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Published 10:17am Tuesday, August 7, 2012President Barack Obama has lied about the jobs that he has created. He said that millions have been put to work.
If this is so, then just why didn’t his stimulus keep unemployment below 8 percent where it was when he took office?
There are millions more out of work than have been put to work since he took office. His foolish spending has caused the national debt to increase drastically.
Bush raised it $5 trillion in eight years. Obama has raised it more than $5 trillion in less than four years, with no end in sight.
Obama claims he is for the middle class, but the middle class to him is those who make less than $250,000 a year. I have never made anywhere near $70,000 a year in my entire life.
In going with the “Green Movement, ” which has been a total disaster, he has cost us nearly a billion dollars. The wind fans have killed millions of birds and produced very little electricity.
The reason he doesn’t know how to run a company, let alone a country, is because he has never done much. He was a “community organizer,” state senator with no record to be proud of, a U.S. Senator with very little experience and has offered many votes of “present.”
This just shows how little that we can expect from him in the future.
We all know that he is good at reading a written statement from a teleprompter. However, ask him a simple question and you get “uh, uh,” then a few words.
If you listen to Jim Crawford in his writings he’s the best thing that ever happened to America.
But, you see, Crawford is blind to the facts because he is a Democrat and, to him, Democrats never make mistakes of any kind.
Homer Campbell
Ironton
Me: “So let me see if we’re all clear here. You are not disputing the fact that Obama has added 3,354,000 jobs, right? You’re only pointing out that these jobs were added from September 2009 onward, right??”
Noesis: “——”
That’s right. He just can’t bring himself to admit that Obama has created 3,354,000 jobs in LESS THAN 3 years…the most recent 3 years, by the way.
What you really have to ask yourself is this.
If we have a guy running for the gop who wants to return to the Bush-era policies that gave us…..
4,506,000 JOBS LOST in his second term…..
And we have a guy in office who completely turned around the ABSOLUTE, UNEQUIVOCAL WORST president in the recorded history of the US when it comes to jobs…
WHY would Noesis be rooting AGAINST the one who EVEN HE tacitly admits ADDED 3,354,000 jobs in the most recent 3 years??????????
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Indie: That’s why I’m voting for a return of the democratic controlled congress and hoping Obama will remember to steamroll the republicans when they try their little obstructionist game next time around.
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What part of the November 2010 elections didn’t you get? The American people gave democrats their worst beating in 34 years becasue they didn’t like what Obama was doing.
But hey, continue disregarding what the American voters want.
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Well this is… how shall I say it… ebarrasing for you Indie.
Lets see what other liberals are using… Clinton made 20 million new jobs (your column) or 22 million (mine).
Politifact:
Sherrod Brown touts job growth during Clinton presidency vs. Bush’s jobs record
So U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown caught our attention when he took a broader historical look while appearing July 14 on Rachel Maddow’s program on MSNBC.
“We saw jobs created, 22 million in the Clinton years,” said Brown, a Democrat…
The comparison should have been this: Job growth through Clinton two terms was 22.7 million…
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Factcheck*org
Reid Wrong on Bush’s Economic Record
Reid, Aug. 1: We lost 8 million jobs with the Bush administration. To show the difference, President Clinton created 23 million jobs.
Reid is correct about the number of jobs gained over the course of the Clinton administration. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 22.7 million jobs were added between January 1993 and January 2001…
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Joan Walsh: also don’t understand why, if as the Republicans claim, these tax cuts are the secret to job growth, two Bush terms only saw the number of jobs grow by 1.1 million, when jobs grew by 22.7 million under Bill Clinton
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Talking Points Memo: A closer look at Bush’s record on jobs
Over the whole of the Clinton administration, the economy added 22.7 million jobs — 237,000 per month.
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Businessweek:
Reminder on Economy
Obama sought to remind his supporters at yesterday’s event, which raised about $2 million, of the U.S. economic success under the nation’s last Democratic president.
“I ran for president because we had lost our way since Bill Clinton was in office,” Obama said, praising his predecessor who presided over an economy that added 22.7 million jobs during his two terms and a federal budget that went from deficit to surplus…
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Huffingtonpost:
If the Bush Tax Cuts Have Failed at Job Creation, Why Are So-Called “Job Creators” Still Fighting for Them?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under President Clinton from January 1993 to January 2001 the nation gained 22.7 million total jobs.
