When Politicians Attack!-Minyanville

When Politicians Attack!

Scott Reeves Feb 27, 2009 4:10 pm


		Eight examples of market-moving verbal diarrhea.

Politicians, ever hungry for face time on TV, are accustomed to speaking in canned sound bites to advance a bill that generates little interest or impact beyond the Beltway. But now
that Washington has replaced New York (temporarily, one hopes) as the financial capital of the world, their words can spook the markets.

Minyanville looks at some recent examples of foot-in-mouth disease that kicked the markets -- or a key sector -- down the stairs.

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John Powers

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02-28-2009, 12:07 pm
When you see people repairing the potholes in the streets and highways in front of their homes for a hobby, and teaching in the schools (for free), and generally devoting 2 or 3 days a week to unpaid, professional public service, then we are ready fo Read More

Eric Worthen

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03-01-2009, 11:09 am
Politicians quibble, equivocate, and lie as our nation collapses from within. The problem with politicians is that they are politicians. They rarely do what is correct, because their time horizon is an election cycle. Read More

James Stewart

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03-02-2009, 12:43 pm
This is a link to the Congress you do not see, but should. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39114 Read More

Al Banting

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03-03-2009, 7:37 pm
You DO know that the Onion is satire, don't you? Read More

James Stewart

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03-04-2009, 10:03 am
I can just see the look on your face as you ask that! Let's approach him carefully.... Congress should be more entertaining, no? A joke SHOULD be funny. (I'll have to find the video of Bush, Cheney, and Saddam at the nudis Read More


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