A Tale Of Two Economies In The Headlines

Get the feeling Obama's friends off camera are
teasing him about standing next to Bush?

The Right Sphere   "Take a look at these headlines:"

The President’s Jobless Recovery
Frustrated Job Seekers Cause Jobless Rate To Drop
Economy Adds Few New Jobs
Low Jobless Rate Reflects Lost Hope
US Jobless Rate Drops But For Wrong Reasons

"Recent headlines regarding the drop in the unemployment rate from 9% to 8.6% right? Wrong.

"Those are headlines from January 2004, when the jobless rate dropped to 5.7% and when President Bush was just starting a re-election campaign.
"Here are headlines from Friday’s job numbers:"

Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.6% Raising Hopes
Jobless Rate Drop Could Boost Obama
Obama Gets Economic Indicator He Can Crow About
Good News On Job Front For Obama
Jobless Rate Lowest In 2.5 Years

"See the difference?"...

 Liberal bias in the Obamamedia? No way!  "...But look at the headlines for 2011! We have phrases like “Raising Hopes,” “Crow About,” “Good News,” and “Boost Obama.” The unemployment rate drops to 5.7% under Bush and we see the words “Lost Hope”, “Frustrated Job Seekers” and “Jobless Recovery.” “But,” you say, “310,000 people left the workforce when those Bush numbers were reported.” Well, you’re right. But do you also know that the very same government stats that brought us the 8.6% unemployment rate that is “Raising Hopes” showed that 315,000 people left the workforce?
"Come on, folks. Wake up and smell the bias! "

•A 5.7% unemployment rate with 300,000 people leaving the workplace equals “Lost Hope.”
•An 8.6% unemployment rate with 315,000 people leaving the workplace equals “Raising Hopes.”

"I really don’t think I need to say anything more here. My job is done."  Neal Boortz