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And finally… ABC News
Obama Now Partly Running On Bill Clinton’s Record — ‘Our Plan’
On Tuesday, in Portland, Oregon, the president told supporters that the U.S. was not built from the top down, but rather from the bottom up. “It was built because we invested in great schools and great universities, and we put rules of the road in place to make sure that everybody was being treated fairly,” the president said. “Let me just point out that the approach that I’m talking about has also been tested. Just like their theories have been tested and didn’t work, my theories have been tested. The last time they were tried was by a guy named Bill Clinton. And we created 23 million new jobs, went from deficits to surplus, and we created a lot of millionaires to boot.”
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Did you catch that last part Indie? Here is what Obama said:
Obama: “..The last time they were tried was by a guy named Bill Clinton and we created 23 million new jobs…”
hmmm… Indie I don’t think even Obama was using your column…
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Noesis on Obama creating over 3.3 million jobs – “Is that the best he can do? ”
Answer – No. He could do a lot better with a democratic congress for the next 4 years. He was too nice to the republicans during those first 2 years he was in office. Instead of holding out hopes for that bunch of jerks to put America first, he should have seen them for the bunch of con men they are and just steamrolled them. That’s why I’m voting for a return of the democratic controlled congress and hoping Obama will remember to steamroll the republicans when they try their little obstructionist game next time around.
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And just remember the words of republican Mitch McConnell. He said that the republicans in congress had one priority…defeating Barack Obama.
Their priority was not helping Obama create jobs.
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So let me see if we’re all clear here. You are not disputing the fact that Obama has added 3,354,000 jobs, right?
You’re only pointing out that these jobs were added from September 2009 onward, right??
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New York Times:
Paul Krugman
The new White House “fact sheet” on the economy declares that job growth since August 2003 is the “longest continuous months of job growth on record.”
That’s literally true – the Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the great jobs boom of the 1990s do show a couple of scattered months of job decline, although these are probably statistical blips. But by any reasonable standard, job growth in the Bush years has fallen way short of growth in the Clinton years.
All the data are available at the BLS web site.
Over the whole of the Clinton administration, the economy added 22.7 million jobs – 237,000 per month.
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Oh, I wonder what column Krugman used?
(Jobs created Jan) (created Sep)
Bill Clinton D 1993–1997 +11,507,000 +12,060,000
Bill Clinton D 1997–2001 +11,233,000 +8,106,000
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What was your source Indie?
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Indie, Indie, Indie… You crow about Obambi adding 3.3 million jobs…
Except for the fact that there were 15.4 million people looking for work…
Is that the best he can do?
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Sorry you don’t like facts. Like you probably hate the fact we added 20,000,000 jobs under Clinton.
President Years Jobs Added
Kennedy/Johnson 1961–1965 +7,103,000
Lyndon Johnson 1965–1969 +9,428,000
Richard Nixon 1969–1973 +6,363,000
Nixon/Ford 1973–1977 +6,251,000
Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 +7,939,000
Ronald Reagan 1981–1985 +6,552,000
Ronald Reagan 1985–1989 +10,303,000
George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 +3,032,000
Bill Clinton 1993–1997 +12,060,000
Bill Clinton 1997–2001 +8,106,000
George W. Bush 2001–2005 +2,716,000
George W. Bush 2005–2009 -4,506,000
Barack Obama 2009–Jan’12 +3,354,000
Yep, that’s the column I used and it’s the one where you see Clinton’s 20 million jobs. Sorry, but that’s how they measure and that’s the official number.
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we started adding jobs after the American Recovery Act was signed into law in March, 2009
Unemployment numbers 2009
Jan 7.8%
Feb 8.3%
Mar 8.7%
Apr 8.9%
May 9.4%
Jun 9.5%
Jul 9.5%
Aug 9.6%
Sep 9.8%
Oct 10.0%
Nov 9.9%
Dec 9.9%
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Now you were saying?
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Why is it Indie that less people are working now than when Obama took office?
