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Botany

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Mon Feb 6, 2012, 09:11 AM Feb 2012

Bob McDonnell: Republican Governors, Not Obama, Deserve Credit For Rising Economy [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/bob-mcdonnell-republican-governors-credit-economy_n_1255994.html?ref=mostpopular

From the Department of it takes Big Balls:

Bob McDonnell: Republican Governors, Not Obama, Deserve Credit For Rising Economy

WASHINGTON -- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Sunday that Republican governors deserve credit for
the improving economy.

"I'm glad the economy is starting to recover, but I think it's because of what Republican governors are
doing in their states, not because of the president," McDonnell said on CNN's "State of the Union with
Candy Crowley."

McDonnell did not elaborate on what the governors have done. But he said Republican governors are
in charge of more states with positive economic conditions. "Eleven out of the top 15 states in America
that are ranked by CNBC as top places to do business are Republican states," he said. "Seven out of the
10 states that have had the biggest drop in unemployment are states run by Republican governors."

snip

"This race is coming down to three things. It's leadership, it's jobs, and it's the national debt and deficit,"
McDonnell said. "And on all of those, President Obama's failed. He spends most of his time blaming
Republicans and the Tea Party and Wall Street for all the problems in the country and not taking responsibility.
He's completely failed to get the national debt and deficit under control. He's contributed nearly $5 trillion
to the national debt with no plan to get out of it.

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Of course McDonnell did not say what he and the other republican governors have done ....
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"Ranked by CNBC as top places to do business' hobbit709 Feb 2012 #1
You know, because CNBC is just so pro-worker, aren't they? HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #3
Yeah---that's the new meme they are rolling out. trumad Feb 2012 #2
All they have done is FIRE public workers. JoePhilly Feb 2012 #4
That's a good way to frame it...they have done nothing but create unemployment... rfranklin Feb 2012 #6
Uh, the jobs numbers would be BETTER if it weren't for the public sector losses. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #5
Did I tell you that I take the credit for the Giants' win in the Super Bowl? Botany Feb 2012 #7
Public sector loses brought on by the kill-labor and unions GOP governors. nanabugg Feb 2012 #13
Keep telling yourself that, Bobbo. Arkana Feb 2012 #8
The problem is not that these lowlifes will say anything edhopper Feb 2012 #9
not only do they say anything but they forget about "the google" too. Botany Feb 2012 #11
So obviously the folks at edhopper Feb 2012 #14
........ marmar Feb 2012 #10
and seconded by the Department of Faith Based Economics. nt BootinUp Feb 2012 #12
Question: Did Virginia take Obama's stimulus money? Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #15
this graph is pretty damning Botany Feb 2012 #16
Yikes! Very damning Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #21
What part of the stimulus did was to inject capital into the market @ a time when .... Botany Feb 2012 #23
Rick Perry used Obama's stimulus money to balance the Texas budget NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #17
Virginia repukes lie about every single thing, like all repukes do just1voice Feb 2012 #18
If you count killing unions, screwing the poor! mailman82 Feb 2012 #19
They may be the 'top places to do business', but not the ones I want to live in. sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #20
I don't think that you make your states richer Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #22
Another fucking MORON. What a shock... gregtownsand Feb 2012 #24
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