Job Cuts Surge in September - Hiring Plans Tank

[Jack_Dawson]

More "great economic news" for Kerry to hit Bush over the head with.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/05/news/economy/challenger/index.htm?cnn=yes

[papau]

1. WSJ anticipates Bush math to find extra 300,000 jobs through August

So I would expect the same number crunchers to find a lot of jobs in Sept before the debate!

[Jack_Dawson]

2. Jobs Report Out Morning of Debate

I think Elaine Liar Chao is working behind the scenes to do some creative accounting.

[dfdemar]

5. Don't get your hopes up yet

A reputable friend informed me that the report on Friday is bad news for Kerry. Keep your fingers crossed.

[merbex]

6. One good labor report doesn't excuse 3 1/2 years of blah

[dfdemar]

7. Voters have short memories

This will be a boon for Bush.

[papau]

22. All True - but this assumes the WSJ is telling the truth?

:-)

[BruceWane]

15. Got a crystal ball or something?

"A reputable friend informed me that the report on Friday is bad news for Kerry. Keep your fingers crossed."

That's laughable. Do you or your "reputable" friend have any idea how much money advance knowledge of the monthly jobs report would be worth? You could make millions in the futures markets every single month.......jobs data is kept highly secure, and frankly I doubt that the BLS is even close to done compiling data yet - the report doesn't come out until Friday morning. The Whitehouse doesn't even get that data until the afternoon before release.

[Jack_Dawson]

16. Agreed

That's insane. Didn't you see 25th Hour?

[papau]

21. I agree - "bad news" if you believe the newly found 300,000 jobs

that were put on in the Spring via "revised numbers"

In any case it will make Kerry's economic sell harder because the media will run with it!

We need to point out that Bush still ends first term with few jobs than when he started.

[npincus]

25. does "reputable" mean he's in the know, or made an educated guess?

my hunch is Bush's cronies cooked the books this time.

[durablend]

19. "Cook The BLS Books"

What was I telling you a couple of days ago? I don't trust them not to pull a million jobs out of their collective @$$e$ that they can't account any warm bodies to.

[Jack_Dawson]

26. What did you say? Link?

[Rowdyboy]

3. You can put lipstick on a pig, and its still a pig

Lies don't trump the realities that millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans face everyday.

Spin, spin, spin, Mr pResident but you can't spin away the truth.

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[Beetwasher]

8. And I Can Never Understand Why It Is We Always Get Some Newbie

Coming on to DU a few days before the job report comes out claiming they have a "reputable" friend who says the job report is going to be GREAT! Then the job report comes out and it sucks.

What do you think you're accomplishing by posting drivel like this?

Pathetic.

[Jack_Dawson]

17. What did it say? I missed it.

[Beetwasher]

23. The Usual "Don't Get Your Hopes Up, My Friend Says

the report is going to be bad for Kerry. Why is it Dems always wish for bad news? blah blah blah..."

[Jack_Dawson]

24. LOL - of course n/t

[bagnana]

9. Because "Kerry supporters" know that a Bush win is

disastrous for the country. That's why a temporary economic boost fueled by low interest rates and a tax cut, is not a recipe for fiscal health. It is a recipe for economic disaster down the road, after your asshole president isn't around anymore. Because "Kerry supporters" fear for the health of Social Security and other federal safety nets that your asshole president would like to see eliminated. That is why DUers do not "celebrate" Bush's made up, inflated, count-burger-making-as-manufacturing-job numbers.

[Texas_Dem]

10. I don't think so, really.

I think Bush is perfectly capable of spanking himself without bad news.

[sadiesworld]

11. I can never understand those who continue to support a

candidate who gives DUers so much bad news to revel in. :shrug:

[Julien Sorel]

12. A moment of silence is in order.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. That was quick. Buh, Bye! n/t

[Jack_Dawson]

18. LOL

[sherilocks]

14. Looks like Texas got hit hard with job cuts.

From the article:

"Of all states, Texas saw the most job-cut announcements, with 22,003. Next came Illinois, with 12,648 cuts, and Michigan, with 10,532 cuts. Georgia had 8,728 cut announcements, and New Jersey had 7,572."

Not that I wish any hardship on anyone.

[Thrill]

20. This is Terrible news for Chimp

And Edwards will certainly bounce on that