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Obama created 3,354,000 jobs in LESS THAN 3 years…and we started adding jobs after the American Recovery Act was signed into law in March, 2009.
And like I said, if it’s fair for him to expect Obama to deliver results instantly, I expect the same from him. So, Neosis, by your own standards…you STILL lose.
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So what he’s saying is that Obama created 3,354,000 jobs in LESS THAN 3 years. OK!!
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Nope: If you look at the number of people working when Obama took office, it was:
133,561,000
In Jun 2012, the number of people working was
132,461,000
So, since Obama took office, there are 473,000 less people working.
Hey, I’m just using your own source!
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All he’s doing is highlighting how massive the monthly job losses were under Bush and extending into Obama’s first 3 months.
Take it easy Noesis. We remember how AWFUL it was. It takes a lot to lose all those jobs like Bush did as he racked up the worst numbers in recorded history.
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It is MORE than fine with me if the 3,354,000 jobs were created from September 2009…9 months after inauguration and 6 month after the American Recovery Act was signed.
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Indie logic: Hey everybody! I went to the Casino with $10,000 and with my last quarter, I won $5,000! I’m up $5,000! Yippee!!!!
And I’m putting my party first? Who spent $5 trillion and all we got was 8.3% unemployment rate?
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So what he’s saying is that Obama created 3,354,000 jobs in LESS THAN 3 years. OK!!
I took the number from the same column where you get the universally accepted numbers for Clinton and Reagan quoted all the time, even in presidential debates.
But, Noesis, if you want to quibble over it that’s ok.
It is MORE than fine with me if the 3,354,000 jobs were created from September 2009…9 months after inauguration and 6 month after the American Recovery Act was signed.
So we got the 3,354,000 jobs. Noesis doesn’t dispute that. We just got them in even less time if he’s right.
You see, he won’t give Obama credit for creating those jobs.
Further, he acts like we should have seen those results immediately…even before Obama had the chance to sign the Recovery Act into law.
He’s clearly putting his party first…not America.
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And using the same logic and fairness he uses with Obama, Neosis admits I’m right since he hasn’t already provided a complete rebuttal.
If its fair for him to expect Obama to deliver results instantly, I expect the same from Neosis. So, Neosis, by your own standards…you lose.
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Indie: You don’t have to take my word. Look it up yourself if you want.
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OK I will… actually I already did.
George W. Bush
Created (Jan) +1,108
Created (Sep) -4,506
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Since Bush was no longer in office in September, per Wikipedia he created 1,108,000 jobs when he left the White House in January. You were using the budget period which ends in September, not when the President actually took office.
Now using the same table, Wikipedia says that when Bush left office, there were 133,561,000 people working.
The latest numbers for Obama per Wikipedia: 133,088,000 working. That means there are 473,000 less people working then when Obama took over.
So using your own source, there are less people working today than there was when Obama took over the White House.
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Job creation by term
Numbers listed from 1941 and onward are BLS data[2] of jobs (in thousands), and are shown from the year beginning and ending each presidential term. The monthly statistics are quoted from January, as U.S. presidents take office at the end of that month, and from September (bold), as this is the last month of the federal fiscal year.
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Did you catch that Indie? You’re supposed to be using the (Jan) column.
Don’t you just hate it when your propoganda falls flat on it’s face?
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From Wikipedia:
Bush’s last 4 years = we lost 4,506,000 jobs
Obama’s first 3 years = we gained 3,354,000 jobs
You don’t have to take my word. Look it up yourself if you want.
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And I didn’t leave out 2009. Another lie.
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Yes, it is a lie. Your numbers started in September of 2009. Obama took office in Jan 2009. Look at the header in the columns you were using. Notice the (Sept) designator?
Jeez, you would be more challenging to debate if you actually knew what you were talking about.
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Indie: Enough said. Let ‘em spin.
Why not, you started with the spin. Lets see what Politifact says about your analysis… Pelosi tried with the same lies you did:
– These statistics stand in “stark contrast to the Bush Administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months.” The numbers are correct as Pelosi phrased them, but she is cherry-picking. Her selection of time periods for the comparison produces a picture that’s as flattering as possible to the Democrats. We think a listener hearing this would assume that President Barack Obama’s job creation record stood in “stark contrast” to Bush’s, when in fact the time periods Pelosi uses put Obama’s record in the best possible light — because it skips all of 2009 — and puts Bush’s in the worst possible light.
