Good News and Republican Delusions
October 5, 2012 4 Comments
The latest job numbers are out, showing an increase of 114,000 jobs in September, with unemployment down to 7.8 percent. Now, one could still complain about those numbers, stating that they aren’t good enough, and arguing that more needs to be done to spur growth through investment — as opposed to encouraging decline by cutting investment in the name of slaying the Deficit Dragon.
But conservatives aren’t doing that. They aren’t making a case for how to produce a healthy economy with decent jobs and career opportunities for all. Instead, they’re concocting conspiracy theories.
Here’s Jack Welch on Twitter…
Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers—
Jack Welch (@jack_welch) October 05, 2012
And there are plenty of other examples, from radio host Laura Ingraham to the Republican media outlet called Fox News.
I actually think that the conservative reaction helps President Obama’s re-election campaign. A lot. By reacting with such outrage, conservatives are suggesting that these are fantastic numbers that (if true) would mean that Obama is doing a terrific job. Considering that most people will believe the numbers put forth by the non-partisan bureaucrats at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it means that today the conservatives are making a loud and forceful argument on behalf of Barack Obama’s stewardship of the economy.
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Excellent point, and also speaks to what everyone has been having the past few days.. knee-jerk reactions. you know who doesn’t? President Obama. And that has worked out well for him so far in his political career.
True! Obama responded the following day with some stuff that he really should have said the night before, but he didn’t go into panic mode or start changing his policies, as Romney sometimes does in the middle of interviews.
Funny…nobody ever complains about the BLS numbers being “cooked’ when they quote them as evidence of how Obama’s been “failing”.
Yeah, these conservatives seem to have a loose grasp on reality, and very short memories!