I can't find the thread with all the great posts of the forum, but this should go on there...
The whole unemployment numbers conspiracy thing makes me laugh. My first politcal experience was working for a Democratic State Senate Campaign back in 1984. Democrats as Mondale supporters were pretty vocal about how Reagen cooked the numbers, and that unemployment was actually much higher due to people leaving the workforce. Republican Reagen supporters of course all pointed to the figures to show how great the economic recovery was.
Fast forward 28 years and here we are again, only this time it is the Republicans crying conspiracy, and that the unemployment numbers are cooked while the Democrats are pointing to them saying that indeed the incumbent President is getting things done.
Stay in politics long enough and you'll see both sides using the exact same argument at different times. Be careful, your opponent's argument today may be your exact argument tomorrow!!
Ill_Ind
