Romney's "coach" analogy:

[Raven]

“If there’s a coach whose record is 0 and 23 million, you get rid of him and get someone new.”

No, Mitt. If there's a coach who took over a team in last place and is building it back, you keep him and let him do his job.

[Angry Dragon]

1. How many people without jobs when Obama took office is where you start

I know it was a hell of a lot more than 23 million

[HereSince1628]

2. But then Romney as coach gives up on US players, buys out the club, ships the franchise to Bangalore

operates it through a holding company in the Caymans and stores the profits in unidentified accounts in Swiss banks.

If you are a US player or Fan, you've really got no use for that coach.

[zbdent]

13. With Romney as coach, he'd cut most of his well-paid good players

(you know, the ones who throw the blocks so that the "star player" favorite of the new coach can run unscathed and unobstructed)

and replace them with those who were picked up after the draft was over (and not grabbed by a team) because they were cheap.

Remember, in the NFL, each team owner has a guaranteed billion+ dollar TV contract, along with total control of the merch.

Where's the incentive to actually put a "winning" team out there?

[safeinOhio]

3. Oh, hell Mitt,

you'd get rid off workers making the company good money if you thought someone in another country could do their job for a nickel less. You've already admitted to enjoying firing others.


You know so much about coaches, perhaps a few stories about your former coaches?

[Freddie]

4. Here's a better one, Mitt

Charlie Manuel took over as coach of the Phillies in 2005. The team was losing and disgruntled after the divisive tactics of the previous manager. The fans and press were angry because they wanted Jim Leyland to get the job.
3 years later the Phillies won the World Series. They made the postseason 5 years in a row.
There's your coach analogy.

[WooWooWoo]

5. 0-23 Million?

Is Matt Millen running the country now?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. zero = dog-whistle to all hard-core cons who call Obama "zero" or 0bama but think Romney is pinko.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Keep the coach with this kind of winning record: (chart)

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yup. Your analogy is much better.

Obama is like Theo Epstein after he took over the Cubs. Or, when he took over the Red Sox, for that matter. The Sox didn't win a World Series until years later. It took lots of rebuilding. I didn't expect instant miracles with the Cubs, either. The previous management left the team a disaster, and it remains one right now, although it's not quite as bad now. The same goes for the country. People are forgetting just how bad things were before Obama took over. Or, they don't realize how bad it was, period. I don't expect ANYONE to fix in four years what took thirty years to break. It's sad and disgusting that the people in this country have become so short-sighted and rely so much on instant gratification that they are buying into Romney's bullshit.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. See Doug Collins and the Philadelphia '76ers

as an example for such a come-back story and building of a team from scratch. From last place to making the playoffs, to winning a play-off series and almost winning a round-two - all in 2 years!

[bulloney]

10. Romney's the general manager who gets rid of the team's stars in fire sales

and depletes the farm system by trading away their hottest prospects and pockets that cash. Meanwhile, the organization goes into a free fall into last place with no hope of turning it around anytime soon.

And what do you do to someone with a resume like that? You sure as hell don't hire him to be your team president.

[reflection]

11. I'm a Memphis Tigers fan

0 and 23 million sounds like a mild improvement anyway.

[chuckstevens]

12. One Small Detail left Out

Mitt left out some wee little details in his analogy. The previous coach (Bush) did not have a single winning season in 8 years. (Jobs) Currently, every single assistant coach who worked for the former coach (aka. McConnell, Bonner, Cantor, etc.) is deliberately trying to fuck things up for the new coach so that he gets fired. Despite all of this, Coach Obama is winning!

Nice try Mitt! By the way, your attempt to be one of the "common guys" with your football analogy really SUCKS! I hope your car gets stuck in your "car elevator."

[BrainMann1]

14. Wait a minute

Mitt was a coach too. I guess this was before Bain.

[Raven]

15. Yeah, he coached a woman on how

to ruin her health and put her life in jeopardy.

[Tennessee Gal]

16. Wait. I am confused.

What is the zero? What is the 23 million?

In January 2009 (Bush):

Both the number of unemployed persons (11.6 million) and the unemployment rate (7.6 percent) rose in January. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 4.1 million and the unemployment rate has risen by 2.7 percentage points.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/feb/wk2/art02.htm

In July 2012:

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 163,000 in July, and the unemployment rate
was essentially unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Employment rose in professional and business services, food services and drinking
places, and manufacturing.

Household Survey Data

Both the number of unemployed persons (12.8 million) and the unemployment rate (8.3
percent) were essentially unchanged in July.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm