John Gibson vs Reality

Fox News is getting so bad they are making claims about Bush's presidency that are hysterical. John Gibson's punditry reads like The Onion.

On another front we have full employment, and the economy is sailing strong into a storm of $100 a barrel oil.

On yet another front, a published report today said that homelessness is virtually over. People may have crushing mortgages, but they have homes.

So all in all, the war is going in our favor. Proof of that is that Democrats have shut up about it. Bush has made sure you have a job, and this economy has insured you have a home.

I'm disappointed that Gibson didn't credit Bush with curing cancer.

The economy and mortgages are in bad shape. Canada is getting nervous about the weak U.S. dollar. Federal Reverse Chairman Bernanke said the dollar and higher oil prices ""were likely to increase overall inflation in the short run, and, should inflation expectations become unmoored, had the potential to boost inflation in the longer run as well."

Contrary to Gibson's claim: there are still homeless people in America.

The number of chronically homeless people across the United States has dropped by 11.5 percent thanks to an increased focus on providing counseling and housing rather than police crackdowns or emergency shelter beds, federal officials said Wednesday.

The drop was reflected in a report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development showing that between 2005 and 2006, the number of chronically homeless people in America's streets declined from 175,900 to 155,600. The data came from homeless counts conducted in 3,900 cities and counties, including San Francisco and other Bay Area cities.

Perhaps Gibson will claim tax cuts help get people off the streets. It wouldn't be any less absurb than how he twisted the HUD's report.