2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Race

[Churchill]

War on Drugs y'all

[Lordender]

[solanis]

I like the moon base idea. idk why newt likes space travel but I fucking LOVE space travel.

[Andalusian girls]

Gingrich may be zany but the NASA budget should be tripled tomorrow

[Churchill]

hhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa

i laughed like a child at this for 2min

[Demosthenes11]

interesting graph I saw on yahoo

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q.G...l-gross/76.jpg

republicans complain that we are losing jobs, and that we need to cut spending, which costs public sector jobs. but look where all of the job losses have been occurring...

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Am I reading that right? The private sector hasn't lost a single job?

[Demosthenes11]

Am I reading that right? The private sector hasn't lost a single job?

overall, no. Since june 2010, there has been a positive gain for the private sector for each month according to government statistics

[Demosthenes11]

In fact, here is another

http://progressivetoo.files.wordpres...pg?w=490&h=345

Isn't this exactly what the republicans wanted - private sector job growth and public sector job loss?

[Xantavia]

In fact, here is another

http://progressivetoo.files.wordpres...pg?w=490&h=345

Isn't this exactly what the republicans wanted - private sector job growth and public sector job loss?

I'm one that normally has the gut reaction of Bush was an incompetent man along with all republicans, but this graph seems fishy to me. I would like to see it go back another few years for comparison, instead of just the year before/after an election where a new president was going to be in charge.

[archibaldcrane]

If you're implying that there were job gains for some months earlier in Bush's term, you'd be correct obviously - the economy was sluggishly chugging along for most of his 8 years.

[Demosthenes11]

I'm one that normally has the gut reaction of Bush was an incompetent man along with all republicans, but this graph seems fishy to me. I would like to see it go back another few years for comparison, instead of just the year before/after an election where a new president was going to be in charge.

why is the graph only showing when the economy turned bad and the aftermath fishy? It's implicit in this that the bush numbers are down because that is when the economy crashed. there was pretty good job growth for the most part before that and I'm not sure why anybody would need to be reminded of that

the point of these graphs is to laugh at the republicans constantly yelling that obama has destroyed jobs and has been growing the government at crazy levels, when the numbers show just the opposite

[Xantavia]

why is the graph only showing when the economy turned bad and the aftermath fishy? It's implicit in this that the bush numbers are down because that is when the economy crashed. there was pretty good job growth for the most part before that and I'm not sure why anybody would need to be reminded of that

the point of these graphs is to laugh at the republicans constantly yelling that obama has destroyed jobs and has been growing the government at crazy levels, when the numbers show just the opposite

I guess I just tend to see patterns in things. More for my satisfaction that if you go back far enough, that graph doesn't look like a wave with consistent ups and down.

[Churchill]

People would never make a misleading graph and demo would never post it

[Demosthenes11]

People would never make a misleading graph and demo would never post it

if you have a critique or want to point out where that graph is wrong, go for it. If not, shut the fuck up and get out.

[Demosthenes11]

I guess I just tend to see patterns in things. More for my satisfaction that if you go back far enough, that graph doesn't look like a wave with consistent ups and down.

This graph isn't trying to show anything but private sector job losses per month. There's no agenda, no strange numbers being reported. It's what Obama has done since he has been in office with regards to private sector jobs, and the period right before is obviously very relevant to that.

[solanis]

obama hasn't done shit except try to stifle the private sector. all that growth is in spite of him, tbh

[Churchill]

if you have a critique or want to point out where that graph is wrong, go for it. If not, shut the fuck up and get out.

Aw, QQ.

I like where you ignored what I said and got defensive.

[Churchill]

obama hasn't done shit except try to stifle the private sector. all that growth is in spite of him, tbh

and this

[Churchill]

Or is this where you tell me Obama is culpable for everything that happens "good" while he's in office, just like he was directly responsible for hunting down Osama bin Laden and executing him personally?