The Bright Trump Economy vs. the Dismal Democrats

The Democrats are once again a party of Gloomdogglers.

The term gloomdoggler was first coined by Stephen Hess, a speech writer for President Dwight Eisenhower. The term was derived from the Great Depression era word boondoggler that Republicans had deployed against Democrats. A boondoggler was someone who created unnecessary work. A gloomdoggler was someone ginning up unnecessary gloom.

The depth of Democratic gloom about the economy is striking. Before getting into the details, however, let’s review the current state of the economy. Gross Domestic Product rose at a 3.8 percent pace in the second quarter and the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow say it is on track to do so again. Thanks to the shutdown, we do not have September’s unemployme

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