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| May 13, 2008 |
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Story #1: Economic Disaster: Kids, Parents Helping Each Other
RUSH: A little economic news here: "The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to seek help from family, friends or charities, according to a survey released Tuesday by the AARP. In the telephone survey of 1,002 adults 45 and older, nearly four in 10 said they had helped a child pay bills or expenses. Among retirees, one-third said they'd helped their children pay bills. Eight percent said they'd helped a parent pay bills or expenses. The survey's margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points. The survey was released by the American Association of Retired Persons, a [supposed] nonprofit advocacy group for Americans 50 and older."
Story #2: Drive-Bys Trying to Discredit Hillary's WV Win
 RUSH: By the way, do you know what the Drive-Bys are saying? Hillary is supposed to smoke Obama in West Virginia today. Some people are saying it could be 80-20. Others are saying it ain't going to be that high. So the Drive-Bys are running little crawls across the screen, and one I saw just minutes ago said, "Only 17% of West Virginia residents have college education." Now, you know what the implication there is. The implication is that Hillary's getting the stupid vote, the stupid, rural, hick vote. And of course Obama doesn't want the stupid, rural, hick vote, so this is fine. The Drive-Bys today are trying to discredit already whatever Hillary's victory today in West Virginia's going to be.
Story #3: Depressing House GOP Adopts "Change" Slogan
RUSH: The Republican caucus in the House of Representatives has come up with a new slogan, and the Democrats are laughing themselves silly about this. The House Republicans' new slogan is "The Change You Deserve." They're doing this in a television ad; I think it's a short little ten-second ad, but it has formed the basis of their campaign. The problem with the slogan "The Change You Deserve" is that it is trademarked by a company that makes an antidepressant. Have you ever heard of the antidepressant Effexor? I've never heard of it, but apparently that's the slogan -- "The Change You Deserve."
So the House Republicans have come up with a slogan trademarked by antidepressant medicine. Would somebody explain to me why the Republicans anywhere, at any time, anyhow, would come up with a slogan with the word "change" in it in the first place? Especially since that word is wholly owned by the Obama campaign? What is the ongoing fascination with accepting the premises advanced by the Democrats and thinking we can improve on their premise? Whatever happened to standing up and fighting their premises?
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