She conveniently left out all of 2009, when the nation lost 4.7 million jobs, or 395,000 per month. That’s a monthly rate nearly twice as large as the increases recorded in 2010.
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So, let’s recap:
Bush lost 750,000 jobs a month for 3 months. = 2,250,000 jobs
Obama in 2009: 4,700,000 jobs lost
Obama since then: 3,353,000 jobs gained back.
Total loss by Obama: 1,347,000 jobs
And THAT is why our unemployment rate is still higher than when Bush left office.
Watch Indie spin like a top
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Unemployment rate when Obambi took office = 7.5%
Current unemployment rate = 8.3%
It’s the economy stupid…
Enough said. Let ‘em spin.
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Bush’s last 4 years = we lost 4,506,000 jobs
Obama’s first 3 years = we gained 3,354,000 jobs
Enough said. Let ‘em spin.
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As a PS: When it comes to reality, the majority of these comments are trivial.
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I have noticed working with Catholic Charities, those belonging to the upper middle class and above have not been dramatically affected by our economical problems. They still eat out frequently, use their automobiles without concern for the price of gasoline and take their cruises and I forgot to mention, quality medical care. Those most detrimentally affected are the lower middle class, the working poor, seniors, the destitute, and their numbers are increasing. We are finding it difficult to keep up. The price of food keeps escalating. If you would see and associate with these people and their problems, your heart would bleed and you would be so very, very thankful for what you have. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. While you are enjoying your dinner with appetizer, wine and desert, think about this.
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WOW! Doesn’t that put the Bush years into real perspective?
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I have a better idea… lets do this by who was in charge of Congress. After all, when the republicans turned over the keys to Congress in 2006, the economy was going fine. It wasn’t until a year and a half later, that the economy started tanking… And wasn’t it in 2010 when republicans took over the House that jobs started coming back?
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I was thinking of Marshall University’s Thundering Herd! “herd” should have been heard. Keta; forgive me! English grammar & spelling were not my strong points. Now English Literature is another matter. I have always loved to read.
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Noesis; All Democrats and All Union officials are not in the same pot. It is easy to categorize. As a Labor Union member and official, I never endorsed a strike. In the beginning of the Labor movement, strikes were a necessary evil. I believe Labor and Management should have respect for each other and treat each other with fairness. President Obama, his administration and the Democratic Platform are sadly lacking in the most basic and elemental foundations of a sound and just society. The right to life is the primary right, without this, all other rights are immaterial. President Obama, the majority of Democratic members of the House and Senate endorse the killing of the unborn and just recently added their official endorsement to Same Sex Marriage by adding it to their platform. Have you ever herd of anything more ludicrous? We used to refer to unnatural sexual relations as sodomy and the fact of the matter, it still is. I would prefer the leaders of our country be more stable.
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Don’t forget how bad it was when Obama took office, or better yet, early March of 2009 when his American Recovery Act was signed into law.
In fact, with all the talk about jobs and unemployment let’s just get real and look at some results there too.
I’ll put this in historical context by going back to the Kennedy years.
President Years Jobs Added
Kennedy/Johnson 1961–1965 +7,103,000
Lyndon Johnson 1965–1969 +9,428,000
Richard Nixon 1969–1973 +6,363,000
Nixon/Ford 1973–1977 +6,251,000
Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 +7,939,000
Ronald Reagan 1981–1985 +6,552,000
Ronald Reagan 1985–1989 +10,303,000
George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 +3,032,000
Bill Clinton 1993–1997 +12,060,000
Bill Clinton 1997–2001 +8,106,000
George W. Bush 2001–2005 +2,716,000
George W. Bush 2005–2009 -4,506,000
Barack Obama 2009–Jan’12 +3,354,000
WOW! Doesn’t that put the Bush years into real perspective?
Not only was Bush the first President to lose jobs in a 4-year term since Kennedy…he was the FIRST EVER since they started tracking it under FDR.
