Republican debate September 7: Perry, Romney twist records
During intense Republican debate September 7 Perry, Romney twist records. It was an all out war and gave an insight into how it is going to be shaped
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry turned their debate into a show of twisted record flashing as they boasted of job-creation figures as governor during the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.
The fact is, though Perry’s office time has seen employment grow by more than 1 million, most are badly-paying jobs. And Romney’s story is no rosier as though unemployment dropped to 4.7 percent when Romney was Massachusetts governor, but the state’s employment growth was the worst in the nation at that time.
During the debate Roney claimed, “At the end of four years, we had our unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent. That’s a record I think the president would like to see. As a matter of fact, we created more jobs in Massachusetts than this president has created in the entire country.”
The truth was that unemployment was just 5.6 percent when Romney took office in 2003 and he brought it down only by one percent.
To this Perry retorted, “Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt.”
Romney shot back, “Well, as a matter of fact, George Bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you did, governor.” And though Perry challenged the truth of this statement, Romney was correct.
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Your splitting hairs on an unemployment move from 5.6% to 4.7% as “down only by one percent.” Are you kidding? The fact is that 5% unemployment is considered “full employment.” Nevertheless, when you’re in the lower half of the single digits, a 1% adjustment downwards is a huge swing. In fact, the more correctly stated .9% downward adjustment from 5.7% represents a total 16% improvement in total employment. There wasn’t much room to move as it was, but then why should you be required to understand such silly details. Besides, comparing Massachusetts with Texas is apples and oranges, and Perry’s laying claim to owning the job growth in Texas is disingenuous to say the least when you consider the conservative economic environment into which he stepped. He’s a flash in the pan, and as the sizzle calms down it will be easier to see the lack of meat.
Robert
September 9, 2011 at 8:51 am
Why is the press ignoring the clear front runner in all the debates, Ron Paul. I’m not a Republican, but I’m wondering why most of the press around the GOP ignores the candidate who clearly has the most public support (when you actually look at the numbers). I can’t help but notice this glaring media bias towards other candidates.
The media’s job is to cover the news, not distort it. Usually in elections, the one with the most votes wins…and that’s the story. Ron Paul is the clear front runner, so why spend all your time spotlighting the race for second?
What about Ron Paul scares the media? I’ve yet to hear him call for a smaller media.
I hope this website publishes this comment, and doesn’t censor it. I believe it’s a valid point that needs to be addressed. This happened in 2008, and it’s happening again. Why?
mister obvious
September 9, 2011 at 3:11 pm