"I am a puppet, pull my string and I say stuff"

MacClane puts the FUN in fundamental

he also puts the MENTAL apparently

He sounds like a bit actor trying to decide how to deliver his only line.

Jesus I HOPE our greatest economic days are ahead of us. They're not, like, RIGHT ahead of us, you double-talking shithead.

This really needed some crosscutting of Bush using the same line, which I have no doubt has used in front of cameras the same amount, as well as McCain saying "The Economy is not my strong suit". In any case this a wonderful use of his own words against him.

I like his scarf in the first clip.

Also, the fact that he used the word "fundamentals" each and every time means that he wasn't actually talking about the US economy as we see it, but rather that he believes in the underpinnings of the American economy. That is: Capitalism.

You think he's wrong? Then you're a dirty commie.

Man, nothing makes me feel more confident in this tough economy than a politician quoting Herbert Hoover on the eve of the Great Depression.