GOP House takes credit for jobs gains, only 19 days on the job

[kpete]

GOP House takes credit for jobs gains, only 19 days on the job

Yes, House passage of the health care reform repeal bill, which didn't even pass the Senate yet (and won't), somehow has already created jobs. (Maybe it was the reading of the Constitution on the House floor, I'm sure that created at least half a job.)

Ben Smith has the ridiculous brag (Senate members are claiming it too). And Dave Weigel has an economist ripping the claim.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/01/24/can-republicans-take-credit-for-good-economic-news.aspx/0111/19_days_in_GOP_leadership_takes_credit_for_job_growth.html

The problem is, Republicans lie. The danger is that this mantra of "we've created jobs" may eventually stick (death panels anyone?), regardless of whether they've created a single one.

http://www.americablog.com/2011/01/gop-house-takes-credit-for-jobs-gains.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog%29

[Kurovski]

1. And they will repeat that 500 times a day, every day for three months,

and people will believe them because they "heard it on THE TEEVEE".

[maxrandb]

6. And don't forget

they will have 24/7 Talking Points blasted from our Publicly Owned AM Radio Broadcasts to "catapult the propaganda".

Therein lies one of the starkest differences between Democrats and Repubs, and I know this is insulting to the American people, but...

Democrats believe that people are smart, and that Americans are masters of "critical thinking", therefore, the more complex the issue, the more they trust that Americans will "get it".

Repubs believe that people are stupid, and the more complex the issue, the more they "dumb it down".

When Democrats propose a law to keep the internet competitive, free and open to all, they call it "Net Neutrality"..hell, even the damn experts can't explain it.

If the Repubs were to name that bill, they would call it; "The Act to Protect Baby Kittens and Fluffy-White Rabbits from the Job Killing, Gun-Confiscating, Evil-doers".

They know the game thet are playing. Why do you think they want to cut even more funding from Public Education?

[Kurovski]

10. +1

I could marry you for that post.

I think even smart americans sometimes don't pay close attention. And emotion is way easier and more fun than thinking for many, particularly those who don't mind living an endlessly frustrating life.

[tabatha]

2. That is exactly why I disliked

KO's "Where are the jobs?" How could he possibly ask that even last year before the new congress was seated?
It was not smart.

[madmom]

3. Actually they weren't "on the job" remember just about everything was put on

hold because of the Arizona shooting, so how can they even suggest that and get away with it?

[dmallind]

4. DU and FR provide great insight here into how this works

DU is wall to wall with people who never believe a single thing an administration of their own party tells them - even when it is data derived from non-partisan offices using consistent methodology that predates the administration, and when multiple sources outside the government concur (for example manufacturing orders backed up by ISM data showing growth are considered bogus pollyannaism).

FR is exactly the same, just with a "not" before the first "of".

FR folks are quite possibly sheeplike, but too many DU folks assume shepherds always, always lie, somehow getting sheepdogs and goats and even wolves to lie for them too.

[DCKit]

5. It's what they do - living "the big lie". nt

[jwirr]

7. We need to make them look like the laughing stock they are.

[toddwv]

8. How?

Their voice is amplified through the corporate owned media's megaphone.

[w4rma]

9. What jobs were created? Minimum wage crap, if any jobs. (nt)