Nation of Whiners

OK, I expect a certain level of crazy from Dr. Helen, but I have to say this left my head spinning:

Is your head spinning from all the doom and gloom being blasted from the media and Congress day and night about impending financial disaster? Mine is, and frankly, I sometimes wonder how much of the financial picture is accurate and how much is manufactured in order to get a Democrat elected. One has to ponder about the timing of all of this bad news.

Why the crescendo of economic collapse right before the election? Why didn't the media and congress act just as concerned some time ago or wait until sometime after the election to go into crisis mode? [perhaps an actual crisis occurred at this time?--ed] The timing of the current financial crisis seems too planned and calculating to be just a coincidence. Polls show that people's number one concern right now is the economy and that for the most part, voters believe Democrats are somewhat more likely to help with the economy. Could it be that the liberal media and those in Congress, knowing that, is blaring the bad economic news from the rooftops in order to manipulate voters into voting for a Democrat? If so, it won't be the first time.

The Instapundit often likes to take a similar line: the economy is actually fine but people are being tricked into thinking it's not. I really don't understand what model of the human psyche we're meant to be working on here. If you're underwater on your ARM mortgage, you're going to feel stressed out; likewise, if you are worried about losing your job and have huge credit card bills. There's just no amount of evil MSM scheming that could plausibly negate your actual experience of local economic conditions, unless the TVs at the Instapundit home are tricked out with an array of virtual reality simulators and backed up with generous servings of psychoactive drugs. Which, if true, makes me want to go to Tennesee, because that sounds rad. But this, view, while silly, is as naught compared with the belief that George Bush, Ben Bernanke, and Henry Paulson are part of a scheme to elect Barack Obama. I mean, really.

Comments

[monkey.dave]

Also, the evil MSM/Dhimmicrat plan is to take a giant pile of money and give it to Wall St fatcats. I would have expected that when the Left plundered the Treasury, they'd give the money to single mothers on welfare, blasphemous conceptual artists, illegal immigrants, etc.

[todd.]

Could be crazier. A guy in my lab believes there is a plan by "the ruling elite" to devalue the dollar, "so that they can bring in the next monetary system."

[The Modesto Kid]

[perhaps an actual crisis occurred at this time?--ed]

I don't know if this is justified but my take on this has been, "Bush and his administration were hoping nothing blew up until after he was out of office and everything could be blamed on his successor."

[RWB]

I don't know if this is justified but my take on this has been, "Bush and his administration were hoping nothing blew up until after he was out of office and everything could be blamed on his successor."
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If this is so, then it would be similar to what happened with Daddy. When Bush Sr. was running for president, the Reagan administration deliberately avoided doing anything about the nascent S&L crisis, because it was believed that any government action would cause attention to be paid to this problem (which was largely below people's radar at that time), and such attention would reflect poorly on the administration and on Bush.

Consequently, their lack of action allowed the problem to get significantly worse. But by then, Bush was in office, so mission accomplished!

[Sock Puppet of the Great Satan]

'unless the TVs at the Instapundit home are tricked out with an array of virtual reality simulators and backed up with generous servings of psychoactive drugs.'

That's about the only way Glenn and Dr.Helen's postings would make sense. They've already Ascended to transhumanism and are posting from a MMORPG where their consciousnesses now dwell.

[Brock]

Thanks, Belle, for reading Dr. H so the rest of us don't have to.

[Barry]

She and her husband would make a fascinating psychological study.

However, the simple, plausible theory is that they're so deep into the lie now that they can't get out. Instapundit went from wanker at a third-tier 'they have a law school?' law school to a celebrity; that's got to be addictive.

[tps12]

"If so, it won't be the first time."

Anyone have an idea which "first time" is being alluded to here? FDR? Clinton?

[Invisible Eye]

But she is an Important Psychologist. With Ph.D. in Self-Importance.