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Unemployment drops to 8.5% (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2012
OP
That's all we've been hearing - the Repuke spin - that the country has
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2012
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spanone
(135,886 posts)1. k&r...
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)2. But the recovery doesn't exist!
Or so I'm told by some here.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)5. That's all we've been hearing - the Repuke spin - that the country has
gone to hell in a handbasket. Where are the Dems? They need to force some
iota of equal time with an orchestrated message that we are slowly digging out
of the pit we were left with.
comipinko
(541 posts)3. If this continues, as slow a recovery as it is, Re-election will be assured.
Only a down turn in the trend could enable a republofuck victory.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)4. And to think the country could've sunk into another Great Depression...
...and would have if the Republican'ts won in 2008.
Hell, McCain would've suspended his presidency the way he did his campaign!
Kahuna
(27,312 posts)6. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be right now if...
the repukes had not taken over last year. I hope voters (and non-voters) realize that. But, somehow I'm sure they do not. That would take a little critical thinking.
MjolnirTime
(1,800 posts)7. Obama 2012!
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)8. Just hang on a moment...I can hear it now...
republicants saying that doing nothing was just what the economy needed to bring down unemployment. No more bailouts saved us. It's coming.