Why do conservatives expect the president to create jobs?

[Courtesy Flush]

Doesn't this fly in the face of their belief system? When they blame the president for high unemployment, aren't they saying the government can and should put people to work? Aren't they supposed to tell those lazy unemployed people to get out there and start a business?

Do any of their beliefs stand up to examination?

[Xyzse]

1. Only when the President is a Democrat.

Since they call him a communist, they expect him to create/assign jobs.

They don't care when a Republican is president.

[JaneQPublic]

8. Tucker Carlson, during GWBush's second term, said...

...the economy is essentially out of the president's hands.

He was a talking head on MSNBC at the time, so that' s how I heard him say that. I'm curious whether Tucker has done a 180 now that a Dem is in the White House, but I'm not willing to watch Faux News to find out.

[Xyzse]

9. Well, a quick google search shows that he does blame Obama for lack of jobs

Though most of his comments are about inane crap that don't really matter.
Like defunding PBS, defending heckling and so forth. As long as it is not targeted against his tribe.

[JaneQPublic]

11. Not surprising at all.

Repug talking heads like Tucker embrace hypocrisy as a birthright.

[lpbk2713]

2. It's part of their game, it never ends.

They tell big business to bust unions, cut their payrolls and send jobs overseas.
Then they blame Dems, Obama in particular, when employment numbers are down.


And the beat goes on. It's part of their pledge to make Obama a one term President.

[FourScore]

3. Exactly. Also, didn't the Republicans run on creating jobs in the last election?

They said they should take control of the House to create jobs. Now they're blaming the president. Way to take responsibility!

There are so many twists and turns and spins to their narrative. It makes ya dizzy.

[samsingh]

4. good point

[3128]

6. excellent

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. Republicans only hate government when they're not running it

When they're in charge, government can do no wrong and should have unlimited power.

When the Democrats are in charge, government is evil and ineffective.

[hfojvt]

7. Because if he doesn't, then they can get into power

and show him how it is done - by getting rid of punitive taxes, obstructive regulations and frivolous lawsuits. Once that happens, jobs will fall from the sky like rain in a hurricane. Just like they did when Bush was President, at least until Barney Frank blew up the economy by not scrutinizing Mae's Fannie, and with a bunch of ridiculous rules trying to sell houses to poor people who didn't make house payments because they slacked off at work and got laid off and they also blew all their savings on "medical" marijuana, booze, lottery tickets, and the babies they pop out because of their unrestrained libido.

[iemitsu]

10. it is especially odd that republicans

expect the president to create jobs but not in the public sector, where he might have the ability to "create jobs". he is supposed to reduce the number of those jobs.

[spanone]

12. they have no concept of hypocrisy when applied to gopers

[magnifisense]

13. They fail to see the irony.

They scream and shout that government doesn't create jobs, then they blame the president for what they call poor jobs numbers (despite the fact that over 160,000 jobs were created in the past month).