While I don't think dishonest hackery should have any place in the NYT or any other supposedly respectable paper, I actually hope conservatives and Republicans keep trying to explain to the great masses that the econonomy is AWESUM!!!!! People are under the impression it's really not awesome. Such impressions are not formed by taking a look at facts and figures - even dishonest Brooksian ones - but by personal direct experience, that of friends, family and neighbors, and probably overall by anxiety about the future. Telling them that everything is wonderful isn't going to convince them, it's just going to piss them off.
