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newt lies outright on meet the press. david gregory sits there mute. (Original Post) spanone May 2012 OP
Your chart shows only private employment ....... oldhippie May 2012 #1
It is not even fucking close Cosmocat May 2012 #6
That old Newt is lying and grinning his way straight to madashelltoo May 2012 #2
Obama's jobs record looks a lot like -- Ronald Reagan's cynatnite May 2012 #3
If you will remember, that is why he got the job. WingDinger May 2012 #4
These two hard core right wingers on the radio here wipe the floor with him. Peregrine Took May 2012 #5
David Gregory is a disgrace aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #7
Shall I dance with glee, that Newt is going the way of the great North American Limbaugh? Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #8
 

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)
1. Your chart shows only private employment .......
Sun May 27, 2012, 10:27 AM
May 2012

Does public (govt worker) unemploymnet not count?

What's the total number? Or does that makes us look bad?

Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
6. It is not even fucking close
Sun May 27, 2012, 01:14 PM
May 2012

from the January that they took office to the December when the left office, the last five presidents

Reagen 7.5 to 5.3 - a net positive gain of 2.2
HWB 5.4 to 7.4 - a net negative less of 2.0
Clinton 7.3 to 3.9 - a net negative gain of 3.4
GWB 4.1 to 7.3 - a net negative of 3.2
BO 7.8 to 8.1 (April of this year) - a net negative of .03.

Both Bushes were demonstratively worse, and it is not even close. AND, it is not even taking into account the absolute disaster that BO took over midstream that he had NO responsibility for.

[link:http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet|

This is the reason the Rs will never go away. They simply make up things as they go along and even the supposed cream of the crop "liberal media" types let it go unchallenged, only to become accepted fact after it gets repeated enough.

These numbers are from the US Department of Labor.

http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

madashelltoo

(1,698 posts)
2. That old Newt is lying and grinning his way straight to
Sun May 27, 2012, 11:22 AM
May 2012
HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope anyone who follows him enjoys the heat.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
3. Obama's jobs record looks a lot like -- Ronald Reagan's
Sun May 27, 2012, 11:37 AM
May 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-11-03/jobs-and-the-presidential-election/51065798/1

This is a good article to use to combat that.

What Newt is saying is only true if the economy goes back into the crapper. Obama has done great in private sector jobs, but the public sector job loss is a result of the budget cuts the repukes have hammered on and the Dems went along with.

Newt is basically full of shit.
 

WingDinger

(3,690 posts)
4. If you will remember, that is why he got the job.
Sun May 27, 2012, 11:37 AM
May 2012

"I dont think it is the responsibility of the press, to ask the hard questions."

Peregrine Took

(7,413 posts)
5. These two hard core right wingers on the radio here wipe the floor with him.
Sun May 27, 2012, 12:29 PM
May 2012

He's like a baby chick around them.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
8. Shall I dance with glee, that Newt is going the way of the great North American Limbaugh?
Sun May 27, 2012, 01:27 PM
May 2012

Yes, yes I shall. Buh-bye. Buh-bye. Bye. Buh-bye. I could go on for hours and hours. I likely will.

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