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Topic: Who gets credit for the recovery? |
Who gets credit for the recovery?
New York Times, by Dave Leonard
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Posted By:pineledger, 10/28/2012 6:47:42 AM
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| Washington--The housing bust finally seems to be over. Health care costs have slowed. The unemployment rate has fallen below 8 percent, much sooner than forecasters were predicting a few months ago. Consumer confidence has reached a post-recession high. (Snip)President Obama and his aides quietly chafe at the idea that Mitt Romney would be able to take credit for a recovery. Publicly, Mr. Obama has begun to emphasize the economic good news in recent weeks. Mr. Romney, for his part, has said he expects the economy to improve early in his presidency, not because of his policies but because of optimism
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Comments: My own feeling is that people are banking on a Romney win.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
OperaBuff, 10/28/2012 6:58:52 AM (No. 8968783)
NYT propaganda. There is no recovery. By asking who gets credit for the recovery, attention is shifted from the lack of a recovery to a sophomoric game of who do we thank for the recovery. Lenin would be proud. Is this Dave Leonard guy related to Walter Duranty, I wonder?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Northcross, 10/28/2012 6:59:07 AM (No. 8968784)
The title resumes that there has been a recovery. Technically, perhaps there has, but the economy is barely growing, the jobless are still out of work, the dollar is shrinking, and peoples net worth is decreasing. So I say give Obama full credit!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
corndoggies, 10/28/2012 7:00:54 AM (No. 8968790)
I'd like to move to the planet this guy is living on.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
80coyotekate, 10/28/2012 7:03:17 AM (No. 8968791)
Trucker Observation: There is no recovery except in the minds of Obama pimps. The NYT makes up fact to support their libtards world vision. However, on main street there are still 23 million Americans looking for work. In our babies' rooms they face a $16 trillion dollar debt (plus interest) that must be repaid to China. No Dave Leonard NO ONE gets any credit for the mess we gave to our kids.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
srhcb, 10/28/2012 7:08:59 AM (No. 8968799)
The President of the United States of America "chafes" at the idea of an economic recovery for the Country unless he can get the credit for it?
That's a real Democrat for you.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FunOne, 10/28/2012 7:17:15 AM (No. 8968811)
Even the liberal press (except for NY Times) has admitted that the reason unemployment was reported to be below 8% was that an Obama supporter and state employment officer in California failed to report unemployment numbers in that state last month.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
FlyRight, 10/28/2012 7:24:09 AM (No. 8968821)
Until a third of the people I know have full time jobs a recovery is in the minds of the Obamatankers at the NYTimes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 10/28/2012 7:27:38 AM (No. 8968827)
Lolololo...
Maybe the 'recovery' is at the New York Times, where their stock price had dropped 22 percent in 85 percent lowered earnings.
What, me worry? /s
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 10/28/2012 7:29:03 AM (No. 8968830)
Lolololo...
Maybe the 'recovery' is at the New York Times, where their stock price has dropped 22 percent on 85 percent lower earnings.
What, me worry? /s
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 10/28/2012 7:39:58 AM (No. 8968844)
How does this guy sleep at night? Bet his neighbors laugh in his face.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TNVolunteer, 10/28/2012 7:52:47 AM (No. 8968867)
Credit? What about blame! it must be nice to live in the New York Slimes alternative universe.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Patchy groundfog, 10/28/2012 7:55:15 AM (No. 8968872)
NYT gives it one last go at pumping the sunshine.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
turninggrey, 10/28/2012 8:07:39 AM (No. 8968898)
Unbelievable! The crisis is over!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Douglas DC, 10/28/2012 8:12:52 AM (No. 8968913)
Remember Bengazi.The blood of heroes must be avenged...
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hoopsfan, 10/28/2012 8:21:45 AM (No. 8968931)
From the article: "The unemployment rate has fallen below 8 percent, much sooner than forecasters were predicting a few months ago"
What a pathetic attempt to take credit for such a meager achievement, indeed one that probably involved cooking the books.
And declaring victory based on surpassing the expectations of forecasters a few months ago??
Economic growth is anemic at best, no higher in 2012 than it was in 2011, which in turn was lower than in 2010. Fewer people working, more on disability, unemployment, food stamps, etc.
