WHAT: Told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that food stamps “are the most direct stimulus you can get into the economy during tough times.” WHY IT’S DIM: More Americans are on food stamps now than ever before, but unemployment stubbornly stays above 9 percent.

CURE: None whatsoever, if he really believes what he said.

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