MrRodgers -> RE: Are Things Getting Better? (1/8/2012 9:49:51 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam I'd hate to mention Obama and Reagan together but this sentence is telling. But the president's re-election chances may hinge more on the direction of the unemployment rate. It was 7.2 percent when Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale in 1984, but it had fallen from 10.8 percent two years before the election. Not exactly. At this point in time in Reagan's first term unmeployment was 8.5 or 6 %. Thus, unemployment has fallen at this point in time to just about the same, 10+ to about 8.6...under Obama. Obama inherited a much worse situation, where 2 million jobs were lost in just the last qtr of calender 2008 and another 150,000 in Jan. 09 before he was even inaugurated. It is ALL people, ALL a matter of perspective as I have written here countless times that at this point in 1983 the 'talk' was who would Reagan route in an election almost a year away. There was NO talk of ANY dem beating Reagan at any time...ever. The media today is a branch of the corporate agenda. It has been very successful especially of late. Now the propaganda is ('employment down,' 'leading from behind', 'Obama's made it worse') either an outright lie or meaningless drivel, which is most of today's right wing talking points. To 'hate mentioning Reagan and Obama in the same sentence' is to bring prejudice and thus a lack of objectivity. Oh and yes, things are...getting better despite the lies and continued vitriol from the right.
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