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It’s All in Our Heads

Created: April 19th, 2008 | Written By: Kathy

John McCain tells Neil Cavuto at Fox News that many of Americans’ economic problems are “psychological” (emphasis in original):

This week on Fox News, Neil Cavuto asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about the worth of rescinding an 18-cent gas tax as prices at the pump escalate this summer. McCain responded that “a lot of our problems today” are “psychological” — even the “ability to keep our own home”:

I’m very concerned about it, Neil. And obviously the way it’s been going up is just terrible. But I think psychologically — and a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological — the confidence, trust, the uncertainty about our economic future, ability to keep our own home. This might give them a little psychological boost. Let’s have some straight talk, it’s not a huge amount of money.

I’m sure that any minute now, the heavy hitters in the media will be jumping all over McCain’s obvious contempt for ordinary struggling Americans. Can’t be “looking down on Americans” much more than telling them high gas prices and the home mortgage crisis are all in their heads.

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5 Responses to “It’s All in Our Heads”

Chief on April 19th, 2008 7:01 pm

“jumping all over McCain’s obvious contempt for ordinary struggling Americans”

Don’t hold your breath for McCain is the Anointed One (trade mark pending)
McCain: Economic Problems In America Are “Psychological” » Oliver Willis on April 19th, 2008 9:55 pm

[…] This guy just doesn’t get it. In an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, John McCain told him that America’s economic problems are “psychological” and just a little of his patent-pending straight talk would do wonders for the Republican Recession. […]
abanterer on April 19th, 2008 11:20 pm

If I married an heiress who could underwrite my life, I might think the economy was doing pretty swell too.
Macswain on April 19th, 2008 11:31 pm

Uhm … your analysis has a huge and obvious whole. It’s the “Preznit giv me turkee” thing, all over again.

I mean, really, who wants to be left out of the next barbecue?
California schools asking parents for money to continue running | Comments from Left Field on April 20th, 2008 8:57 am

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