[no-s]

Others will insist that the desired ends have been achieved, despite all evidence to the contrary, to the point of sounding delusional.

Yep. AKA cognitive dissonance.

Good post. It's going onto a gimmick t-shirt tomorrow.

[Son House]

For example, May 2011, keep in mind the Unemployment Number is down because there are less available jobs;

Goolsbee isn’t the only one saying more than 2 million private sector jobs added in the last 14 months;

May. 6, 2011
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110506/NEWS/110506010/Obama-want-energy-breakthroughs-Indiana?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com
“That means over the last 14 months,” Obama said, “we’ve added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector.”

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1637565.php/Hiring-picks-up-but-US-jobless-rate-up-to-9-per-cent
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney pointed out to reporters that April was the 14th consecutive month of growth in private sector employment, for a total of 2.1 million jobs