Brother can you spare a line?

Interesting:

"The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis."

- President Herbert Hoover, in a press conference on October 30, 1929, the day following the Stock Market Crash, on the eve of the Great Depression

AND

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

- Candidate for president, John McCain, on September 15, 2008