[Hoot Gibson]

Frankly, I doubt James Carville (Bill and Hillary's "boy wonder") has any intense love for Barack Obama, or particularly Rahn Emmanuel (know your recent history, Hack). I'm not blaming the messenger, simply suggesting the repeated message of "He's a socialist" has been effective in the same way propoganda is effective when cranked out incessantly. It's not a conspiracy, Hoot, and you know that... it's a political strategy...you know, like using Willie Horton in campaign ads. Barack Obama is a fair scales capitalist. One could do the same with Reagan's policies as you do with FDR's... however, both men made the majority of Americans feel better about the country, the economy, and, as good economists will confirm, a people that feel better about the country, about themselves, will begin to conduct themselves in ways that pull the economy along, BEFORE the numbers reveal the shift taking place. Here is Obama's struggle in my opinion: he has been unable, to this point, to light a fire under the country, so to speak. If he fails in this regard, he becomes an underdog in 2012... if he even marginally succeeds, he is the favorite.

Do it then - put the money where your mouth is. Show that Reagan's policies made the economy that he inherited from Barack 0bama I (a/k/a Jimmy Carter) worse. The economy did suffer a recession early in Reagan's first term but in less than 8 years, our economy went from dismal to great and Reagan did not need an $800 trillion+ stimulus.

Your answer to every criticism of 0bama is to bash a conservative poster or Bush, or Reagan. 0bama's record on the economy is indefensible - so I understand why you do not really ever try to defend it. Your theory seems to be that the best defense is to be offensive...