How Bad Reporting Becomes a Wingnut Talking Point Forever
Some dumbass wingnut that comments here (I don’t recall who and I don’t feel like looking it up) said that unemployment is higher now than it would have been without the stimulus package.
Here is a link that explains how that dumbass got his fact wrong to begin with.
Of course, being wrong is part of the wingnut lifestyle. So once a useful talking point is on the books it stays forever. Expect “the unemployment rate is now higher than it would have been without the stimulus package” to be repeated throughout your liberal media.
Republicans don’t give a flying fuck about the truth as long as the lie advances their cause.
Yes…it is that simple.
“unemployment is higher now than it would have been without the stimulus package.”
No. Unemployment is higher now than the administration claimed it would be wihtout the stimulus.
And your article is full of “yeah, but..” but not a refutation of that point. So the claim is 100% accurate and true.
And this nugget is just part of a grand scheme of this administration making s**t up on jobs as they go along.
Hey, I’d do it too if I got away with what they’re getting away with.
…and if I didn’t hear the tree, it never fell.
Nice specious reasoning you got going on there, Dave.
“Nice specious reasoning you got going on there, Dave.”
He misquoted me, then failed to make his point. And you have problems with me?
It’s SOP in the world of forecasting to make revisions based on new data.
It is allowed and expected, regardless of political affiliation.
“It’s SOP in the world of forecasting to make revisions based on new data.”
That doesn’t change the fact that the statement is true.
You know what else is dumb? To think that anyone could possibly know what the unemployment rate would be without the ‘stimulus.’ Why? Because there is no way to access the psychological component of the economic model.
If there’s man on first, with one out, and a three-and-two count on the batter, and the runner gets picked-off first, and then the batter walks, can one say that if the runner hadn’t been picked-off, he’d have been at second, since the batter walked? No.
Changing something changes everything.
shorter FSP.
It’s going to rain.
Weeks later it finally rains….
See, it rained…I was right
The unemployment numbers are higher than the administration predicted, in fact, they are higher than the more adverse scenario for the stress tests. I think the administration fell victim to the old “rosy scenario” wishful thinking.
It means Bush really messed things up. As I recall Bush had a few year before he owned the Economy Clinton gave him….
Oh, I agree that Bush f’ed the economy up royally. I’m really not sure why the Obama admin shot themselves in the foot by painting an overly rosy scenario in employment.
So FSP was the dumbass. Figures.
So, UI can take a good look at the bigger picture and discuss it, but then we see the reminder from the narrow view that “FSP is the dumbass” and absolutely nullifying what was otherwise becoming a constructive thread. It’s what keeps the credibility cranking! WOO! What happened? UI get out of line or something?
I know you constantly want to beat him with the Bush whip, J, but eff, already. Great conversation killer.
I’m jut pointing out that the original dumbass in question was FSP. It wasn’t a comment on the balance of the thread.
Fact- bank stress tests were based on below 9% unemployment. Obama’s FUBAR economy has it going over 10%.
Fact-The stimulus bill will end up doing little for economic growth, it seems Dems do not know the difference between investment and consumption.
Fact- we now have record deficits and record debt Thanks to Obama.
Fact- this site will continue to lash out at Republicans to hide the monumental failures of Obama.
Fact- Obama will be a one term disaster.
Mike Protack
Obama will be a one term disaster.
Thus sayeth the master of electoral politics.
Not a single one of the things listed is actually a “fact.” How many are surprised Mike Protack doesn’t know the meaning of the word?
Congress’ approval ratings and the generic ’10 Congressional polling data are becoming quite interesting.