Obama Admin On Miserable Jobs Report: Blame Bush, Claim 11 Million Jobs Saved
Give Gene Sperling credit--he managed to keep a straight face. Sent out onto the White House lawn to explain away the horrendous jobs report showing that the economy created no new jobs in August, the director of the White House National Economic Council actually resorted to blaming the economy inherited from George W. Bush, then making the mind-boggling boast that the failed Obama stimulus program somehow made an 11-million job difference.
Sperling was speaking with Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, guest hosting for Chuck Todd on MSNBC's Daily Rundown. View video after the jump.
Watch Sperling say things that would have made Baghdad Bob blush.
CHRIS CILLIZZA: Gene, the President I assume is going to have to make a pretty forceful case to Congress on why what he's going to propose is necessary. How much does this jobs report, though, erode the kind of political foundation that he's standing on, allowing Republicans to simply say we've listened to that, we've tried that--now we need something new?
GENE SPERLING: Exactly the opposite. The President inherited an economy that we now know was falling at almost 9% a year, actually 8.9% in the last quarter of 2008. Independent analysts found that the recovery act that the President put forward meant a difference of about 8 million jobs in 2010 and up to three million jobs in the second quarter of this year. And what the President was fighting for, working his heart out every day this summer was to get a long-term plan that would do fiscal certainty.
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Isn't Sperling another
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 1:06pm.
Isn't Sperling another re-tread loser from the Clinton administration??? Can we get some actual evidence of any of these 11 million people who's jobs were 'saved'??? And..........if Boy Barry has been 'working his heart every day this summer' on the jobs and employment situation, it sure doesn't seem to have mattered. Of course, I've never noticed that Barama even HAD a heart, regardless of what George Clooless says............
Yeah, he is!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 2:24pm.
Check this out before it's pulled off Canadian media.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1
Don't forget that Barney Fwank's boyfwend worked at Fannie Mae when he wasn't being Barneys Fannie Boy.
How soon we forget.
There comes a point
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 1:26pm.
As Soetoro said one time, "I do think at a certain point, you've made enough money."
(I mentioned this elsewhere but it belongs here more appropriately)
In the last couple of weeks, we hear Soetoro saying he's got a "jobs plan" that he'll give after his vacation. Ok, fine. Of course we know it's going to be a load of crap, but amazingly people still want to hear what he has to say.
In the last couple of days, Soetoro decides to ignore proper decorum and demand a JSOC(joint session of Congress) on Sep 7th, which we know coincides with the GOP debate, so that was no accident in scheduling. It was going to be his "jobs plan" and was soundly and brilliantly rebuffed by John Boehner who took it as a "request" and gave him the next day.....which was kickoff day for NFL season.
Today, we get the jobs report, which we heard beforehand that it was expected that only a small number of jobs were created, but the ugly surprise was that NO jobs were created(net zero).
And is it any surprise that Soetoro wants to continue to do the JSOC and talk about his alleged jobs plan, of course we know it's going to be the same boring crap of "I, me, me, blame GOP, blame Bush, not my fault, need more time?" He already embarrassed himself with the demand of the JSOC, but will he embarrass himself with this after a jobs report that is the worst since 1945?
If it were me(and it wouldn't have been me because this is a ridiculous situation) that were in this situation, I would be tendering my resignation at this JSOC, hence my subject line and his infamous phrase,I would paraphrase it as: I do think at a certain point, you've done enough, it's time to stop.
Anyone with a true sense of morals....well, if it were someone with that, we wouldn't have this situation anyway.....but this is Soetoro we're talking about, and he's going to keep plugging away. As has been noted on more than one occasion, his personality is one that he'll proceed with this and he will without question make himself an even BIGGER fool than before, if that were possible. We know he wants to destroy this country, but is he still able at this point? What will he do in order to get his way? How much lower can he go?
Time will tell in the next few days.
-Jon
Ø, Ain't for dirty air. Ø will fold on this soon.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 2:11pm.
Ahh the purity of essence.
However, the Clean Air Act does not allow the EPA to consider how much it will cost to comply when picking a new standard.
But it is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to stopping Washington Democrats' agenda of tax hikes, more government 'stimulus' spending, and increased regulations, which are all making it harder to create more American jobs," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
As if I'm going to invest in new equipment, just to have this rule reversed. One of those bait 'N switch, that would erase my capital.
Say, Hows Boeing new non union factory doing pumping out DREAMLINERS!!
You Didn't Build That.
If 11 million jobs were saved
Submitted by Maestroh on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 5:01pm.
If 11 million jobs were saved then put those names and addresses in a brochure and mail it to us we can know who these people are.