Not only was Bush the first President to lose jobs over a 4-year term, but he also lost 1.79 million net jobs over an 8-year reign.
Compare that to the 8 years prior to Bush when we added 20 million jobs under Clinton or even the Reagan years when we added almost 17 million and the Bush years stand in stark contrast.
Has Obama added 20 million jobs? No, he’s added over 3.5 million jobs if you add in results through end of July and the first 1.79 million jobs had to make up for the hole Bush dug in his 8 years.
Can Obama rebound to the kind of numbers that Reagan and Clinton posted after taking office in the midst of a recession? It’ll be tough. Remember, neither Reagan nor Clinton followed a president who LOST jobs and (obviously)the recessions they had to dig America out of were not as bad as the one Bush left us with.
Regardless, at the current pace we should be adding about 4 million jobs by the end of Obama’s first term. At least it’s a TURNAROUND of what Bush left us.
That point cannot be UNDER-APPRECIATED. We had no guarantee that America wouldn’t see year after year of continued job loss, if you’ll recall, when we were in the midst of the recession at the end of the Bush years and into the early months of the Obama first term.
Frankly, I think Obama will be poised to post much bigger job numbers in his second term. Unless everything goes south between now and election day, if Obama does win I think he will have coattails. I think he will campaign on that, pointing out that he won’t be able to get much done in a second term with a republican-led congress.
I think this appeal could work with those who will be voting for Obama in November.
If Obama gets his democratic congress and is then able to go on to post job gains of 8-10 million in his second term…given the magnitude of the economic catastrophe he inherited from Bush…the history will look at Obama and his total 12-14 million jobs added as a huge victory for both Obama and America.
Sadly, some here won’t be satisfied to just disagree whether that will happen or not…they will be actively rooting against Obama (and, by default, America) all the way to 2017 regardless.
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Wow with all of that done the unemployment must be about 1% and the economy is wonderful. I feel much better already.
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Here’s more Obama has done for our great nation since taking office on January 21, 2009:
- Launched a $15 billion plan to boost lending to small businesses
- Allocated special funding to the Labor Department to provide green job training to veterans
- Allocated funding to states and the Department of Homeland Security to save thousands of police or firefighter jobs from being cut during the recession
- Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers
- Announced the “Making Home Affordable” home refinancing plan
- Signed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures, providing $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness, and helping to stabilize the housing market for everybody
- Provided tax credits to first-time home buyers through the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 to revitalize the U.S. housing market
- Provided attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
- Purchased fuel efficient American-made fleet of vehicles for the federal government
– Increased funding for student loans and pell grants for 2010 students
- Invested heavily in education both as a way to provide jobs now and lay the foundation for long-term prosperity
- Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
- Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America’s Veterans
- Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs the largest spending increase in 30 years to improve medical facilities and national cemeteries, and to assist states in acquiring or constructing state nursing homes and extended care facilities:
- Signed the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act on February 4, 2009, which provides quality health care to 11 million kids – 4 million who were previously uninsured
– Issued a Presidential Memorandum to the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances, like dishwashers and refrigerators. Through this step, over the next three decades, we’ll save twice the amount of energy produced by all the coal-fired power plants in America in any given year
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Calling Democrats, especially Obama supporters( which you are not) “racist” is popular in wingnut blogosphere world, where Noesis lives.
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That’s pretty funny coming from the side that calls people racist for disagreeing with Obama’s liberal policies.
I do find it amazing Mick that you are against Obama when he takes the position that pretty much any other democrat or union official would.
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As an interesting PS
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No need to defend yourself on the “racist” comment. Calling Democrats, especially Obama supporters( which you are not) “racist” is popular in wingnut blogosphere world, where Noesis lives. It doesn’t mean anything. Neither does “looking at where we really lost jobs”, also a wingnut exercise in making the president seem responsible for every lost job since the moment the economy blew up under George W. Bush. You may recall John Boehner’s response to the fact that his spending cuts would kill more than a million jobs: “So be it.” Or the fact that years of Republican insistence on cutting taxes for the wealthy have taught us what DOESN’T create jobs.