Only in the eyes of the NYT and similar illusionists is this considered a recovery.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
a man over thirty, 10/28/2012 8:27:03 AM (No. 8968944)
Things started looking up after the October 3 debate when Romney broke the media's stranglehold on his chances to unseat Obama. I'm more confident about the future because it looks like our 4-year national nightmare in the White House is going to be over next January 20th, how about you?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bubbasuncle, 10/28/2012 8:34:18 AM (No. 8968953)
Just left NC were gas has dropped to around $3.25 in the last three weeks. The local news is making a big deal about it but I can't imagine it helping sway any votes.
However, my answer to the headline is, what recovery?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
M2, 10/28/2012 8:41:25 AM (No. 8968967)
Recovery? When millions have lost jobs and have dropped out of the labor force, the number of unemployed can appear to be "below 8%" when it's really 14% or higher. This allows the Democrats to claim a recovery is in place, but the GDP and the rate of growth is still abyssmal.
There is no recovery unless you cut the population in half and count only the employed and new housing starts.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
janylou, 10/28/2012 8:58:23 AM (No. 8968996)
I can see Obozo after Romney wins the presidency and the economy does take off saying, "See, I told you it was and you should have given me more time". To that Romney needs to tell the American people that the recovery is due to the optimisism of the American people that we together can make things better by getting rid of Obamacare, all the nutty regs that Obozo and his admin put in place. We, the people. Not we, the government.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Tall Oak, 10/28/2012 9:19:39 AM (No. 8969030)
Figures don't lie, liars figure.
To paraphrase the court jester in this administration, this article is a bunch of malarky.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 10/28/2012 9:19:53 AM (No. 8969032)
We can decide that once there is a recovery that anybody who doesn't stand to benefit politically from one can see.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
lylacat, 10/28/2012 9:25:29 AM (No. 8969043)
There is no recovery. I still know three people living in their homes waiting for the foreclosure to finally kick them out. Not one of them has paid a dime on their mortgage for the last two and a half years; one couple, it is four years. They all bought houses they could not afford (thanks to Barney Frank), and they took as much money out of them as they could, and now they are living in them for free. Yet, they spend all their money on vacations, clothes, and tattoos.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
oriton, 10/28/2012 9:35:58 AM (No. 8969068)
Who gets credit for lying about the recovery is the the better question, Dave of the NYT.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MickTurn, 10/28/2012 10:13:35 AM (No. 8969155)
This is pure optimism of Romney winning. If Obie squeaks out a win with the voter fraud troops he's put out there, the economy will tank hard!
Watch your voting machine, in Texas we've had numerous reports of votes for Romney getting 'automatically' switched to Obie. Something really smells.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
pomom, 10/28/2012 10:21:02 AM (No. 8969176)
When Romney gets elected, I will give credit to the business owners who start hiring again.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
happy conservative, 10/28/2012 10:26:09 AM (No. 8969191)
What are they serving in the water coolers at the NYT? Whatever the crazy cocktail is, this guy's been indulging!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
flatwater, 10/28/2012 10:38:30 AM (No. 8969225)
What recovery?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
JAN, 10/28/2012 10:56:57 AM (No. 8969277)
2010 congress stopped us from total ruin.
Like the signers of the Declaration of Independence they sustained endless attacks by the msm but kept doing their best to thwart O's agenda as best they could.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
beancounter, 10/28/2012 11:17:26 AM (No. 8969319)
In the words of our president:"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
rochow, 10/28/2012 11:19:02 AM (No. 8969322)
what are they drinking over there at the NYSlime? When I was a NY'er one of their 'reporters' lived in my building. He was forever jumping out the window or cutting his wrists....eventually he succeeded, even someone as stupid as working for this rag....now I begin to understand what kind of people they have working for them!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
mc squared, 10/28/2012 11:22:03 AM (No. 8969331)
If Leonard live near DC, it's why there's no recession. Building and housing prices are both up.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
redmom, 10/28/2012 11:34:17 AM (No. 8969348)
Right now, I'd say the MSM, since the 'recovery' exists only on their pages. The MSM gets full credit for reporting fiction, and pushing a meme that is an obvious fantasy.
Can't wait for the NYT to fade into obscurity. Wouldn't take it for free.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Lucky4, 10/28/2012 11:54:33 AM (No. 8969399)
Wow the left is already worried Romney will turn things around and they think steal Obama credit. That is funny.
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