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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:10 PM Oct 2012

Trump: I Don’t Believe The Jobs Number

Donald Trump endorsed the idea promoted first by former GE CEO Jack Welch on Friday that President Obama used, as Trump put it, "a lot of monkey business" to make the unemployment rate drop from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September in order to help his re-election effort, during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning. Trump also predicted the number will be readjusted back up only after Obama wins re-election.

“I don’t believe the number and neither do any of the other people that have intelligence,” Trump said. “Because that number came out of nowhere.”

Trump said this jobs report is "the final number before the election" which is why "they wanted this number to be as good as possible."

There will in fact be one more jobs report the Friday before the election.

" will be readjusted after the election," Trump said. "And it's going to be a horrible number… Wait 'til you see how bad the readjustment number is. But by that time, it's too late if this particular president gets reelected."


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/trump-i-dont-believe-jobs-number

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Trump: I Don’t Believe The Jobs Number (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2012 OP
I don't belive your hair you asshat... Rosco T. Oct 2012 #1
And this is signifigant because... Bluzmann57 Oct 2012 #2
but he is a reality tv star Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #6
Who the F cares what Donald Trump thinks? WI_DEM Oct 2012 #3
It matters because most normal people... Lord_Maculus Oct 2012 #9
"The unemployment is HIUUUUUUGE!!!" What a self important douche. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2012 #4
and we don't believe that is human hair.... FSogol Oct 2012 #5
As Rachel Maddow said your not helping your boy Romney with this rhetoric bigdarryl Oct 2012 #7
Another Buffoon on Wellstone ruled Oct 2012 #8
Who cares what that horse's ass believes? Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #10
He's still off in his own universe sakabatou Oct 2012 #11
Wow, Mr. I'm Not Capable Of An Original Thought Arkana Oct 2012 #12
If the administration could manipulate the number as Trump claims onenote Oct 2012 #13
I don't believe his hair. We're even. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #14

Bluzmann57

(12,336 posts)
2. And this is signifigant because...
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:13 PM
Oct 2012

? Trump is just another rich guy. Not a world leader of any kind, not a guy with anything to say, he's just another publicity hungry a-hole. I say we just ignore him and maybe he'll go away.

Lord_Maculus

(53 posts)
9. It matters because most normal people...
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:48 PM
Oct 2012

Cannot stand Trump and think he is a completely over-rated, self-hyped, blow-hard assclown who has already been PUNK'D the fuck out by our President on more than one occasion. If he's a member of the Insane Assclown Posse that's going around saying these numbers are bogus and a fraud and that the "books were cooked," then it's only a positive thing for Obama. Minorities are already solidly in Obama's camp. Women were already favoring Obama by rather large (or HUUUUUUGE) numbers, and they absolutely cannot stand Trump and find him to be a disgusting, womanizing, sexist pig. Thoughtful, pragmatic, and sensible independents see Trump as a clown and while they may laugh and be entertained by his show or some of the things he has said (even I've laughed at a lot of Trump's stupidity), they know he's an untrustworthy little rat. They see him as nothing more than an eccentric character, with no substance or believability. And the second he tries to step into the ring with President Barack Obama, it is simply no contest, the majority is always on the side of Obama. The more clowns like Trump keep beating this drum about "fake" unemployment numbers and putting themselves in the spotlight leading up to the election, making Obama look like the only grown-up and reasonable person in the room (which he is), the more it is going to hurt Romney and end up biting him in the ass. Romney is already proven to be quite good at shooting himself in the foot without any help from these other fools (even in the last week with Big Bird, his lies/change of positions during the debate, and the foreign policy speech which I haven't watched but heard he more or less stated that his administration would be George W. Bush policies on steroids).

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. Another Buffoon on
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:43 PM
Oct 2012

Jack Welch's payroll. His only job is his TV show. Other than that,he's broke. What a joke and clown.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
10. Who cares what that horse's ass believes?
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:49 PM
Oct 2012

Another Lucky Sperm Lottery winner who isn't near as intelligent as he thinks he is.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
12. Wow, Mr. I'm Not Capable Of An Original Thought
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:56 PM
Oct 2012

is following Jack Welch's lead.

Shock. Awe. Amazement.

onenote

(42,703 posts)
13. If the administration could manipulate the number as Trump claims
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:15 PM
Oct 2012

why would there be a "readjustment" to a "bad" result?

Donald and intelligence: two words that should never appear in the same sentence.

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