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Noesis; As an interesting PS: My family owned slaves in the Danville Virginia area. All my family (on my fathers side) fought and died for the Confederacy. I take pride in this. States Rights was the primary issue, Slavery was a secondary issue although important to agricultural stability. This is a complex issue and worthy of more research and study. I discriminate against no individual for any reason. My family used to refer to the slaves as “darkies” and had great love and respect for them. They were in all respects, members of the family and treated as such. The well being of the family was in their hands. This is difficult to comprehend in our modern day society. As an interesting side note, Jesus Christ did not condemn slavery, He was a man of his times, but a notch above His times, He taught justice and fair treatment for all members of society. I think we fail in these regards.
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There is no call for that kind of name calling,can’t we all just get along?
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Noesis; My compliments, an intelligent retort.
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Noesis; I find your comment “here’s the only fact that counts: It’s the economy stupid!” LACKING!!!!
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What do I care Mick, you’re just a racist democrat.
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Moratorium called on natural gas exports by Obama.
Gas prices overseas about 4 times higher than US. Europe and Japan willing to pay top dollar. Problem Obama has is greedy corporations trying to make a buck.
He is doing everything withen his grasp to keep our economy from taking off.
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Oh and Indie… here’s the only “fact” that counts:
It’s the economy stupid!
And right now it sucks!
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Indie, I’m still waiting for your response to the last lie you told…
“Obama had a bi-partisan team of economists working on his transition team and 8% was set out as a goal for unemployment but that was before the jobs hemorrhage in Bush’s final months effectively made 8% an unreachable goal.”
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Except that the goals were announced in Jan 2009. And the Bush job’s hemorrhage in his final months?: Nov = 6.8%, Dec = 7.3%.
So, lets look at when we really lost jobs. Not when Bush was in office but… months later:
2009: 7.8 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.9
2010 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.6 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.4
2011 9.1 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.5
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Here are a few fun facts. Remember that our economy was losing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of jobs EVERY MONTH when Bush left office and handed over the economy in shambles to our current president.
Since coming into office on January 21, 2009, President Barack Obama has:
- Signed the Recovery Act (commonly known as the stimulus) into law on February 17, 2009. And as numbers provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show, between March 2009, the first month stimulus money could affect the jobs numbers, and May 2012, 971,000 non-farm payroll jobs were created. Add to that another 64,000 jobs created in June and 163,000 jobs created in July, 2012.
- Helped reverse a downward spiral of the stock market. On January 19, 2009, the last day of President Bush’s presidency, the Dow closed at 8,218.22. As of this moment, the Dow 13,185.89
- Launched U.S. Auto industry rescue plan which went on to be a huge success
- Protected 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors through the Recovery Act that would have otherwise been lost
- Extended unemployment benefits for 2,000,000 unemployed Americans by 20 weeks. At the time the bill was signed 7,000 unemployed Americans were losing their unemployment benefits each day
- Cracked down on companies that deny sick pay, vacation and health insurance to workers by abusing the employee classification of independent contractor. Such companies also avoid paying Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes for those workers
- Issued an executive order to create the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
- Signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act which gives the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud, from lending to the financial system, and creates a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial practices that brought us to this point
- Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices
And here’s two more Mitt Romney probably didn’t like:
- Endorsed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close offshore tax havens
- Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
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Vote buying at it’s best!
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Homer is a cranky old semi-literate loon.
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Versus you being a cranky literate loon?
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we know you just hate facts
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LMAO….here’s a Homer fact: “Crawford is blind to the facts because he is a Democrat…” Homer is a cranky old semi-literate loon.
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I am not watching the nose I am watching the ears grow every time he speakes.
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I’m afraid commenting on Homer’s letters just encourages him. Tribune forum posters are the only people I’ve encountered who take Homer seriously.
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Yeah Keta, we know you just hate facts…
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Shame about issue 2. Voters do make mistakes.
Solar–did anyone see where EPA building was equipped with solar panels? Pay back in 70 years. Ok though, just our hard earned tax dollars!!(panel life expectancy,20 years)
Keep em coming Homer.
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Sam Cram; I think the confidence and trust you place in President Obama, may be misplaced.
