Politico Lets Obama Off Unemployment Hook: 'Bad Numbers Beyond His Control'

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

If between now and Election Day unemployment numbers improve, particularly if they dip below the 8% barrier, you know President Obama, with an MSM assist, will be out there pounding his chest about the number of jobs "he created."

But when the unemployment numbers remain weak? Well, that's not Obama's fault. Just ask Mike Allen of Politico. On today's Morning Joe, trying to explain Obama's early campaign stumbles, Allen declared that certain factors, including the bleak job numbers, were "beyond the control" of Obama.

View the video here.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Politico says bad unemployment numbers beyond Obama’s control. Ping to Today show list.

[jersey117]

Sorry - but he doesn’t get a pass. He spent a couple trillion dollars and said unemployment wouldn’t go above 8 percent. The country has nothing to show for the money spent. Nothing!

[tacticalogic]

But “The Won” promised us in the last campaign he knew what he was doing, and that “his plan” would fix everything.

[Sirius Lee]

Does this mean the MSM will finally give Reagan a pass for the homeless back in the 80’s - seeing as how it has ballooned under the kenyan?

[expat2]

Who cares what Politico says — they are so far up Obama’s rear end that they can’t see a thing.

[rollo tomasi]

No siree, Federal regulations Obama pounded out along with blackmailing States to go along with draconian regulations is never an ingredient for the recipe of job killing layer cake.

[Lazamataz]

Politico says bad unemployment numbers beyond Obama’s control.

Well of course! It's still GW BUSH who is controlling these numbers!!!

[jimmango]

The buck stops other there somewhere, but the credit is all mine!

[SunkenCiv]

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[SoFloFreeper]

Mike Allen and Politico: licking Obama’s feet like good puppies since January, 2009.

[FlipWilson]

Having failed to distract with “the war on Women” or “haircut/bully gate” or “Bain capital” the MSM turns to Jedi mind tricks, i.e. unemployment is not Obama’s fault or Obama is not a big spender.

[FlipWilson]

Having failed to distract with “the war on Women” or “haircut/bully gate” or “Bain capital” the MSM turns to Jedi mind tricks, i.e. unemployment is not Obama’s fault or Obama is not a big spender.

[Vaduz]

Politico has mastered puckering.

[jmaroneps37]

The October unemployment number could be 6.2% or 2.6% it won't make any difference. People don't believe the 8.1 now so why would they see nothing changing and believe 6.2 and I say Obama should follow the Nazis’ big lie theory -why say it is 6.2 when 2.6 sounds so much better?