Irene - Another Excuse for a Failed Economy

Irene



I*rene\, n. A category 2 hurricane that President Obama referred to frequently in his unsuccessful 2012 presidential bid while trying to explain away his failed economic policies, his gargantuan debt accumulation and his inability to create jobs for the American people.

Origin: August 2011

Synonyms: President Bush, Bush, "the previous administration", "global economic crisis", Tea Party, "run of bad luck", special interest groups , Japan and its supply-chain disruptions, Europe and its debt problems, unforeseen spikes in oil prices, greedy CEO's, corporate jet owners, Wall Street, Congress, big banks, the Japan earthquake, Republicans, "the other side", big oil companies, the rich, corporations, Standard and Poor, high gas prices, gridlock in Washington, lobbyists, "fighting three wars", Gulf Oil Spill, "Shovel-Ready Was Not as Shovel-Ready as We Expected", the Arab Spring, a "string of bad luck"...









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