White House Pushes Economic Accomplishments (Talk Show PR Blitz)

[sabra]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/3600548.html

White House Pushes Economic Accomplishments

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, trying to publicize its economic accomplishments, made more than 20 administration officials available Friday to radio talk show hosts to discuss the president's record in creating jobs and boosting economic growth.

Treasury Secretary John Snow and other members of the president's Cabinet joined a number of White House officials including presidential adviser Karl Rove and Allan Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council, to chat with talk radio hosts broadcasting in Treasury's ornate Cash Room.

"This is an opportunity through talk radio, which reaches across America, to have a dialogue about where we are going," Snow said in an interview with a Vermont talk show host.

Snow and the other administration officials noted that the economy has created 4.6 million jobs since May 2003, including 2 million jobs last year that were added in the face of Hurricane Katrina and record high energy prices.

[Sub Atomic]

1. And the stock market has just BOOMED since der Monkey

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EDJI&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

[central scrutinizer]

2. another milestone is close

China (for the lurking freepers - that is Communist China, by the way) will soon hold one TRILLION dollars of our debt and Bushco has borrowed more from foreign countries than all 42 previous administrations combined.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Thank you, Wal-Mart...oh, GOD, thank you SO MUCH...working for you ROCKS.

[FloridaPat]

4. You would think that if the economy is really doing that great, *

wouldn't have to take time out from planning the Iran invasion to convince the American public that things are good.

[Mithras61]

5. As opposed to the Clinton administration's record...

http://clinton4.nara.gov/textonly/WH/new/html/Fri_Nov_3_134817_2000.html

22.4 Million New Jobs Created Under the Clinton-Gore Administration. Since January 1993, the economy has added 22.4 million new jobs. That’s the most jobs ever created under a single Administration -- and more new jobs than Presidents Reagan and Bush created during their three terms. Under President Clinton, the economy has added an average of 240,000 jobs per month, the highest of any President on record. This compares to 52,000 per month under President Bush and 167,000 per month under President Reagan.

92 Percent -- 20.6 Million -- of the New Jobs Have Been Created in the Private Sector. Since President Clinton and Vice President Gore took office, the private sector of the economy has added 20.6 million new jobs. That is 92 percent of the 22.4 million new jobs -- the highest percentage since Harry S. Truman was President and presiding over the post-World War II demobilization.



The Clinton-Gore numbers are NET jobs created (that is "jobs created"-"jobs lost").

Of course, the BFEE don't say how many jobs were lost, just that 4.6 million jobs were created. Makes you wonder how many jobs were REALLY created (that is jobs added that are above what the economy had before Shrub took over).

[MrMonk]

6. I can't listen to AAR

"The Bush administration, trying to publicize its economic accomplishments, made more than 20 administration officials available Friday to radio talk show hosts to discuss the president's record in creating jobs and boosting economic growth."

Which officials did the hosts on AAR get to interview?

[Writer]

7. Has Bush read the news today?

A stronger stock market means little if major blue chips don't have the earnings to back it up...

... which is why the market tumbled... by more than 200 points today. :eyes:

[wordpix]

9. Yikes!!! but...a buying opportunity if you're not faint-of-heart

[Writer]

10. Well... yeah...

that's a positive way of viewing things. But I don't believe Bush can claim a Clintonian victory by the small bump above 11,000... with little to back it up.

BTW: Hewlett-Packard lost only half a percent. It's been overindexing the market by as much as 30%+ for the last 12 months. That's something I'd sink my money into, if I had any. ;)

[wordpix]

8. hey *, where ARE we going with $8 trillion+ in debt? You fu*&%$ thieves