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Walker Doesn't Like Offical Jobs Numbers, So Produced His Own. FACT - We Are Still Last (Original Post) midnight May 2012 OP
He'd be a farce if he wasn't such a douchebag. Scuba May 2012 #1
He'd be a douchebag if he weren't such a fucking, scum-sucking, shit-for-brains asshole Poiuyt May 2012 #2
You said it ladym55 May 2012 #3
Doesn't he contradict himself with his new numbers...after blames the midnight May 2012 #4
Businesses hesitant in times of political uncertainty... so why is stock market up 55% under Obama? progree May 2012 #5

midnight

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4. Doesn't he contradict himself with his new numbers...after blames the
Mon May 21, 2012, 11:30 PM
May 2012

worse jobs in the country on his recall election... Which one is it... bad job numbers due to recall, or improved job number due to his new calculations...

"The new numbers won't change the monthly unemployment data that has been used to measure how well Walker is meeting his 2010 jobs promise.

Walker blamed the state's employment woes on the recalls, saying employers are hesitant to add jobs during times of political uncertainty but that there would be a "dramatic turnaround" after June 5.http://www.startribune.com/politics/151389005.html

progree

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5. Businesses hesitant in times of political uncertainty... so why is stock market up 55% under Obama?
Thu May 24, 2012, 12:26 AM
May 2012

"Walker blamed the state's employment woes on the recalls, saying employers are hesitant to add jobs during times of political uncertainty"

I keep laughing my backside off when RepubliCONs and the CONNEDservative goobers they con keep repeating this junk about businesses hesitant to hire and invest because of political uncertainty (never mind 25 straight months of job growth). I always retort that the business and investor class sure seems to have great faith in Obama -- when Obama took office, the S&P 500 was at 850. At Wednesday's close (5/23/12) it was 1319, up 55% since he took office. (Contrast that to Bush's performance -- he inherited a 1343 S&P 500 from Clinton and left office with it at 850 - a 37% decline).

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EGSPC+Historical+Prices
I use the prices at the last close before inauguration day -- inauguration days were 1/20/2001 and 1/20/2009

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