[Cracker Jack]

The labor force fell by 8,000 in August.

Maybe. These numbers are usually released quickly, then revised later as more data comes in. These numbers often look worse for the republicans before they are revised. Do you suppose there are any civil service bureaucrats that would tweak the initial numbers to help Obama?

[ThePythonicCow]

Actually, from what I can tell (which isn't much) the numbers were too good (understating unemployment) the last few months and might be getting closer to real with these numbers.

But yeah, one can trust government numbers about as much as one can trust the testimony of an alcoholic in denial as to how much they drink.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I assume you heard the revised numbers for June and July, with July’s job loss increased by 9,000 and June’s job loss increased by a whopping 49,000 to 100,000?

So much for the idea that the revised numbers always show less unemployment.

http://www.247wallst.com/2008/09/unemployment-so.html