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Homer Campbell; I think the most I ever made in a year was in the neighborhood of $52,000 that was due to a lot of overtime (I worked for the C&O Railroad for forty two years) I was a clerk, they now call them Customer Service Representatives. I also served as President of Local 359 Brotherhood Of Railway, Airline And Steamship Clerks for twenty years with a membership of over 350 members. Please be cautious when it comes to being critical of the “Green Movement”, this is the wave of the future. Solar and Wind in particular are leading the effort. They are in their infantile stage, and yes, there will be mistakes, as in any advancement. Homer; your not blind to the facts are you? I’m just curious, seeing as you are a Republican. Do Republicans ever make mistakes?
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And for you Noesis, you claim “many democrats are defecting? One in seven voters for Obama four years ago won’t be supporting him in November elections…”
Let me ask you this have you heard of the Bradley affect??
It means that the amount of people who claim they are going to vote for an “African American” is much lower than what it really is, it has been proven any many elections for the past three decades. For example; In 2008 only 8% of white males claimed they voted for Obama, come on we all know that is not true at all. Essentially you put a closed minded white male on front, you might get a different answer than what he truly believes behind that closed booth.
OBAMA 2012
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Haha recognizes the Kasich administration as a legitimate government, he is about the worst example you could have given, Kasich is the same guy that proposed that awful ideal that has fallen into many conservative minds that we should cut government spending for public jobs he is a coward, that is why his senate bill five proposal “issue 2″ was drastically shot down because he basically was going to screw everyone
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The Kasich administration’s latest spending and revenue estimates say Ohio should finish fiscal year 2013 with a $408 million surplus – and that is without counting an anticipated $500 million payment from JobsOhio.
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This is what we can look forward to when Romney takes over.
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3 days into office he signed away the Mexico City policy and same time began giving our tax dollars to organizations that support abortion overseas.
He lies so much I’m surprised his nose doesn’t start growing.
And as far as up coming debates, watch Obambi’s nose very closely.
Reid’s nose is getting longer also.
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Indie: This is the most intellectually dishonest piece I’ve ever read in the Tribune.
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Really? He hasn’t spent billions on “green energy” that failed to produce jobs like he expected?
You state that: “Obama had a bi-partisan team of economists working on his transition team and 8% was set out as a goal for unemployment but that was before the jobs hemorrhage in Bush’s final months effectively made 8% an unreachable goal.”
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And yet, that’s a lie: … Jan. 9, 2009, report called “The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” from Christina Romer, chairwoman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, and Jared Bernstein, the vice president’s top economic adviser.
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So, Obama had been in office a full year when that report came out.
And Obama HAS increased taxes for those making under $250,000 a year contrary to his claim that he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone make <$250,000 by a single dime.
And if Obambi's doing such a great job Keta, why are so many democrats defecting? One in seven voters for Obama four years ago won't be supporting him in November elections…
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This is the most intellectually dishonest piece I’ve ever read in the Tribune.
First of all, Obama was hit by hundreds of thousands of lost jobs per month in the first few months of his administration…before any of his policies had time to be enacted and make any impact. This was a continuation of the Bush era and was worse than anyone thought it would be.
Obama had a bi-partisan team of economists working on his transition team and 8% was set out as a goal for unemployment but that was before the jobs hemorrhage in Bush’s final months effectively made 8% an unreachable goal. Either way, it has nothing to do with Obama or anyone else LYING.
Middle class, you say? Barack Obama said he wanted to keep tax rates the same for everyone making $250,000 or less. Obama didn’t say you aren’t in the middle-class unless you make $250,000!!
Obama included everyone up to $250,000 in the “middle class or under” category that would have no tax increase. He was, in effect, setting $250K as the income level where wealth begins and where he wanted to raise the marginal tax rate by 4.6%.
If you really think what you wrote on this specific point is true, Homer, then you just aren’t that bright. If you know what the truth is and wrote what you did anyway, you’re a bad person.
You want to criticize him because he’s never run a company? Really?? Why, do you want to see those impressive offshore-money hiding / American jobs outsourcing skills that Mitt Romney has demonstrated?
The fact is that Obama has gotten a lot done for America. The upcoming debates and post-convention campaign will reflect that. The election in November will reflect that. History will reflect that.
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