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AND THE PRESS IS READY TO DELIVER: Nation Ready To Be Lied To About Economy Again. After nearly ?

By Glenn Reynolds

AND THE PRESS IS READY TO DELIVER: Nation Ready To Be Lied To About Economy Again.

After nearly four months of frank, honest, and open dialogue about the failing economy, a weary U.S. populace announced this week that it is once again ready to be lied to about the current state of the financial system.

Tired of hearing the grim truth about their economic future, Americans demanded that the bald-faced lies resume immediately, particularly whenever politicians feel the need to divulge another terrifying problem with Wall Street, the housing market, or any one of a hundred other ticking time bombs everyone was better off not knowing about.

In addition, citizens are requesting that the phrase, “It will only get worse before it gets better,” be permanently replaced with, “Things are going great. Enjoy yourselves.”

The Insta-Wife has noted that CNBC has been in cheerleading mode for weeks, but maybe this is just their market-research talking, not pressure from Jeffrey Immelt . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).