The Adventures of George W. Bush

"Go ahead, Jeff." you say.

"Thank you. Senate Democratic leaders have painted a very bleak picture of the U.S. economy. Harry Reid was talking about soup lines. And Hillary Clinton was talking about the economy being on the verge of collapse. Yet in the same breath they say that Social Security is rock solid and there's no crisis there. How are you going to work – you've said you are going to reach out to these people – how are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"

This reporter seems to be a bright young fellow, and thinks an awful lot like you do. However, he does look awfully familiar. How do you answer his question?