Suggested new motto for Bush/Cheney '04: ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

Indicators measure the nation's unemployment rate, consumer spending and other economic milestones, but Vice President Dick Cheney says it misses the hundreds of thousands who make money selling on eBay.

"That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," Cheney told an audience in Ohio. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay."

eBay does a few billion a year in total transactions, but 400,000 people making "some money" is nowhere near the economic value of 2 million, you know, jobs. Edwards fires back:

"If we only included bake sales and how much money kids make at lemonade stands, this economy would really be cooking," Edwards said in a statement.

And now your moment of zen:

Just say it once; it feels right. Special thanks to the sloganator.