Who Said It: John McCain or Herbert Hoover?

1930s fever is sweeping the McCain campaign!

The ‘30s were a simpler time, when men named "Fats" ruled the pop charts, Iraq was still the Brits' problem, and those pesky computers didn’t exist yet.
Well yesterday McCain took '30s nostalgia to a whole new level by paraphrasing Herbert Hoover, who lavished praise on the economy in the middle of the Great Depression.

See if you can match these quotes with each one's proper author…

* "The economy is fundamentally sound."

* "Our economy, I think still—the fundamentals of our economy are strong."

Answer: The first quote is Hoover in 1931 and the second is McCain from yesterday. (It seems Hoover was better at reading his teleprompter.)

To keep that '30s vibe alive, look for McCain to follow this quote up with a version of the Hoover chestnut: "Many people have left their jobs for the more profitable one of selling apples."

Now unfortunately for the Senator, today's money isn't in apples. While fruit had a good run in the 20th century, these days it's all about OxyContin.

Which, come to think of it, is probably not a good topic to raise in the company of swing voters.

Or the right-wing base.

Or Sarah Palin for that matter.