<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Big Lie]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[Mort Zuckerman <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-19/hes-done-everything-wrong/">pronounces</a>:</p><blockquote><p> He didn’t address the main issue. He means the economy. How anyone who has been sentient this past year can say such a thing merely reveals how effective the propaganda has been. Let's review: a stimulus package that has clearly helped turn the economy around and was skilfully structured to ensure that it didn't entirely fade away when the second year came around, a third of which was <em>tax cuts</em>; a bank bailout that is now being paid back; a lifeline to the car industry; major investment in infrastructure; extension of unemployment benefits; avoidance of a second great depression and a return to fragile but real growth after the financial and economic abyss of a year ago ... I mean <em>he didn't address the main issue??</em> <em>What the fuck is he talking about?</em>]]></html></oembed>