November 27, 2005

MAJORITY PARTIES DON'T LOSE SEATS DURING BOOMS:

RETURN TO SPENDER (JENNIE LESZKIEWICZ and STEFANIE COHEN, November 27, 2005, NY Post)

It's beginning to look a lot like a big, big Christmas shopping season.

Deep discounts are pulling shoppers to stores and malls in big numbers, national early holiday-season data show - and the big bargains are helping retailers post big sales figures.

Shoppers charged over $3.9 billion Friday on Visa cards, a 13.9 percent increase over the same day last year - and based on early sales, stores like Wal-Mart and JCPenney were confident that the holiday season would produce more revenue than last year.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 27, 2005 4:49 PM
Comments

Balderdash! That can't be true.

Why, I just heard on the TV that we're in the worst depression since Hoover.

Posted by: John J. Coupal at November 27, 2005 5:25 PM

For the media, it is.

Posted by: jim hamlen at November 27, 2005 8:27 PM

> Shoppers charged over $3.9 billion Friday on Visa cards, a 13.9 percent increase over the same day last year

The Leftist Rejoinder Synthesizer says: "Obviously the Bush economy has made people less able to afford to pay cash up front."

Posted by: Guy T. at November 27, 2005 11:41 PM

Lies, lies, lies, why do people believe all the lies? Bush is crushing us! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Posted by: Dr. Dean at November 28, 2005 4:32 AM

"Howard, your trust fund just hit a 5-year high. Our property has increased 25% in value. Things look pretty good. Why don't you just shut up?"

Posted by: Mrs. Dr. Howard Dean at November 28, 2005 8:12 AM
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