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Jobless claims up again. Go Obama. Really, GO!!

Posted: Aug 23, 2012

link to Market Watch

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Sigh. It's a weekly figure. If you read your own link - minus cherry-picking

you will find this statement: "The four-week average reduces seasonal volatility in the weekly data and is seen as a more accurate barometer of labor-market trends. Not clear what your "4 years now" addition has to do with anything, since it is not found in the market report, but it's comical your temporal cut-off implies you think there were no hemorrhagic jobs losses in the months before Obama was sworn in.

I understand Romney's decision to go rogue with his VP pick, thus downplaying his original intent to campaign on the economy and pick up the "choice" brand, was based on a special kind of GOP disappointment in the economy's failure to tank badly enough. Evidently the Obama-sucks-give-me-a-try wave was a wipeout. The "choice" choice isn't working out so well for him. Wonder what he has up his sleeve for an RNC switch to an umptheeth campaign theme? So far we've lurched from MA governor, to Bain Capitol business acumen, to Olympics Superhero, to economy fixer-upper, a brief stint as champion of the middle class, MC/SS savior, and abortion flip-flopper.

Not to worry. I'm sure he'll eventually find that perfect fit while going through his closet of campaign theme dress-up changes.

You call Ryan pick going rogue?? I'm not sure(sm) - Aunt Sue

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how you figure this was a bad choice. Ryan has more knowledge about the economy in his little finger than Obama has in his whole body. I'm just amazed at all this nonsensical rhetoric you are spouting. Switching themes? WTH are you talking about? Does he not need to spell out his plans in different areas? It's not a one-trick pony. He has to address all the issues. I've read your post again, and I do not get it. Maybe I'm having an off day, but none of it really makes much sense to me, and the more I get into it, the less sense I will make. Business acumen. OMG. Are you for real? And just for the record, I hope gas prices go waaaaay up before election day and the economy gets worse. That way, maybe Obama will go away. Poof! Bleeding jobs before he came into office? Okay, but why are we still bleeding after 4 years. I need a nap now.

If you have to ask, - no amount of explanation will suffice.

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Suggestion: Spend a little less time trashing Obama and the liberals and check in from time to time on the Tampa's recent state of emergency declaration. It's the GOP who's been driving the national dialog as far as possible AWAY from the economy, with their non-stop campaign gaffes, which I have posted enough about these past few weeks. That you have not been paying attention is not my problem.

Meanwhile, while their faux pas pile up, I'm sure the president has been planning down to the most meticulous of details how he's going to handle the issues...that is if the GOP will EVER stop screwing up long enough for them to get a little focus.

You are having an off day. It was Romney's alleged Bain Capitol business acumen I was referring to, so I'd suggest you get that rhetorical knee-jerk hyper-reflexia checked out. While you're at it, check out the that beautiful BLS job-loss graph that contrasts Bush to Obama years. You know, the one that shows the numbers rising from the red deep-six zone on inauguration day into blue positive territory once Obama's new policies were implemented and began to take took effect. Hint: Red is the jobs bleed color, blue is the color of steady healing.

PS: Reports out for MONTHS now predict gas prices will be at or below $3/gal national average by Halloween. Sorry if that disappoints you. Perhaps the doctor can prescribe something for GOP root-for-failure syndrome.

Likewise, I'm sure. Obama lovers are a hopeless lot. - Aunt Sue

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nm

"Trashing Obama" to a liberal means (sm) - nm

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telling the truth about him and the fact that he is a failed President.

Obama is looking for the moron vote (sm) - Not an idiot

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I have a feeling he'd find a lot of friends here. Blind loyalty.

Link

I will trash him until his thugs come and take me away (sm) - Aunt Sue

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but really, it's not trashing when it's all true. People refuse to face reality. It is scary, but you should try; and just in case you think the thugs coming to take me away is funny, wait until your rights to free speech are gone. Just wait.

The choice isn't working out for him? (sm) - LM

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I think Paul Ryan was an EXCELLENT choice. He has a way of explaining things that people understand. There is a small community of elderly people near where I live, and they just LOVE him, and they're not even scared of his Medicare plan. They are more afraid of Obama's. Actually, I don't understand much of your response anyway. The unemployment figures have gone up. Did you not read my link? Obama has had 4 years to fix it. He has made it worse.

The UE figures for August cannot be released - until August is over.

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Hope that makes sense to you. Yes, I read your link. In fact, I bolded a statement lifted from your link in my other post that explains why weekly changes are not terribly significant.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but ever since Obama's policies took effect, job losses have been transformed into net gains. The jobs created numbers are a composite that DOES account for both progress in the private sector, AND the losses in the public sector generated by GOP policies aimed at obliterating them all together.

We have been down this road 1000 times. The gains would have been more robust had GOP congressional obstructionists not decided their one-term-president priorities made putting economic growth on their hit list IMPERATIVE. In the meantime, they either killed all initiatives that would make the president look good, or moved them to the back burner where they continue to simmer as we speak. Evidence abounds. Check it out.

Hope this makes sense to YOU - with same condescending attitude you

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used. Try actually reading the post and set aside the desire for condescending crap. We ALL know August UE figures come out for August once August is over DUHHHHH. Since you are so unaware, OP was referrring to PREVIOUS figures, meaning July and before, where figures went up. We have been down this road a 1000 times.

But.for.your.benefit.we.can.do.it.again.

Petty squabbles fail to hold my interest. - Since you refuse to address

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the other side of the equation I brought up about the GOPs role in tanking the economy, I'd say we're done here.

Petty squabbles fail to hold my interest - And yet you endlessly start them - Go figure!

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:D derp

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