She held such promise too.. right?

After commenting on how he thought she might earn some respect after she took office Michael Lafaive of the Mackinaw Center reminds us of a 2006 speech that along with wonderful new speak of "diverse" peoples and businesses, also carried the famous "Blown away" statement:

Unfortunately, Granholm did not "keep going" as we had hoped and she turned -- with the help of the Legislature -- to countless policies that raised the cost of living, working and creating jobs in the Great Lake State. She has talked a lot about creating jobs, but her policies have not succeeded. Indeed, in her 2006 State of the State address she promised the Michigan would be "blown away" in five years (when she's conveniently out of office) by all of the jobs she would create with her proposed economic development programs. Specifically, she said:

'In a few months, we will begin making prudent investments in the diverse companies that will grow jobs in Michigan. And by this time next year, we'll see new businesses doing just that. In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.'

Four full years later the economy is a mess. Unemployment recently peaked at 15.3 percent, the state lost 552,200 jobs from 2005 through 2008 alone, and economic output has declined by 4 percent statewide. Worse, Lansing's careerist political class -- led by Gov. Granholm -- is giving serious consideration to another tax hike, protecting the very government that has contributed to Michigan's malaise.

All the while blaming none other than..  George Bush.  Simply words to soothe as we soon found out, and continue to realize today.

The funny thing, is that the left thinking considers the economic failure of the state as not doing enough progressive gerrymandering of the economy.  They think the interference by the tea partiers is messing up the plan before it could reap its great rewards.  Their hearts  carry little room for "cold reasoning" and logic.

There are some regular readers here who are a part of that crowd. I would ask them, when can you admit the failure of your philosophy?  At what point would you recognize the effect on government solutions to most problems is one that begs even more solutions in some bizarre chain reaction.