Comments on: Paul the FOMC Chair vs. Joe the Plumber http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/warren-the-investor-paul-the-fomc-chair-vs-joe-the-plumber/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:13:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/warren-the-investor-paul-the-fomc-chair-vs-joe-the-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-124893 Greg0658 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:00:27 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8120#comment-124893 agree with ya Mikes "Trickle Down has Trickled Out" c2008 Greg0658 Joe the Plumbers savings accounts have Trickled Out ... just doesn't cut it agree with ya Mikes

“Trickle Down has Trickled Out” c2008 Greg0658

Joe the Plumbers savings accounts have Trickled Out … just doesn’t cut it

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/warren-the-investor-paul-the-fomc-chair-vs-joe-the-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-124776 Mark E Hoffer Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:46:19 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8120#comment-124776 yeah Mike, straight from Mussolini's playbook, all the makings of post-modern Fascism.. Should be fun for the whole Family: little Jr. can join ClimateKids Corps, the missus can pull a stretch in the Civilian Anti-Terror Squad, while 'Pop' can boot up for some more foreign wars of misadventure..Good Times. yeah Mike,

straight from Mussolini’s playbook, all the makings of post-modern Fascism.. Should be fun for the whole Family: little Jr. can join ClimateKids Corps, the missus can pull a stretch in the Civilian Anti-Terror Squad, while ‘Pop’ can boot up for some more foreign wars of misadventure..Good Times.

]]> By: Mike in Nola http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/warren-the-investor-paul-the-fomc-chair-vs-joe-the-plumber/comment-page-1/#comment-124730 Mike in Nola Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:16:11 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8120#comment-124730 While what is stated is true for sophisticated people, I don't think it worked for the majority. McCain did what the Republicans have been successfully doing for nearly 30 years. That audiobook I recently mentioned posits, and I think correctly, something to the effect crowds can only grasp simple slogans; they have no grasp of the subtlety that real truth requires. Joe the Plumber was a good slogan. The Demos have vainly tried to explain subtleties and failed, e.g. Gore's pedantry, or Kerry's statement that he voted for a bill after he voted against it. The masses yawned at Gore and went for the meaningless (and boy was it meaningless) "Compassionate Conservative." The Republicans came up with "flip-flopper" for Kerry and it stuck, regardless of whether Kerry had valid reasons for what he did, e.g. changes in the bill. But, this time Obama or his handlers outsloganned the Republicans with "Yes We Can" and "Change You Can Believe In" which any dolt can repeat. If he had actually tried to explain how Volker's measures, while painful, had cured the economy's ills and set the stage for growth, you could have watched the eyes of the adoring crowds roll back in their heads. While what is stated is true for sophisticated people, I don’t think it worked for the majority.

McCain did what the Republicans have been successfully doing for nearly 30 years. That audiobook I recently mentioned posits, and I think correctly, something to the effect crowds can only grasp simple slogans; they have no grasp of the subtlety that real truth requires. Joe the Plumber was a good slogan.

The Demos have vainly tried to explain subtleties and failed, e.g. Gore’s pedantry, or Kerry’s statement that he voted for a bill after he voted against it. The masses yawned at Gore and went for the meaningless (and boy was it meaningless) “Compassionate Conservative.” The Republicans came up with “flip-flopper” for Kerry and it stuck, regardless of whether Kerry had valid reasons for what he did, e.g. changes in the bill.

But, this time Obama or his handlers outsloganned the Republicans with “Yes We Can” and “Change You Can Believe In” which any dolt can repeat. If he had actually tried to explain how Volker’s measures, while painful, had cured the economy’s ills and set the stage for growth, you could have watched the eyes of the adoring crowds roll back in their heads.

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