MaxSpeak on Bush's "Optimism" and "All the President's Men"

Remember how I said I'm not an economist? Max is, or doing a damned better imitation of one than Bush has managed to hire for the government of late. His take begins here, but read the whole thing for yourself:

The buzzword of the day is "confidence." He must have repeated it a dozen times. Consumers and investors occupy the dizzy heights of confidence. If you're not confident, you're some kind of communist pessimist. If you see a blogger repeat this word, you know he's a White House toady.