Posted on 03/01/2013 2:15:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Rep. Maxine Waters of California was roundly mocked and even became a trending topic on Twitter on Thursday after a video of her claiming erroneously that the automatic budget sequester, which becomes effective tonight, will cost America 170 million jobs.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, America currently has fewer than 135 million working people. Reporting information that allegedly came from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Congresswoman Waters warned ominously of the catastrophic number of job losses that would hit America once the budget sequester becomes law.
"We don't need to be having something like sequestration that's going to cause these jobs losses, over 170 million jobs that could be lost – and so he (Bernanke) made it very clear he's not opposed to cuts but cuts must be done over a long period of time and in a very planned way rather than this blunt cutting that will be done by sequestration," said Congresswoman Waters, who is also the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, in the video.
Eric Orner, deputy communications director of the Financial Services Committee, quickly told the National Review On-Line that the statement on the jobs was made in error once the video began making the rounds.
"I just noticed a post by National Review On-Line contributor Charles C.W. Cooke about House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Water's obvious slip of the tongue (she accidentally said 170 million when she meant 170 thousand) when referring to the number of jobs that may be lost as a result of sequestration," said Orner.
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It’s time for a 170 million employee march.
She’s really an embarrassment to black people. But so is Obama, and Rangle, and Ellison, and Jackson, Jr.
Oh, and AG Holder.
Mocking Maxine is so wrong!
Didn’t your parents teach you not to mock the retarded?
Any number greater that three is too much for her addled mind to comprehend; this is not a surprising error.
Imagine if Norman Lear had created a sitcom in which one character was a black woman who was an elected representitive in whatever city the show was set in.
Imagine if the writers simply took down verbatum the utterances of Maxine Waters and had that character say them in the course of the show.
Why does her thighness have honorable above her name?
Why does her thighness have honorable above her name?
Made in error eh? How about “made by arguably the stupidest woman on Capitol Hill”. Shelia “Mars” Lee is still in serious contention for the honor. Could very well be a tie.
“Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs”
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/04/pelosi-500-million-jobs-lost-every-month/
well... arithmetic never was their strong suit
Those skits were hysterical; the one where he’s interrogating the baby as to why he doesn’t have any jobs is a scream.
She is as protected by the “media” as Zero is. They just won’t report it and if they do, they mention it briefly and quickly go on to other “news” and never talk about it again. But if she were a Repub, it would be discussed for days how out of touch she is.
She must have been speaking about the number of current and future jobs Barack Hussein Obama will be responsible for in his two terms.
No one expects her to say anything meaningful. She is a black woman on government handouts.
These people make a case that dark skinned people have low IQs.
She can’t be expected to represent real facts- she is too dumb. See?
Her life is meaningless- and she thinks she is royalty. What could be any more sad to see play out?
170 million jobs? She must have been talking about jobs on the moon as well as earth.
170 million jobs? She must have been talking about jobs on the moon as well as earth.
170 million jobs? She must have been talking about jobs on the moon as well as earth.
“Lord, what an embarrassment to the nation.”
Oh, I don’t know, I kinda enjoy Maxine Jackson and Sheila Jackson, they represent the best of the Democrat party. Then, throw in ole Joe “gaff a day” Biden and the Dem’s and what a trio, lol !
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