showing stunningly anemic job creation in July and insisted the US economy was "strong and it's getting stronger."

Government figures showed US employers hired a meagre 32,000 extra workers in July, shocking analysts who had generally predicted a gain of 243,000 and shattering expectations of a rebound from sluggish job growth in June.

In a speech to some 7,000 minority journalists, Bush made no reference to the news and said instead that he had been right to push trillion-dollar tax cuts through the US Congress.
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I know he's desperate, but c'mon!

I heard the video of this speech is painful to watch.