The Obama White House deserves credit for its consistency, if not its performance, on jobs. Since November 2009 it has told Americans not to read too much into a monthly jobs report a staggering 30 times.
1. June 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.”
2. May 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.”
3. April 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.”
4. March 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.”
5. February 2012: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report; nevertheless, the trend in job market indicators over recent months is an encouraging sign.”
6. January 2012: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report; nevertheless, the trend in job market indicators over recent months is an encouraging sign.”
7. December 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
8. November 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
9. October 2011: “The monthly employment and unemployment numbers are volatile and employment estimates are subject to substantial revision. There is no better example than August’s jobs figure, which was initially reported at zero and in the latest revision increased to 104,000. This illustrates why the Administration always stresses it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
10. September 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
11. August 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
12. July 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
13. June 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
14. May 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
15. April 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
16. March 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
17. February 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
18. January 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
19. December 2010: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
20. November 2010: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
21. October 2010: “Given the volatility in monthly employment and unemployment data, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
22. September 2010: “Given the volatility in the monthly employment and unemployment data, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.”
23. July 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative. It is essential that we continue our efforts to move in the right direction and replace job losses with robust job gains.”
24. August 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
25. June 2010: “As always, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
26. May 2010: “As always, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
27. April 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
28. March 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
29. January 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
30. November 2009: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.”
Fair enough then, don’t read too much into one monthly jobs report. But how about 41 straight months?
(h/t Romney campaign)
Obamaconomy:
“It’s not like it’s a trend or anything. Ignore the jobs reports. We certainly have.”
Nothing to see here….move on…this is not news – neither is Fast and Furious, or Solyndra, or Corzine’s missing billions, or selling out our missile defense, Israel is on her own, nah, no new news here.
Why does this clown even need a teleprompter just to read the same speech 30 times? He’s even more lamer than imagined.
Is Obama mentally defective?
What about the voters who put him in office?
I think you meant to say he’s more lemur than imagined!
“It is important…” For whom, exactly?
Well, technically, they’re correct – you shouldn’t read too much into any one report. Unfortunately for them (and us), there’s more than one report.
Wait, let me bring out my two myna birds, Whoopi and Joy B. Okay feather brains, why is the job picture soo bleak?
“It’s Bush’s fault, It’s Bush’s fault.”
“Blame the stubborn Republicans, Blame the stubborn Republicans.”
Thank you ladies. See, that’s all we need to know.
“and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.”
The other context is that you guys already freakin wrote the same thing 30 times. There is definitely overemployment in the White House – I could get a 3rd grader to cut and paste the press releases. And 3rd grade is about the level of questioning that goes on from the MSM.
realllly wow.
Ever heard of broken record? LOL, there for a bit I thought I was looking at a broken website (thinking “I didn’t know they did that”), but then I realized that there were numbers by each consecutive statement. I do know what the problem is though, it’s not a broken website or a brokens record, it’s a broken president. Sometimes I wonder if he actually believes the speeches that they give him to read, or is he just reading it because he’s a puppet and his master is making him say the words.
Mommy, don’t look at my report card. It’s not important.
– “don’t read too much into it” read instead “pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”