Eek! Santorum yesterday: ‘I Really Believe The Fundamentals Of American Economy Is Still Strong’

[babylonsister]

:crazy:

Santorum: ‘I Really Believe The Fundamentals Of American Economy Is Still Strong’


On his radio show last night, conservative talker Hugh Hewitt asked former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) to give his “sense of where the economy is headed right now.” Santorum replied that he had “an innate sense that America is never going to revisit the Depression era again.” “I really don’t believe we’re going to go there again,” said Santorum.

After criticizing President Obama’s “doom and gloom” predictions, Santorum declared, “I really do believe that the fundamentals of American economy is still strong”:

SANTORUM: I think we’re probably, you know, reaching the bottom here in the next few months. There’s probably some more bad things that are going to happen, particularly in the credit markets. But, look, I don’t think — I think all this prediction of Obama’s doom and gloom and some others out there I think is overblown. I really do believe that the fundamentals of American economy is still strong and that we are, you know, we’ll pull ourselves out of this probably by the end of the year.

more...

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/12/santorum-fundamentals-strong/

[phantom power]

1. The end of the year??

:rofl:

[roguevalley]

9. 'are' still strong. dumb ass. put a plural on the fundamentals and

you need are, not is.

[hatrack]

17. What's worse - his economic cluelessness or his grammatical cluelessness?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Deja Q]

2. Sorry to be a doom'n'gloom hating prick, but I hope Mr Santorum is right

[northernlights]

13. not to prick your hope balloon, but the simple fact that is was santorum

suggests this will make the 30s depression look like a cakewalk.

[Chulanowa]

3. That's because the right fucking sucks at economics

They believe that the "fundament" of the American economy is the free market system, and refuse to accept that that system itself is flawed and largely unworkable. So they maintain that the"fundamentals are strong" it's just everything else that's fucked up.

[mikeytherat]

5. They suck at grammar, too.

"The fundamentals IS..."

mikey_the_rat

[Ghost Dog]

16. Yup. The fundamentals of American grammar are clearly very weak...

"There’s probably some more bad things that are going to happen..."

(That should read "thing's", of course).

:)

[Eric J in MN]

4. I hope he's right and that the economy is doing better....

...by the end of 2009 than it is now.

[drmeow]

6. Last time I checked

fundamentals ARE strong or the economy IS strong - not fundamentals of the economy is strong. If he can't get his verb tenses right, how can he be right about the economy?

[Deja Q]

11. Also true... but tell me this: If I were to loose my pocket change, would I

become lose if I had sex with lots of strangers?

:evilgrin:

(In short, regarding grammatical etiquette, which I am not well versed with, more than republicants have problems with the essentials... :D )

[drmeow]

19. But you aren't a US Senator

as least I don't think you are.

I expect more of the people who are expected to lead this country - and yes, I realize that intelligence is not a criteria for getting elected to office (another indication of what's wrong with our election system). The statement demonstrated both a disconnect with the ordinary citizens, a complete lack of understanding about economics, and poor grammar to add insult to injury.

Also - your example is a spelling issue as much as a grammar issue. If you were speaking, you probably wouldn't make the mistake.

[redqueen]

7. The idiocy is astounding. Truly. (nt)

[spanone]

8. i would rather listen to the three stooges take on the economy.

[malaise]

10. No wonder this happened

[ecstatic]

12. Did Santorum feed McShame that pathetic line last fall?

It's odd that he would openly say the same thing that accelerated McCain's epic fail.

[damntexdem]

14. Hey, Ricky, you don't have to channel John McCain yet.

Oh wait, maybe it's Herbert Hoover you're trying to channel.

[SpiralHawk]

15. Another fact-hating, fat-cat Republicon Homelander propagandist

Why do republicons hate facts?

[onethatcares]

18. what fundementals is he talking about?

the hedge funds, mega banks, credit swaps, cdos, checking accounts, employment numbers, what the hell does he know? Sure would be nice if he'd clue us all in.

but, he's an asshole to the nth degree, maybe he knows what animal husbandry is:rofl: