Loved by Many, Understood by Few

[beamjockey]

mmcirvin and james-nicollpointed out that Governor Sarah Palin had said some notable things about President Obama's State-of-the-Union message in an interview on Fox News.

So I read the Talking Points Memo entry and then I played the second half of the video interview (resolutely ignoring the obligatory commercial for Olive Garden). Sure, enough, the Governor said

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[ckd]

It's just perfect that her example of a successful independent small business without government handouts is a remnant of a failed chain that's in a city whose economy gets ~$8,000 of government spending per capita per year via Hanford.

[kevinnickerson]

I hadn't listened to the interview, but this segue actually brings her up a point in my view.

[maiac]

"If I parse her remarks correctly, the Governor wants more of us to work in doughnut shops."

Uh uh, and if the Republicans have control of the economy for much longer, those will be the only available jobs.

[kip_w]

Several of my high school friends worked at Spudnuts. There was a company policy that after 90 days, you got a raise. Each of them was laid off at the 89-day mark. I call this Spudnut Economics.

[beamjockey]

This needs to be portmanteau'd better.

Spudnutonomics?

Speckudnutonomics?

Spudonutics?

Or simply Spuconomics?

[kip_w]

Spudnomics?