The Economy’s ‘Dolt Factor’: ‘George W. Bush’s public relations strategy in the face of a slumping economy is to convince the American people that he’s personally ‘concerned’ about the depressed stock prices and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs… Bush’s protestations of concern may have the hollow ring of his father’s famous recitation of a talking point during the 1992 campaign, “Message: I care.” Or the younger Bush’s own garbled expression of sympathy for the average Joe in the 2000 campaign: “I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.” ‘ The Consortium