Is there a clear contradiction between '(And yes, he has said a few things that can, with some effort, be construed as support for supply-side economics.)' and 'There is no way those things could be construed as support for supply-side economics.'
(And yes, he has said a few things that can, with some effort, be construed as support for supply-side economics.)###There is no way those things could be construed as support for supply-side economics.