Bush Gaffes Continue

Feb 18, 2002 17:13 · 65 words · 1 minute read

Bush seemed to say a lot of silly things while he was compaigning, but it didn’t stop there… Speaking in Japan, Bush talked about “the devaluation issue”. Asian markets are very sensitive to the price of the yen, so talk of devaluation makes people nervous. What Bush had meant was “deflation”. Sure, anyone can make these mistakes… it’s just the frequency and severity that differs.