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![]() « July 2012 | WILLisms.com | September 2012 » Recoveries: Obama vs. Bush vs. ReaganTrivia Tidbit of the Day: Part 959 -- Comparing "Recoveries" Using Obama's Own Standard- Okay, quickly, you have to see Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter in absurd spin mode before you read the rest of the post: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy And if you're not a video type person, here's the quote in question, from Team Obama: "...over the past, you know, 27 months we’ve created 4.5 million private sector jobs. That’s more jobs than in the Bush recovery, in the Reagan recovery..." Say what? It's no surprise that the Obama reelection team would want to spin job numbers to make the Obama record look less horrible, but using their own method, they still come out behind not only Ronald Reagan but George W. Bush, too. Ace over at Ace of Spades HQ has a fantastically succinct post on the Obama economic record: What Obama likes to do is count jobs "created" from the deepest depth of the recession. But that's not how we count recovery from a recession -- we say we've recovered when we've recovered up to the previous high point. Go check out the entire post. There are some nice graphics there showing all of this. And, indeed, while sharp recessions can often produce some of the most rapid and robust recoveries, we've instead settled into a stunted "new normal." AEI's Jim Pethokoukis corrects the erroneous and laughable story Barack Obama's team has been peddling about relative recoveries: ![]() Seriously, check out the larger version of the above graphic by just clicking on it (or click here). And read the whole thing over at AEI. So the takeaway here is that even if we use the contorted standard Team Obama is peddling, his record still looks pathetic. And if we apply just normal standards, it looks even worse. Previous Trivia Tidbit: Obama's Good Economic News Always Seems To Be Revised Down Later. Posted by Will Franklin · 23 August 2012 08:27 AM · Comments (2) |