Bleak jobs report dampens hopes of Obama reelection

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

They have to prove their point. Otherwise its all about the votes.

Assuming its all due to his efforts only. Which of course, it isn't.

I thought it was all about, "I told you so." Not much satisfaction in that.

[Zero Sum 305]

I thought it was all about, "I told you so." Not much satisfaction in that.

Usually when you prove a point of this nature you win elections. Maybe they know they can't prove the point they say they're trying to make because its BS.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Usually when you prove a point of this nature you win elections. Maybe they know they can't prove the point they say they're trying to make because its BS.

That's a pretty cynical way to look at politicians. From the ones I have met, they all seem to have the best of intentions. I just do not always agrees with their goals, or their solutions.

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Who is that a morph of?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

it happened under his watch. his effort or lack thereof, it's all his.

Just like Iraq and Bush.

[Zero Sum 305]

That's a pretty cynical way to look at politicians. From the ones I have met, they all seem to have the best of intentions. I just do not always agrees with their goals, or their solutions.

What would be bleak? The fantasy socialism, the freedoms being taken away, or the Manchurian Kenyan in the White House? You have to pick your ice cream flavor before paying for it. Its only proof of concept that my hypothesis seeks to address.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What would be bleak? The fantasy socialism, the freedoms being taken away, or the Manchurian Kenyan in the White House? You have to pick your ice cream flavor before paying for it. Its only proof of concept that my hypothesis seeks to address.

Sometimes thought experiments do the job better at less expense. Einstein and Hawkins did most of their work that way, among others. The rest is just getting all the math right.

[Zero Sum 305]

Sometimes thought experiments do the job better at less expense. Einstein and Hawkins did most of their work that way, among others. The rest is just getting all the math right.

Jobs + GOP makes for an answer with imaginary numbers.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And how has Obama'a net loss of 5 million jobs in less than half that time been accounted for in your equation?

Now I know that's the picture you'd like to paint but it's not the picture the facts support. Remember that of the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession, more than half (4.4 million) were lost before Obama ever took office. Of the 3.6 million jobs lost under his watch, better than 2 million have been created leaving Obama with a net loss thus far of roughly 1.5 million jobs. Contrast that with the last time the economy was left to an incoming administration in such dire straits and all of a sudden, the record doesn't look as bad you'd want it to look.

Of course, none of that will matter in 2012. All that will matter is the trend of the unemployment rate and the trajectory of the overall economy next summer going into the fall.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

it happened under his watch.

No, it didn't. There's no 5 million net jobs loss under Obama's watch. That's demonstrably false. The economy shed 3.6 million jobs under his watch and has since added more than 2 million.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Jobs + GOP makes for an answer with imaginary numbers.

Engineers love imaginary numbers. When I was playing in the Army, the R->P and P->R function got used a lot on my HP calculator.