[smoothsailing]

BTW, it always infuriates me why the GOP and Romney NEVER mention that this 8% unemployment doesn't include those who've stopped looking for work, and stopped collecting unemployment because they've hit the 99 week mark! The pie is shrinking, and they keep accepting these bogus numbers. Isn't real unemployment around 11 or 12%?

Romney must have read your post! :)

Romney: “This is not what a real recovery looks like. We created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July, and we’ve lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs since President Obama took office. If not for all the people who have simply dropped out of the labor force, the real unemployment rate would be closer to 11%."

[**UPDATE: ROMNEY RESPONDS**] – Unemployment rate drops to 7.8%, job growth still very weak

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Isn't real unemployment around 11 or 12%?”

My prediction for the Paul Ryan vs Bozo debate coming up; Ryan will shove this fact (in a very firm but polite way!!), down Bozo's throat.

[Lakeshark]

The biggest problem is that the MSM simply minimizes the retorts that Romney has been giving.

I heard what he said on a radio report, just the sound bite and it was good. If the situation were reversed, the dem response would be played as the lead in every show and front page for days. For an "R" you sometimes don't even get the sound bite played.

Sad but true.

[Artcore]

Wow...thank you for posting this! I hadn’t read this yet! As I mentioned, this push back on this illusion that we are at just under 8% unemployment is very encouraging. This UPDATE on Romney’s Response to this bogus crap is also very encouraging! I hope he kicks the Kenyans A$$ with Ads saying as much, and a strong confrontation at the next debate. There’s no way Obama can fix his stupidity and lazyness in a 2 weeks! ;-)

Thanks again for the link!