Media Halleluja Choir Goes Off Script

Jake Tapper throws the BS flag on President Obama. He better watch his back.

He reports that Caterpillar's CEO directly contradicted the president saying, no, he won't be hiring back those laid off people once the stimulus is signed. The CEO then pointed out that the spendulus was short on heavy construction, which is the type of work that would increase business for the construction equipment giant.

Next, McClatchy News , home of Helen Thomas and more liberal than even the NY Times, let this article slip through:

WASHINGTON — The compromise economic stimulus plan agreed to by negotiators from the House of Representatives and the Senate is short on incentives to get consumers spending again and long on social goals that won't stimulate economic activity, according to a range of respected economists.

"I think (doing) nothing would have been better," said Ed Yardeni, an investment analyst who's usually an optimist, in an interview with McClatchy. He argued that the plan fails to provide the right incentives to spur spending.

I love it when the trained apes turn on their masters...

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/doh-caterpillar.html
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/62082.html