Bush's defenders need defense

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Reading some article on CNN about how Clark might endore Kerry reminded me that I saw a bit of Lou Dobb's "Moneyline" program last night. Ed Gillespie, the head of the Republican National Committee, was the guest, and Dobbs was giving him what for. Eventually, when pressed about budgets, forecasts, job growth, international trade, and the deficit, Gillespie was forced to retreat temporarily and say,

"Well, what I want to say is -- and I'm not an economist. I was lucky to get my way out of college, let alone go to any kind of graduate school.

But I do understand the notion of competitive advantage. And, look, that's fine as long as we are creating high-paying jobs in our economy. And the fact is that we are seeing now economic growth that is going to create -- and we are seeing the creation of high-paying jobs in our economy."


What kind of defense is this? If he admits to having a weak grasp of economics, how much credence can we have in his defense of Bush's economic policy?

Note to self: CNN's daily transcripts rock.
The interivew: http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/11/ldt.00.html
Everything yesterday: http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2004.02.11.html