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Honeycombe8

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5. They've been saying that since 2009! The unemployment is much higher!!!! People have given up!

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:26 PM

Oct 2012

I'm sure that's true. It has always been true. It will continue to be true. But we can't get a statistic on that, and since it was true last month, and the month before that, and the month before that, aren't we still comparing apples to apples?

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Bwahaa! "He Promised Unemployment Would Go Below 8%" Bellyaching Has Now Been Changed to 5.6%. [View all] Solomon Oct 2012 OP

Fox is now trotting out the fact that the statistic does not include everyone who has given up. n/t dogknob Oct 2012 #1

I think that comes from Mitt's campaign. wtmusic Oct 2012 #4

They've been saying that since 2009! The unemployment is much higher!!!! People have given up! Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #5

Except that is not a fact, it's a falsehood. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #8

And when is Obama going to Politicalboi Oct 2012 #2

That's the worst argument they can make tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #11

I love the look of Hannity frustration in the morning aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #3

The man is off the chart. He's flailing around throwing Solomon Oct 2012 #6

Suggestion for Obams commercial: goalposts on wheels... JHB Oct 2012 #7

He's not the only one. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #9

Obama could bring it down to 0% and they would say it has to be negative numbers. vaberella Oct 2012 #10