This just in from the Glass Three-Quarters Full / One-Quarter Empty Department...

Bush and Kerry Differ on State of Economy

Associated Press -- CLEVELAND - Good news, or bad? President Bush (news - web sites) and Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) have differing takes about the vitality of the nation's job market — a question that's heating up this year's race for the White House."

There's a shock. It's an election year. They'd disagree about the sky being blue. The economy was cycling down (It's the Economic Cycle, Stupid) before President Bush took office. The tech bubble burst sending the stock market into a tailspin. September 11th dealt a helluva blow.

The fact that the unemployment rate is lower now than the average during the 70's, the 80's and the Golden Era 90's, hell the fact that we're not all living in Hoover Cities is amazing. BTW, the number of Americans that not only are not living in Hoover Cities, but own their own homes, is at a record high.

Sigh. I guess the Kerry-Edwards ticket can start using a new slogan:

Kerry-Edwards: Denial Ain't a River in Egypt

On a What Media Bias?™ side note: Notice that the article is about how the Kerry and Bush teams differ on the economy.

The article has two pictures accompanying it. One is of Senator Kerry sticking out of his tour bus window. Fair enough, makes sense. The second one is of President Bush... whoops... that isn't President Bush. You know, the other Presidential candidate mentioned in the article with Senator Kerry. That's former President Clinton.

In fact, of the six people mentioned in the article (Bush, Kerry, Edwards, Cheney, Karl Rove and Jason Mauk) none happen to be former President Clinton. They don't even mention his upcoming heart bypass surgery.

Huh...

Update: The folks at AP must've heard me. The article now contains a picture of President Bush, with the First Lady, and Senator Kerry... with a shotgun!? Oh for crap's sake! Can we drop the "See, I've got a gun. I support the Second Amendment. Nevermind I've voted repeatedly to infringe upon your right to keep an bear arms." jazz. No one's buying it.