Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Disappointment?



The Republicans cannot stop talking about how disappointed the August 2012 jobs report is for the country.  Apparently they have a very unique definition of disappointment.  The last time Republicans were in charge, in August 2008, the economy lost 78,000 jobs.  Please note that was jobs lost, the jobs gained were net zero.  Compare that with the August 2012 jobs report showing a GAIN (Republicans job creators are supposed to create jobs, remember?) of 95,000.  Disappointment has to depend upon from where you are coming from.  In the year of 2008, the last year of the Bush administration, the last year Republicans were in charge of creating jobs, there was a total of 605,000 jobs lost.  There’s that word, lost again.  Where was the republican disappointment then?  Where were the republican talking heads at the end of 2008?  So a jobs report showing a gain of ONLY 95,000 jobs is disappointing in the world of Romney/Ryan.  Creating 4.5 million job in the past three years is failure in the world of Romney/Ryan.  Their definition of success, the loss of 605,000 jobs in 2008 makes one wonder where they found their dictionary. Speaking for the Democrats, one cannot help be disappointed in the reality too many Americans are still looking for jobs.  There also is disappointment is the reality that too many Americans are presently under employed.  But that disappoint is more than offset by the reality that while we are not where we want to be, we are no longer where we were.  We are still gaining jobs as opposed to losing jobs.  We have to gain more jobs but, none-the-less, not enough is far, far better than none at all or less than none.  There is justification for disappointment on the part of Republicans, however.  Republicans should be disappointed in the apparent lack of competency in the abilities of Romney/Ryan to lead the country.  Republicans should also be disappointed in the lack of competent contenders for the Office of the President.  Finally, Republicans should really be disappointed in the lack of an effective campaign on the part of the Romney/Ryan ticket which is illustrated by their expressions of disappointment in the latest jobs report when compared to the latest jobs reports of the last Republican administration.

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