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Liberal_Stalwart71

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2. Watching CNBC. They are horribly biased! They're not even trying. They are upset that

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 09:36 AM

Dec 2012

numbers are up. They thought that the numbers would be bad due to Sandy. And they are speculating whether the government was telling the truth about the numbers. It might as well be Fox News this morning.

The only saving grace is Jared Bernstein. Other than that, they are so transparent in their disappointment that the numbers are better than expected, asserting that numbers will be adjusted next month and that they will be bad.

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November payroll employment rises (+146,000); unemployment rate edges down (7.7%) [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2012 OP

Republicans are furious. N/T shawn703 Dec 2012 #1

I asked a couple (R)'s yesterday how they explained the good numbers bhikkhu Dec 2012 #10

Yes they are. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #13

Watching CNBC. They are horribly biased! They're not even trying. They are upset that Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #2

Oh yeah--I almost forgot about this. Arkana Dec 2012 #3

That's not bubblewrap you hear popping... Javaman Dec 2012 #4

Clearly ACORN cooked the books!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #5

Or the dept. of labor statistics question everything Dec 2012 #14

Well it's good there is some improvement fasttense Dec 2012 #6

Are these the people John2 Dec 2012 #11

This is an excellent post. K&R for a more thorough read later. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #7

Considering Sandy, I Think This Is A Very Good Number DallasNE Dec 2012 #8

Imagine how good the numbers would be without our teabagger Congress. onehandle Dec 2012 #9

Republicans not liking this one Kingofalldems Dec 2012 #12

Not good news for the Doomer Obama Haters jpak Dec 2012 #15

They seem to have faded away a bit DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #16

Obama won and did not fail jpak Dec 2012 #18

Get Out Of The Way Republican Scumbags kaspar411 Dec 2012 #17

No doubt cooked to help Obama win the election! durablend Dec 2012 #19

To be fair, briv1016 Dec 2012 #20

awww RandiFan1290 Dec 2012 #22

Next month (after 33 straight month's of job growth) Obama will have lowered LaPera Dec 2012 #21