Jobless Rate Rises, Republicans Press Obama to 'Change Course'

[wise1ray]

 
 
In this Aug. 25 photo, job seekers attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo)
New employment figures released Friday fueled Republicans' call for President Obama to replace his economic team and "change course," as the president sought to put the best face on what many say is just more evidence of an economy stuck in neutral.
The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the job market looking for work and struggled to find openings. The rate rose from 9.5 percent to 9.6 percent. One Republican called the numbers "anemic."
The president on Friday called an accompanying uptick in private employer hiring "positive news," but "not nearly good enough." He plans to hold a press conference next Friday to discuss a "broader" package of economic proposals.
"We are confident that we are moving in the right direction, but we want to keep this recovery moving stronger and accelerate the job growth that's needed," Obama said Friday, flanked by his economic advisers.
But Republicans pointed to the Labor Department report as the latest sign that Obama's strategy has the economy treading water.
 
"They passed their trillion-dollar stimulus bill 18 months ago ... The American people don't want another pep talk -- they want another approach," Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., House Republican Conference chairman, told Fox News. "They want to see this administration abandon this policy of more spending, more bailouts and more small-ball boutique tax incentives."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's office pointed out that, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, the economy lost 283,000 jobs in the so-called "recovery summer."

[wise1ray]

Idon't want obama to feel heat on course change, i want the muslim president out, keep your agenda obama
so we can get you the f...k out of the white house you scum bag p.o.s

[August West]

At least you`re honest ray. You don`t care about the economy.

[dallas795]

Our beloved President needs to stay the course. Keep blaming the economy on Bush. People will never forget Bush and they never want those days again.
 
Come on Wise1, it isn't religion. He is a brilliant Black man and you can't stand the idea he can call you 'BOY'.....

[sine-qua-non]

Aint gonna happen, he's doing the FDR horror on the country as a good socialist should, a leopard can't

change it's spots, he's still a  Marxist progressive usurper POS.

[tin_foil_hat]

Just what has Obama done that we're supposed to be so impressed with?
 
Don't tell us what he's SAID, tell us what he's ACOMPLISHED.

[lluke47]

[tin_foil_hat]

Aint gonna happen, he's doing the FDR horror on the country as a good socialist should, a leopard can't

Since you mentioed FDR, do you know how long it took for the stock market to get back to the level it was the day before the 1929 crash?

I don't know the month but I do know the year. It was 1954. How long is this recovery going to take following the same path?


Do you know what President hold the record for months of consecutive job growth?  GWB. 51 months.

[August West]

Obama hasn`t accomplished much in one and a half years other than weak healthcare reform,Wall St. reform,and credit card reform but he hasn`t allowed another 9-11 and he hasn`t lied us into another war either.

[sine-qua-non]

Mostly those you list are negative accomplishments, I think we are looking for the positive ones, ding dong.


... he hasn`t lied us into another war either.
No, he just lied about the ones we ARE in, is all !!!

[13]

Obama hasn`t accomplished much in one and a half years other than weak healthcare reform,Wall St. reform,and credit card reform but he hasn`t allowed another 9-11 and he hasn`t lied us into another war either.

Exactly so!